TechPhonesAndroid PhonesMove over Samsung, Sony’s new flagship sounds like the best-ever phone cameraThe Sony Xperia 1 VI features a major new optical zoom lens upgradeWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesAndroid PhonesMove over Samsung, Sony’s new flagship sounds like the best-ever phone cameraThe Sony Xperia 1 VI features a major new optical zoom lens upgradeWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The Sony Xperia 1 VI features a major new optical zoom lens upgrade
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(Image credit: Sony)
(Image credit: Sony)
In the battle ofthe best phones, it so often comes down to flagship device’s cameras to define that next-level feature and stand apart from the competition. There are plenty of strong competitors from the likes ofSamsung’s Galaxy S24andGoogle’s Pixel 8 Pro– but now there’s a new competitor on the block.
Sony just revealed the Xperia 1 VI, the company’s sixth-generation of itsbest Android phone, and the entirely redesigned handset not only appears significantly different from itsXperia 1 V predecessor, it also upgrades the rear camera unit with a significant new addition.
While the Xperia 1 series has long had a decent set of cameras, the latest model adds a true optical zoom that delivers an 85mm to 170mm equivalent (around 3.5x to 7.1x that of the main sensor on board). Using this 12-megapixel sensor you can zoom to any given focal length you wish, optically, so no digital cropping to create the image. That’s a big deal.
(Image credit: Sony)
(Image credit: Sony)
Elsewhere the Xperia 1 VI’s triple camera includes a 16mm equivalent wide-angle camera and a 24mm equivalent main camera – the latter built around Sony’s Exmor T sensor for the utmost in quality. There’s even a macro mode, which uses the zoom lens and not the wide-angle for better quality.
While the new camera addition may define one of the Xperia 1 VI’s selling points, it’s certainly not the only one. Indeed, with a new 19.5:9 aspect ratio display, not the ‘tall’ 21:9 aspect of its predecessors, the latest Xperia is an altogether more obvious Android competitor. It’s done away with the 4K resolution of its predecessors, too, opting for a brighter and true variable refresh rate FHD+ resolution panel instead.
But it’s the cameras that keep adding Brownie points. Sony has consolidated its mass of Camera apps into one single solution for this device, meaning you’ll get everything from point-and-shoot to more advanced and manual shooting options all in the one place. And with Sony the king of dedicated cameras, thanks to its Alpha range, there’s plenty that the Xperia handset garners from that side of the business too.
The Xperia 1 VI includes AI-assisted eye-detection continuous autofocus, for both humans and animals, which can predict motion and ensure focus stays locked on. That, in combination with Zeiss-approved optics for clarity, and a variety of Alpha-favourite colour filters gives this phone-camera a variety of standout points compared to the masses. It sounds like an impressive all-rounder – more than any Xperia 1 handset before it.
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