Xperia 1 II Sony: here is the new top of the range phone

Sony, Realme, Honor and Huawei take to the YouTube virtual stage to launch their products. A choice made after the deletion in mid-February of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona following the coronavirus emergency.

Let’s start with Sony. In a presentation streamed the president of Sony Mobile Communications, Mitsuya Kishida, showed the new top of the range, the Xperia 1 II, which is the first of the Japanese house compatible with the new 5G networks. The phone relies heavily on cameras, leveraging Sony’s experience in the camera sector, starting with Zeiss optics and continuous shooting up to 20 frames per second, the first seen on a smartphone.

The Xperia 1 II has a 6.5-inch OLED screen at 90 Hz and a 5G Snapddragon 865 processor, Qualcomm’s most powerful, with 8 GB of Ram and 256 Gb of internal memory. The triple rear The Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 is the main engine of this Xperia 1 II, a terminal that is accompanied by a configuration of 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal memory. At the screen level it is repeated with 4K, HDR and OLED technology, all for a diagonal of 6.5 inches. Sony here tells us that its Motion Blur technology, which transmits a screen experience equivalent to 90Hz.

The Xperia 1 II has a 4,000mAh battery, a quantum leap compared to the amperage seen last generation. In addition, it has 21W fast charging At the battery level we find a remarkable improvement over the scarce 3,300mAh of the last generation. This 2020 Sony is committed to 4,000mAh, accompanied by fast and wireless charging. In terms of connectivity, the 5G and NFC could not be missing. In addition, the terminal has a double stereo speaker, camera consists of three 12 megapixel sensors (wide angle, ultra wide angle and telephoto), plus an iTof 3D sensor. The front camera is 8 megapixel.