This review is so refreshing. Other reviewers bash this phone because its different but then this review makes you question other reviews. Excellent job. 👏🏻👏🏻
I’ve watched a lot of TH-cam reviews and this one has some of the best showcasing of this phones video and photo ability. Great review. I would buy this phone and already preordered it. I bought it because I want to learn traditional camera settings in pro mode. But there are multiple features combined that make this phone stand out which made me obsessed with this phone. Also I’ve never owned a flagship phone before and can’t wait till I get it on the 26th (hopefully, Sony keeps pushing back the release date and blaming it on retailers but it clearly shows on their websites that they in fact pushed the release back. I guess they get the snapdragon from the same manufacturer as their PS5 chip and they’re backed up. Not a good look when you’re struggling with sales to being with… Considering this phone is nearly 3X the cost of a PS5 you would think the would ensure it makes its deadline especially when it came out so late to begin with.)🤷🏽♂️
Photo abilities, versatility and experience are great and final results are rather bad and disappointing (especially if you had Pixels or iPhone 11 /12 before). Be prepared for it.
@@victorrumyantsev3718 your statement contradicts itself. You can’t have great versatility while the phone is overall bad. Versatility is basically overall.
The delays are extremely annoying considering I preordered this phone almost 2 months ago. Sony must do a better job with timely releases in the future!
I am very happy because I owned this phone a week ago and bought 512 gb and I have never regretted buying it. It is the best phone and the fastest phone I have used in years
Are you in the United States? And if so do you have 5G and WiFi calling enabled? The 512 GB is the international version and normally that means no 5G (plus mmWave) or WiFi calling available in the United States.
Apps that do not support 4K run at 1096p. Sony has done since Z5 Premium. No screen can change resolution , just keeps screen from going high res. All pixels still work. It is like watching 1080p movie on 4K screen.
Exactly the point as to why there's no such option to switch resolution on this phone. *It's just not gonna do anything aside from rendering contents on the set resolution.* I thought there was already a test for battery life in a Galaxy phone set to QHD+ compared to HD+, and it showed virtually no difference at all.
You and Yort both make a great point. The panel itself is already taking a lot of energy to run, simply reducing the resolution won't help as it was already running at 1080p most of the time. Since the panel Sony use is quite unique (21:9), so they probably couldn't do much with how manufacturers made and tune the panel. Maybe with more adopters of the same panel, they could get better results with the power consumption of the panel.
@@silva_br1 the resolution drops to 1080p most of the time. If simply comparing playing 1080p video with another smartphone, the Xperia will still consume more power.
Just an FYI, for Mobile OLED type displays, they'll most likely to be pentile matrix type display. So a 4K Oled in this type of display is equivalent to a 1440p LCD. Just to stop people complaining about you can't actually perceive the difference. e.g. 1 Pixel on a RGB IPS LCD contains 3 subpixels (R,G,B) 1 Pixel on a Pentile AMOLED contains 2 subpixels only (2 out of R,G or B)
Even without considering the true resolution, having 643 dots per inch is already very tack sharp for any person with normal eyes, or even to those with perfect 20/20 vision as well. What's definitely NOT good is having an eyesore from looking at a front camera punch hole on the screen, which is essentially as good as a permanent dead pixel that cannot be fixed at all. I wonder whose idea that came from, but it's totally disgusting and gets in the way of enjoying the beautiful screen as a whole.
After I completed the explanation about the phone, I liked it very much. I am a fan of Sony phones, but I cannot buy it because I do not have enough money. Can you give me this wonderful phone 😔🇮🇶 I'm sorry if there is a mistake in my writing because I use the translator program
Great review Linus. There is no need for a 4K display on a device this small specially when it's effects the battery life. For me personally, Xperia 5 iii will be the one as its has the right size, excellent battery life and great performance. Thumbs up given 👍
Hello, I was wondering something because I just got mine. Does your "preview" (live feed) on the (front) selfie cam looks a bit weird like washed out but then the actual picture looks fine ?
I do not understant last part. "I wish sony included object traking, eye AF and 4K recording". The device has all this .. Fast charge is bad for battery.
@@gilgameshlfx7006 For me anything that's above 850 nits is good. This one with 620 is as bad as the pixel 4 I had and which was a pain in bright sunny days. I use my phone for work and I need to be able to see information on it outside in bright conditions.
@@gilgameshlfx7006 Yeah, I'm a liar and Sony is not shooting themselves in the foot with their choice of screen. Who mentioned iPhone? I find it bad. I'm currently using a OnePlus 9 pro which is decent in that regard. Samsung has the brightest but I don't like their camera at all.
