Sony’s flagship telephones often face the identical two main points, one being the worth, and the opposite being a baffling launch schedule, which sees them go on sale lengthy after they’re introduced. Sadly, it seems to be like at the least the latter of those may proceed with the Sony Xperia 1 V.

In line with leaker Zackbuks (opens in new tab), writing on Chinese language social media website Weibo (by way of NotebookCheck (opens in new tab)), the Sony Xperia 1 V will launch at across the identical time this yr because the Sony Xperia 1 IV did final yr. Particularly, it could be introduced in Could, and go on sale in June.

Now, that doesn’t sound too unhealthy, however there are a few issues to notice. Initially, the particular dates in Could and June final yr meant there was over a month between announcement and launch for the Sony Xperia 1 IV, and that was only for the UK, with the US not getting the cellphone till September.

Zackbuks can also be seemingly speaking about Chinese language dates right here, and sometimes Sony’s flagship telephones land in China and Japan earlier than wherever else. Generally lengthy earlier than, with the Sony Xperia 1 III for instance touchdown in China in early June of 2021, however not within the US or UK till mid-August.

All of which is to say that Sony typically likes to make a lot of the world wait, for some purpose. So, if the Sony Xperia 1 V is engaged on the identical launch schedule because the Xperia 1 IV, then there’s a excessive probability that the US, at the least, might be ready till fairly some time after the Could announcement to get it, and even the UK could also be ready over a month.

An unlucky wait

That may be a disgrace, as a result of by then curiosity within the cellphone could have waned, and the September US launch final yr was notably poor timing as a result of by then consideration was turning to the iPhone 14.

In fact, there’s no assure this can occur once more. Zackbuks – by way of the machine translated textual content – appears like they’re making an informed guess as a lot as something, and even when they’re proper, maybe Sony will work to deliver the Xperia 1 V out globally in early June, reasonably than making some nations wait till late June or subsequent months.

The excellent news is that Could isn’t far-off now, so if the Sony Xperia 1 V actually is being introduced then, we’ll at the least have a clearer thought of this greatest cellphone contender’s launch date quickly.