Sony fixed this FATAL flaw! - Xperia 1 V
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
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Sony's new Xperia 1 V looks like a decent flagship offering with killer cameras, a slick design, and solid performance, but with past overheating issues and a price tag that could scare buyers away, does Bell think people should give this phone a chance or is this another big miss for the Xperia lineup?
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Sony has always been so close
0:34 A very short unboxing
0:47 Design impressions
3:37 Sponsor - SwitchPod
4:05 Fingerprint scanner test and more specs
5:56 Display and speaker impressions
6:59 Labs' display testing results
7:44 Camera impressions
13:26 Labs' gaming performance and battery test results
15:21 Pricing and overall thoughts
16:32 Outro - Наука та технологія
I still want to move to Sony for my next phone. The camera isn't a huge selling point for me, just a nice to have. The headphone jack, SD card slot, front facing speakers, and no stupid hole in the screen for the selfie camera though? Absolutely reasons to buy it. Remember when all of those things were standard? I'm glad at least one company isn't dedicated to screwing you out of them so you'll buy a new set of wireless earbuds every year or sign up for their cloud storage.
The camera this time is better than the other but you have to know how to operate with the app, It is not for regular consumers with just point and shoot
yeah i switched from oneplus 5t to xperia 10 IV for all the things that used to be standard and that killer battery life, haven't had any major issues with it, but you do need to buy a screen protector asap, the screen gets scratched up really easily.
Not a huge camera user neither, but I paid gladly the price for the quality of the phone and its reliabilty, not my first Sony phone and they tend to last more than a Pixel or a Galaxy.
@@orlagh277 The higher end xperias are more scratch resistant, my 5 ii is still scratch free with no screen protector. The rest of it was incredibly slippery until I got a phone case so I dropped it a lot at first (the ridges on the new one must be an improvement), but the screen survived
After so many manufacturers ditched the headphone jack and Micro SD card slot I upgraded my Samsung galaxy s8 to the Xperia 1 iii. Sure it's not the latest and greatest but it was significantly cheaper than newer flagships and has/does everything I want it to do.
I get the idea of putting the fingerprint scanner under the display as being innovative, but I’m surprised more manufacturers didn’t just put it on the power button.
Yep, have it on the zfold 4 it's awesome!
I prefer the display one way more, had two phones with one in the power button and it was more inconsistent and less ergonomic.
@@Standoffmuffin how's the fold 4? Im considering getting the 5
@@TomasJ74 that's actually strange since most phones are more inconsistent and less ergonomic when they have it under the display
Xiaomi already did it (Redmi Note 11)
This phone actually looks pretty professional with headphone jack and SD card slot, cool
The SD card can hold up to 2 TB
edit like 4 iphone 14 pro max'es
It's 2023 and people still care about those things, eh? I haven't needed either in a very, very long time
@@Jessev741 I do which is why after my S8 died I went to a Xperia 1 iii. I know I'm in the minority but why should I give up on features I use constantly especially considering how expensive phones are.
@@Jessev741Clearly that are still people that do care about those. Most people in US continue to buy the new Iphone despite only needing to use basic internet and social network apps , not exactly the smartest demographic 😂
@@Jessev741 Yes. The fact that you're convinced that the fact you don't use them means they shouldn't exist is troubling. Why do you want people to not have options?
Am I the only one who doesn't really care about the cameras but would still very much consider this as my next phone?
It's almost perfect with all the features [some we lost over time] :
-Headphones jack
-microSD card
-Fingerprint reader on the side
-Front stereo speakers
-No stupid notch
-Nice display
-120hz
It just miss a removable battery... and a cable/power brick in the box!
That's the exact same with me! I'm typing this on my Xperia 1 mk3. It's a great phone! I do some photo/cinematography, so that's nice, but it's not the most important thing for me. The phone is really solid, feels nice, as an awesome screen, which is uhh... The only real bad thing, actually. I recently cracked it, and it SUCKS to replace. Apple and Samsung, even Google, it's pretty easy, since there are so many of the phones, shops can easily get their hands on replacement screens. Meanwhile, nobody has Xperia screens, so you have to send it off to a 3rd party company that Sony hires to handle everything for them. I haven't seen too good reviews for them, you'll be without the phone for around 3 weeks, and it's super expensive to replace! Like $300 plus shipping. Just something to be aware of, which you might not think about at first.
The lack of a removable battery continues to be killer for me, sadly. And I'll miss my IR blaster when I'm finally forced to upgrade.
@@PhysicsGamer I feel you, an easy removal battery needs to be mandatory! All the e-waste it creates right now is ludicrous.
@@Google_Corporation I used to work at a repair shop and Sony's phone were not fun to fix... I guess it didn't get better in the last 5 years :-/
Exactly, I bought the Xperia 1 III as it was the first phone with a 4K 120hz display and also one of the first with a variable lens in a long time. Actually, the photos and videos were one of the main features I was looking for and I wasn't disappointed, in fact I was impressed. In a world where every phone uses AI to draw over the images you've captured, I was in awe when I saw how close it looked to real life. No frame stacking artifact, no AI overlay, just pure hardware. My pets no longer look like stuffed toys and texts wouldn't have a different font.
One of the only good phones left on the market. 3.5mm, SD slot, current Android, no STUPID front camera cutouts or gimmicks, and a great battery. A lack of any one of those is a deal breaker for me. Skinned Android used to be too, but given the alternatives?
I'm the type of person to keep a phone for 5 years or more; my last phone I ended up going to CyanogenMod for a closer-to-current Android version, before finally upgrading to my latest device. If I'm going to get a new phone, I'm gonna want something like this Xperia, where it has all the physical features that I want (read: that SHOULD BE THE STANDARD), and is brand new so has the longest possible service life.