@@Cdaemon666 You either lying or spouting nonsense just to justify your hate towards Sony. I lives near the equator. I got bright daylights more than you. I know for a fact you don't need over 800+ nits to have visible screen under the sun. By your own standard, almost every phone in current market right now can't be viewed during bright daylight, and half of them are completely useless anywhere outdoor. Screen actually need to be around 400 to have a visible screen. Laptops had around 200, need to be under some shade for the screen to be visible. My nephew had Galaxy A12 and that thing barely over 400 with adopted brightness turned on and that phone was fine under the sun. That kid worked part-time food delivery, consistently on his phone for navigation.
Thank you! This is a solid phone offering techies their usual de facto features and we need phones still catering for that decreasing niche market? I have been a Sony fan for a while but I feel that they are slowly dying and sadly the rumor that two years updates is now default, it seems to me they are preparing to join LG and remove from the smartphone market? I therefore have moved to Pixel for double the update cycle with as good cameras and more refined?
I thought the two years thing wasn't true. Somehow the words got mixed up. It was at least two years of security update, with two major Android update.
no point to upgrade if someone already have mk2, 120h is running mostly at 1080p not 4k, telephoto 70-105 is just useless in this phone, lack sharpness, telephoto on 5ll and 5lll is much better, and they promised 1300nits screen, still barely hits 600, Sony is not listening, we want a sustained 1000nits screen, quick night mode in camera lol
Sony never promises high brightness. It is bad for oled lifespam and pixel density is to high for that. What companies advertise as 1200 or 1300 is just 1% of screen displaying white image and 99% black. Not entire screen goes 1300. With updates, the periscope will improve to same quality of 5iii. Every year 5 has better cameras, both get equal with new android. Phone runs 1096p or 1644p. Not 1080p.
Everything about this phone is what I like in a phone... Other than the 21:9 aspect ratio. That's the only thing I can't stand. I hope the next Xperia will be 16:9...
The forehead on that woman in the video is insanely large. But I understand why you put her in the video. To show how small the bezel on the ohone really is. Brilliant!
I wanted to show as many 4k 120fps video samples as possible but if you don't like it you can always fast forward the video 😉 As I've mentioned in the video, 4k 120 is one of my favorite features. More phones should be able to dot that
I just changed my Samsung S21 Ultra for the Xperia 1 iii. Really pleased with my choice. Not so bulky and I love having a headphone jack again for superior sound quality.
No screen hole cameras/ notch and music jack and a simplistic design is what does it for me. It's not trying to copy apple and make stupid design choices, as long as Sony keeps that I'll buy their phones! Thank you Sony
Very nice video... Great job on the intro and good choice of music... enjoyed everything about your video... Can't wait to finally have it released here in the UK
It's a very impressive phone, but I'm not sure it's more impressive than others in the price point. Nothing about this phone stands out as mind blowing. 🤷♀️
Other phones are no different, nothing special about them. Majority look the same and do almost everything the same...at least this phone has headphone and SD and has a unique design....
I am confused ... I wanna buying new mobile. I bought Sony WF.1000mx but about mobile ... I don't know .... Can you give me id ... S21 /. S21 + / 21ultra or Sony 1iii... Which one ????? Thanks
looks like the Galaxy S21 just boosts the shadows with a little noise reduction on the dedicated night mode. You can do that in post, right? Didn't realize they left out the object tracking during video. They should have made that clear from the start!!! Wow
This review is so refreshing. Other reviewers bash this phone because its different but then this review makes you question other reviews. Excellent job. 👏🏻👏🏻
I’ve watched a lot of TH-cam reviews and this one has some of the best showcasing of this phones video and photo ability. Great review. I would buy this phone and already preordered it. I bought it because I want to learn traditional camera settings in pro mode. But there are multiple features combined that make this phone stand out which made me obsessed with this phone. Also I’ve never owned a flagship phone before and can’t wait till I get it on the 26th (hopefully, Sony keeps pushing back the release date and blaming it on retailers but it clearly shows on their websites that they in fact pushed the release back. I guess they get the snapdragon from the same manufacturer as their PS5 chip and they’re backed up. Not a good look when you’re struggling with sales to being with… Considering this phone is nearly 3X the cost of a PS5 you would think the would ensure it makes its deadline especially when it came out so late to begin with.)🤷🏽♂️
Photo abilities, versatility and experience are great and final results are rather bad and disappointing (especially if you had Pixels or iPhone 11 /12 before). Be prepared for it.
