If you cannot wait
till Tuesday to seek out out all the things there may be to find out about Sony’s subsequent Android flagship from the proverbial horse’s mouth, an enormous (and undoubtedly legit)
new Android Headlines leak leaves only a few questions unanswered, showcasing the Xperia 1 VII in three colorways and an entire bunch of unveiling advertising and marketing supplies.
Technically, quite a few key specs and probably main promoting factors are nonetheless up within the air, nevertheless it would not take a rocket scientist to guess all of them based mostly on the pictures beneath, what previous Xperia powerhouses have provided, and what different dependable sources have instructed over the previous couple of weeks.
So what precisely is totally different right here?
It is by no means a superb signal for the box-office prospects of an upcoming cell gadget if that is the very first thing one wonders when wanting on the leaked footage of mentioned unannounced handset, however for what it is price, one Xperia 1 VII change over final yr’s
Xperia 1 VI is obvious proper off the bat.
As an alternative of rocking black, platinum silver, khaki inexperienced, and scar purple paint jobs as its predecessor, Sony’s 2025 crown jewel will apparently are available black, inexperienced, and purple coloration choices (whose advertising and marketing names aren’t but recognized). That is clearly not what you’d name an improve, which is the place the three bigger rear-facing imaging sensors are more likely to are available.
Whereas the first and secondary cameras are anticipated to retain the 48 and 12 megapixel counts of their
Xperia 1 VI equivalents, the tertiary lens (which will probably be accountable for ultra-wide-angle snapshots) is more likely to get some much-needed enhancements and noticeably enhance the real-world images expertise as an entire.
The show, in the meantime, is rumored (however not assured) to match the 4K decision of 2023’s
Xperia 1 V moderately than settling for final yr’s 2340 x 1080 pixel rely. The 6.5-inch diagonal will nearly actually keep the identical, and unsurprisingly, there are not any notable modifications anticipated within the bezel division both.
One other massive function (each figuratively and actually talking) confirmed right this moment is a 5,000mAh battery that places the Xperia 1 VII on the identical stage as not simply the Xperia 1 VI, however the likes of Samsung’s
Galaxy S25 Extremely as nicely. Apparently,
Sony expects that to be sufficient for 2 complete days of endurance between fees, which suggests… that you just may not get a 4K display screen in any case.
And what’s nonetheless unclear?
By far the most important puzzle piece lacking in the intervening time is whether or not or not the Xperia 1 VII will probably be launched within the US. And if sure, how a lot will it value?
Though I may undoubtedly enterprise a few guesses, I might moderately persist with the stuff I might be prepared to guess the home on, like a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, 12GB RAM rely, and 256 and 512GB storage variants.
None of those particulars are corroborated or alluded to in any approach right this moment, whereas issues like a headphone jack, microSD card slot, and state-of-the-art Sony Bravia show know-how are utterly etched in stone. The identical goes for a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and a devoted digital camera shutter button, each of which have develop into staple options for high-end Sony smartphones lately.
All in all, there isn’t any denying that the Xperia 1 VII appears nice (each from a strictly beauty standpoint and so far as its specs and capabilities are involved), nevertheless it’s exhausting to think about how one thing this repetitive and generic (by Sony’s requirements, a minimum of) may ever rival the
greatest Android telephones on the market when it comes to mainstream enchantment.
