Sony Xperia 1 VI with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Launched

Sony has launched Sony Xperia 1 VI Smartphone. It has a 6.5-inch FHD+ LPTO display with a 1-120Hz refresh rate powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC with 12GB of RAM and 256GB (UFS 4.0) Storage.

On Camera Xperia 1 VI has a  52MP rear camera with Exmor T lens, Zeiss optics and 24mm to 48mm focal length. It also has a 12MP 16mm ultra-wide camera and the new 12MP periscope telephoto camera has 85mm to 170mm focal length for up to 7x Zoom. There is telemacro support with a maximum magnification of approximately 2x and a minimum focus distance of 4cm, even without a dedicated macro lens. It has IP65 and IP68 ratings for dust and water resistance, side-mounted fingerprint sensor. Packed by a 5000mAh battery with support for fast charging and Qi wireless charging.

Sony Xperia 1 VI specifications

• 6.5-inch (1080 x 2340 pixels) FHD+ OLED HDR Display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio, 1-120Hz refresh rate, 240Hz Motion blur reduction, 240Hz Touch scanning rate, Creator mode “powered by CineAlta”—Inspired by Master Monitor color reproduction, DCI-P3 100%, ITU-R BT.2020 (REC.2020), Illuminant D65 White point, 10 bit tonal gradation, X1 for mobile, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protection
• Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 4nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 750 GPU
• 12GB LPDDR5X RAM, 256GB (UFS 4.0) internal memory, expandable memory up to 1.5TB via microSD card
• Android 14 (3 OS upgrades and 4 years of security updates)
• Dual SIM (nano + eSIM)
• 48MP rear camera with Exmor T sensor for mobile, 1/1.3.5″ sensor, f/1.9 aperture, Hybrid OIS/EIS, 12MP f/2.2 aperture 1/2.5″ 123° 16 mm ultra wide-angle camera, 12MP f/2.3 (85 mm 28° FoV) to f/3.5 (117 mm 15° FoV) 1/3.5″ Exmor RS for mobile telephoto lens, 3.5 to 7.1x equivalent optical zoom, 21.3X hybrid zoom, ZEISS T* coating, Real-Time Eye AF (Human, Animal), Real-Time Tracking, 4K video recording
• 12MP front-facing camera with 1/2.9″ Exmor RS mobile sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 84° wide-angle lens, 4K video recording
• 3.5 mm audio jack, 360 Reality Audio, 360 Reality Audio hardware decoding, 360 Spatial Sound, Full-Stage stereo speakers, Dolby
• Atmos, DSEE Ultimate, Stereo Recording, Qualcomm aptX HD audio
• Side-mounted Fingerprint sensor
• Dimensions:162 x 74 x 8.2 mm; Weight: 192g
• Water resistant (IPX5/IPX8), Dust proof (IP6X)
• 5G (sub-6GHz) / 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6E 802.11 ax (2.4GHz / 5GHz) 2 x 2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.4 LE, GPS/ GLONASS, NFC, USB 3.2 Type-C
• 5000mAh Battery with 30W (USB PD) fast charging, Xperia Adaptive Charging, Battery Care, STAMINA Mode, Qi Wireless charging

Sony Xperia 1 VI comes in Black, Platinum Silver, and Khaki Green colours and is priced at 1399 Euros, will roll out in the UK, Europe, and more countries starting from June 3