@@victorrumyantsev3718 your statement contradicts itself. You can’t have great versatility while the phone is overall bad. Versatility is basically overall.
The delays are extremely annoying considering I preordered this phone almost 2 months ago.
Sony must do a better job with timely releases in the future!
One more week for you and me.
@@Dryde85 was just looking at the calendar before I saw this comment 🙏🏽🤣🤣🤣
It looks like a professional camera shoot with your wife!
Great colors from this device!
I am very happy because I owned this phone a week ago and bought 512 gb and I have never regretted buying it. It is the best phone and the fastest phone I have used in years
Can we contact?
Are you in the United States? And if so do you have 5G and WiFi calling enabled? The 512 GB is the international version and normally that means no 5G (plus mmWave) or WiFi calling available in the United States.
@@therudedog4139 no Im in Middle east
@@s89kw That's what I thought. Thanks and enjoy (the better version than what we get)!
@@therudedog4139 I think I heard it supports 5G in the US
The notification led is the feature I miss the most on all my new phones.
true
Why i have mate 20 pro and it has LED
Is samsung new phone dont have
I'm so excited to get mine. Should be coming in two weeks!
Very nice I'm up next week
How is the phone with u
@@mr.casanova7145 I still haven't gotten it. Best buy is behind
None of the youtubers have presented the pics way you have.Results look much better.
Is it because you have used manual mode?
yes he shot in manual mode and he say he owned sony alpha camera that why he can shot great photo with this phone
So no throttling of the SoC when pushing it for a while?
Great review btw, and some nice images.
AMAZING!
Thank you for stopping by, Andrew!
NICE, mine will arrive on 8/30 in the US!
Other company: introduce new phone today, pre order right now
Sony: Introduce new phone today, pre order in next 6 months :v
Apps that do not support 4K run at 1096p.
Sony has done since Z5 Premium.
No screen can change resolution , just keeps screen from going high res.
All pixels still work.
It is like watching 1080p movie on 4K screen.
Exactly the point as to why there's no such option to switch resolution on this phone. *It's just not gonna do anything aside from rendering contents on the set resolution.*
I thought there was already a test for battery life in a Galaxy phone set to QHD+ compared to HD+, and it showed virtually no difference at all.
You and Yort both make a great point. The panel itself is already taking a lot of energy to run, simply reducing the resolution won't help as it was already running at 1080p most of the time. Since the panel Sony use is quite unique (21:9), so they probably couldn't do much with how manufacturers made and tune the panel. Maybe with more adopters of the same panel, they could get better results with the power consumption of the panel.
@@abdullahmubarak6840 screen is 6,5MP. While those QHD+ are about 4,5MP. It is the resolution that burns power. Nothing sony or samsung can do.
@@silva_br1 the resolution drops to 1080p most of the time. If simply comparing playing 1080p video with another smartphone, the Xperia will still consume more power.
@@abdullahmubarak6840 yes. But is 1096p. Not 1080p. I do not know why.
Just an FYI, for Mobile OLED type displays, they'll most likely to be pentile matrix type display. So a 4K Oled in this type of display is equivalent to a 1440p LCD. Just to stop people complaining about you can't actually perceive the difference.
e.g.
1 Pixel on a RGB IPS LCD contains 3 subpixels (R,G,B)
1 Pixel on a Pentile AMOLED contains 2 subpixels only (2 out of R,G or B)
Yeah, Apple says their OLED iPhones have 450ppi, but the actual pixel density for Red and Blue subpixels are 326ppi(Retina Display !)
Even without considering the true resolution, having 643 dots per inch is already very tack sharp for any person with normal eyes, or even to those with perfect 20/20 vision as well.
What's definitely NOT good is having an eyesore from looking at a front camera punch hole on the screen, which is essentially as good as a permanent dead pixel that cannot be fixed at all.
I wonder whose idea that came from, but it's totally disgusting and gets in the way of enjoying the beautiful screen as a whole.
@@troy5568 Z5 Premium was 806ppi. With RGB panel. 😏
After I completed the explanation about the phone, I liked it very much. I am a fan of Sony phones, but I cannot buy it because I do not have enough money. Can you give me this wonderful phone 😔🇮🇶 I'm sorry if there is a mistake in my writing because I use the translator program
I must have this phone this year. Sony should have the best phones
Great review Linus. There is no need for a 4K display on a device this small specially when it's effects the battery life. For me personally, Xperia 5 iii will be the one as its has the right size, excellent battery life and great performance. Thumbs up given 👍
But camera is not so good
Awesome review keep it up as always linus bro
Super review 👍👍👍👍👍 thanks getting mine in 10 days
great video mate, did you encounter overheating causing to force close the camera while taking pictures and recording videos?
