- Sony has revealed that it’ll announce the Xperia 1 VII on Could 13
- The corporate has additionally teased that it will likely be “powered by Alpha”
- This possible means an actual deal with camera enhancements
Sony’s Xperia 1 telephones are amongst different issues recognized for fairly spectacular cameras, however oddly – regardless of Sony additionally making a variety of in style and succesful ‘Alpha’ cameras – the firm hasn’t used ‘Alpha’ branding on its Xperia phone cameras earlier than. However it looks like that’s about to change.
In a teaser video on YouTube, the firm has revealed that the subsequent Sony Xperia 1 – possible to be dubbed the Sony Xperia 1 VII – is touchdown on Could 13.
This teaser doesn’t give a lot away, but it surely does point out that the phone is “powered by Alpha”, after which goes on to present an Alpha camera, adopted by photos of individuals taking photographs with what’s possible the Xperia 1 VII.
So, if nothing else this tells us that pictures is probably going a significant focus for the Sony Xperia 1 VII, however what precisely it being “powered by Alpha” means is much less clear, with that doubtlessly referring to software program, {hardware}, or each.
Nonetheless, primarily based on our Sony Xperia 1 VI evaluate we are able to say that we hope evening picture high quality and dynamic vary optimization are improved, as they have been weak hyperlinks in that phone’s pictures efficiency.
A trio of sensors, possible with upgrades
Assuming the phone pictured in the video is the Sony Xperia 1 VII it has the same design to the Xperia 1 VI, full with a flat again and three rear lenses. We’ve some thought of what these lenses may be too, with leaks pointing to a 48MP principal sensor (with optical picture stabilization), a 12MP ultra-wide camera, and a 12MP telephoto, with a focal size that may vary from 70-200mm.
That’s broadly comparable to what you’ll discover on the Sony Xperia 1 VI, besides the telephoto camera there’s restricted to 85-170mm.
Nonetheless, even when these leaks are right, it’s potential we’ll see different adjustments to justify the ‘Alpha’ branding, similar to bigger sensors, higher lenses, or software program enhancements.
Away from the cameras, it has additionally been reported that the Sony Xperia 1 VII could have a 4K, 120Hz display screen, a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, up to 16GB of RAM, up to 512GB of storage, and a battery of at least 5,000mAh.
So, this might be a extremely succesful handset, however with the present mannequin costing £1,299 / AU$1,899 (with no US availability) it’s additionally possible to be extraordinarily costly. We should always discover out for certain very quickly.