Thank you, very well done. I also like your comments. I ‘d just wait a little bit longer when the camera ID is revealed. Instead of stopping the video every time it would be nice to have the time to recognise the phone and then proceeded while your video is still running.
This is indeed very true. But it also reflects the expectation of regular users over how a phone camera should perform. For me personally as an amateur photographer, I couldn't admire enough how natural and realistic Sony phones have given.
Was roaming around in the same area with a slightly older gen ‘mystery phone’ lately. It’s a pity we’ve missed. Nice shots showing the great leap Sony did. Hope they get their deserved appreciation from reviewers and sales. Liked mostly the Sony “auto” or Mystery pics. Mystery’s yellow tint sometimes is simply wrong but they are often great at challenging daylight situations. Sony’s auto is remarkably good now in similar conditions. Also, great compact documentary format.
I didn't always like the sony Xperia VI but for most of them it was my favourite in auto mode. Thanks for sharing this 🙏. I'm certainly considering buying it
Thanks for the great video, im impressed by the Sony. Excited for Bokeh mode pictures and macro shots as well as more zoom shots compared to other flagships.
BTW, just wanted to mention this, I think Android OEM should start focusing on video quality starting next year to the point that we can't even tell it came from a smartphone phone, that would be awesome
Nice video! I appreciate your work, it's the same thing every year when Sony launch their flagship phone, they have the most natural images, like their tv's, normally. Proud to be Sony fan.
Great Review, I like seeing the Xperia in the hands of a professional. This is what the Xperia is all about. I may end up getting the Mk6 but my Mk5 is still very good. Im most curious to see how the 6 runs Warzone Mobile with that VRR screen. I really hope Sony releases an Xperia Stream designed for the Mk6. I just ordered one for my Mk5 and i think that Snapdragon 8 gen 3 could be a Beast of a chipset for mobile gaming. If you can run some tests of the Mk6 at 120fps on Warzone, that would get a TON of views. We would love to see what Activisions collaboration with xperia is all about.
14mins in.....the photos on the experia is starting to look abit off....the mystery phone seem to do abit well with details....17 mins....the bridge looks great on the experia...perfect
The colour science of the iPhone caught my attention in the beginning which made me lean towards it. But what really gave it away was when you checked the time on your Apple Watch. From then I knew I was right
Why did Sony not upgrade their sensors. They are quite old. Exmor T is superseeded by LYT T sensors that are better than the 888. Not even talking about the abysmal sensor size and age for the tele and ultrawide.
100% ..... I didn't go for the 1 V as I was sure they'd upgrade the sensors in the 1 VI (being 2024), but they've just plodded along with the same old. No more Xperia for me!!!
I said about Xperia V that it is almost there because of the inconsistent wide and tele sensors, the average brightness and the support.The Xperia VI looks like a feature/future packed device (good cameras, the only full music/media top device, better UI, etc.) with an average display for the price.2k or variable was the way to go.The only believe that I have without viable arguments is that maybe this fall we will have a PRO device that will be very hard to get because from what it looks it will surpass the 1400-1500 price range.
Super video and really appreciate the time and effort you made here. It's definitely something you should do again 👏👏👍 For me, however, as a Sony 1V, I felt Sony went sideways on the camera and downgraded on the phone in all aspects. Losing the 4K display was a bad choice along with the aspect ratio of the size of the phone and then not reducing the price to reflect these downgrades. But that I guess is another story in itself. As per the photos, they were some I felt were terrible on the Sony and some medicore and the odd one that stood out. Please don't let that put you off from doing these again in the future. Thanks 👍
My primary judging criteria was details and sharpness. Other things can be managed through a quick edit. And the mystery phone was the best most of the time.
Vivo 100 Ultra would be better because of better zoom sensors. Xperia 1 vi is still using the same tiny 1/3.5 inch sensor from 6 years generation ago. Even though it can now zoom to 170mm, the pictures are blur and usable. Only the Xperia 1 vi 24mm main camera is good
That's still being worked on...I think they normally launch their devices a bit later so they can iron out these kinds of things. But this time the launch date is just a couple of weeks away.
Hello, I watched 43 Xperia 1 VI videos. Why has no one continuously zoomed from 0 mm to 170 mm in video mode? I'm very curious about the lens transitions, are they smooth or choppy?
the PRO and Auto mode results are not consistent across the situations! so i was guessing wrong a lot! The Auto mode is actually very good i think, but not always.
