The Sony Xperia 1 IV was in some ways one of the crucial attention-grabbing telephones of 2022, because it has options that you simply received’t discover wherever else.
Nevertheless it’s additionally a flawed cellphone and one with an especially excessive worth, so there are actually modifications that we wish to see for the Sony Xperia 1 V, and we’ve listed these beneath.
Earlier than that although we’ve included particulars on when the Sony Xperia 1 V would possibly launch, how a lot it may cost, and what specs and options it may need. We haven’t heard a lot but, however as extra leaks and rumors roll in, we’ll you should definitely preserve this text up to date.
Lower to the chase
- What’s it? The following Sony flagship cellphone
- When is it out? In all probability mid-2023
- How a lot will it value? Count on a really excessive worth
Sony Xperia 1 V: launch date and worth
Sony hasn’t been terribly in line with its Xperia 1 line releases, so we are able to’t be too certain when the Sony Xperia 1 V will land, however one release date leak suggests will probably be introduced in Could and go on sale in June.
For reference, the Sony Xperia 1 IV was introduced on Could 11 of 2022, then hit UK shops on June 16, so the Xperia 1 V might be on an analogous schedule if the leak above is true. Nonetheless, the US did not get the Sony Xperia 1 IV till September 1, and Australia did not get it in any respect.
So some areas might have some time to attend once more this yr (in the event that they get the Xperia 1 V in any respect), particularly because the leak is probably going speaking concerning the Chinese language launch date, which is usually sooner than different areas.
The announcement of the Sony Xperia 1 III was solely barely earlier the earlier yr, in April 2021 – however the cellphone didn’t truly go on sale wherever till August. For the 2 fashions earlier than that we noticed a February announcement and a Could on-sale date.
So what can we take from this? The Sony Xperia 1 V will in all probability be introduced within the first half of 2022. Doubtlessly in Could since that might be a yr after the Xperia 1 IV and has now been particularly leaked, however that’s removed from assured.
The precise launch date is even harder to guess at, since there’s generally an extended delay after the announcement, however some areas would possibly get it in or round June, and Australia in all probability received’t get it in any respect.
For worth, the Sony Xperia 1 IV prices $1,599 within the US, which will get you a mannequin with 512GB of storage. Within the UK there’s solely a 256GB model obtainable, and this prices £1,299.99.
So the Sony Xperia 1 V may need an analogous worth, however we’re undecided. Hopefully, it received’t be any dearer anyway, because the Xperia 1 IV is already one of the crucial costly non-foldable telephones you should buy.
Sony Xperia 1 V: information and leaks
There aren’t many Sony Xperia 1 V leaks but, however we’ve got now seen a leaked picture that purportedly exhibits the again of the cellphone. You possibly can see this beneath and it appears quite a bit just like the rear of a Sony Xperia 1 IV, besides that this time all of the digicam sensors are housed within the digicam block.
There are modifications to the collection of obtainable lenses and sensors too. It is nonetheless a triple-lens digicam however these lenses look greater, so some or all of them might be new.
There’s additionally now a gap for what’s presumably a microphone, however there isn’t any signal of the RGB IR sensor or the ToF (time-of-flight) sensor discovered on the Xperia 1 IV. We might nevertheless take this picture with a pinch of salt.
We have additionally been handled to some unofficial renders of the cellphone in black and purple, which you’ll see beneath. A dependable supply posted a number of photographs and a video of the Sony Xperia 1 V, matching up with the leaked picture we have already talked about.
Once more, it does not look as if a lot is altering from a design perspective. The identical supply additionally talked about a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, 16GB of RAM, and a 5,000 mAh battery capability.
Past that, there’s proof that the digicam is perhaps a serious focus for Sony.
For one factor, Sony normally places numerous deal with the cameras of its flagships, however on high of that the corporate has mentioned that it expects the standard of nonetheless photographs from smartphones to exceed these of DSLRs by the top of 2024.
That means it’s anticipating huge smartphone digicam enhancements within the subsequent couple of years, and a few of them will possible be evident within the Sony Xperia 1 V.
One such enchancment is perhaps a brand new sensor – presumably a brand new 1-inch sensor the corporate has unveiled, which has already been used within the Xiaomi 12s Extremely amongst different telephones.
Sony Xperia 1 V: what we wish to see
There are a number of key issues Sony can do to make the Xperia 1 V considerably higher than the Sony Xperia 1 IV. They embrace the next.
1. A lower cost
The Sony Xperia 1 IV is an astonishingly costly cellphone, coming in at a fair larger worth than the Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely and iPhone 13 Professional Max.
Whereas it has some specs and options that Samsung and Apple’s telephones lack, it’s additionally inferior in some methods, and positively priced in such a means that it’s by no means more likely to be a very mainstream handset.
So for the Sony Xperia 1 V we wish to see a lower cost. It will clearly nonetheless be an awfully costly cellphone, but when Sony can knock a few hundred {dollars}/kilos off the value then it might shift much more items.
2. A greater fingerprint sensor
Paying huge cash doesn’t assure you a superb fingerprint sensor, and such is the case with the Sony Xperia 1 IV, which has a sensor that in our evaluation we discovered to fail extra instances than it succeeded.
On high of that, the cellphone doesn’t even have an in-screen one – it’s side-mounted, which feels a bit dated. So for the Sony Xperia 1 V we wish the fingerprint sensor to be far more dependable, and ideally additionally to be constructed into the show.
3. Extra polished software program
In our evaluation of the Xperia 1 IV we discovered that the software program wasn’t fairly as polished because the {hardware}, with apps crashing, an unlucky quantity of bloatware, and – worst of all – video playback merely not performing on among the video recording apps.
These items can all be mounted with updates in fact, however for the Sony Xperia 1 V we wish a slick and clean expertise out of the field.
4. Quicker charging
The Sony Xperia 1 IV helps charging at as much as 30W, which isn’t horrible – in reality, it has Apple and most Samsung telephones beat, however it pales compared to many different handsets, a few of which may now attain as much as 150W.
So for the Sony Xperia 1 V we wish a charging energy enhance. We’re pondering a minimum of 60W, however the extra the higher, so we are able to juice the cellphone up rapidly.
5. Longer distance zoom
One of many star options of the Sony Xperia 1 IV is its steady optical zoom – letting you zoom to something between 3.5x and 5.2x. This isn’t one thing you’ll discover on different telephones, however with such a flowery characteristic we’d wish to see Sony take advantage of it and enhance the zoom stage to round 10x, just like the Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely.
That cellphone presents optical zoom at 3x or 10x, but when Sony can provide optical zoom at each stage inside that vary, then it’ll have Samsung – and each different cellphone maker – beat on that entrance.