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- What's up guys?
Saf here on SuperSaf TV,
and we finally have the
Sony Xperia 1 in the house.
This was initially
announced during MWC time
last, like, February,
and then, it went really quiet,
but finally, we have it here.
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Let's go ahead and get it unboxed.
So on the box, Sony and Xperia 1.
I, for one, am so, so glad
that Sony have finally gone away
from their very complicated
and long naming system.
Sony Xperia XZ3 Premium and whatnot,
like, I mean, it's just too much.
So I'm glad that Sony have taken
that feedback on board, finally,
and now, we have something
nice and simple, Xperia 1,
and then, we've got the
Xperia 10 series as well.
Let's open this up.
(box rattling)
And here it is.
Let's put that, well that, that's,
that's very long,
but we'll put that to
the side for a second
while we see what else
we get inside the box.
So as well as the device inside the box,
you do have a startup guide,
a USB Type-C-to-USB Type-C cable,
a fast charger.
Now, this is gonna be able to top up
your Sony Xperia 1 50% within 30 minutes,
so that's really good,
and then, things get quite interesting,
so firstly, we've got a USB
Type-C-to-3.5mm converter,
and that is because the Xperia
1 does not have a 3.5mm jack.
This is something that we're used to
from previous Sony devices,
and then, we've got some earphones,
but these are 3.5mm earphones.
Usually, you get USB Type-C earphones
if it is a device without a 3.5mm jack,
so you are gonna be
reliant on this converter
if you do wanna use the earphones
that come out of the box.
Interesting choice by Sony,
but I guess it does mean that
if you have other devices
that do have a 3.5mm jack,
you're gonna be able to use these, too,
but anyway, let's get to the device.
Plastic removal time.
(plastic pops)
Whoo, so, so satisfying,
and we've also got some
plastic at the back,
and here is the device.
The first thing that
you'll notice straightaway
that it is super, super long,
and that is because it's
got a 21:9 aspect ratio
for the display,
the widest that we've got on a smartphone
or shall I say the most narrow?
Sony call this CinemaWide,
and that is because most movies
are at this aspect ratio.
The bezels are pretty small.
We've got a top and bottom strip,
but this is in no way a bezel-less device
like we've got on many of the
other competition right now.
However, that's not what
Sony are aiming for.
This has something
that all of these other
devices don't have,
and that is 4K resolution,
so this is a 4K OLED HDR display,
and I gotta say first impressions,
it does look very, very good.
Now, I'm assuming not everything
is gonna be shown at 4K
and it's gonna be adapted,
and if you're watching
a movie or something,
then it is gonna switch to 4K.
I can't actually see any settings
to change the resolution on here for now,
but there is gonna be some 4K HDR content,
so let's just go ahead
and play something here.
Okay, so most of the content on here
seems to be trailers,
and I'm not sure I wanna
play a trailer on here
and get my content blocked.
I'm assuming because these movies would be
under the Sony umbrella,
you can have these on here.
We've also got stereo
speakers with Dolby Atmos.
There is one here in the earpiece,
and there is one bottom-firing,
and they do sound really good,
but now, let's take a
look around the device.
So we do have glass panels
on the front and back
with a metal frame.
It does feel really premium.
The color at the back is just flat.
So I've got the purple version here.
There are some other
color versions available.
It's okay.
I guess some of you might like it.
I'm now used to seeing some
more sort of gradient finishes
and some more interesting designs
like we've got on many devices
like some of the Huaweis,
OnePlus as well as Samsung,
and then, we've got the triple
rear-facing camera setup.
Now, what's interesting is that
all three of these
cameras are 12 megapixels.
Sony traditionally has been
going for 19 and 21 megapixels
and things like that,
and this is something that
I've always disagreed with
because if you're trying
to cram more pixels
onto a similar size sensor
that you have on most smartphones,
and Sony does make the sensors
for most smartphones out there as well.
Yes, some newer smartphones
have 48 megapixels,
but at native resolution,
they shoot at around 12,
and that is where you're gonna
be getting optimal results,
so I'm glad Sony have kind
of ditched the megapixel race
and have now gone for
consistent 12 megapixels
for all three cameras.
What are these cameras?
Well, we've got a primary camera.
