Sony has introduced its newest flagship cellphone, which because the quite a few rumors over the past couple of weeks have predicted, is known as the Xperia 1 VII. It succeeds the Xperia 1 VI that launched in Could 2024 and it incorporates applied sciences from Sony’s Alpha cameras, Walkman audio gamers, and the corporate’s BRAVIA televisions, integrating these options by ‘Xperia Intelligence’ for enhanced digicam, audio, and viewing experiences.
As has been the case for a number of years with Sony telephones, the main focus of the Xperia 1 VII continues to be its digicam capabilities and whereas there have solely been some slight changes to the digicam lenses themselves, new software program methods have been launched for 2025.
The seventh iteration of the Xperia 1 comes with ‘AI Camerawork’ and ‘Auto Framing’ features as its function highlights. The previous – ‘AI Digicam Work’ – is designed to let you seize secure and well-composed movies even with out steady monitoring of the capturing display screen. It maintains a centred topic within the body by using picture stabilization and posture estimation.
‘Auto Framing’ in the meantime, makes use of AI to trace and robotically crop your shot to maintain the topic central, providing each a full scene and a close-up view concurrently, with two movies saved to the system when utilizing this function.
What specs does the Sony Xperia 1 VII have?
By way of digicam setup, the Xperia 1 VII has triple rear lenses, together with a brand new 16mm extremely extensive lens with a 48MP 1/1.56-inch sensor that’s claimed to be 2.1x bigger than the extremely extensive lens on the Xperia 1 VI. This bigger sensor is meant to enhance low-light efficiency and cut back noise, and it additionally helps macro pictures from round 5cm. The primary 48-megapixel wide-angle lens provides 24mm/48mm equivalents for 2x optical zoom, whereas the 12-megapixel telephoto lens supplies an 85mm to 170mm optical zoom vary.
The Xperia 1 VII additionally incorporates circuit design and elements from Sony’s Walkman units to reinforce wired headphone sound high quality, whereas ‘DSEE Final’ expertise makes use of AI to enhance the standard of compressed streaming audio for each wired and wi-fi connections. The cellphone’s full-stage stereo audio system have additionally been improved for clearer sound throughout frequencies.
There’s a 6.5-inch OLED show on board the Xperia 1 VII, which includes a 19.5:9 facet ratio Full HD+ decision and a 120Hz refresh fee. The show’s specs are much like the Xperia 1 VI however there’s now has a further mild sensor to optimize brightness and color based mostly on the viewing atmosphere. It’s designed to enhance visibility in numerous lighting circumstances, whereas an enhanced peak brightness and ‘Daylight Imaginative and prescient’ have been launched for assist with utilizing this cellphone open air in direct daylight. In contrast to the likes of Samsung, Apple and OnePlus nevertheless, Sony doesn’t element the brightness in nits so it’s not clear the way it compares.
Below the hood, Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset runs the Xperia 1 VII, supported by 12GB of RAM. There’s a 5,000mAh battery on board too, with Sony claiming it’s going to provide 36 hours of steady video playback and 50 per cent cost in half-hour.
The Xperia 1 VII will likely be obtainable for order from Could 13 in Slate Black, Moss Inexperienced, and Orchid Purple from Sony and choose retailers. It will likely be priced round €1499 in Europe and £1399 within the UK. US pricing and availability has but to be introduced so it’s not at present clear if it’s going to come to the US in any respect.
The Xperia 1 VII will help 4 OS upgrades and 6 years of safety updates, which is sort of just a few years lower than Google and Samsung, however one 12 months greater than Motorola.