We round-up everything you need to know about the phones, and speculate whether these will be the handsets to get Sony’s ailing mobile division back on track. The phones include:
Sony Xperia 1 – a premium 6.5-inch smartphone with a 4K, HDR, OLED screenSony Xperia 10 – a 6-inch screen (not OLED) with triple rear cameraSony Xperia 10 Plus – like the Xperia 10, but with a 6.5-inch screen and better batterySony Xperia L3 – budget phone ($199) with a 5.7-inch HD+ screen
Check our guide to the Best Phone Brands for 2019 Continuing the themes of ‘first’ and ‘more’ the Xperia 1 is also the first Sony phone to offer three rear cameras. All of its three snappers are 12Mp, but with varying focal width for use in different situations. It can also record 4K HDR video in the 21:9 format, and supports 960 frames-per-second super slo-mo videos
6.5-inch 4K HDR OLED screen21:9 aspect ratioThree 12-megapixel lenses in rear cameraQualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor6GB RAM128GB storage, expandable to 512GB with microSD3,300mAh battery with fast chargingAndroid PieAvailable Late Spring, Price TBC
On the whole, though, the Xperia 10 looks like a very promising mid-range phones, especially for its low price, rumoured to be just £399.
6-inch full HD+ display21:9 aspect ratioQualcomm Snapdragon 630 processor3GB RAM, plus 64GB expandable storagedual rear-facing cameras: a 13-megapixel and a 8-megapixel with optical zoom8-megapixel front camera2,870mAh batterySide-mounted fingerprint sensorsAndroid PieAvailable early April for $399
The Xperia 10 Plus costs about $500, another Benjamin up from the 10’s starting price. Here are the full specs:
6.5-inch full HD+ display21:9 aspect ratioQualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor4GB RAM, plus 64GB expandable storagedual rear-facing cameras: a 12-megapixel and a 8-megapixel with optical zoom8-megapixel front camera3,000mAh batterySide-mounted fingerprint sensorsAndroid PieAvailable early April for $499
5.7-inch HD+ display18:9 aspect ratioMediaTek 6762 processor3GB RAMDual rear-facing camera with a 13-megapixel lens and a 2-megapixel lens8-megapixel front camera3,300mAh batteryAndroid 8 OreoAvailable early April for $199
LG and Huawei are both launching their long-awaited 5G phones at this year’s show, as well. Sony, though, hasn’t done anything new. None of these new Xperia phones are likely to be bad, per se. Instead they feel like perfectly good, predictable smartphones.
