This is a major letdown. It no more feels Unique. It no more feels Premium. It no more feels "XPERIA". I am really disappointed with it. This the same as when we went from XPERIA XZ Premium to XZ2 Premium. That is not good at all.

feels more like they turned the 1 series into the lower tier 5 series with the 1080p screen. i dont understand many decisions they made…

@@DarrinLin Exactly. This should have been 5 Series.

@@KING_DRANZER Xperia 5 VI Plus?

It feels like they made some compromises for sure. The screen is a key component in a phone as it's your gateway into the device. 1080p does indeed make the Mark 6 seem less premium. Have they locked down the price? I can see $1,299 for the 512GB, but that 256GB better be no more than $1,199

well the best thing was you can record 4k and then watch it in 4k now your recording in 4k and watching it in 1080 ?

@@fderenzio :))))) I rest my case

They should have made it 1220p. That's an optimal resolution for a modern phone.

Why not 2k? Samsung did it

Don't forget the benefit is only during video playback. The drawbacks are 80% valid all the time...

It depends on a person's eyes. I can tell the difference between 2k and 4k and definitely from 1080 to 4k.

Nah it's their premium phone. They should have given the option for the 4k display. Power consumption is very minimal difference unless you change screen size. It's an OLED panel. A sharper image will be better when watching content.

Thank the lords amiright

Don't forget 3.5mm

all xperia have micro sd slot & 3,5mm jack audio

Also 3.5mm!😊

My old Xperia 1 mark 1 doesn't had an headphone jack but luckily my new IV got one

Thanks for the kind words, really appreciate it 🙏 Basil

I'll pass this comment onto Tom :) thanks Richard, agree with everything you say. Have a great day! Basil

@@tech_edit same to you Basil!

Get the xperia 1 V...pretty comfortable to hold.

I don’t agree, because for me personally battery life and zoom are pretty important. Also, I like to game, use PS Remote Play (16:9) and the throttling is less aggressive on the 1 VI, so I’d wait for the price to take a bit of a drop and then go for the 1 VI. I do have big hands, though, and you are right. The 1 V is easier to hold.

'NOT coming to the US Market'... Do Sony... NOT want to sell some of the best phones out there? Are they actually right in the head? 🤔 I mean... Things like:- - Announcing a 'Brand new' phone model, but NOT making available to buy for up to 6 months later... - Having some EXCELLENT hardware, but providing DISMAL OS/Security update life... - Said excellent hardware having FAR TOO COMPLICATED multiple camera app systems... - SERIOUSLY HEFTY price tags... And more issues besides... Sony phones COULD rise to become some of the most popular phones 'Out in the field' to rival the likes of Apple and Samsungs' offerings... IF ONLY they corrected the above issues (and a couple of others), and they COULD do it as they have what? 3 phone models (not like Samsung with their extensive A and S range phones)... Let us buy the phones SOON after announcing them, DROP the price to UNDER the 'Equivalent' Samsung, give them AT LEAST 4 years OS and a further 1 year Security update system, then, yeah, I'm pretty sure, they'll sell A LOT MORE of these phones so MORE people can enjoy such things as the great screens and FRONT FIRING PROPER STEREO loud speakers that DO make a difference in viewing content (I remember the days of my Motorola Google Nexus 6! With its 6" Quad HD display and front firing stereo speaker set up... I miss those days.. What do we have now? Mid to tinny left earpiece speaker and full range but firing away from you bottom right speaker... 😒 As Michael Fisher (MrMobile) says - "When phones were fun".. 😏 😎🇬🇧

​​@@tech_editHuh? You say you got big hands, so that would make it easier, or not harder at least, to hold the VI. And one would even perhaps think that the V would feel to narrow for you to hold even. I mean.. I might be missing something here, or misunderstand you, but it's obviously more of a potential problem to hold a wider phone, with small hands (the oppositeof what you are sporting😉). Hence, why some buyers with small hands probably would prefer to go with the V over the VI, although the difference is very slight, I'd say.

Exactly, if I can get the same screen on a Xiaomi phone, why would I pay 5-6x more for a slightly better camera?

Yes me too.

Me too. Still my main phone.

Me too

blue xz1 compact 😍😍

🤮🤮

All your movies and series will still be the same width. It's not that bad lol

As if the Xperia 21:9 is an actual cinematic resolution. It still had to be over/under scannned...

They should at least have a contract phone Carriers

Given recent events with their handling of the PlayStation brand on PC, I'd say Sony seems to be rather retreating from being competitive and available in a number of countries but only restricting themselves to certain markets/countries. It is a rather strange decision but it seems like they're slowly transitioning their business to focus on specific markets.

and it will NOT be sold in the US. BIG MISTAKE

@@SonyEnthusiast yup...and from what I am seeing.....looks like wont be sold in China either. Thats how bad sales must be that they are not even bothering to sell in the two largest markets.

im actually a year into using the Sony Xperia 1 mk V... very happy... only sore point is battery life but i still get almost a day with heavy use so its not terrible... stand out features are the media playback... that 4K screen is lovely... and the blistering speed apps run... never noticed lag until my battery drops below 5%... overall its just an excellent smartphone...