Here's hoping that when I'm shopping for my NEXT next phone, it's in an era where Apple hasn't made it a trend to replace your phone's screen with a brain chip, or their new AR headset. I don't want to see what Samsung and Google's janky, slapped-together, bandwagon-chasing ripoffs of those look like 😬
I'm still using the OG xperia 1 to this day. I kinda don't want to upgrade just yet. Because it is still great. But after I bought ath m40x headphones the other day.....I really feel the urge to bought the newer ones with a headphone jack tbh. Using dongles suck.
@@Chronostra RIGHT! I absolutely refuse to use Bluetooth headphones. I watch stuff at double speed a lot, so the latency is AWFUL
Sony is one of the last places to get custom ROM support because it takes years for the price to come down for devs to risk bricking them.
I really wish Sony supported their devices for 4 years like Samsung does. That is the only and biggest gripe I have with Sony devices. Currently they have only support for two years 😢
I don't like the 21:9
The NFC logo is clearly displayed so you know where the chip is when you use that feature for anything. Instead of just swiping it around until it gets the right spot. Been a mainstay of Xperia devices since they first launched the branding in 2010.
It matches the NFC logo on their headphones too, so I'd imagine that they look great when being used in concert with each other.
It so painful when people turn their iPhone screen to face a NFC reader, you don’t need to do that guys 😂
they used to do the same with their headphones too, which i also find pretty smart.
It's a mainstay of all Sony devices with NFC, not just Xperia!
The fact that they keep headphone jack, SD slot, side fingerprint scanner, 21:9 ratio and squared glass and shape - I stay with Sony for my next phone. Aesthetically it's also the best looking phone out there and I hope they never get rid of those top and bottom chins. Punch-holes are such a stupid and unnecessary idea, and excessive rounding of the screen corners makes the other phones look so cheap.
Sony is doing everything right with their phones, except few software kinks.
What wasn't mentioned is the Notification LED that's absent in Xperia 1 V. There's clearly room for it but they had gut it out for no apparent reason.
this is one of the few genuine critisism here I agree
Clearly room for it?
This is the only thing I don't like about it. I have the previous model, though and it will last me at least several more years.
@@ryugalaw yes, if front facing camera fits, so can it. See Xperia 1 IV for reference
@@LigerZero248 your opinion isn't based ln any fact. They have a lot of other stuff to accomodate like larger speakers and larger main camera sensor.
I have a 1.III and I've just reached my one year of ownership mark... I absolutely am in love with it still. It doesn't have a notch or hole punch, yet the bezel is extremely acceptable... Besides that, the battery lasts all day with relative ease. It takes amazing photos/ videos. And overall I cannot recommend it enough.
I have the same phone and the battery does not last all day unless you don't use the phone. It also does not have fast charging even though they advertise it as such. No one who actually picks their phone up and uses it will be able to use it as a daily driver.
@@EikottXDEven if I don't use my 1 iii it loses charge, had it unplugged one night and it went from 100% to 75% while I was asleep
same for me but i got my Xperia 1 mk iii around 18 months ago... absolutely fantastic smartphone! i went from the Xperia 5 mk ii and Xperia 1 before that... they just keep getting better!
@@EikottXDIt does have fast charge and fast charge degrades your battery.
That headphone jack and SD slot are so enticing. Now just imagine more years of Android and security updates and we have a winner
I think Sony makes it fairly easy to unlock the bootloader. So even if they abandon the phone, the community can build ROMs for it to keep it up to date and secure.
But, that said, yes, a long-term commitment to official updates from Sony would be even better.
lineage is now supported for it.
The only downside to the current Sony phones is that they only give you two years of software updates. You pay $1500 for a phone, but you only get two years of software updates. Sony better change that and give at least 4 years of software updates. Otherwise, this phone is probably not going to sell even
That's not really true. While they only promise 2 on their flagships, many of them have gotten 3-4 years of updates. And I honestly don't think most people care about the updates, I buy a phone based on what it does NOW not what I hope it might do in 2 years.. cause in 3-4 years I'll probably buy a new one anyway when there's some massive upgrades in hardware like CPU and cameras that can't just be passed down in an update anyway. Besides plenty of updates will go through the play store apps anyway.
If you're a bit more technically inclined then there's always the option of third-party ROMs, LineageOS being the "obvious" choice there.
They do openly let you unlock the bootloader and they even provide their open source firmware on their website. But yeah, would be nice if the had official support a bit longer, for sure.
Anyone can get a really good deal by getting the Xperia 5 II (makes sure you get the dual SIM variant and not the single SIM models) and flashing LineageOS or another custom ROM over it.
I'll definitely get the 1 V for myself when the price drops - maybe a Pro II would even come out by then.
3 for mid range and entry level 4 for flagship but most people buy Sony Xperia upgrade every 2 years.
I'm glad this year you got the meaning of the IP 65/68 rating correct, because for the Xperia 1 iv it was explained incorrectly as meaning the IP 68 would deteriorate to IP 65 over time.
I appreciate Sony, while having the entire focus on the camera, not sticking a huge ring around the sensor. They just keep it low key and not try mimic a camcorder.
Cameras on phone are small. Sony knows that and don't try to deceive
I have been rocking a Sony Xperia 1 Mark II (bought it used :) ) for a little over a year now, and I absolutely love it. My only complaint is that T-Mobile doesn't seem support it in terms of wifi calling and texting. I am a pretty avid photographer, and all the camera oriented features of the Xperia 1 compliment my style perfectly. Also, the retention and continued support of the 3.5mm jack is what first caught my attention from Sony. I have never bought a new phone, but I will definitely be keeping my eye on the Xperia 1 series used for future upgrades.
