Sony is expected to unveil the Xperia 1 VI flagship smartphone soon at an event on May 15. Many of these details have been further corroborated by yet another Xperia 1 VI leak The leak provides a few promotional renders of the handset, showing it from different angles, as well as several features.
While we’ve heard a few rumors about it over the past few weeks, today’s rumor of a new Xperia 1 VI flagship smartphone brought us more details, including the leaked renders you can see.
Sony Xperia 1 VI 2024 Features
Let’s dive down into the discussion of Xperia 1 VI flagship smartphone. As we know from GSMarena’s sources, the Xperia 1 VI will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. It will come with a 16mm ultrawide camera, a 24mm main camera, and an 85-170mm telephoto zoom camera.
The teaser is about the zoom, which is understood to be the only new camera compared to the Xperia 1 VI’s predecessor, a periscope telephoto that will go from 85mm to 170mm, equivalent to about 7x optical. Zoom compared to the main camera.
Looking at the display, we see that it will have the ever-rumored wide aspect ratio of 19.5:9, and the OLED panel is rumored to be 1.5x brighter than the Xperia 1 V. The panel should have a variable refresh rate, from 1 Hz to 120 Hz with a touch sampling rate of 240 Hz.
It looks almost identical to its predecessors and is expected to come in three color variants, including classic black, silver and olive green. A glimpse of the official Sony case with a built-in kickstand has been spotted. Also, all color variants of the phone are likely to feature a frosted matte finish on the back.
Battery Capacity:
Battery capacity is said to be 5,000 mAh, and some upgraded battery health technology appears to extend built-in cell lifespan by up to four years. Also, the phone will support wireless charging and reverse wireless charging.
If you buy an Xperia 1 VI in “select regions,” you’ll get a year of free Sony Pictures movie streaming, as well as up to five movie titles remastered with IMAX video and DTS sound, all of which will be optimized for the phone.
Sony Xperia 1 VI 2024 Price and Release Date:
It makes sense to wait for what Sony has in store with the Xperia 1 VI until it’s released. That being said, the Xperia 1 V ($1398 on Amazon) is still around, and Sony fans can’t go wrong with the current model if they can find it for less. If budget is a concern, Sony’s more affordable previous model, the Xperia 5 V ($799.94 at Amazon ), is available for European customers.
That changed over the weekend, as there is now an online stream for the launch on May 15 at 3PM. Alongside the launch, a teaser for the Sony Xperia 1 VI’s Periscope camera has also been posted on the official Xperia YouTube channel.