Ordered mine, hope it works properly in Australia
Great review!! Thanx!!
Glad you liked it!
Wowww. Nowadays, a phone can shoot that kind of video. Stunning
Watching this on my Xperia 1 III
This video should have more views
Hello, I was wondering something because I just got mine. Does your "preview" (live feed) on the (front) selfie cam looks a bit weird like washed out but then the actual picture looks fine ?
Nice and great review as always.👍
Is there a microphone on top of the as well as on the bottom?
Can't wait, mine is ordered 😉
I'm waiting for my Xperia 1 III. Switching from a Xperia 5 ii ready for a bigger phone this time
Is there any way to deactivate the Google button on the side?
This is the most complete modern smartphone available right now
Trying decide between this or s21 ultra?🤔🤔🤔
Greece spinaloga!!!! 🇬🇷❤️
I do not understant last part. "I wish sony included object traking, eye AF and 4K recording".
The device has all this ..
Fast charge is bad for battery.
In 4k video recording. It has these features in photo taking mode.
Ah.
Their 📷 do not have yet.
Xperia needs to wait , long while.
Sony using real-time eyes AF and real-time object tracking mate. Not the "usual" AF.
Support 90 fps for pubg mobile?
I love Sony and you too
Except the front camera all looks good.
Beautiful review. Unfortunately the very low screen brightness is a major no go. What's the point of a beautiful display that you can't see properly?
That complain only valid if you can tell us what is the bare minimum a screen brightness to be for it to be visible on a bright daylight.
@@gilgameshlfx7006 For me anything that's above 850 nits is good. This one with 620 is as bad as the pixel 4 I had and which was a pain in bright sunny days. I use my phone for work and I need to be able to see information on it outside in bright conditions.
@@Cdaemon666 iPhone 12 most of the time operates at 600+ nits. In fact, most phone operates around this level.
You liar.
@@gilgameshlfx7006 Yeah, I'm a liar and Sony is not shooting themselves in the foot with their choice of screen. Who mentioned iPhone?
I find it bad. I'm currently using a OnePlus 9 pro which is decent in that regard. Samsung has the brightest but I don't like their camera at all.
@@Cdaemon666 You either lying or spouting nonsense just to justify your hate towards Sony.
I lives near the equator. I got bright daylights more than you. I know for a fact you don't need over 800+ nits to have visible screen under the sun. By your own standard, almost every phone in current market right now can't be viewed during bright daylight, and half of them are completely useless anywhere outdoor.
Screen actually need to be around 400 to have a visible screen. Laptops had around 200, need to be under some shade for the screen to be visible. My nephew had Galaxy A12 and that thing barely over 400 with adopted brightness turned on and that phone was fine under the sun. That kid worked part-time food delivery, consistently on his phone for navigation.
Crete 🇬🇷
the video quality is immaculate
These look like they were taken in Create.
Correct me if I'm wrong, please.
Yes, Crete Island :)
Sony is always on the TOP . . .
Is it not always 4k ? Why did other youtubers say its always 4k ?
It's not on 4K when you switch to 120fps.
IIRC the hardware do capable 4K 120fps, but it was reserves for certain apps.
@@gilgameshlfx7006 ah ok like it always been when all 4k sony previous phones. Should be an option
gorgeous phone!
Thank you!
This is a solid phone offering techies their usual de facto features and we need phones still catering for that decreasing niche market? I have been a Sony fan for a while but I feel that they are slowly dying and sadly the rumor that two years updates is now default, it seems to me they are preparing to join LG and remove from the smartphone market? I therefore have moved to Pixel for double the update cycle with as good cameras and more refined?
I thought the two years thing wasn't true. Somehow the words got mixed up. It was at least two years of security update, with two major Android update.
What is the object tracking and eye not working with 4k? Thats what in going to use 🤕
Review incredible. 👏 🇧🇷
Thank you!
@@TechLineHD 🇧🇷
Super phone 👍
no point to upgrade if someone already have mk2, 120h is running mostly at 1080p not 4k, telephoto 70-105 is just useless in this phone, lack sharpness, telephoto on 5ll and 5lll is much better, and they promised 1300nits screen, still barely hits 600, Sony is not listening, we want a sustained 1000nits screen, quick night mode in camera lol
Sony never promises high brightness. It is bad for oled lifespam and pixel density is to high for that.
