Today Sony declares the successor to final yr’s Xperia 1 flagship cellphone, the brand new Xperia 1 II, in addition to teasing a brand new attention-grabbing system within the type of the Xperia PRO, geared toward skilled photographers.
The Xperia 1 was the primary Sony flagship system that adopted the corporate’s cell division reshuffle below the pinnacle of Kimio Maki, former head of Sony’s Alpha mirrorless digicam success. The new Xperia 1 II additional embraces this new merging of product strains inside Sony as we’re seeing new synergies between options that made the Alpha line-up of units well-liked.
The Xperia 1 II additionally upgrades its {hardware} to be on par with what you’d count on in 2020: Powered by a brand new Snapdragon 865 SoC, brand-new digicam sensors, in addition to a seemingly 90Hz display, all whereas packing an even bigger battery, the brand new system on paper seems to be to be an improve in the appropriate locations, all whereas retaining the signature traits that made the Xperia 1 a differentiating system in 2019. There are additionally some surprises within the combine, some good, and a few presumably dangerous. We see the return of the three.5mm headphone jack, however an odd lack of 5G within the US variants of the cellphone. We’re be going over the specs in additional element:
| Sony Xperia 1 Series | |||||
Sony Xperia 1 II
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Sony Xperia 1 | ||||
| SoC | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
1x Cortex-A77 @ 2.84GHz Adreno 650 @ 587MHz |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
1x Okay485 (Cortex-A76) @ 2.84GHz Adreno 640 @ 585MHz |
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| DRAM | 8GB | 6GB LPDDR4X | |||
| Display | 6.5″ AMOLED 3840 x 1644 (21:9) 90Hz (Interpolated?) |
6.5″ AMOLED 3840 x 1644 (21:9)
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| Size | Height | 166 mm | 167 mm | ||
| Width | 72 mm | 72 mm | |||
| Depth | 7.9 mm | 8.2 mm | |||
| Weight | 181 grams | 178 grams | |||
| Battery Capacity | 4000mAh
18W USB-PD Adaptive Charging |
3330mAh
18W USB-PD Adaptive Charging |
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| Wireless Charging | Yes | – | |||
| Rear Cameras | |||||
| Main | 12MP 1.8µm Dual Pixel PDAF 1/1.7″ sensor 24mm / |
12MP 1.4µm Dual Pixel PDAF 1/2.6″ sensor 26mm / 78° |
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| Telephoto | 12MP 1.0µm PDAF 1/3.4″ sensor 70mm / / 3x zoom |
12MP 1.0µm PDAF 1/3.4″ sensor 52mm / 45° / 2x zoom |
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| Wide | 12MP 1.4µm Dual Pixel PDAF 1/2.6″ sensor 16mm / 130° |
12MP 1.0µm PDAF 1/3.4″ sensor 16mm / 130° |
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| Extra | 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) | – | |||
| Front Camera | 8MP 1.12µm f/2.0 |
8MP 1.12µm f/2.0 |
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| Storage | 256GB | 128GB UFS 2.1 | |||
| I/O | USB-C 3.5mm headphone jack |
USB-C no 3.5mm headphone jack |
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| Cellular | 4G (US)
5G (Depending on market) |
4G | |||
| Wireless (native) | TBC | 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi Bluetooth 5.Zero LE + NFC |
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| IP Rating | IP65 & IP68 | ||||
| Other Features | Dual Speakers | ||||
| Dual-SIM | 1x nanoSIM + microSD or 2x nanoSIM |
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| Launch Price | $949 / £849 / €949 | ||||
Starting off with the {hardware}, as anticipated we see the usage of a brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC which places the Xperia 1 II on the similar stage as different 2020 flagship units. Sony has raised the RAM and storage configuration of the X1II, bumping it as much as 8GB and 256GB by default (with no different choices); the storage improve is especially welcome.
Amongst the inner {hardware} enhancements is a a lot larger battery capability, assuaging one of many Xperia 1’s largest weaknesses, upgrading from a 3330mAh unit to a 4000mAh new design, a 20% generational uplift.
The elevated battery capability didn’t have any massive affect on the form-factor of the cellphone, as the brand new unit is just 3g heavier at 181g, and Sony even managed to…