I think the pictures that have ”blown” highlight detail look better. The modern smartphone hdr look just appears unnatural to me. I much prefer the more dramatic look of the pro mode
The iPhone generally tends to produce warm results and a bit over-sharpened. The skin color is a really noticeable difference and looks much better on Sony and more like a real camera.
Haven't finished watching the video but its very obvious the mystery camera is an Iphone, only iPhones make pictures yellow 😂 i wouldn't say its bad its mostly good and bad
I've never really understood this smartphone camera obsession with HDR. A night photo should retain some detail, yes, but it SHOULD be dark. Capturing the accurate "mood" of the scene is a much better pedigree than capturing as much textural detail as possible, at the expense of any contrast that may be in the scene.
Good to see a review with good photography focus. Sony is certainly stepping out of the mould, headphone socket and SD card, max props. Plus top camera and the other abilities. Ironic that actual innovation is keeping some things 🤣
Please help us here.....recent updates on my 1 v has updated the algorithm on auto shooting...however I was trying the macro lense photography after the update I found some improvements on 3.5 close in photography in macro mode. Have you found the latest updates from Sony have enhanced the camera set up on the 1 5 ?
Photo quality as good as always, which means not good enough. No matter how advanced the sensor, no matter how much processing power is available, no matter how many Sony Photo Engineers help, Xperia phones simple can't learn how to do "dynamic range".
i'm about 6 mins in the video...i'm veru sure the mystery phone is an iphone. I do recognized the way iphone captures details and the way it handle colours for most of the iphones starting with iphone 6s up to the latest.... i know cos i pay attention to the pixels on a phone more often than i care about the pictures that come out.... and i feel one of them must be a real sony camera.... but the slightly exposed areas can be edited on the fly... the experia seem to handle details and stability slgithly better than the other two and it litterally takes in nearly the right amount of light which is quiet rare for a phone camera as compared to how much light the physical eye on a human being takes in....
I really like Xperia series. So far I broke my 1 mk V and got a Pro I because US doesn't have the 1 VI. How is 1 VI sell in UK I wonder. I really like Sony to profit to continue this lineup.
PAL MODE REMOVED - NOT DESIGNED FOR EUROPE ! In EU we need 25fps from a Sony phone! Did SONY actually removed 25fps - Pal mode ??? All previous version had 25fps for EU Countries (with 230V 50Hz) No feature is more important than having usable framerates especially for SONY camera users (your No.1 customers) Even more when this will not be released in America (if i understood correct) WHY ? Because without it we get extreme flickering at most artificial light conditions. To avoid this we will have to adjust the shutter speed at every shooting condition (requires knowledge), while sacrificing motion blur control and ease of use! We were expecting an upgrade with 50fps and 100fps also in EU. We don't mind the screen changes with it's pros and cons that much... 85-170 lens gives more reach but image is still soft, Macro mode better - Night mode bit better.... Good additions BUT........... We were waiting for this SONY mobile for months and now you give us no choice than to buy an the iphone with over sharpened footage, no sd card slot, no 3.5 mm audio jack.
Sony's looking great but 2 years of OS updates on phones released just before the the next Android update is simply not acceptable at anything other than absolute budget price.
Sony scammers, they put a 6.5-inch screen with a full hd resolution , and they say that the eye does not distinguish , and before that they said for four years that 4k is cool .
For a more depth look at the Xperia 1VI. Here's a link to my review : th-cam.com/video/juPl966lPJ0/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, very well done. I also like your comments. I ‘d just wait a little bit longer when the camera ID is revealed. Instead of stopping the video every time it would be nice to have the time to recognise the phone and then proceeded while your video is still running.
Moreover, I ordered my mark six just yesterday… Should arrive in two or three days
Which one is better in camera?
Pixel 8 pro vs sony mark 6
Most phone nowadays trying to push brightness until it quite unnatural. I love that sony doesn't do that.
This is indeed very true. But it also reflects the expectation of regular users over how a phone camera should perform. For me personally as an amateur photographer, I couldn't admire enough how natural and realistic Sony phones have given.
90% of photos i liked was the Auto mode !
Why in many reviews they mention this is not for point and shoot, and then auto photos seem very good?
Was roaming around in the same area with a slightly older gen ‘mystery phone’ lately. It’s a pity we’ve missed. Nice shots showing the great leap Sony did. Hope they get their deserved appreciation from reviewers and sales.
Liked mostly the Sony “auto” or Mystery pics. Mystery’s yellow tint sometimes is simply wrong but they are often great at challenging daylight situations. Sony’s auto is remarkably good now in similar conditions.
Also, great compact documentary format.
