Finally, Sony realised they can utilise their TV and camera divisions to improve their smartphones? These are actual, useful additions. Catching up to LG on camera manual options and reminding me of a time when LG pushed their tech, like being the first out with QHD panels. Now, if Sony can remember they have an audio division too and I can really get hyped about a Sony phone again.

Still hanging with an XZ Premium right here. Xperia 1 is a pretty tempting option to move up to, the best ever since the one in my hand from Sony really.

Man Sony has been getting better and better over the past few years with their Xperias, it's a shame they don't put more effort into advertising (like you said, same story with LG). Great video as always sir!

I watched this⁦ video on my Xperia 1 ⁦❤️⁩⁦❤️⁩⁦❤️⁩🥰

At last an American getting it with Sony Xperia 1. Is a pity that the reviewers been so negativ about this phone and its great to see one that actually gives this phone a honest chanse and finds out is not a bad phone.

Switched from 7 years on Windows Phone to the Xperia 1. Learning how to use Android but have Launcher 10 emulating the Windows tile system so the familiarity makes the transition a bit easier. The Xperia 1 is a fantastic piece of hardware and I feel I have chosen wisely!

I loved this phone when I had it! One of my favorites ever! 💯

indeed, 21:9 xperia 1 has some interesting advantages with its vertical real estate, but I can't help not miss those true 16:9 huge flat displays from huawei mate 9 or LG V20...

You can swipe down anywhere on the screen for the drop down menu and notifications etc..

Love Thumper. Everybody needs to play that game on any device it's available on 🤓

Sony xperia 1 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

I just got the Sony wh-ch700n bluetooth headphones (originally $200, refurbished for $55). Damn, they are amazing!

Got this bad boy brand new for only 550€.

Man. Wished for an Xperia for a very long time. Hopefully, my country will include it still.

I certainly love mine but it's the small things that realllly take away from it. The side sense feature works 25 percent of the time, finger print sensor works 50 percent of the time, when using the camera on auto mode the images are hit and miss, the image stabilization in 4k is the absolute worst I have ever used on a cell phone. I still love the damn thing but just don't know if I like it enough to get another sony next time, I still find myself thining about the upcoming pixel 4.

I watched this⁦ video on my Xperia 1 ⁦ love my xperia 1

Finally ! Yes ! I hate it when i see a reviewer saying the phone is silky smooth by scrolling thru the UI and opening apps .

Then what about the battery timing when gaming? Wouldn't there be a huge difference between Xperia 1 and the likes of Note 10+, 11 Pro Max, Mate 30 Pro? And why are you even comparing it with the normal ones? Considering the price, it should be compared with the highest end models, the ones I mentioned above.

OH ITS HAS THE BEST NAVIGATION BUTTONS SHORT CUTED BY SIDE SENSE SENSOR ON BOTH SIDE, IF YOU KNOW HOW TO SET IT. I SET THE SENSOR SENSITIVITY AND FIELD TO FULL , AND SET 3 CUSTOM SWIPE GESTURES. SWIPE UP TO OPEN RECENTLY USED APPS, SWIPE DOWN TO SEE NOTIFICATIONS PANEL, AND SWIPE TWICE TO BACK FOR PREVIOUS ACTION. IT WORKS PERFECTLY ALL THE YIME 99% REGARDLESS ON ANY APP WE AR USING EXEPT CAMERA APP. THE GOOD THING IS WHEN BROWSING PHOTOS/GALLERY WITH FULLSCREEN OR ANY WHERE THAT NOT SHOWING BOTTOM NAVIGATION BUTTONS, THAT 3 CUSTOM GESTURES NAVIGATION SIDESENSE WORKS INSTANTLY. SO I NEVER NEED TO SWIPING THE BOTTOM SCREEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO UP FOR NAVIGATION BUTTONS TO BE SHOWING UP.

What is that capacitive pen you are using? Always see it in your videos way back to pocketnow, but I never find it in stores.