I have the Xperia 1 III and no issues on T-Mobile and no overheating issues, even ran GFX and 3DMark.
Maybe I just got lucky!
@@TumanWK Yea, only overheating issues I have is when I put it on a wireless charger in my car right in the sun, so that is on me XD. Maybe I need to make a point of directly talking to T-Mobile...
I've heard you have to call up T-Mobile and tell them to deactivate and reactive VoWiFi / WiFi calling for it to work.
I have the 1 iii and same problem with wifi calling. Fails on AT&T and Verizon. Same SIM card in another phone and it works fine.
I got the mk3 and mk4 when they came out. Love them. Had every single feature I could ever want in a phone, high res display, front facing speakers, headphone jack, no holepunch/chinbar display, and a very stock android experience. If only they would release the 10 series in the US I would buy them for my parents very fast.
The fact it has a headphone jack an SD card, literally means everything. Besides everything else being excellent
I have no idea why people are not talking about the 2 TB of expandable storage on top of the devices storage that's so many iPhones of storage
Not true.Dont you care about updates aka longevity support
@@Joxe-qp6bq why are you worried about longevity support? It just came out
@@user-um9sl1kj6u it has 2 OS updates...and for me it feels more like 1 1/2 ...
Since Xperia 1 V and 5 V are released most likely in July and October respectively
But in October,/november Android 14 will be out already when Xperia 5 V is released with Android 13...Basically if buy the Xperia 5 V, you LL probably get android 14 just after a couple weeks
Also if you keep your phone's more than 2 teqrizàà then you likely will z'2'end uoaà
@@Joxe-qp6bq Android doesn't really need major updates. Only security patches. Most of new features come with google apps updates. But yeah, 2 major updates is not much
I think this is the only phone I would consider upgrading to from my TCL 20 Pro 5G
Rocking a Xiaomi Mi Max 3, this is also the only path for me, jack, SD card and no notch or punch hole or other nonsense, also stereo speakers.
Honestly, super appealing device.
@@YOEL_44 right I want one because the display is better than every other phone on the market iPhones have around a 1170p display I'm using a 13 right now and I can sort of see the pixels on the Sony with the 2160p display it would be so hard to see them
A TCL phone 😭😭😭 do you know how much sony phones cost?
Didn't even know TCL.but the Sony is about 12/13 times more expensive.
@@RedRingOfDeadFor a reason higher specs and build quality
I don't care much about the cameras, but I love that Sony is still making flagships that have a headphone jack and a micro SD slot! (And front facing speakers and no camera notch - a little bezel is totally worth it!)
I'm also happy to hear that they finally got a handle on the overheating issues. I've eyeballed a couple of the previous Xperias, but the overheating (and the price) always turned me away. I might wait and see what the 5 V looks like, because I think I'd rather have longer battery life and a lower price than a 4k screen and fancy camera.
I have a 3 year old Xperia 1ii and have ordered the 1V. No other iterations were worth the upgrade, at 3 years old still performs flawlessly. Never had an issue with over heating and just use the Sony battery care feature. Battery is still strong. Third Sony phone, I cannot understand why more people don't buy, easy to hold, great features love it
Tmobile and at&t dont carry sony phones huh
I use to have it for at&t years ago but they stopped carrying them
You guys could do a TechQuickie video on water and dust protection ratings some day. Saw a smartphone with IP69K today, and there's the "MIL-STD" ones as well. Just something that came to mind when "jet streams" was mentioned, the "K" was some sort of a pressurized water protection rating.
Hopefully with the fact that x7 and up doesn't include x5, which is water jets
As a 1 IV owner, overheating sucks, it had to stop reverse wireless charging because it was too much, but I love the rest of the phone
had same overheating issue on my S20 FE, if you're living in hotter climate, this issue is really common.. 😔
I feel u, overheating is a problem on the 1 III i got too
I got myself an Xperia Z and Z5 like years ago and they overheat. Surprised to hear the issues on newer generation phones.
@@izad981004 yep, this overheating software issue are there ever since snapdragon 810 Xperia Z4 up till Xperia 5/1 mark IV I guess
My 1 iii only started overheating after android 12. I want to go back to 11. Everything was already perfect. I have to keep stopping and wiping google play services otherwise it burns through 30% of my battery in under an hour when doing certain non intensive 3d things like using text to speech
This phone is near perfect! This is the No-compromise phone that Samsung move away from sadly but I'm glad Sony is continuing the Note legacy.
It's just such a weird decision to remove the LED notification...
Only thing keeping me away from upgrading my Xperia 1 III to 1 V is the missing Notification LED :D
I just want Sony to have a fully developed desktop mode like Samsung DeX and Motorola Ready For. To be able to have a prosumer level content creation device that I can simply plug into a monitor and have a full workstation experience would be great. I use my Fold 4 this way already as I did with my Note 10+, but those lacks some of the power user features found on the Xperia.
What's a massive problem is that Sony only gives two years of Android updates including security updates, so I can no longer use my work app on my two year old Xperia 5 II as it doesn't have new security patches.
Par for the course for all but the most popular Android phone manufacturers unfortunately.
Billions of dollars in profits and yet they don't even bother using Project Mainline for security updates. Literally handed to them on a silver platter and yet they don't bother. So much for consumer choice.
Yeah and you can try to rely on the community to make a custom OS for the phone that's more up to date, however the Sony phone community is fairly small.
It's 2 Android upgrades and 3 year of sec updates now...