I didn't always like the sony Xperia VI but for most of them it was my favourite in auto mode. Thanks for sharing this 🙏. I'm certainly considering buying it
Thanks for the great video, im impressed by the Sony. Excited for Bokeh mode pictures and macro shots as well as more zoom shots compared to other flagships.
No oversharpening love it!
BTW, just wanted to mention this, I think Android OEM should start focusing on video quality starting next year to the point that we can't even tell it came from a smartphone phone, that would be awesome
honestly, you should check out LG V50 video quality..
I picked the Xperia Auto most of the time, with a couple of times for the mystery phone and a couple of times for the pro.
Nice video! I appreciate your work, it's the same thing every year when Sony launch their flagship phone, they have the most natural images, like their tv's, normally. Proud to be Sony fan.
I thought iPhone as the mystery phone initially. Seems I was right. Great video. Just got to wait a few weeks to get mine now!
1st pro mode
2nd 1VI
3rd 1VI
4TH 1VI
5th mystery
6th mystery
7th pro mode
8th 1VI
9th pro mode
10th 1VI
11th 1VI
i choose all the auto mode photos except the one in 11:35 . great job sony
Your professionalism really put new insight into London likr never before!
I am now in Hong Kong. Planning to go Europe this Summer.
Great Review, I like seeing the Xperia in the hands of a professional. This is what the Xperia is all about.
I may end up getting the Mk6 but my Mk5 is still very good. Im most curious to see how the 6 runs Warzone Mobile with that VRR screen. I really hope Sony releases an Xperia Stream designed for the Mk6. I just ordered one for my Mk5 and i think that Snapdragon 8 gen 3 could be a Beast of a chipset for mobile gaming.
If you can run some tests of the Mk6 at 120fps on Warzone, that would get a TON of views. We would love to see what Activisions collaboration with xperia is all about.
Great video, your commitment to detail is terrific👌 Happy to subscribe to your channel.
Remember it is early software so cameras will improve
Software cannot increase the "physical" res of those outdated 12mp sensors I'm afraid :-(
14mins in.....the photos on the experia is starting to look abit off....the mystery phone seem to do abit well with details....17 mins....the bridge looks great on the experia...perfect
This insane
16:48 Woow , Citroen C5 Mk2 in heart of London 😄... How cool is that 👌😄
The colour science of the iPhone caught my attention in the beginning which made me lean towards it. But what really gave it away was when you checked the time on your Apple Watch. From then I knew I was right
11:35 The left one is the most natural looking and it's got some good HDR innit, so I'll take that
Why did Sony not upgrade their sensors. They are quite old. Exmor T is superseeded by LYT T sensors that are better than the 888.
Not even talking about the abysmal sensor size and age for the tele and ultrawide.
100% ..... I didn't go for the 1 V as I was sure they'd upgrade the sensors in the 1 VI (being 2024), but they've just plodded along with the same old. No more Xperia for me!!!
You can tell the Sony phone as the 2 pictures have the same width. The mystery phone is wider so 2 are similar width and one is wider
I said about Xperia V that it is almost there because of the inconsistent wide and tele sensors, the average brightness and the support.The Xperia VI looks like a feature/future packed device (good cameras, the only full music/media top device, better UI, etc.) with an average display for the price.2k or variable was the way to go.The only believe that I have without viable arguments is that maybe this fall we will have a PRO device that will be very hard to get because from what it looks it will surpass the 1400-1500 price range.
Some good results from auto mode initially, but then it all falls apart in later tests.
good video
Super video and really appreciate the time and effort you made here. It's definitely something you should do again 👏👏👍
For me, however, as a Sony 1V, I felt Sony went sideways on the camera and downgraded on the phone in all aspects. Losing the 4K display was a bad choice along with the aspect ratio of the size of the phone and then not reducing the price to reflect these downgrades. But that I guess is another story in itself.
As per the photos, they were some I felt were terrible on the Sony and some medicore and the odd one that stood out. Please don't let that put you off from doing these again in the future.
Thanks 👍
For iPhones users warmer tone is always natural. The King 👑 of smartphones photography has arrived the VivoX100Ultra. Review that beast ASAP.
Great review. I know this off the camera topic. But have you been able to test the 3.5m audio jack how is the sound quality ? Is it great ?
Not yet...but, I will very soon
Watching from Uganda🇺🇬, Africa. Loving the new auto mode, keep it up Sony, although, am rather curious if they updated the OS and security updates 🤔
3yrs of OS and 4 years of security upgrades.
@@xperiafan5370 much better... But 4 years at least should be given🇱🇰
Mungkin anda TH-camr pertama kali yang update handphone Xperia 1vi, semoga channel anda tambah berkembang sukses selalu brow
Olle Nelson lagi awal
hands up if you got them all right!
