Snap for professionals
Last year, Sony relaunched its in-house smartphone division and made the 21: 9 format in smartphones socially acceptable with the Xperia 1. The successor, the Xperia 1 II, is primarily aimed at smartphone photographers; Sony upgrades the notches with all sorts of pro features.
In addition to the conventional camera applications, the Xperia 1 II has two additional apps, Cinema Pro and Photo Pro. This allows you to make numerous features and settings that you would normally look for in vain in the standard camera app. for more latest updates and news about technology Visit: https://technogage.com/
Among other things, a video in the 21: 9 aspect ratio can be recorded in the Cinema Pro app, while this setting cannot be found in the conventional camera app. A display in this format is a nice feature.
Great screen with a flaw:
Speaking of the screen: Thanks to its 4K resolution, it is crisp and offers a pixel density of an outstanding 643 ppi. The brightness values are okay, but they cannot keep up with the competition in this price segment. In addition, the display only has a 60 Hertz refresh rate. The screen is ideal for viewing films in widescreen format.
The Xperia 1 II can display this optimally without borders. Thanks to the stereo speakers, the sound comes pleasantly from both sides. The fingerprint scanner was built into the power button in the frame, which is very easy to reach.
There is also a jack connector on the top. In general, the very good workmanship of the phone should be emphasized. The back of the glass makes it look very noble, you won't find any gaps or other anomalies.
The performance of the Xperia 1 II is excellent; in our benchmark tests it delivered values that can be placed very close to the reference. The runtimes of the 4,000 mAh battery are okay, although the 4K resolution is a bit too much of a problem for the battery. The phone is fully charged in one hour and 51 minutes, in 34 minutes it is 50 percent.
With its Xperia 1 II, Sony is clearly targeting smartphone photo enthusiasts. Pre-installed pro apps get the most out of the notch and deliver impressive results. Apart from the camera, the phone can also convince with an excellent display, high-quality workmanship and strong performance.
Christoph Lumetzberger (Editor-in-Chief):
Pros Potent camera with professional modes, crisp, sharp display, excellent performance
Cons refresh rate only with 60 Hertz, battery life only average
Specs
Dimensions 165.1 x 71.1 x 7.6 mm
Weight 181.4 g
Price (currently) 1,220.68 €
Furnishing
Operating system Android 10.0
Processor & cores Snapdragon 865/4 x 3.37 GHz + 4 x 1.8 GHz
Adreno 650 graphics unit
RAM 8 GB
Internal memory 256 GB
microSD (maximum) 1000 GB
Camera (main / front) 12/8 MP
USB port USB Type-C
Bluetooth 5.1
LTE: yes WLAN: a, b, g, n, ac
Fingerprint sensor: yes NFC: yes
Battery & runtimes
Battery - size 4000 mAh
Replaceable battery no
Charge wirelessly, yes
Fast charging yes
Charging time 0-50 34 min / * 47 min
Charging time 0-100 109 min / * 121 min
Runtime browser 661 min / * 650 min
Video streaming duration 787 min / * 530 min
Running time 3D game 435 min / * 312
Display
Size 6.5 ″
Type OLED
Resolution 3840 x 1644 pixels
Pixel density 642.63 ppi
Brightness Ø 548.78 cd / m2 / * 424 cd / m2
Brightness (max) 578 cd / m2 / * 449 cd / m2
Performance check
Power ¹: 13289 / * 3921
Graphic ²: 11523 / * 1189
¹GeekBench 4 multicore ²GFXBench T-Rex Offscreen
* Average of all devices tested so far
Test result
Display 5
Speed (performance test) 5
Speed (hardware) 5
Battery (runtime) 4.1
Battery (hardware) 4.5
Features 4.8
Camera 5
Processing 5
Design 4
Out of a possible 5 points
Overall grade: VERY GOOD (94%) *
Price / performance: Sufficient
* The overall grade is made up as follows:
Display 15% - Speed (performance test) 22% - Speed (hardware) 10% - Battery (runtime) 24% - Battery (hardware) 4% - Features 4% - Camera 15% - Processing 3% - Design 3%
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