Sony Xperia 1 VI...

[Rroff]

Seems like a decent phone but I'm not seeing a £1200-1300 phone - in fact I'd struggle to justify spending more than half that.

 

[rodders]

Expensive, under performing, doesn't seem like a good deal.
Shame as being wider I'd be more interested.
Even if you sold the xm5s, it's still not cheap enough.

 

[Reppyboyo]

Yep, £1299 is just a wild price.

I feel if it was £1000 or below it would sell much better.

 

[Orcvader]

Battery life looks great, camera actually looks very good and I'm glad the camera app looks more simple and familiar to use, but odd that the chip throttles fast. Curious if that's part of normal behaviour that Sony set to ensure longer battery life. Still is a beast in terms of performance, but does lag behind compared to other 8 gen 3 phones.

Unfortunately it just doesn't compete in price. A quick search the S24U can be found for around £1000 now, and it still feels like the better phone overall.

 

[david25]

Review

Sony Xperia 1 VI review

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...

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+ every phone should have that grip frame and back
+ battery life
+ increased length of updates, but not pixel or samsung length
+ excellent camera

- price!

 

[Fry750]

It'll drop to £999 around Xmas anyway which is enough time for the apps to have been sorted.

That said, the 1V will probably be around £6/700 by that point.

(All guesses based on previous Xperia pricing)

 

[Azza]

Sony are being very odd, they're not releasing the phone in the US.

 

[Fry750]

People are suggesting it's due to Sony pulling out of mobile soon...

 

[rangor gubbins]

If Sony goes, what is the best alternative for phones that tend to last for ages, have a sd card slot, and aren't full of software bloat on the day you turn it on?

 

[rangor gubbins]

It'll drop to £999 around Xmas anyway which is enough time for the apps to have been sorted.

That said, the 1V will probably be around £6/700 by that point.

(All guesses based on previous Xperia pricing)

Hmmm, I could do with getting a new phone but can I wait until Christmas?
I'd rather not spend £1300 on the VI

 

[Azza]

People are suggesting it's due to Sony pulling out of mobile soon...

I'd be surprised if that was completely, they have a proper hardcore base in Asia.

Hmmm, I could do with getting a new phone but can I wait until Christmas?
I'd rather not spend £1300 on the VI

I believe they dropped the V by £300 on Black Friday last year.

 

[neoboy]

Normally a good pre-order deal around on contracts too, I'm actually bit more interested now after that GSM Arena review, battery is a proper beast by the looks of it.

 

[rodders]

Normally a good pre-order deal around on contracts too, I'm actually bit more interested now after that GSM Arena review, battery is a proper beast by the looks of it.

My last Sony I bought on a 3 month contract, think I paid it straight off. Worked out cheapest, had the headphones, which I wanted anyway.

 

[kona786]

It'll drop to £999 around Xmas anyway which is enough time for the apps to have been sorted.

That said, the 1V will probably be around £6/700 by that point.

(All guesses based on previous Xperia pricing)

Yeah that's without the promo headphones. Needs to be that price with them!

 

[rodders]

Yeah that's without the promo headphones. Needs to be that price with them!

Yea, £8-900 with headphones, I'd prob snap it right up and sell my S21U.

I would quite like to go back to Sony, they just aren't helping me do so

 

[Tejstar]

Price is always the issue with Sony phones. They seem content on their phones being low volume sellers.

 

[Flibster]

Interesting. The previous screen aspect ratio really put me off.

 

[Azrael1]

Sony also tend to have poor preorder deals compared to the likes of Samsung and Pixel. ( Apple doesn't count as they don't need to entice people with deals )

 

[Fry750]

Rumours of a new Sony Pro phone are doing the rounds too...

 

[david25]

With a possible 6 inch screen, one inch camera sensor and the S24 Ultra's matt screen coating it sounds very interesting and very expensive

Sony Xperia Pro-C tipped to come with compact body and faster charging

This is going to be an interesting one. The Sony Xperia 1 VI has just been released and Insider Sony on X posted a surprisingly detailed report on Sony's...

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