@@seankim5827 I installed LineageOS 20 on it, however, getting banking apps to work on it seems difficult. Also, my work app doesn't work on that as well haha so didn't help much
@@seankim5827 The problem is then passing safetynet, even if you do not root some apps detect custom OSes and simply block you from using them
Pre ordered this just for the headphone jack and micro sd card support. Supporting companies that still include these features for the chance that other companies will go back to including them. This is one of the only phones that checks all my boxes, I don't really even care about camera. I had the ROG phone 5 before which was great but the lack of sd card support hurt. I don't mobile game or really care about picture quality. The features I want are 120hz oled, sd card support, charge and use my IEMs at the same time(without bluetooth), watch 21:9 movies. I would like to see more phones include 2 usb type c ports like the rog phones, but I know I'm the minority here so I can settle for one type c and headphone jack.
I just want a flagship with headphone jack and SD card. Help me Sony, you're my only hope.
Think for the mic you might have the wind reduction setting on since that tends to cut down on a lot of frequencies to cancel out the wind. Also this years seem to allow you to choose different mics for rec, whether it be the ones on mic or more to the front. That would make a pretty big difference since even the prev years models all were well rated according to some reviews in terms of audio rec quality wise (dxomarks etc).
Dropping a like for the awesome extra data on battery life in different scenarios compared to other phones, as well as the emulation based benchmarking. I only play emulator games on my phone now and not little app store phone games, it's nuts how capable phones are as little emulation machines now. Great video, loving the extra information the lab is providing!
I just wish Sony offered more major Android updates.
They have to step it up, considering the hardware and the price Sony is asking for.
Please longer support and I'm willing to consider it as my next phone.
They do 2 OS updates with the flagship device. So if your device comes with Android 13, you will get 14 and 15. Then you'll get 3 years of security patches and upgrades. Pretty fair IMHO.
@@AlTheEngineer I disagree. For this price I would like my phone to last a bit longer. Don't forget that this is competiting with iphones at this price point, which get updates for 5+ years
@@TheNameIsSR let's not kid ourselves here my friend. iPhone lasting 5+ years is kind of a meme. Yeah sure, you can keep it for that long, after the 3rd year the battery will need replacement and the OS updates will actually slow down your device. Every iPhone user I know who kept their phone beyond 2.5 to 3 years carries a portable charger in their pocket everywhere they go haha.
Sony is not perfect, sure, but I'll take 3 years of updates any time + all the features they actually offer (such as micro SD card support, 3.5mm headphone jack, dual SIM, no notch / no hole punch display, dual stereo speakers, 4K HDR 600+ nits display at 21:9, and so on) ... and you know? I'll run the phone another 2 years "without" any security updates, so what? It isn't the end of the world. Losing a couple of years of OS pushes and gaining SO MANY features back is a HUGE win in my book.
Don't forget that Samsung literally did the same up until last year. Sony will get there in due time. I'll support them over any of the other greedy companies who continue to take away features and make you pay dearly to have them back in the form of subscriptions and or extra accessories. Yuck, no thank you.
@@AlTheEngineer Lithium batteries age, that's not an Iphone exclusive thing, literally every brand of phone I had has a bad battery after 2-3 years. This wouldn't be a big deal if it was replaceable, but manufacturers seem to want to make their phones as much e-waste as they can. But still, I'm not spending over 1k on a product that will only last me 2-3 years. Sony has done nothing to fix that as of yet, let's hope they will
In a few months time I'm due an upgrade. I'm one of those freaks who still want a bezel, and I'm so happy to see the Xperia keeping it, so it sounds like after trying the Xperia 5 ii after moving away from the Pixels, I think I'm staying Sony. I just hope after three years the NFC coil and fingerprint sensors don't just stop working.
I'm on a much older Xperia XZ3 and the fingerprint still works like a charm along with the other stuff after all these years
The fingerprint sensor died on my 1 III after about 9 months after it got hot once again as it very easily does/did. I sent it back for warranty repairs. They replaced the screen and the sensor worked again(, but they probably changed more than just the screen even if the note said they only replaced the screen). I love my 1 III, but haven’t really wanted to use it as my primary phone anymore. Still, the Sonys are my favorite phones.
@@Coda-Ch. Yeah my 1 III after almost 2 years of ownership is having issues where the fp sensor just decides it no longer exists (usually happens when charging the phone or when it gets hot) and then I have to wait for it to cool and then reboot it. I like keeping phones for 3 years but I'm tempted to just get this 1 V instead of waiting for the 1 VI. This and the lack of variable refresh are the main things I want from Sony. Also maybe push for faster charging, say 100W through USB PD.
@@Coda-Ch. What do you do to overheat it? My wife has the Xperia 1 III and hers never overheats...
@@QuickNETTech 100W charging will degrade the battery quickly, that is against the Sony philosophy as they were the first ones to do the battery management tech and limit max battery life.
Would have loved to see some comparisons against phones that weren't the Pixel, because the Pixel's last two releases haven't been super great. Unstable and not quite performing up to expectations compared to the competition (written as a pixel owner.) Not to mention the prices aren't comparable. An s23 ultra should have been the first on the list for comparison due to the price. Also, It should be the gold standard to be comparing against iPhones (or whatever the most popular phone is at the time of review.)
I feel like comparing against iphones isn't as useful these days as the ecosystems are very different. Most people have already picked wether they want an iphone or Android, and the differences people care about is primarily the options the OS gives you. I guess they could compare camera performance, but these days I don't think the camera performance is really going to sway anyone one way or the other.
The privacy-focused custom ROMs are all basically Pixel only-this massively limits your hardware options with Google dropping headphone jack, etc.
@@CreativityNull You would be surprised how many people are on the fence for using IOS purely for better camera and battery performance. Most of the reason to use Android was because IOS was always a couple years behind in performance and features. Sadly, Apple kind of caught up due to stagnation in the phone innovation department. Early Pixel phones blew iPhone out of the water during their time, now days, there isn't much difference and often Apple has been taking W's. Being that they are the most popular phone in NA, they are, in a way, the baseline.
