Sony Xperia 1 Mk2

73bc61lyohr0mu

Sony just announced the new Xperia flagship this morning. Granted it has a silly name but the specs and features are just what I wanted. Micro sd, no notch or punch hole, 4k screen and best of all Sony brought back the headphone jack. Looking like my next phone..

6.5-inch HDR OLED
3,840 x 1,644 resolution (4K)
643ppi
Motion blur reduction (90Hz equivalent)
21:9 aspect ratio
Corning Gorilla Glass 6

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
7nm+ process
Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585)GPUAdreno 650RAM8GB

Storage 256GB

Rear cameras
- Ultra-wide: 12MP sensor, 16mm, f/2.2 aperture, Dual PDAF
- Wide: 12MP sensor, 24mm, f/1.7 aperture, Dual PDAF, OIS
- Telephoto: 12MP sensor, 70mm, f/2.4 aperture, PDAF, OIS
- Depth sensor: 3D iTOF

Front camera: 8MP sensor

Headphone jack
Dual stereo front speakers
360 Reality Audio
DSEE upscaling

Battery 4,000mAh
21W USB-PD wired charging
15W wireless charging

IP rating IP65/68

Connectivity 5G, sub-6GHz

Software Android 10

Dimensions and weight166 x 72 x 7.9mm
181g

Colors Black, Purple

https://m.gsmarena.com/sony_introduces_the_xperia_1_ii_with_brighter_cameras_xperia_pro_tags_along-news-41665.php

youcancallmeal

It's a real box ticker alright. Flat screen is very appealing too, I'm so over curved screens. Will be interested to see how the cameras stack up against the competition. No UFS 3.0 but still not sure how much real world difference that makes. Probably won't be available until May/June if it's same release schedule as the Xperia 1. Might look into picking it up Autumn/Winter when it's more reasonably priced.

Squeeonline

3,840 x 1,644

That's not 4k. At least 2160 pixels are required on the smallest axis.

it's more like Quad HD+ (but not as much of a plus as the dell xps 15 with 1800 pixels).

corks finest

Squeeonline wrote: »

3,840 x 1,644

That's not 4k. At least 2160 pixels are required on the smallest axis.

it's more like Quad HD+ (but not as much of a plus as the dell xps 15 with 1800 pixels).

Correct

youcancallmeal

Launch price is supposedly €1200 :eek:

billbond4

Yeah May/June release alright.
It looks like a very good phone alright, will be interesting to see what the camera samples are like.
Not sure what irish network will be selling the phone though.

corks finest

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Launch price is supposedly €1200 :eek:

God almighty,you'd need to be lacking big time to even consider buying any phone for that price,call me miserable but not for me

flazio

Might keep an eye on this. Now 2 years with an XZ2 so due an upgrade on Vodafone. Was considering a Pixel 4 but hearing that the battery is poor. There's no big rush anyway, the XZ2 is still working perfectly.
Sony have kind of fallen off the radar with the networks at the moment. Vodafone don't have any Sony phones in their range at the minute.

73bc61lyohr0mu

I'm just hoping the fingerprint scanner is better this time round. I had an Xperia 5 for a few days and returned it due to the absolutely abysmal scanner. My Xz2, xz premium, xz1 were flawless.

biebiebie

Sony usually have ****ty battery capacity.
Nothing changes! 4000mAh is nothing special.

L1011

biebiebie wrote: »

Sony usually have ****ty battery capacity.
Nothing changes! 4000mAh is nothing special.

My Xperia 10 has probably the best battery endurance of any Android I've had, getting up to what I was getting in the Symbian days; and that's sub 3000mAh. They seem to have really nailed down background idle battery use compared to other vendors - and considering my main phone is an Androidone Nokia there isn't much to modify!

AngryLips

What's with the bizarre screen dimensions?

youcancallmeal

AngryLips wrote: »

What's with the bizarre screen dimensions?

They've been doing 21:9 since the xperia 1 last year. I haven't used it myself but supposedly being narrowed it makes it easier to hold and you can fit more on the screen vertically so well suited to feed based stuff like instragram, twitter etc.
This is a good video explaining it

flazio

OK, Contract now finished with Vodafone and I'm now on 30 day rolling. This phone isn't out yet but so I've still been stewing over it. Thanks to still having a job but nowhere to go my bank balance has crept up enough that I could take a plunge and buy without a new contract, but the tall thing is bugging me. I go out running and I need my phone with me so that the fitbit versa 2 has a GPS lock and I have some spotify music or podcasts to listen to on my runs. I really can't see there being much of a market for armbands for phones of this particular size.
The Xperia 5 is of similar dimensions to my current phone (the XZ2) but doesn't have wireless charging so I have to weigh up how much would I miss a feature like that. I'm certain I don't want a front display with a notch or a hole for the front camera, so I suppose it comes down to this, the Xperia 5 or the Pixel 4.
Thank goodness the XZ2 is still going strong.

73bc61lyohr0mu

flazio wrote: »

OK, Contract now finished with Vodafone and I'm now on 30 day rolling. This phone isn't out yet but so I've still been stewing over it. Thanks to still having a job but nowhere to go my bank balance has crept up enough that I could take a plunge and buy without a new contract, but the tall thing is bugging me. I go out running and I need my phone with me so that the fitbit versa 2 has a GPS lock and I have some spotify music or podcasts to listen to on my runs. I really can't see there being much of a market for armbands for phones of this particular size.
The Xperia 5 is of similar dimensions to my current phone (the XZ2) but doesn't have wireless charging so I have to weigh up how much would I miss a feature like that. I'm certain I don't want a front display with a notch or a hole for the front camera, so I suppose it comes down to this, the Xperia 5 or the Pixel 4.
Thank goodness the XZ2 is still going strong.

I picked up a nearly new Xperia 1 last week. I'm absolutely loving it so far. I was a bit hesitant about the screen aspect but I find it fantastic now. The mark 2 will basically be the same size but with a headphone jack, better cameras and a bigger battery.

youcancallmeal

flazio wrote: »

OK, Contract now finished with Vodafone and I'm now on 30 day rolling. This phone isn't out yet but so I've still been stewing over it. Thanks to still having a job but nowhere to go my bank balance has crept up enough that I could take a plunge and buy without a new contract, but the tall thing is bugging me. I go out running and I need my phone with me so that the fitbit versa 2 has a GPS lock and I have some spotify music or podcasts to listen to on my runs. I really can't see there being much of a market for armbands for phones of this particular size.
The Xperia 5 is of similar dimensions to my current phone (the XZ2) but doesn't have wireless charging so I have to weigh up how much would I miss a feature like that. I'm certain I don't want a front display with a notch or a hole for the front camera, so I suppose it comes down to this, the Xperia 5 or the Pixel 4.
Thank goodness the XZ2 is still going strong.

If size is important then might be best to wait for the rumoured Xperia 5 mk2 which will supposedly just be a smaller Xperia 1 mk2. You're talking about possibly waiting until late 2020 early 2021 though

flazio

Thanks for the advice. If a mark 2 of the 5 is still a year out I may as well go for the Mark 1 for the year and see when the Mark 2 comes out if I can get it on contract.
Mad to think 2 years ago the XZ2 was Sony's big main flagship and now it counts as a compact size phone.

flazio

Japanese carriers are expecting to get it May 22nd
https://m.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_1_ii_launches_in_japan_on_may_22-news-43267.php