Sony launches its latest flagship Xperia 1 bringing Sony’s and puts all of Sony’s expertise to use. They’ve crammed basically their display and cinematography tech into a smartphone which is pretty superpowered if you ask me.
“We have established a new vision for our Xperia brand to bring our customers experiences
beyond imagination,” said Atsushi Endo, President, Sony Singapore Marketing Company. “We
are continuing to push the boundaries in pursuit of innovation and our new Xperia delivers
genuine technologies with a multitude of professional-grade features for creative entertainment
experiences that are only possible with Sony.”
Experience an unrivalled 21:9 CinemaWide 4K HDR OLED display
Enjoy movies in their original format in the palm of your hand with a 21:9 CinemaWide 6.5” 4KHDR OLED display . Xperia 1 delivers a cinema aspect ratio and accurate colour reproduction that films are created in, for a viewing experience that’s true to what creators envisioned.
The unparalleled display is powered by Sony’s BRAVIA TV technologies. The X1 for mobile engine brings HDR (High Dynamic Range) remastering technologies ensuring everything you watch, including streamed content, can be enjoyed with more contrast, colour and clarity.
Xperia 1 has 10-bit tonal gradation representing a myriad of colours. Xperia 1 delivers deeper levels of black, while colours appear more natural. The display, together with originally developed image processing, supports wide colour space ITU-R BT.2020 as well as DCI-P3 with Illuminant D65.
Camera;
The Xperia 1 comes with a triple lens camera (12MP) for any situation and light conditions: 16mm for wide landscapes, a versatile 26mm lens and a 52mm lens telephoto shooting (35mm equiv.).
Technologies from Sony’s acclaimed Alpha interchangeable lens camera are inherited in Xperia 1 as BIONZ X for mobile. The algorithm enables the world’s first Eye AF (Auto Focus) in a smartphone to bring the sharp focus exactly to the level of eyes and also delivers continuous burst shooting with up to 10 fps AF/AE tracking (Auto Focus and Auto Exposure) to give you precision focus and optimal exposure. Capture better low light images with the bright F1.6 lens and large pixel pitch 1.4μm Dual Photo Diode image sensor ensuring even moving subjects are blur-free, while RAW noise reduction delivers beautifully clear images.
Processor and Battery;
The Xperia 1 has the latest flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform. This offers high-speed Gigabit LTE capability, up to 25% faster CPU and up to 40% GPU performance versus the previous generation, and Snapdragon Elite Gaming, for handling processor-intensive apps and games, relatively easily.
However, from some reason they’ve only managed to put in a 3330 mAh battery, which is arguably pretty low, especially for the price and the phones capabilities. It does come with Smart Stamina, Battery Care 5 and Xperia Adaptive charging, so that my help to boost battery performance levels.
Pricing and Availability
The Xperia 1 in Black, Purple and Grey will be available in Malaysia from early October 2019 at Sony Stores KLCC and Curve, Sony Store Online and selected Sony Centres, at recommended retail price of RM 4,299. The Xperia 1 comes with a range of colours, being: Black, Purple and Grey.
Pre-Order at all Sony Stores, Sony Store Online and selected Sony Centres from tomorrow, 24 August 2019 to be entitled to a free WH-1000XM3 (Black only) wireless Noise-Cancelling headphones, limited stock only, while stocks last.
The Xperia 1 will make an appearance on 30 August onwards in Sony Expo 2019, at Centre Court, Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur.