@@gotoastal I wouldn't consider Google a "privacy focused" company in anything they do anymore, especially with the Pixel phone. A good portion of the ROM is funded by the data that "Ok Google" collects. But feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
??? the past 2 pixel phones have been pretty much the best android phones you can get.
This phone looks very nice for media in general, not only photos and videos but watching video (4K 21:9 120Hz HDR screen, front facing speakers) and listening to music (which DAC it has? headphone jack, lots of storage)
This phone has 3 mics. Two on top and bottom of the phone, and one on the rear by the main camera. Which mic did you use for the mic test? You can alternate ...
I was looking for phones with sd card slots yesterday to upgrade my current phone, I'm glad that sony is keeping it alive!
With my 10 IV I had overheating problems only after the last updates. Turns out it was Xperia Home - there was an empty App which is just a bug for some reason in the menu and probably causes the overheating because it leads to nothing and the phone tries and tries again to start it or something. Just installed my Nova Launcher Prime and the problem was fixed. The battery even lasts more than almost a year ago.
I own the Xperia 1, mark 4. Here is a list of the things I don't like about it.
1. The aluminum frame is painted, so every little dent or scratch it will turn silver and that makes it very noticeable.
2. Xperia Z5 Had a dual sim and an extra SD card slot, so I wish this would be also available on the Xperia 1.
3. It overheats
4. The cameras, other than the wide lens one, needing more light and do deliver softer-blurry like photos
5. The flash light is bloody weak. Useless
6. U can't watch the slow mo effect of a 120fps recorded video on it. It plays super smooth regular motion vid. Unless I'm mistaking you need to interpret the video file as 120fps in a 24 fps sequence editing profile to get that smooth slow motion.
7. Not that bright screen in the daylight.
Let me add some as an owner of 1 IV (model CT72):
8. It still overheats, despite the monthly software updates.
9. Hella buggy software experience. I've had android ever since I got into smartphones and never has the various bugs annoyed/interfered my & the daily use of the phone as much as it has with this Xperia. Very disappointing & frustrating user experience.
10. Can confirm, the cameras need a TON of light to really outperform/stand out amongst the Pixel/Galaxy/iPhone competition.
11. The telephoto optical zoom lens is honestly more of a gimmick - it can look decent when you have a TON of light to work with, but even then it will look very soft/blurry.
12. The cameras in general are much harder to get good quality photos compared to computational photography that Pixel/Galaxy/iPhone have, although the manual experience can be fun.
13. Did I mention it still overheats?
Nice EXCEPT SONY MADE A DUMB MOVE BY ELIMINATING THE NOTIFICATION LED!
Oh hi there lol
@@muazqamar hey bro! Don't mind me, I know Sony reads the comments on big channels ha
Ooh that's one useful feature on my past sony phones but yeah it could've been retained.
This Phone is amazing. I got the Galaxy S23 Ultra because these are not available in my country but I would have totally bought that. I understand it's a little niche but having SD card slot and a 3.5 jack for audio is something that adds a lot of points in my book.
Its amazing to have a headphone jack even if the output on this phone is Anemic
How is the mic quality? Considering to buy this one for myself
Watching on the Xperia 1 IV... Bought based on Brandon's vid. Love it! Was hoping my old phone was gonna hang on for 1 V but alas it wasnt meant to be. Only issue I have is marginal wifi reception, nothing a 2nd access point couldn't fix.
Mine actually has good wifi reception now. Originally it was terrible but after a software update its great and has been for many months now.
I too have a Xperia 1 iv bought recently and yes fantastic phone, biggest draw back though is the over heating especially when I want too use the camera. That was the whole point of me getting this phone
@@stevenwood433 Can you tell me what settings you are using to overheat the camera? Because I haven't overheated my phone even once in the past 8 months and I have taken about 3000 pictures and filmed no less than 100 short videos.
I hope the sound recording issues you had can be dealt with. They do have a forward facing microphone (right next to the cameras on the back) which I would think has a good pickup on sounds coming from whatever you're pointing at. Guess I'll find out when mine gets delivered.
yeah, you have to change the mic from back mic to stereo to get best audio quality, ai wind noise reduction also does not seem to work well at least for me.
I'm half considering this as my upgrade from my current Note 9 (the other option being to continue running my Note 9 until the battery pops out the back or critical apps stop working on it), and the idea of 23 hours of UA-cam playback is just entirely inconceivable to me - I get around 4-5 currently, and thought I would be happy if my new phone peaks above 10!
I've had the Note 9 since it came out, and the bettery now does last about 4-5 hours but I've had it replaced once.
I am considering this as a replacement for my Note9 as well. The note9 is cool, but te design is straining on the hands .
I will wait and see the 5V and compare it with the 1V, and maybe choose one between them
The Xperia for me has great battery life when it comes to work tasks + youtube. I don't really game so I can't speak really in that regard but I limit the battery on mine to 80% and still get all day battery life...
all of that sounds very promising, cant wait to have dense phone someday again
been looking for a replacement for my Note 9 for a few years now, but nothing ever came close. either the new flagships missed a 3.5mm jack, were 1080p displays, had no water resistance, or generally had lower storage and bad displays. but this, this is what i need. with this review i put my fear of overheating to rest and imma get the 1 V in a few months. Thanks Bell and the team!
I'm still using my mk2 and it's still plodding along nicely. Wireless charging stopped working 3 months ago and it rattles somewhere but other than that it's fine. The only problem I've had with the Xperia range is the quality of the standard camera app. The auto focus is way slower than the Z series resulting in much more blurred photos
I've already ordered mine. Replacing my s20+, basically for every feature except the cameras; for me I care about everything else and photos are tertiary
There is no bubble design that Sony puts on the phone, I am confused as to what he means by this - that bubble design is also on the pixel phones as it is just the look of new stock Android 13. Sony does very little to change up stock android other than a few additional apps and features.