Waiting for the Xperia 5 🙏

Great review Juan! Just subscribed! You do a great job of what I call "keeping it real". I just got the Xperia 1 and agree with your assessment. This is a great device that does some things different. The battery life it on par than my wife's Note 9 or my friends S10+ more or less. Coming from a XZ Premium it's a big camera and display update. I also agree that the Sony needs to market better and online reviewers are more critical of brands with less market presence. Again, thanks the quality objective review.

I remember when Sony had a brick and mortar store in the Mall. I became a real Sony fan when I bought the Z11 laptop which had an unheard of dedicated GPU in a 13" screen package. Not such a great experience with the Xperia 1. Sold it for a Note 10+. Overheating issues.

Just got a Xperia 1 on November 2019 security. 9.0 pie. Then I got updates using Wi-Fi like 5 in a row. Now it's on Android 10 and September 2020 security update

Just got one this week for £144 ($195). Grade A used, 128gb. I'm shocked at how good it is and am wondering how they can be picked up so cheaply just 2 years later. You don't get that with iPhone! Anyway, loving it. Upgraded from a bent, 73% battery health iPhone 6s. It will be buried in the garden Lol.

Love my Xperia1 😍💪

Got into the full experience, coming from a OnePlus 5 (also bought a pair of Sony WF-1000XM3's). Loving it so far. Ergonomically great phone, and it's a joy to use. The headphones also show why Sony is still a force to be reckoned with in small consumer electronics.

I finally got to see this in person, looks beautiful! I definitely agree, Sony is not great with marketing, at least for their mobile products.

The Sony Xperia 1 should be great with Microsoft Launcher top-down view. Looks are super.

The king of gadgets is back!!!

You don't need gestures for the notification bar, you can pull it down from the middle of the screen, you don't have to reach the top of the screen, it's already there, try it.

You can drag down anywhere from screen to bring notification bar even from the bottom. You don’t need to have long hands.

1:55 OMG Juan's thumbs are so...... oh..... right.... we're all human. Carry on Juan. 😃

Top review!!! 💯

While I haven't seen a 4k phone in person I would be very hard pressed to go back to a 60hz display full time. I feel really spoiled by my OnePlus 7 pro. Maybe in the next few years we can have both. Or you know... A headphone jack.

My dream phone, not a ground breaking innovation but simple. I can live with that, for me this is the complete package. Sony has the design that never gets old. Also, i can forgive the lost of 3.5mm earphone/headphone port. Great video as always. Now time to watch your xperia 5. 😁😁😁

I had Z1 and Z3 compact, you can't use the screen if you crack the front glass even a little bit.(You drop the phone, get a hairline crack, touch stops working, quite annoying and even dangerous if you are in an accident or so) That's why l had to say bye to Sony. Is it still the same?

great video, Juan! what stylus are you using?

Another great video, always a first channel I come to when it’s upgrade time

Great review! I'm a fan of Xperia 1.

you should do a video on the Asus Rog 2

I'd like to see a comparison between the V60 & the Xperia 1 ii

I'm still rocking my XZ1 as a backup and travel phone (my carrier won't allow any non-carrier devices on their network without a big fight). I had a Z1 a while ago, but it got water damaged. I can't see myself going back until they have a headphone port though. That and I'm practically attached to my spen (remember the Z Ultra? Nowhere near as good as Wacom tech, but at least it was something.)

Can't lie. I would take 16x9 4k over any of the new resolution options any day of the week. The only content i consume on my phone that isnt 16x9 is the couple of mobile focused youtubers who have switched to a wider aspect ratio. And that makes up far less than 1% of my phone use time. I never felt constricted scrolling on FB/twitter/reddit/discord on 16x9, and i wouldn't call the new ratio of my s10+ an upgrade that i notice in that regard. Call my cynical, but i think the entire point of switching to these new aspect ratios was just to have bigger numbers for your screen size on the spec sheet. It's another one of those changes that came out of nowhere, and left me wondering, who asked for this? (Sort of like every single move in the smartphone industry over the last few years) Just give me a specced bumped v20 with updated software and oled display. Please. I beg you.

