Although it has very heavy artillery, it is a little later than its competitors: Sony is renewing its premium smartphone series with two models that will give a lot of battle. And Sony Xperia 1VI It’s the more powerful of the two: it specializes in photography, has Xperia’s characteristic design, and has high-end hardware.

Sony has been gradually reducing its Android smartphone catalog in order to carefully select versions in a rich price segment. Yes, Xperia remains at the top of the table. And they can compete with other smartphones worth their price. As an example, just look at the specifications of the new Sony Xperia 1 VI to estimate top-end performance.

Sony Xperia 1 VI technical sheet

Special emphasis on professional photography and artificial intelligence

The construction of the Sony Xperia 1 VI is kept at an excellent level with its stylized metal body, double-sided glass and glass. 19.5:9 ratio for screen. This goes up to 6.5 inches, a diagonal that is not too high for the mobile phones we are used to.

The panel is LTPO OLED with a 120Hz refresh rate and the usual Sony technologies for its displays; Like Bravia calibration to improve colors. There is a hole on the top of the mobile phone 12 megapixel front camera and supports HDR content.

For the brains of the phone, Sony is relying on much more than just a proven SoC. This is accompanied by 12 GB RAM and 256 GB internal storage. And with option Expand memory up to 1.5TB Something quite unusual in the premium range with SD card.

Return of the photo set. As a good mobile sensor manufacturer, Sony includes Exmor in Sony Xperia 1 VI to improve the mobile device’s capturing capabilities (RS on all cameras except the main camera, where Exmor T is placed). 52 megapixels for the primary camera sensor, 12 megapixels for wide-angle and Telephoto with periscopic lens and 12-megapixel variable aperture. The optics of the Sony Xperia 1 VI were produced specifically for this model by ZEISS.

To complete the list of features, the handset is certified against dust and water (IP65/IP68), packs a 5,000 mAh battery, includes the always welcome headphone jack, Sony adds a dedicated button to the camera, keeps the capacitive fingerprint sensor on the power button and part Android 14 Updated to .

Sony Xperia 1 VI price and availability

The mobile phone is now official and will arrive in the usual markets, including Spain, at the beginning of June. Its price will be 1,399 euros.

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