The entire point of android is also that you can customize it deeply without much effort.
If you dont like the xperia launcher you can install a new one easily without voiding anything.
It is priced as all other top smartphones, no more no less. Plus, it has the advantage of the optical zoom. In Spain it has the same price as the Samsung S23 ultra, Xiaomi 13 Pro, and all the rest.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
If it's sony, sony should give you 1500 dollars instead of you giving them 1500 dollars, otherwise it's overpriced.
It absolutely has nothing over the glorious S23 Ultra pro max 10TB 10G Verizon T mobile Version that can serve as a power source for a submarine. With it's 500000000000000000000mah ultra compact nuclear fusion reactor
No, it's Sony so it's more expensive even though you can't tell from the price.
great review, definitely picking one of these up as soon as the next model drops and this ones resale price with it
Unfortunately Sony's phone quality hasn't been the same since the XZ1 compact. That one lasted me years. But the X1 III had to be sent to repair twice (constantly loosing service), then I just gave up on it
My wifes hasn't had any issues in almost 2 years of using it daily now. I have the Xperia 1 IV for 8 months and no issues.... my other buddy also has an 1 IV (but his is the international version) and he doesn't have issues either and its been almost a year now.
Anecdotal note:
I have a Sony Xperia 5 mk III
I have not had as many overheating problems with this phone. For context I am coming from Apple's iPhone. I used iPhones for the past 15 years. I frequently had crashing and shut downs in iOS due to overheating. I was nervous buying the Sony Xperia because so many UA-camrs talk down about how bad the overheating is on the Xperia line of phones.Then those same UA-camrs will talk about how great the iPhone line of phones are. I can confirm (at least anecdotally) that the Sony Xperia 5 mk III handles over heating better than all the iPhones that I've owned over the past 15 years.
My conclusion is that UA-camrs are either having amazing experiences on other android devices and therefore talk bad about the Xperia OR UA-camrs are talking nice about Apple to be able to continue to receive review samples ahead of the release date.
IMO: Xperia greater than iPhone
5 is more refined and in a way similar to compact line releases from way back. I use Sony flagships since their first android release. I had many other phones from that time to now but my main daily driver was always sony. The overheating problem was mostly a flagship releases problem(to my understanding and experience) and mostly related to few stuff like recording video taking photos etc mostly camera related. I can confirm these overheat issues did exist for a very long time but as I said majority of it was camera related which is something I rarely use so It didn't affect me. But my mark 2 overheat very fast under direct sunlight after blasting brightness to max in a place which is not that hot. I think it was worst offender from all the flagships.
@@akbasemre31 oh! Interesting. That explains allot. I would have thought that there are very few differences between the Xperia 1 and Xperia 5. 4k display, tof sensor, bigger battery, bigger body and screen. But very few really important differences that warrant the extra money.
@@willcarter7079 technically that's true but having these hardware producing more heat in similar small package was likely to be biggest reason behind overheating. For example 4k spend much more power as a compute, battery. The screen is also likely to heat more with brightness. All these add up. It depends from release to release my experience was that the camera is mostly the biggest culprit. The first 4k camera they put into the phone just overheats in a few minutes of starting recording a video :)
@@akbasemre31 well Sony's old a7 used to over heat when recording. They fixed that with the most recent generation.
@@willcarter7079 Nope, never had an issue with overheating on the 1 III as well. It's overblown by the fact that the 1 IV used the detective chipset called the 8 Gen 1, which also wreaked havoc on other devices as well.
The cellphone ranger strikes again! Good review man.
I'd also like to see tests such as switching between multiple apps or even Bluetooth/wifi time to get a link after turning it on.
Cheers
I was hoping to see more on the video performance- I'm guessing the picture performance is a good indicator anyway. Looking to get this as a "compromise"- I want a very good camera to shoot video and take pictures of my family, like better than the average android & iPhone, but not in a separate device. This hits all the targets for me as far as I can tell.
I really want to see a full Linus review of this
If I broke my phone right now and needed a new phone, this would be the phone I would get. I'm not that bothered about the cameras, as long it can point and shoot and give me a good photo. But that QHD screen with 120hz refresh rate, headphone jack, mircrosd card slot and IPx rating? There is no other competition on the market right now for it. Looking forward to the Xperia 5 V though since I prefer smaller phones.
It's not QHD, it's UHD even more pixels
QHD is 1440p. this is 4k UHD
@TwinTurbo Ray this is the one to get if he wants a point-and-shoot wirh all other features he mentioned. None other than this will fulfill his checklist
Damn. This is looking pretty close to a reason for me to stay on android when I get a new phone next year. Hopefully the 1 VI can improve on this either further
I have very good memories about my Xperia Z3 and Z5 back in the days.
In the graphs for battery life, you should mention how powerful the chipset is. Pixel 7 lasts so long in a heavy stress test because it has a weak cpu and gpu as compared to Xperia. (tensor vs snapdragon)
I really wish they'd do one with a 50-85mm lens. Once you get used to the "zoom" lens you realise the standard smarthphone 24mm lens is way too wide for anything to look good. 50mm would be a much better sweet spot.
Exactly! Even in mid range phones. My Samsung A72 got stolen last year and I replaced it with an A52s. Almost the same phone, with a slightly faster chipset too, but man, I sorely miss the 3X telephoto lens, it was my main choice, even for everyday photography.
Pretty much the Xperia 1 iii. I do think zoom could be improved and the 24mm can be narrowed a bit to 26mm or 28mm. But that's wishful thinking. I'll just wait for them to improve the sensor on the ultrawide and zoom for their next iterations.
