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The new Xperia 1 VI is finally here, and Sony is changing things this time around. In a surprising shift in product strategy, the new Xperia 1 VI is shedding some of the lineup's staple features. To appeal to a broader audience, Sony is incorporating design and feature changes that have proven successful for its competitors. Despite these changes, the phone retains its core quirky identity, continuing to cater to creators and smartphone power users.
The Xperia 1 VI swaps out the extra-long 21:9 4K display for a more standard 19.5:9 FHD+ panel, which also happens to be LTPO, for extra power efficiency. We don't think the move is a huge loss, since their 4K display in all past models used to run in FHD resolution most of the time anyway (4K resolution was used rarely only in certain apps and only for certain content). We find the change positive especially since the company promises other upgrades of the panel, including higher brightness, better HDR video and better power efficiency.
The camera hardware remains the same, for the most part, but the telephoto unit gets a further reach now. It still features variable optical zoom, but instead of capping at 5.2x, it can now go up to 7.1x.
Additionally, Sony is streamlining the camera experience and puts everything you need (including the Photo and Video Pro modes) in the default camera app. It makes everything less complicated.
The audio department also gets some love - the 3.5mm audio jack gets new premium circuitry, and the speakers are supposedly louder and cleaner than before.
As far as performance goes, the handset expectedly employs Qualcomm's latest and greatest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip with a touch of optimizations on Sony's behalf. The system offers FPS optimizer, which balances framerate, graphics quality and power consumption.
There's a lot to go through, but we won't be doing that in the introduction, so let's take a deeper dive and see if Sony can get back in the game with its new polished out high-end Xperia.
The handset comes in a plain box made of recycled paper without anything else inside. There's not even a cable for charging or data transfer.
So if you want a compatible charger, you'd need to buy one of Sony's 30W PD-enabled chargers or a third-party one with the same specifications.
The price mentioned in this article is not true for me. The 512 GB version of Pro Max Costs almost 500 euro more than the Experia Mark 6.
The same reason as your comment and reasoning, some people are looking for fast charging as well thats why they included it in, others might change their phone in 2-3 years span of time, some might change it anually so if in your case is battery perf...
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