What companies advertise as 1200 or 1300 is just 1% of screen displaying white image and 99% black.
Not entire screen goes 1300.
With updates, the periscope will improve to same quality of 5iii.
Every year 5 has better cameras, both get equal with new android.
Phone runs 1096p or 1644p. Not 1080p.
*SUPERB*
Everything about this phone is what I like in a phone... Other than the 21:9 aspect ratio. That's the only thing I can't stand. I hope the next Xperia will be 16:9...
Then it will look like iphone 8 lol...99% of phone have 20:9
Greece Love
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👍👍👍
....yet still they Samsung is the best .. I don't really understand why Sony is not being mentioned
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The forehead on that woman in the video is insanely large. But I understand why you put her in the video. To show how small the bezel on the ohone really is. Brilliant!
The first 40 or so seconds of this vid are pointless. I very nearly skipped the whole thing. Next time, just get into it.
I wanted to show as many 4k 120fps video samples as possible but if you don't like it you can always fast forward the video 😉 As I've mentioned in the video, 4k 120 is one of my favorite features. More phones should be able to dot that
@@TechLineHD I should have added the rest of the vid was great. I'm sorry if I came over as harsh. Peace ✌️
damn, when you know what you are doing, you can get some really awesome videos with this thing 👀
Is there anywhere I can get this and pay monthly for it?🥲🥲🥲🥲
In Skandinavia 🙂, got The Purple 1iii hope I get headphones too...
One of the best and honest, unbiased review from a techtuber! More power to your channel! 👍👌
Absolutely.
I just changed my Samsung S21 Ultra for the Xperia 1 iii. Really pleased with my choice. Not so bulky and I love having a headphone jack again for superior sound quality.
...but only two Major Android Updates...
Thumbs up for headphone jack and micro SD! 👍
Amazing phone. Thank you for the review.😀
Make a video of Xperia 5 Mark 3 as soon as possible!
No screen hole cameras/ notch and music jack and a simplistic design is what does it for me.
It's not trying to copy apple and make stupid design choices, as long as Sony keeps that I'll buy their phones!
Thank you Sony
Very nice video... Great job on the intro and good choice of music... enjoyed everything about your video...
Can't wait to finally have it released here in the UK
It didn't release yet ?
@@khaledzaki11 not yet, 20th
uchh.. tight intro bro🤟 vids quallity only gettin better with the time
Beautiful and unique Greece!
amazing review Linus!
Nice review! What microfoon did you use for the voiceover?
Great review! The videos you got from the phone are great! I do wonder if it overheats when you use it though?
It's a very impressive phone, but I'm not sure it's more impressive than others in the price point. Nothing about this phone stands out as mind blowing. 🤷♀️
Other phones are no different, nothing special about them. Majority look the same and do almost everything the same...at least this phone has headphone and SD and has a unique design....
I am confused ... I wanna buying new mobile. I bought Sony WF.1000mx but about mobile ... I don't know .... Can you give me id ... S21 /. S21 + / 21ultra or Sony 1iii...
Which one ?????
Thanks
Sony makes reliable and unique products. But I wonder how Sony can not take market share from cheap competitors?
If I am not mistaken, screen always stays on 4k, it's not like the previous versions..
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You shoot very well👌the screen wasn't brown out with very slight colour cast. Great job💯 As u said I am fond of the skin tones and grass colour too.
looks like the Galaxy S21 just boosts the shadows with a little noise reduction on the dedicated night mode. You can do that in post, right? Didn't realize they left out the object tracking during video. They should have made that clear from the start!!! Wow
Looking forward to taking video with a clip-on variable ND filter so get proper exposure
i really like the phone (preordered!) and your one of the first to get other cons than that battery stuff that really make sense^^
Thanks for the great review.
Do you have problems with overheating during use?
I see many reviewers say it gets hot very fast
Does this epic phone have always on display
SONY has to work the color brigthness
the cinematography just took my wig omg
is it just me or do the orange colours look a bit over blown?
What a great review, pure CINemaTIc Expirience :D
I have the previous version and I really like it.
I hope it will arrive in Saudi arabia
Yea this is the 1!
Nice review bro
Unique but critically flawed and not up for competition and price again. Bye-bye Sony and hello Xiaomi!
Cheaper than 2020 iphone in most places.
Which Xiaomi phone had 4K screen?
Chinese vs Japanese