3yrs software 4yrs OS, and thanks for the kind words :)

@@tech_edit thank you Again Basil, i have missed that information at the 20 mn mark in your video, have a great day :-)

Enjoy it, and thanks for the comment! Basil

Şu an Pixel 2XL kullanıyorum ama Sharp Aqua 8pro ve bu Sony 1mach 6 arasında bir seçim yapmam lazım 🤔🤔🤔

they want 1 inch because of camera bump sony executives hates camera bumps

its just an excuse. they probably couldnt figure it out or it would be too expensive

So in youtubevideos you only can watch up to 1080p?

@@highqualitypyro9075who is talking about KZfaq videos? Missing the 1.0 sensor as well as removing Cinema Pro and preventing it from being loaded at all is a bad move. I have taken some beautiful stills and videos with my Xperia Pro. It's still the best sensor in a phone by far. The brilliance of Cinema Pro is how well I could set up the video, especially in low light. The Xperia 1 VI is neither in one camp (mainstream devices) nor the other (specialist and high spec video and stills phone). Let's face it, if you want to play games, the Sony isn't the phone you would go for.

They should at least gave it a 900usd price if they're gonna cut short on the resolution

The 1 V is awesome. SD8G2 has aged like a fine wine - enjoy it :) Basil

good until the software updates stop coming lol

You can have the previous with 4K and newest..you can have both..😂

@@itsmemeow5170 the new 1 doesn't have 4K display, you can record 4K 120 FPS video on the new 1 but would need to connect to a 4K TV to watch it On the old 1 you can still record 4K 120 FPS but can watch it on the device without connecting to a 4K TV

​@@DarrinLinthen what? It magically stops working? Get help lol.

Thank you! So kind, very much appreciated. Have a great day, Basil

Sorry Xperia 5 vi

ow no side sense to side slide it has changed indeed.

Usually it's because youtube videos are usually 24-30fps. The phone will also drop the refresh rate appropiately so as to not waste power.

@@LindonSlaght this happens only with sony phones. I know that youtube videos are playing at lower fps. But why don't other phones drop the refresh rate too by this logic?

Why nobody comment on the new Quick Panel?😂

They already fixed the lagging issues in the latest update. 1V user here.

Looks like the PRO series is dead. The original PRO from 2020 is replaced by the PDT-FP1 and the PRO-I is merged with the classic series. Personally, I don't consider this a major update to my PRO-I. I don't play games, so I don't care about peak SoC performance.

100% agree. I remember when Sony first introduced Battery Care, they cited that as a reason for not including quick charge, but that was years ago. It's even less competitive now. On the plus, at least with the 1 VI a 50% charge (22 mins) gets me just under a day of moderate use. The battery really is good.

Alpha camera app was better and really different/unique for Sony.

What are you talking about?? Expansion slot FTW

Same, with my crappy eyesight I wont notice the difference anyway, plus I'm really looking forward to finally getting good tele-macro capability. It's one of the features I wanted most from a smartphone camera.

I hate that fingerprint reader. it broker right after warranty expired.

@@M00n.P00p. On my Xperia 5 III it crapped out after 1,5 years of use. Phone doesn't even recognize now it ever had a fingerprint scanner...

@@pastichiorocker same on my Xperia 5 II. It's beyond me how Sony can cheep out on such an essential part of a smartphone.

I agree, at some point its really evident that the pics/vids are made on a phone.

I need at least 1440p for my job, so this phone is definitely out the window for me.

Exactly, if they had left the display alone it would have been perfect. But no, they had to do a Samsung and downgrade the screen to 1080p.

I can't see the difference. I am being serious. 720p would be too low, but 1080p is perfectly sharp. And I take the better battery life any day over a spec that only looks good on paper, with zero real world usability.

the missing pro layout is the worst of them all in my eyes

I prefer this new aspect ratio, 21:9 was too narrow

21:9 is only useful for watching movies and even when the screen was 4k it only displayed 1080p most of the time

So in youtubevideos you only can watch up to 1080p?

They do close-up telephoto, as does the Oppo Fins X7 Ultra, but it isn't true telemacro like the Xiaomi 13 Pro, Huawei P60 Pro/Pura 70 Ultra and Xperia 1 VI.

@@tech_edit Xiaomi 14 ultra 3.2x is floating like the 13 pro. It's a true 75mm this time not a 65m crop. The 5x is just close focus tele. Also the Vivo X100 pro has a floating tele lens for macro at 4.3x. Oppo is the only one without true floating tele for macro.

That's absolutely correct and I'll mention the volume rocker in my next video. For one handed zooming, though, made possible by the Xperia's comfortable flat sides, a zoom slider would have been so handy. Thanks for the comment! Basil

Problem is that you can't make steady "zoom in's" or "zoom out's" with the volume rocker, as its almost impossible to not push/move/bump the phone itself, at least slightly, as you're pushing those buttons. That's why you need a slider on the screen. I almost never use the volume rocker for zoom, for that very reason, as it ruins the video you're trying to shoot.