We've got an ultra-wide,
and then, we've got a telephoto.
The primary camera is 26 millimeters.
It's got optical image stabilization,
and it's got an f/1.6 aperture.
The ultra-wide is a 16-millimeter lens
with an f/2.4 aperture,
and this has a 130-degree angle of view
which actually makes it wider
compared to the widest
that we've got on the market right now,
which is the Samsung Galaxy S10+
that has around 123 degrees.
So it's gonna be really interesting to see
how this stacks up
against the competition,
and then, finally, we've
got a telephoto camera,
which also has an f/2.4 aperture,
and this has around a
52-millimeter angle of view.
It's gonna be used for optical zoom
as well as your portrait shots.
Now, of course, I'm gonna
have to test these out.
I've been hearing really good things,
and it looks like Sony is finally, finally
looking at optimization,
and if you do wanna see a SuperSaf style
camera comparison of this
versus another device,
definitely let me know which device
you'd like me to compare this to.
Hopefully, I've got some
spare time next week
where I can try to put together
a SuperSaf style camera comparison.
Now, the Xperia 1 also
has BIONZ X for Sony,
so Sony have been working
with their alpha team
to improve images and videos,
so colors should be good.
Once again, these are all
claims that they're making,
and I am gonna have to
test these out more,
but I'm very, very hopeful
that we're finally gonna be
getting some really good cameras
from a Sony Xperia device.
Now we do have up to IP68
water and dust resistance.
This is something that Sony has been doing
for the longest time,
so props to them for carrying that on,
and on the right-hand side,
we've got quite a few buttons.
So we've got a volume rocker.
We've got a fingerprint sensor,
and then, we've got a
power button separately.
So the fingerprint sensor is
no longer also a power button.
That is separate,
and we've also got a shutter button.
Now, this is something that
I do like about Sony devices.
You can just press and hold
this to launch the camera,
and it makes it a lot
easier to take images.
Let's also test out the
fingerprint scanner.
Works pretty fast as expected.
There is a bit of animation
so it doesn't seem as fast
as other devices out there.
Nothing on the left-hand side.
At the bottom, we do
have a USB Type-C input.
We've got that secondary speaker,
and in the top, we have the SIM card tray.
Now, this SIM card tray also
has space for a microSD card,
so you can expand the
storage on the Xperia 1,
but it does come with
128 gigabytes as a base.
For selfies, we've got an eight-megapixel
front-facing camera
with an f/2.0 aperture,
and internally, the Xperia 1 is powered
by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor,
and you've got six gigabytes of RAM,
so performance should be good.
We do have Android Pie
with Sony's UI on top.
Now, Sony's UI will be a
little bit more important here
because of this very unique aspect ratio.
We've got 21:9 multi-window,
so you can have a few apps
on the top and on the bottom,
so that's gonna be quite
a bit of real estate,
so let's try this out.
So here, you can see that I've
got YouTube open at the top,
and then, I've got Google
Chrome at the bottom,
and this means that you can watch a video
as well as maybe browse
the web at the same time,
or maybe if you wanna tweet
while you're watching a video,
you're gonna be able to do that,
and having that extra real
estate should be quite useful.
Now there is Side sense,
and that is a side menu which you can use
by double-tapping the side,
and I've always found this
a little bit hit and miss.
This is with the previous Sony Xperia XZ3.
It works, but I think
it's gonna take some time
to get used to, yep.
For the battery, it is 3,300 mAh,
which it does seem pretty
small if you ask me,
especially considering the fact
that this has a 4K display,
but Sony does have lots of optimizations,
and as I was saying earlier,
I don't believe everything
is displayed at 4K.
It is gonna switch between resolutions,
so it'll be interesting to
see how long this lasts.
Now pricing-wise,
this is starting at 850
pounds here in the UK,
so definitely paying flagship prices,
and I really wanna see how it stacks up
against the competition.
Why should you buy this Sony device
as opposed to something like
the Samsung Galaxy S10+,
which is a very, very
good all-rounded device,
or something like the OnePlus 7 Pro,
which is quite a bit cheaper
but does offer a lot for the money?
These are things that I'm
gonna be trying to figure out
over the next few weeks,
and if you do wanna see further coverage
of the Xperia 1,
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