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Sony’s tack with the Xperia line is to pack them to the gills with specs and features that will appeal to photographers and even videographers (there’s an excellent workflow-based video app included).
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Treating a smartphone camera as a pro SLR-style camera could limit their appeal. Previous Sony Xperia phones have also had great camera hardware specs, but for taking quick shots they have often missed the mark. We’ll need to review them to see if these specs can translate to great experiences. On paper, all of this sounds really great. Sony’s pro mode really is angled towards people who use Sony’s cameras, too: the interface is very similar. There’s the “basic” mode like any smartphone, but it’s now quicker to get to the pro mode. Sony is finally integrating its pro camera app with the main camera app. The hardware is excellent, but it may only get noticed by enthusiasts The idea is that photographers will mostly stick to those focal lengths, but should they want to zoom further or use a zoom level in between the Xperia phones will utilize digital zoom. That extra telephoto zoom comes thanks to a folded periscope lens design, and the Xperia is physically moving the lens elements to get different focal lengths. Sony says it has lenses that are the equivalent to 16mm (f/2.2 ultrawide), 24mm (f/1.7 wide), and 70mm (f/2.3 telephoto), but that the telephoto can also reach to an f/2.8 105mm equivalent. (The Xperia 1 III also gets a time-of-flight sensor.) Sony is using three 12-megapixel sensors on the back, and both the main and telephoto lenses support OIS. But it still has support for the periscope-style variable lens.īut again, the big push is on the cameras and here Sony has done quite a bit to improve the hardware.
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The larger phone has a 6.5-inch 21:9 display while the 5 has a 6.1-inch 21:9 display - at 1080p resolution instead of 4K. If you step down from the Xperia 1 III to the Xperia 5 III, you’ll get a very similar set of specs with a few exceptions.
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Both phones will ship with Android 11, but as of right now there’s no clear commitment to future software updates. When plugged in and gaming the phones can redirect power away from the battery to reduce heat. There’s also the more standard fare, like wireless charging and a 4,500mAh battery. And there’s even a good ol’ headphone jack and a shutter button. They’ll come in both dual-SIM and SIM+microSD variants. That could also make them an interesting option for live streaming. Sony is also enabling a special mode for the USB-C port that allows you to use a special cable to take an HD-resolution video signal from an SLR camera so you can use it as a monitor – much like the Xperia Pro can do with HDMI. There are dual speakers that are 40 percent louder and will work with Sony’s 360 Reality Audio format. The Xperia 1 III has a 4K OLED screen that now supports a fast (though locked) 120Hz refresh rate. In order to establish the Xperia brand, Sony has also been pushing a lot of other nice specs that are relatively hard to come by on other Android phones. I think they look great, but I’m also aware that they’re likely to cost a lot of money when Sony gets around to announcing the price. They’re tall and narrow, with lots of glossy black and small curves on all the angles, giving them the most monolithic look of a smartphone today. The phone also keep the Xperia design language Sony landed on with the original Xperia 1. As is fairly usual for Sony, these will be sold directly rather than via carriers. However, they’ll only work on the regular sub-6 networks on Verizon and T-Mobile, without support for AT&T’s 5G network. Actually, the 5G support is worth noting because these Xperia phones will be able to work on 5G networks in the US, something weirdly lacking on the last models. Pricing was not announced, but they should both be available in the US “this summer.”Įach phone has the basic specs you’d expect on a top-flight Android phone: three cameras on the rear, a Snapdragon 888 processor, and support for 5G. As such, the camera system is once again the main focus, and Sony specifically is touting the “world’s first smartphone with a variable telephoto lens paired with a Dual PD sensor” and improvements to its already fast and accurate autofocus system.
Both are the latest in Sony’s campaign to redefine the Xperia brand as a kind of sibling to its well-regarded Alpha digital cameras. Sony is announcing two new phones today, the Xperia 1 III and the Xperia 5 III.