To me, the Xperia 1s (and 5s) will always be a smartphone with Alpha abilities rather than a camera phone. They tend to be only a slightly processed while keeping image natural so it's easier for the user to edit later. Yes there's some overblown highlights here and there but that's the same with regular mirrorless on the market. It's just old school image capture. It basically replaced the RX100 in the long run. I hope Sony keep this smartphone for a while. It's definitely a handy tool if you prefer to take control of your shots.
The 240hz touch sampling rate in on par with other flagships like the S23 Ultra. Yes, it would have been nice to have more, but in context it's not below what the typical flagship is offering.
As for the Sony skin, I'm mixed on it. I currently have the S23 Ultra and the One UI animations are nice, but I kinda like the simplicity and straight-to-the-point look and feel of Sony's UI.
the thing with the camera is, as impressed as i am with it, i'd still get a dedicated camera for a various of reasons, and with Leica being my goal and gold standards i can't really justify spending $1400 on it
While it can't replace a dedicated camera, it can absolutely replace a compact camera/secondary camera.
@@zsomborszarka2616 definitely depends cause even compact point & shoots from fujifilm, sony themselves and leica have vastly better image quality
For someone like me, who likes photography, but doesn't want to invest in a standalone camera, the Xperia is a go to
A lot of people say this but you simply cannot get an alpha camera system and something as versatile as this, in your pocket, for 1400$.
Compared to other phones, this has 120fps HDR HLG 4k on all back sensors (now S-Cinetone is included too), object, human + animal eye AF for video and photo work which are all impeccably accurate and fast, a true optical zoom range on the telephoto (which is a decently far reaching one too, 125mm), the 30fps burst mode which no other smartphone has and 3 photo + video apps that give you way more control than any other brand's solutions.
These phones have higher specs than some full frame Alpha cameras, and they obviously beat the competition.
Couple that with the natural outputs, the lack of over-sharpening (which is, again, present in no other phone, which has resulted in some UA-camrs calling their results "blurry" because they're so used to gross camera processing) and other small goodies like the new stacked sensor or the uninterrupted screen and you have a package that's way more useful than anything else, readily available to you in a tiny box.
Yeah I don't regret my 5 III, and that's still missing newer features I detailed here. It depends on the choices you have. I don't have the money to build the system that I want even now, but I sure as hell could drop a couple of bucks for a slightly older flagship that opens up way more doors than other brands would let me.
See Sony knows what we want and other companies only cares about what they want.
And I would buy this phone just because it has a micro SD card slot at the high end. I can live without the headphone jack but it's nice to see it.
I wish it was available in Canada through Carrier phone plans, headphone jack and SD card are great quality of life things that all flagship phone should have.
I used the experia 5 IV for 6 months and I love it way more then apple and samsung. No punch hole, fingerprint reader on the power button, headphone jack, easily accessible SD card slot, best camera (if you like natural looking photos) and smaller size.
I only got a sony phone cause I was tired of apple and samsung doing the same thing every year. Sony phones are my new go-to
man the deciding con was the skin but it was completely glossed over. I wanna know more about why the skin is no bueno
yeah heard that aswell, maybe they changed it from the mark 4 lineup but its pretty much stock android. If there is a skin its very very minimal.
Kinda wish I had that phone
Been using the 1 III for almost two years now, no complaints. I guess the III doesn't have the overheating issue.
i already have the Sony Xperia 1 IV and may plan on getting the Xperia 1 V later this year if the 512 GB becomes available. I think the North American version gets the 256GB at this price instead, who knows I may be wrong. My 1 IV is the 512 and it seldom overheats as many people mentions when I use the camera and some video recording.
Sony is the best phone maker hands down
You might be right
They could be if they had longer software support. The three years of security updates isn't enough for a flagship product.
Honestly I think Sharp is on par
There's a lot more to know about this phone and those cameras. That phone is really impressive and while it might not be for everyone, the things it has for professionals are cool and sometimes a godsend.
This is clearly not a phone for the typical user, not even an enthusiast (that's a job for an upcoming 5 V), but I think it is worth it for all that it offers. The only thing missing is the Desktop mode Android offers for other phones.
For the colour accuracy I wish there was a big red arrow type explaining what’s important or comparing it to a bad phone
Sony still didn't fixed a fatal flaw - price & availability. Xperia phones aren't available in vast majority of countries which means no warranty, no service, ridiculuous prices and no 5G for the most potential buyers.
His voice is the most soothing thing ever
I love when he presents videos. He's pretty great
Is the fingerprint sensor on this phone durable? The sensor on my 5 iii completely stopped working after 14 month's of ownership. Heard that earlier 1 and 5 series phones were prone to this problem.
A lot of shooter games on mobile there's something called 4 finger grip which allows you to move, aim and shoot at the same time. That was the grip they had on the website
1 MARK FIVE...
Literally the only reason I haven't bought an Xperia phone is that there is no option to move the back navigation button to the right like on Samsung.
I know Google wants to move away from on-screen buttons and on to gestures, but I like the simplicity, predictability, and practicality of on-screen navigation buttons.
Sony Xperia team, if you are reading this, please add the option to put the back navigation 0button on the right in the next OS update.
If you do, you have a sale from me
I love everything else about the phone. Headphone jack, sd card support, size, no notch.
Please just let me put the back navigation 0button on the right.
Lobby Google to return this feature to stock Android.
Thank you.
Whoever decided putting the back button on the right is sick in the head. If it was for lefties ok but for the mainstream it's completely wack
@@andrewk8636 All I am asking is for it to be an option. No one who doesn't like it has to use it. The reason I originally switched to Android was more customization. It is sad to see that customization slowing disappear in stock Android. On Samsung, you can also have the back button on the right. It is nice to have options.