@3:00 (other tech KZfaqrs scrubbing bunrt ointment) 🤣

Well done JCB... I know I can always depend on you to tell the truth about "lesser known" devices (i.e. phones that popular KZfaqr shun because it's not Samsung or Apple).

If you care then this is THE BEST! If you are a mediocre user it's not good enough for sure. Best one!

I have the Xperia 1 and in short it needs some polishing

You dont need to reach up to the top, one of the features of this device is that you can pull down the notification area from the middle, rather than from the top

If it is for media, why don't they put larger battery... 6.5" 4k display with 3330 mA battery.. How much the chip is power efficient, need more battery for the display... Love Xperia phones.. But all their phones have smaller batteries...

Sony and LG both like the loss of money in smartphone department.

it's missing a function present on the XZ Premium, "Transfer Data to SD Card" to transfer a ton of pictures and big video files, very useful, other then that I like it, owning the purple Xperia 1 has been nice

the first thing to do is to enable gestures and delete soft buttons via adb

TASTE, the movies on their channel is fantastic. I can't believe it was shot on the phone but it was. True cinamtic 10 bit 4:2:2 🤯, this and the Eye AF on a freaking PHONE. Why doesn't anybody talk about these?

Thank you so much for the in depth reviews! Im now torn between the rog phone 2 and being a sony fanboy I'm now reconsidering this!

Got it. And, I agree. It's a great smartphone.

Beauuuutiful.....remote controler 😈 beautiful impersonations Juan too, this time I found myself in them:)

Used to be a fan of Sony phones, but something still seems a bit 'off' when using them. Saw this in-store and just looked like a generic black glossy slab. They really should have made the design a bit more unique. I am sure this would be great to watch movies on!

Sony Mobile confuses me. I loved them for about 3 years (had Z5P and XZP) then I started to see the flaws. Yeah they update but it doesn't fix the issues. Brick design fell way out of style (until apparently the Note 10 brought it back). Photo and video quality fell way behind, and is still there based on reviews I've seen. Promising the best audio experience but removing a front facing speaker and the headphone jack. The only redeeming feature is the screen and it's not enough on its own to justify the purchase.

A friend of mine just got this and it’s very nice very cool phone

How about connecting it to a PS controller and playing some real PS games(remote play). I know on my XZ2 the screen was a bit small for this, 1 reason I was looking forward to this.

Hi Juan, what is your favorite book?

Does Sony still not allow raw photos from their phones? I have a xzp and the post processing is crazy

Juan, have you used sentio desktop and similar apps with tv output? I think with more pc-like apps like editor programs and Microsoft office apps, throw out the PC. Can you do a review of sentio desktop?

Fact that Sony has started advertising premium Bluetooth headphones with LDAC since 2014, no wonder if they removed the headphone jack. But still, kind of sad decision.

1:28 who is the girl in the feed? Name?

This phone seems to be fantastic! Unfortunately Sony's computational photography is kinda inexistent though, and nowadays this is a BIG fault :/

Advertising costs a tonne of money. Sony won't bother advertising on their PlayStation platform either coz they will lose out on revenue from other high paying customers for the same window. Its a shame really

i have xz premium ( to take advantage of 4k on a carboard type vr headset but that was a stupid idea as snapdragon 835 is too slow to playback 8k vr video when screen is in 4k) but i had a big problem with the camera : sony locked up camera2 api so i cannot use gcam for example (impressive night sight + best awb i ever saw on a camera even compared to my apsc camera), can you run gcam on the xperia 1?

Does Dsee hx work with iheart radio, KZfaq, and Spotify?

@JuanBagnell Can you display charging times as a measure of mAh per 30 minutes instead of % per 30 min? I find that 20% of phone A does not equal 20% of phone B.

Sony Xperia 1 is the Best!

