- Sony has launched the new Xperia 1 VII flagship smartphone
- Hardware improvements include a new ultra -camera while software seeing the introduction of Xperia Intelligence
- The phone costs £ 1,399 in the UK with no US availability at the time of writing
Sony has launched the Xperia 1 VII smartphone, which brings a variety of hardware and software updates to the company’s creator-focused flagship hand set.
The Japanese Tech giant is eager to emphasize the incorporation of technologies from its various tech brands in the new phone, specifically alpha-branded photography tools, Bravia Display Tech and the Walkman brand Sound.
It is good to know that Sony has thrown the full weight of his technical talent on Xperia 1 VII, especially considering the phone is not cheaper than its predecessors – to £ 1,399, it is one of the most expensive flagships on the market.
In addition to sporting Snapdragon 8 Elite Chipset, 12GB RAM and 256 GB of storage, the phone’s headline hardware features include a new ultra-covering camera, an upgraded headphone jack and improved display calibration.
Sony has given the Xperia 1 VII a new 48MP Ultra-covering camera with a 1/1.56-inch sensor, up from a 12MP 1/2.5-inch camera on the previous generation Xperia 1 VI.
In the Official Xperia 1 VII Product Page, Sony States That The New Ultra-Wide Camera Can Achieve “Clear Night Shots Equivalent to Full-Frame Cameras”, and While A Larger Sensor Should Increase Low-Light Performance, This Claim Seems Dubious Given That Full-Frame The Size of the Xperia 1 VII’s Ultra-Wide Sensor.
This new Ultra-covering sits with two cameras that are run from last year’s Xperia 1 we-a 48MP main camera and 12MP telephoto camera with continuous 3.5x-7.1X Telezoom. The camera system is controlled by a dedicated shutter button with half -pressure focus, the same as prior iterations.
As mentioned, Xperia 1 VII is one of the only phones on the market that still has a headphone jack – an elegant feature of a more civilized age. The phone has inherited components from Sony’s line with Walkman media players to improve the cable audio quality, while AI enabled DSEE Ultimate treatment can add clarity to compressed sound currents.
And in collaboration with Sony Bravia, a light sensor has been added to the back of the phone to help with brightness and color calibration under indoor and outdoor conditions.
Even bigger steps are taken on the software side – Xperia 1 VII is Launchpad for Xperia Intelligence, a pack of tastefully subtle AI tools centered on photography and filming.
E.g. Helps AI camera’s work tool keeps video footage steady, while AI Auto Framing Tool holds a human subject in the middle of the shot. The Auto-In-Indlaming Tool also allows users to film another vertical close-up of the said item while filming a wider horizontal shot.
The phone also comes with Google Gemini installed with access to tools as a circle for searching.
Sony Xperia 1 VII is now out in three color-moss green, Slate Black and the eye-catching orchid purple option. It is probably that our list of the best Sony phones, but let us know if you think this £ 1,399 handset will be worth the high price in the comments below.
