Sony has once again updated its high end Xperia with more subtle camera upgrades
Sony has announced the Sony Xperia 1 V exactly a year to the day after the Xperia 1 IV, updating its top-end camera centric smartphone with new lens technology.
The Xperia 1 V (that’s ‘one mark five’) has a new image sensor compared to the previous generation that Sony calls its Exmor T for Mobile.
The company, which also produces a popular line of cameras, said this sensor has improved low light photography – but it is not the Sony IMX989 1in sensor used in recent camera systems on the Oppo Find X6 Pro and Xiaomi 13 Ultra.
It’s a little odd Sony has decided not to use its own excellent sensor in its latest flagship phone.
Despite this, there’s a ton of interesting tech stuffed into the Sony Xperia 1 V, which looks to be a professional photographer’s dream device.
Sony also announced a mid-range phone, the Xperia 10 IV. Here’s everything you need to know.When will the Sony Xperia 1 V be released?
We only know the UK release date at the time of writing, which is 29 June 2023. We’ll add global availability to this article soon.How much will the Sony Xperia 1 V cost?
Sony says the Xperia 1 V will cost “approximately £1,299” in an official statement, which is weirdly vague for a product that is going on sale soon.
Whatever the actual figure, that’s still a pricy phone. The Sony Xperia 1 IV cost $1,599/£1,299 at launch so we imagine a US price will be similar – again, we’ll update this page when we know full global pricing.What are the specs and features of the Sony Xperia 1 V?
The Sony Xperia 1 V’s headline new feature and main different spec compared to the Xperia 1 IV is its new Exmor T for Mobile image sensor for the main lens on its camera system.
Sony has used a 52Mp sensor using a 48Mp section of it. Shots are then pixel binned down from 48Mp to 12Mp for the final image, a technique used by many phones when in auto mode including the iPhone 14 Pro.
That megapixel count, and sensor size, is an upgrade over the 12Mp main sensor in the Xperia 1 IV.