They couldn't understand why the numbers got smaller? That's some bull s*** That bit was really funny. I've never really understood why it is Sony seems to take advertising for granted where their phone is concerned I mean if it's one company that should know the importance of advertising it's them before the Sony had these massive bezel which I didn't fancy but I understand how some people didn't mind them especially for gaming. I find this new Xperia to be somewhat appealing I think if a lot more people knew of it they would buy it

What is the game featured in the video?

Are there virtual reality headset for this phone? 4k would make experience great!

Hard to find it on store to test, can only buy online

When is Sony bringing the xperia Vita ?

No Jack? No Sony in my house :(

A solid review and well scripted video. Its getting better by every video.p.s i suggest you tune down the animations. Cleaner is better in my opinion. But thats my 2 cents

Really sad and disappointed ☹️ because Sony Mobiles are no more in INDIA 🇮🇳 Really miss the Sony Xperia series, i am a big fan of Sony Mobiles since it was Sony Ericsson, now only Xperia Z3 is left with me, i wish if Sony Mobiles can comes back to Indian Market!!! 😇

Man that 3300 mAh battery, though.

Hello Juan, how is the call quality on this phone?

Didliing your dongle 😅😂

I was really excited about this phone but the lack of wireless charging, when I’ve already invested in them all over my house, is a bummer. However excited over next iteration to hopefully include the 48mp camera or something even newer to be a first in optics as well as screen.

Just got it for $350 off eBay.

Vraiment c'est fantastique

Wanna push a phone? Record 2min 4k (approx 50mb/s) video sample, edit that in "3dLut"(beta app) with compression off. Grading with Luts on a phone is great. 😁 (Also mind blowing🤯, they are REAL Luts, not filters.😲) Beware the 4gb file size limit that some phones have. File system size limits cripple video editing on Android. 😨 Would also love it if YOU could test this "file size limit" difference in reviews. The information is really hard to find, [even OEM's don't provide it😒], even though it's such a simple thing to test! 1)Grab a (3.9gb approx) 5-10min 4k clip (50mb/s approx). [Close to 4gb as you can ensures we find the limit😉] 2)Open "3dLut" beta app, turn compression and water mark off in options. 3)In "3dLut" pick your clip from file system. 4)Edit your clip to your satisfaction (need web connection to download Luts) 5)Hit "Save to gallery". At this point it will start checking the file/edit, and then start editing/saving it (percentage complete viewable at this point). 1)If it finishes with no crashes congratulations you have a larger limit and probably never need to worry. 2) It runs into the file size limit, it will give you back an error, and the video will be corrupted. 😒 Check the file size of the corrupted video and you should see it's about 4.03gb or something close to that 😒 (system max file size 4gb). P.s. My GoPro clips come in 4k 50mb/s, after the colour grading they normally go up to 4k 100-120ish mb/s (compression off). Figured you'd love this for more utility on mobile edits at events. 😁 Help fight KZfaq's terrible compression. 😂

who wins in a fight John Cena or Cardi B with a Supreme crowbar? keep in mind Cardi B was a teenage Bloods gang member. listening to this on my KZ ES4 and ES100. thanks for the recommendation. I have the KZ ZS10 Pro coming tomorrow. Oh I love Sony but they don't play nice with Verizon. been wanting a Sony flagship for years. Best displays imho for the money.

Amazing blower

Dude u don't have to reach al the way to to slide down the bar😂

Try 3D MARK

7:00 pixel 4?

The price is just too damn high.

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WHY does it have the nav bar when it's all about having a tall screen?!

Nice one 🤣🤣

Sony phone was a meme and slightly still if I talked to them. Instead of saying android camera as a joke we would say sony phone. One of my freinds phones was cheap no name garbage he could get replaced for 5 dollars we would call it sony phone. This also shows how bout there marketing is. Though i use a g8 so yeeeee

LDAC

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Haven't you seen the price?! Who would buy a phone with this specification for that high price?! There are many cheaper and with bigger reputation phones like galaxy... It's even close to iPhone prices! And the phone is too tall. This isn't a good step to retake the reputation sony phones had.