Sony Xperia 1 VII Launches, Déjà Vu Included
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The Sony Xperia 1 VII has been announced, the company’s new flagship smartphone. It looks very similar to its predecessors, though it is more powerful, of course. There is still no display camera hole on the display, while Sony opted for a boxy design. The Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC is used, along with a triple rear camera setup. Android 15 comes out of the box, and much more.
Sony has announced its new flagship smartphone today, the Xperia 1 VII. This phone has been long-rumored, and it’s finally official. It looks very similar to the company’s previous flagships, but there are some changes here, especially on the inside.
The Sony Xperia 1 VII looks very similar to its predecessor(s)
Let’s talk about the design first. This is another boxy smartphone from Sony. It has a flat display, flat back, and flat frame all around. There is no display camera hole or notch, but this phone does have a bit thicker top and bottom bezels because of it. It has been Sony’s way of doing things for a long time now.
You’ll find all the physical buttons on the right-hand side. The volume up and down buttons are first, followed by the power/lock key, which doubles as a fingerprint scanner, and a physical shutter key is placed all the way down on that side.
On the back, three vertically aligned cameras sit in the top-left corner. They’re all a part of the same camera island, which does protrude a bit on the back. Sony’s logo is placed right in the middle of the backplate.
Sony opted for a 6.5-inch OLED display here, and the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip
The Sony Xperia 1 VII features a 6.5-inch fullHD+ OLED display with an adaptive refresh rate (1-120Hz). It offers a 240Hz touch scanning rate, and it’s protected by the Gorilla Glass Victus 2.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite fuels this smartphone, while Sony opted for 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM here. The company has also included 256GB of UFS 4.0 flash storage, which is expandable, by the way (up to 2TB).
Android 15 comes pre-installed on the phone. Sony promised 4 OS upgrades for the device and 6 years of security updates. This is a dual SIM smartphone (nano + eSIM).
A 5,000mAh battery is included, while the phone supports 30W charging
A 5,000mAh battery is included, and it supports 30W wired and Qi wireless charging. A charger is not included in the box. The phone is IPX5/IPX8 and IP6X rated, in other words, it’s both water and dust resistant. The phone does have an audio jack and full-stage stereo speakers too, with Dolby Atmos support.
A 48-megapixel main camera (1/1.35-inch sensor size, f/1.9 aperture, hybrid OIS/IS) is backed by a 48-megapixel ultrawide camera (f/2.0 aperture, 1/1.56-inch sensor size). The third camera on the back is a 12-megapixel periscope telephoto unit (f/2.3-f/3.5 aperture, 1/3.5-inch sensor size, 3.5 to 7.1x equivalent optical zoom, 21.3x hybrid zoom). There is also a 12-megapixel selfie camera on the front.
The phone measures 162 x 74 x 8.2mm, while it weighs 192 grams. It comes in Moss Green, Orchid Purple, and Slate Black colors. The device is priced at €1,499 ($1,665) and is now available to pre-order across Europe. It’s coming to more countries starting from June 4.