Plus, as you said, left-handers exist. They make up about 11 percent of the population. Why should they be be ignored?
You comment adds nothing of value to the conversation.
If other phones had a headphone jack I'd probably go for them but this one has one and had a good setup to recording and phography so I'd say phone or the year.
Currently watching this with my Xperia 1 II. I think it's time for me to upgrade soon to 1 V.
They removed the Notification LED tho that makes it worse than the previous 3 (the first one still the worst for not having headphone jack tho)
hope they add it back in the VI
If you use always on screen, you can use that for notification indicator
They knocked the price down by $200 though. Expensive LED but I'll take it
SONY SHOULD BRING IT BACK
They chopped the storage in half which is why it's cheaper now
If you've ever properly used a notification led you know aod is not the same at all
PLEASE Sony, let us turn up the torch brightness! Its too dim! Its literally the only thing stopping me from buying one of these or the 5 V if/when it comes out.
Typing this on my Xperia 1 V right now, it's just so perfect. Takes beautiful photos, amazing display and speakers, battery lasts 1.5 days, looks classy and pro. I actually used it to shoot an internal training video for the workplace with a mic plugged it, instead of using the company dslr and it was just as good. I also went on a trip with some friends with iphone 14 pros, and we all agreed i got the better shots because of the flexibility the 1 V offered especially under low light conditions.
Overheating is non-existent.
Fingerprint sensor is also extremely good, unequivocally the best on a Sony phone. (Sensor on power buttons can be hit and miss for Sony, my 5II for example wasn't very good).
Tbh tho it really shines when you have at least a bit of experience in manual photography, so even though i love it to death, I still wont 100% recommend it to most people i know
hows the low light performance?
its what XP-1-V is update touting on.
can't wait to buy this phone only to get zero security fixes for critical vulnerabilities in just two years 😒
The security updates are available for three years, not two.
@@I_THE_ME Still piss poor compared to the five you get from Google, Samsung, and even Apple.
I thought you were announcing that Sony was now supporting their phones with security for 4-5 years.
Fixing the overheating issue is only fixing one of its fatal flaws. It is $1600 unsecured brick after 2 years. BOO!!
I have a Sony Xperia 10 IV and although it's not been an amazing phone, the audio from the headphone jack is actually the best I've heard. It even drive smy 250 Ohm headphones prtty decently. Not very loud, but you get pretty much all the detail and it even goe sdown to the very low bass notes too. It's actually pretty impressive
The rippling circles indicating where to look is a nice touch.
OMG you literally triggered me when you FORCEFULLY said "ONE FIVE". It's "one MARK five".... GEEZ!
It got to me too...just a little but HE DID IT AGAIN AND AGAIN
"I hope the camera no longer overheat"
Sony Xperia, overheating cameras for +10 years: 🤨
can you make a single photo while you have one of the burst modes on in basic mode with the physical shutter button?
My 1 mk III is awesome, and I have NEVER had an over heating issue. Also I use campfire audio Andromeda iems and the amp is perfect for them as they are super sensitive
Same here. It's sad that people associate overheating with Sony, even though all of those are caused by defective chipsets from Qualcomm. And it's not like those chipsets exists exclusively on Sony phones
What you guys think upgrading from note 20 ultra 5g(might be the best looking phone in hand) to Xperia 1 V(I also have an Xperia 1). I'm kinda worried about the brightness but the sharpness... idk
I'm not sure if I want to replace my Oneplus 7Pro, which is still awesome except for the camera, which I don't really need, but this looks like the only good phone on a market - no holes in the screen, headphone jack, top specs, good cameras. I'm only a little worried about software support. I don't mind installing custom ROMs, but google tries to make google pay too difficult to use with those.
i've been holdin' on to a Galaxy S7 for a long while and my gosh i would consider it as my upgrade especially when i've been havin' trouble lookin' for a phone with a Headphone jack and local Micro SD expansion and it would be my phone of choice if i decide to upgrade
i had the Xperia 1 one (i think thats what it was called but im not sure) it overheated once and shut off so i put it in a lock box in case it exploded or something, couple days later opened it up phone was not only completely bricked but there was a neat little burn mark on the back of the phone. when i contacted sony about it they said there was nothing they could do despite the phone being on warranty.
have they fixed the problem with the warranty sensor that was in the previous models? when you were talking with the headset in the ear the screen turned on. thank you
Never had an issue here on the 1 III
@@pixels_per_inch believe me there is especially on Xperia iv
Does this phone mostly use stock google apps or does it have un-removable apps like samsung.
Great coverage! Very thorough!
Xperia 5 MkIII owner here. (That's the lower end model, two iterations ago for those of you keeping score. Sony's naming scheme doesn't make sense.) I can confirm that lots of things about Sony phones are great. I love the aspect ratio, and even the 1440p screen on my unit is very nice. Not as nice as the 1 series, but I can't imagine my battery life would be as good with a 4k display.
That said, the camera and video apps do cause overheating, and I have frequent issues with basic functionality such as GPS and WiFi. Also, although I appreciate the greater control Sony's camera app provides, if I'm honest I was probably getting more consistently better shots with my Pixel. I'm not a practiced-enough photographer to properly make use of the bells and whistles Sony included, and the lack of a proper computational "auto" mode is a definite minus for me.
I probably wouldn't pull the trigger on another Sony phone but for one thing - I bought a custom made leather wallet folio case for it, and it will never fit any other phone. I'm stuck with 21:9 aspect ratio units if I want to keep the folio, and these are some of the only ones. It'll make the decision more difficult when the time comes, certainly...
Great review - presenter did an excellent job!
Did they fix the screen off sensor issue that Sony 1 4 had? That was super annoying when on call.