The Sony Xperia 1 IV was in some ways one of the fascinating telephones of 2022, because it has options that you just gained’t discover anyplace else.

But it surely’s additionally a flawed telephone and one with an especially excessive value, so there are definitely adjustments that we need to see for the Sony Xperia 1 V, and we’ve listed these under.

Earlier than that although we’ve included particulars on when the Sony Xperia 1 V may launch, how a lot it may cost, and what specs and options it might need. We haven’t heard a lot but, however as extra leaks and rumors roll in, we’ll you’ll want to hold this text up to date.

Newest information

We have now seen what might be the primary leaked picture of the Sony Xperia 1 V, and it factors to main digicam adjustments.

Minimize to the chase

• What’s it? The following Sony flagship telephone
• When is it out? In all probability mid-2023
• How a lot will it price? Anticipate a really excessive value

Sony Xperia 1 V: launch date and value

Sony hasn’t been terribly per its Xperia 1 line releases, so we will’t be too certain when the Sony Xperia 1 V will land, particularly within the absence of any rumors.

For reference, the Sony Xperia 1 IV was introduced on Could 11 of 2022, then hit UK shops on June 16 – however the US isn’t getting it till September 1, and Australia isn’t getting it in any respect.

The announcement of the Sony Xperia 1 III was solely barely earlier the earlier 12 months, in April 2021 – however the telephone didn’t really go on sale anyplace 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 most likely be introduced within the first half of 2022. Doubtlessly in Could since that will be a 12 months after the Xperia 1 IV, 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 may get it in or round June, and Australia most likely gained’t get it in any respect.

For value, 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 out there, and this prices £1,299.99.

So the Sony Xperia 1 V might need the same value, however we’re undecided. Hopefully, it gained’t be any costlier anyway, because the Xperia 1 IV is already one of the 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 now we have now seen a leaked picture that purportedly exhibits the again of the telephone. You may see this under and it seems 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 adjustments to the number of out there lenses and sensors too. It is nonetheless a triple-lens digicam however these lenses look larger, so some or all of them might be new.

There’s additionally now a gap for what’s presumably a microphone, however there is no signal of the RGB IR sensor or the ToF (time-of-flight) sensor discovered on the Xperia 1 IV. We’d nonetheless take this picture with a pinch of salt.

Past that, there may be proof that the digicam is likely to be a serious focus for Sony.

For one factor, Sony often places a whole lot of concentrate on the cameras of its flagships, however on high of that the corporate has stated that it expects the standard of nonetheless pictures from smartphones to exceed these of DSLRs by the tip of 2024.

That means it’s anticipating massive smartphone digicam enhancements within the subsequent couple of years, and a few of them will seemingly be evident within the Sony Xperia 1 V.

One such enchancment is likely to be a brand new sensor – probably 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 need to see

There are a couple of key issues Sony can do to make the Xperia 1 V considerably higher than the Sony Xperia 1 IV. They embody the next.

1. A cheaper price

The Sony Xperia 1 IV is an astonishingly costly telephone, coming in at a fair larger value 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 manner that it’s by no means more likely to be a very mainstream handset.

So for the Sony Xperia 1 V we need to see a cheaper price. It will clearly nonetheless be an awfully costly telephone, but when Sony can knock a few hundred {dollars}/kilos off the worth then it may shift much more models.

2. A greater fingerprint sensor

Paying massive cash doesn’t assure you a great fingerprint sensor, and such is the case with the Sony Xperia 1 IV, which has a sensor that in our overview we discovered to fail extra instances than it succeeded.

On high of that, the telephone 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 would like the fingerprint sensor to be rather more dependable, and ideally additionally to be constructed into the show.

3. Extra polished software program

In our overview 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 a number of the video recording apps.

These things can all be mounted with updates in fact, however for the Sony Xperia 1 V we would like 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 – actually, it has Apple and most Samsung telephones beat, but it surely 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 would like a charging energy increase. We’re considering not less than 60W, however the extra the higher, so we will juice the telephone 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 function we’d wish to see Sony benefit from it and enhance the zoom degree to round 10x, just like the Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely.

That telephone gives optical zoom at 3x or 10x, but when Sony can supply optical zoom at each degree inside that vary, then it can have Samsung – and each different telephone maker – beat on that entrance.

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