Sony Xperia 1 II review Comments
- Anonymous2137
- pmH
3.5 mm Jack, microSD slot, rectangular 21:9 flat OLED display (would be better with QHD 90Hz but that's not very important for me) with no garbage notch, punhole or other distractions, decent camera, reasonable battery and beautiful, bricky design that clearly stands out among all boring chinese phones these days. Looks like the best flagship smartphone in 2020, isn't it?
Well, to me it is, but there are still some software-based drawbacks to complain about. What I'm talking about is the clearly lacking Cinema Pro App. The most obvious problem is the 21:9 aspect ratio which only gives us cropped "4K-" resolution of 3840x1644 instead of typical 16:9 3840x2160 suitable for most uses such as youtube, documentaries, everyday recording etc. 21:9 will be appreciated by only a few % of users I guess. Second problem are the framerates. While I really appreciate the addition of 60fps and 25fps in 4K, I'm really missing 50fps option, which would be very useful for users in Europe where PAL framerates are the preferred setup. With my 4K 50fps workflow it would require a lot of post-production work to fit these available framerates in my projects and the result are never going to be as smooth as the native 4K50. And here comes the third drawback of the app, which is the complete lack of metering tools. While Photo Pro at least gives us a very useful option of showing the luminance histogram, I don't see anything like that in Cinema pro. Without metering tools it will be notoriously easy to over or underexpose our shots and to me, the addition of luma histogram as well as overexposure zebras (similar to these available Sony AX-series camcorders, they are really decent) something
- Anonymous
- LQw
www.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-1-ii-gaming-feature-charge-and-play-without-degrading-battery-health-h-s-power-control/
Can be used on other apps too. Too bad other companies want to sell you batteries every year.
- Davy Jones
- 56F
TheGoldenMellifluous, 30 May 2020I'm hoping the battery life is the biggest saving grace here. We already saw the pattern where... moreYou forgot to mention xz1 2700mah+sd835=86 hr
- Anonymous
- mpt
Been waiting for months for a through review, and this says I have to wait months to get my hands on one
- Anonymous
- wvR
Great, nearly perfect phone to my opinion. Would love to have it for the price of OnePlus 8 Pro or Huawei P40 Pro. Whatever tech Sony put into this new phone, it isn't cost what Sony want for it by any means. Above mentioned competitors aren't far behind but better in many ways than Sony.
- RishiGuru
- utg
IpsDisplay, 30 May 2020Sharp hands down for both OLED and LCD
The sharp aquos R5G for example
I wish sharp had ... moreYeah I have heard of Sharp smartphones and their awesome displays. Unfortunately availability of those models are a big issue worldwide.
From my previous experiences with using many Sharp branded home appliances like air-conditioners and microwaves I admit they manufacture high quality products.
- Anonymous
- Kxr
karthik skr, 30 May 2020it does heats up phone.
SD's quick charge stills works the same three level power control. qu... moreYou are still talking in the domain of ancient fast charging tech.
Research a little more on other fast charging tech before embarrassing yourself further.
- karthik skr
- 7R0
Anonymous, 30 May 2020Modern fast charging hardly heats up phone.
You won't find it on Qualcomm quick charge or USB... moreit does heats up phone.
SD's quick charge stills works the same three level power control. quick charge is nothing but the communication between the adapter and phone to switch between the three power levels
5V x 2.0A = 10W
9V x 1.67A = 15W
12V x 2.0A (or higher) = 24W (or higher)
during the high power supply level phone heats up because high current is passing at higher potential to the battery and this heats up the battery. fast charging is still not recommended for frequent use and its safe to have a spare low watts adapter
- Kartel
- NP$
Seems like a rushed review so many things this phone has that others don't that were omitted. You mention the fact that it doesn't have a high refresh rate screen which eats battery even while gaming but you didn't mention the heat surpression feature in the game enhancer unless you don't know about it cause you didn't spend enough time with the device. The final firmware should bring night mode and raw capture so why rush to bring a half baked review? Doesn't make sense and only makes a good device look bad.
- karthik skr
- 7R0
Tazm0n, 30 May 2020how about to crop down for stabilized 4k/6k video or some other effect or to grab stills like ... morethat was the main reason 8k cameras were made, to frame, crop or stabilise in post production. but to achieve that you need two main things, higher bitrate and the sharpest lens.
there is a reason why todays mirrorless or dslrs doesn't go for the 100mp resolution even in their full frames because you need sharper lens to accommodate the higher resolution this is also critical for a good autofocus since on sensor phase detection auto focus solely depends on the sharpness of the lens (the main reason for s20 ultra's focus hunting issue). this is also the reason why medium format sensors with 50+mp resolutions are usually slower in autofocus and their single lens usually costs both kidneys of your entire family members and are not ideal for sports or action photography (also the sensor readout speed is slow).
coming to bitrate, without a higher bitrate (usually takes 1500mbps to 2000mbps for 8k video) even if you crop the 8k to 4k it will look like an oil painting. and then there is the rolling shutter, 33mp crop from 108mp sensor. so overal 8k in a smartphone is possible but impractical, unnecessary and pure stupidity .
- Anonymous
- Kxr
karthik skr, 30 May 2020so you assume anyone commenting in this post is a sony fanboy trying to sell this phone. this ... moreModern fast charging hardly heats up phone.
You won't find it on Qualcomm quick charge or USB Power Delivery. Those are inferior charging technologies.
- Anonymous
- Kxr
mobileman, 30 May 2020hmm, 'cant test battery'... erh why not...bcoz sony tell 'not do it'.. looks it has lausy b... more100hr? More like Under 80hr.
- IpsDisplay
- ri0
RishiGuru, 30 May 2020I agree. Other than 4K nothing in the display excites me. Color reproduction is not very accur... moreSharp hands down for both OLED and LCD
The sharp aquos R5G for example
I wish sharp had the production power to make their panels mainstream
I have not seen a display for smartphones better than ones from sharp
- mobileman
- JcU
hmm, 'cant test battery'... erh why not...bcoz sony tell 'not do it'..
looks it has lausy battery, under 100h for sure,i cant see what is different much if sofware update coming.
also old tech.
under 400 phone.
sad
- Em
- t7N
I expected more from GSMArena. I know you're not just consumers who whine of price without paying attention to technology. Your review was a bit behind compared to others. The late post could have meant more time researching about Sony's integration of its technologies not just in camera but in real-world performance, gaming, usability, battery health, whole range of entertainment hardware, tv tech, cinema and audio tech. Kindly review your thoughts about the zoom of S20s. They capture shapes and shadows, make them bigger and sharper than call it zoom. Lol. A fan of S20s beautify? Also Sony was the first to use the 3.5mm jack in 1979, kinda old but not if you have an audio review expert. Do you know heat suppression? Latency issues in wireless earpods? Sarcasm is shallow without explaining the ideal benchmark. It just shows how S20s and Iphones limit people's standards.
- Anonymous
- Kxr
Anonymous, 30 May 2020The number of comments her is more than sales of the phone since it's launch... Fans are reall... moreTouche!
- Anonymous
- NL{
The number of comments her is more than sales of the phone since it's launch... Fans are really something else.
*Grabs popcorn while enjoying Spiderman on PS4 on my Sony TV*
- Anonymous
- 3H{
So the battery life is bad, as you would expect with that screen. They just don't want you to know it. Xperia 10 ii will be the better buy.
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