Yeah, no way. They seemed inconsistent. Just proves the s/w is frigging with everything
My primary judging criteria was details and sharpness. Other things can be managed through a quick edit. And the mystery phone was the best most of the time.
I'd be curious about a comparison between Xperia VI vs VIVO X100 Ultra with both having Zeiss T* coating.
Vivo 100 Ultra would be better because of better zoom sensors. Xperia 1 vi is still using the same tiny 1/3.5 inch sensor from 6 years generation ago. Even though it can now zoom to 170mm, the pictures are blur and usable. Only the Xperia 1 vi 24mm main camera is good
Great video. Loved the "mystery " addition. I'm a bit disappointed with the video quality though..
That's still being worked on...I think they normally launch their devices a bit later so they can iron out these kinds of things. But this time the launch date is just a couple of weeks away.
Excellent video: informative and engaging. Thanks for sharing.
Would love to know how the Xperia 10vi compared for photos.
Dammm hoot 🔥 this year will be tough for s24 ultra
Hello, I watched 43 Xperia 1 VI videos. Why has no one continuously zoomed from 0 mm to 170 mm in video mode? I'm very curious about the lens transitions, are they smooth or choppy?
I saw a video on youtube between optical zoom its fluid without steplag maybe on digital will be ms laggy
the PRO and Auto mode results are not consistent across the situations! so i was guessing wrong a lot! The Auto mode is actually very good i think, but not always.
And there's me thinking the mystery phone was a Samsung s24!
Have sony upgraded the front facing camera on the Xperia VI?
Heating issues?
This is fu*kin phenomenal! 90% of the photos from xperia i loved (poor iphone) this is what happened when we put AI on Xperia phone 🔥🔥🔥
SONY 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑
Good video mate
Thanks 🙏 It always makes it feel worth the effort when I get comments like this
Want to see Xperia 1 VI vs Xiaomi 14U camera comparison.
Would love a comparison between Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Vivo x100 Ultra? I like Sony naturalness but they seem to lack certain areas.
I am only saying that the sound is awesome
I think the pictures that have ”blown” highlight detail look better. The modern smartphone hdr look just appears unnatural to me. I much prefer the more dramatic look of the pro mode
It was quite obvious the mystery was an iPhone from the first pic, turmeric must be Tim's favorite Cooking ingredient.... for the colour 🤣.
The iPhone generally tends to produce warm results and a bit over-sharpened. The skin color is a really noticeable difference and looks much better on Sony and more like a real camera.
16:28 definitely pro photo
Where do you buy the phone grip for the Sony Tripod from please?
compare it with vivox100 ultra
Haven't finished watching the video but its very obvious the mystery camera is an Iphone, only iPhones make pictures yellow 😂 i wouldn't say its bad its mostly good and bad
Sony havent release the camera update of the phone , so its still in its early phase , it'll get better overtime
Please post manual settings to photograph the moon!
Great video. I'm impressed. is the pro mode a processed raw image?
Yes!
I've never really understood this smartphone camera obsession with HDR. A night photo should retain some detail, yes, but it SHOULD be dark. Capturing the accurate "mood" of the scene is a much better pedigree than capturing as much textural detail as possible, at the expense of any contrast that may be in the scene.
I think the Auto mode is great in dim light and night time
Pro mode is good in day light time
8:08 Mystery phone 🤔. Google Pixel 8a imo
Good to see a review with good photography focus. Sony is certainly stepping out of the mould, headphone socket and SD card, max props. Plus top camera and the other abilities. Ironic that actual innovation is keeping some things 🤣
Please help us here.....recent updates on my 1 v has updated the algorithm on auto shooting...however I was trying the macro lense photography after the update I found some improvements on 3.5 close in photography in macro mode. Have you found the latest updates from Sony have enhanced the camera set up on the 1 5 ?
Great video. Thanks. But I still can't decide which phone is the best for shooting videos... Photos are secondary
Ótimo video 😮😮
You need to make a video of this phone with pixel cam or something to see how it performs with better software processing. It clearly has the hardware
i shose Promode 5 times xperia 1 vi 4 times and then mystery 1 time that was the result for me
we need a video test fr
I'm waiting for the video pro update to test that out.
@@WhatGear great, can't wait for it. We finally need someone kicking the Iphone of that video throne 😏
Photo quality as good as always, which means not good enough.
No matter how advanced the sensor, no matter how much processing power is available, no matter how many Sony Photo Engineers help, Xperia phones simple can't learn how to do "dynamic range".
