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The latest iteration of the smartphone is ideal for those who love photography, as it features the series' most powerful camera to date, supported by a 85-170mm optical telephoto lens.
"Hello everyone and welcome to another Gamereactor Quick Look.
It's that time of the year again, Sony has refreshed their main smartphone lineup and that of course means a new Xperia 1."
"This is called the Mark VI and while it might look, at least on the surface, like it maintains the form factor, the size, the screen aspect ratio, the camera array, and sort of the screen to body ratio as like the last couple of generations of Xperia 1, well there are some changes under the hood that I think a lot of people are going to like."
"But let's just completely like lay our cards on the table.
A lot of the stuff that people really like about Xperia 1s are still here.
That means a tool-less SIM tray here at the bottom, that means a headphone jack up top, one of the last flagship series to offer a headphone jack, a notification LED at the top alongside this really tall aspect ratio, which just means that for scrolling people, you can fit more on the screen."
"Because let's face it, while some people do this to watch Netflix, only to introduce black bars on either side, using it to scroll Instagram or TikTok or just web browsing in general, that fill outs the entire screen."
"So there's just more screen to body ratio to work with in this tall aspect ratio, which I think works really well.
Then there are obviously some of the best stereo speakers in a phone, that has not changed.
There's a 5000 mAh battery, which lasts you around two days."
"The price is really high at around 1400 euros.
It again has now wireless charging, which is great.
It has an IP rating, which is also great.
There really isn't a lot of fuss here."
"And this carbon fiber-ish, I don't know if this comes across on the microphone, but the point is that it has this really tactile surface, which means that it's lovely to grip, lovely to use.
Lovely little textured shutter button here for the shutterbugs that plan to buy this to take photos with it."
"And it's just great.
The OLED panel that Sony uses is still a 4K 120Hz panel.
Lovely.
And now Sony says it's AI improved, but they don't really mean AI."
"There's no artificial intelligence improving the panel.
It's just an algorithm that basically means that it can turn up or turn down the individual nits peak brightness count on local areas of the panel with more precision, meaning that it can get, at least in theory, 1.5-ish times brighter than the previous model."
"But again, that depends on a whole host of different factors.
And all it really does is basically know the content on the screen and knowing what brightness areas should be allocated where, and then doing just that."
"Not AI.
But again, that is the buzzword of the year and for the last couple of years.
The main story, of course, are these three cameras here at the back.
The main feature of the main lens is that it now has, well, it really not now has."
"It has had that for at least, I think, at least from last year and onwards, is variable aperture.
That basically means that you get two lenses in one that can shift from an 85mm aperture to a 170mm aperture, which basically means that it can in the, like if you oscillate it way over to one side, you can get around 7x optical zoom."
"That is very impressive and something which gets dangerously close to defeating the zoom kings over at Samsung.
There is also another lens that's a main 24mm objective, which has the Exmor T-image sensor with enhanced light intake and an AI-boosted autofocus, which might even work as a macro."
"Again, AI.
What that means is also just an algorithm that smartly determines the depth of the photo and the subject of the photo and then moves in between those layers in order to boost autofocus quicker."
"So that is cool.
Now, it also has a different array of camera apps, depending on how pro you want the photos to be, how much you want to tweak, but there is a new improved camera app, which is great."
"It also supports the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
It's really just good stuff.
It's going to be a lightning fast responsive smartphone for years down the line.
They offer a lot of Android platform upgrades and security upgrades for years and you have basically one of the best cameras, particularly if you know what you're doing."
"So it's an Xperia and it's a good one.
We'll be fully reviewing this in the days and weeks to come, so stay tuned for that.
Thank you so much for watching."
