TechPhonesWant the best Sony headphones for free? Pre-order a new Xperia phone and they’re yoursSony’s brand new Xperia phones come with one of the best special offers we’ve seen in yearsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

TechPhonesWant the best Sony headphones for free? Pre-order a new Xperia phone and they’re yoursSony’s brand new Xperia phones come with one of the best special offers we’ve seen in yearsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

Sony’s brand new Xperia phones come with one of the best special offers we’ve seen in years

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

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Sony WH-1000XM5

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As if the newSony Xperia 1 Vwasn’t interesting enough,Sonyhas announced details of a very tempting special offer: pre-order the Xperia 1 V and you can get a pair of Sony’sbest headphones, theSony WH-1000XM5, for free.

We reckon that the Sonys could well be thebest noise cancelling headphonesmoney can buy, and the new Xperia 1 V looks pretty tasty too. Given that the Sony headphones have an RRP of £349 and rarely drop below £299 even on special offers, that makes this Sony deal well worth checking out.

How to get Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones for free

The Xperia 1 V will be available for pre-order in mid-June, with an expected selling price of around £1,299 and a choice of black, silver and green models.

Three retailers will be offering free WH-1000XM5 headphones to pre-order customers: O2, from 15th to 28th June; EE, from 14th to 28th June; and GiffGaff, whose pre-order dates haven’t yet been confirmed. Whichever retailer you go for, the UK Xperia 1 V launch date is 29th June.

I know I’ve been mainly talking about the headphones here, because they’re really good. But specs-wise the phone looks like a winner too: there’s a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in there with 12GB of RAM, a pro-level skin tone photography feature called S-Cinetone and a triple-camera array with 12MP wide, 12MP telephoto zoom and 52MP main. Sony says it’ll be twice as good as its predecessor when it comes to shooting in low light.

I really hope Sony has solved the heat issues that slightly spoiled the current Xperia. If they have, then this could well be one of thebest phones of 2023.

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