Does it shoot in LOG format? Cause if not then I'm stuck with their color profile and I won't want that. Thanks nice vide
i'm about 6 mins in the video...i'm veru sure the mystery phone is an iphone. I do recognized the way iphone captures details and the way it handle colours for most of the iphones starting with iphone 6s up to the latest.... i know cos i pay attention to the pixels on a phone more often than i care about the pictures that come out.... and i feel one of them must be a real sony camera.... but the slightly exposed areas can be edited on the fly... the experia seem to handle details and stability slgithly better than the other two and it litterally takes in nearly the right amount of light which is quiet rare for a phone camera as compared to how much light the physical eye on a human being takes in....
I thought the mystery phone is Xperia 10.
I really like Xperia series. So far I broke my 1 mk V and got a Pro I because US doesn't have the 1 VI. How is 1 VI sell in UK I wonder. I really like Sony to profit to continue this lineup.
That's a good question. I'm not sure they share those stats. The might be published somewhere at some point.
Now let's compare it with Xiaomi 14 Ultra
does it have a voice command shutter in camera finally?
I'll have to test that
@@WhatGear thx, they ignoring my request since mark II, i have only left hand, so this is really major issue for me
I prefer the Mystery phone in almost all of them
That's interesting
have there been updates to the phone since you shot this? If so, has it made any difference?
samsung does use sony camera system as well
Nice locations
Thanks for the review. May I know the display's PWM?
Pretty sure only notebookcheck will tell you that.
Hi. Camera aside, can you tell me how good the amp in this phone is for driving a wired headphone? Thanks!!!
IPhone prores raw should compete well with the Xperia Pro mode
Sony's mobile is not available in India
I can tell it was the iPhone from the 1st picture, that's how you know how much camera comparisons i've watched lol
I could too, but that's because the iPhone tends to make everything yellow.
Sony is always best with its camera quality ❤️
11:20 come on man, look at the sky on the very right pictures, horrible artifacts and separation around the tree and clouds.
1 V vs 1 VI
Is the display worse than the previous one?
It's FHD+ now...it's brighter and supports LTPO
95% of times i prefer mystery phone..
i fell happy no girll in the vedio 😍 watching from sony 1 iii 😘
You sound like Peter Durry
If this phone doesn't last at least 8h after they took out the 4k screen, I'm not upgrading from my 1 Mark 5...
Me watching this on my S21FE 😊 thinking how to get variable paper 😅
PAL MODE REMOVED - NOT DESIGNED FOR EUROPE !
In EU we need 25fps from a Sony phone!
Did SONY actually removed 25fps - Pal mode ???
All previous version had 25fps for EU Countries (with 230V 50Hz)
No feature is more important than having usable framerates especially for SONY camera users (your No.1 customers)
Even more when this will not be released in America (if i understood correct)
WHY ?
Because without it we get extreme flickering at most artificial light conditions.
To avoid this we will have to adjust the shutter speed at every shooting condition (requires knowledge), while sacrificing motion blur control and ease of use!
We were expecting an upgrade with 50fps and 100fps also in EU.
We don't mind the screen changes with it's pros and cons that much...
85-170 lens gives more reach but image is still soft, Macro mode better - Night mode bit better.... Good additions BUT...........
We were waiting for this SONY mobile for months and now you give us no choice than to buy an the iphone with over sharpened footage, no sd card slot, no 3.5 mm audio jack.
Why do you need 25 fps? Im in europe, doesnt every publication under the sun just use 29,97 fps?
To my eyes the mystery phone looks better
By the way, which do you recommend, VHS or Betamax?
LaserDisc if you really want to critique about antique technology
No here is hoping that Sony puts out a North American version I can use on AT&T
What’s sad is i could tell it was an iPhone and i preferred it on most cases. Sorry Sony
Sony's looking great but 2 years of OS updates on phones released just before the the next Android update is simply not acceptable at anything other than absolute budget price.
For this phone, it's 3 yr OS and 4yr security!
@@Catharsys1 Thanks. Still poor. Samsung /Google / Apple all offer over 6 years. Sony has the resources to be on par
Why samsung's and iphone's photos are getting more and similar nowadays
Do you even understand what's going on? in fact, the cameras are the same as on the xperia 1 m 5. Sony just updated the software ....
You guys can Hype the Sony Xperia as Much as you want the camera quality is still shit. Did you ever try with ? It's way way way better
Sony scammers, they put a 6.5-inch screen with a full hd resolution , and they say that the eye does not distinguish , and before that they said for four years that 4k is cool .