Best mobile Sony Xperia 1 2019 review

Sony Xperia one it's Tony's name as flagship, and it's a breath of fresh air.  Thanks to the exciting form factor but what else does this phone offer and is there enough free to get it over the competition.

This is our full review of the Sony Xperia 1. this isn't the tallest phone I've ever seen but thanks to how narrow it is.  It's easy to make that mistake it's elegant and svelte, but the design may come off as being a little conservative.  You can say that it looks like a business phone and in comparison to offerings from Samsung in Huawei.

 The Xperia one doesn't look as flashy that's not too much of a loss; however, because I recommend you get a case or a skin for it the edges of the phone are super slippery.  And although it's a comfortable hold I kept getting the feeling that it might slip from my grasp at any moment.

 We got to play with Sony's style covered touch case, and it works nicely even without opening it.  Image quality and the touch screen sensitivity do take a hit, but the phone feels much more secure.  Well, I certainly don't feel confident drop testing it the phone does feel quite sturdy with Gorilla Glass 6 on the front and back in ip68 rating that means the exterior is well protected.

 

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Thanks to how slim it is it's not that difficult to use one-handed, and the buttons are all in comfy positions you can pull down the notification shade from the middle of the screen, and there's even a one-handed mode in the setting.  So you don't need to awkwardly stretch your thumbs up curiously the power button, and the fingerprint reader is separate did a legal reason that doesn't allow Sony to sell the phone in the States.

 But the two combined in one the fingerprint reader isn't our favorite ever because the animation isn't that fast and the sensor tends to miss read your thumb pretty often if you clean it from smudges it's a little quicker and more reliable.

 But even then it still needs more pressure from your thumb whereas other readers work with a slight touch there's also a face and lock option, but it's not the most reliable, so I'd stick with the fingerprint reader on the back of the phone.  You'll find a triple camera setup, and the cameras stick out a little bit so the phone does wobble when you use it on a desk on the top there's a card slot for expandable storage so you can shoot as much footage as you want you can open it up without a sim tool.

 

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 But the phone er starts every time the novel 21 by nine aspect ratio certainly has its ups and downs there's a lot of video content out there that's shot on this broader aspect Netflix claims more than two-thirds of its videos are 21 by 9.  However, once you load a regular is sixteen by nine video like the majority of YouTube videos you'll end up with thick black bars on the side and a functionally smaller image a benefit of the new aspect ratio is that you get more screen space for vertically scrolling apps such as Facebook or Instagram. this model is perfect for long time listen music such as spotify music, Pandora one apk music etc.

 As well as more room for multi-window functionality however the downside is some apps are incompatible with the form factor and show a vast blank space at the bottom of the screen still if these won't bother you.  This is one of the best screens in the industry if not the best. This is the first 4k OLED display on a Smartphone with a crazy pixel density of 643 PPI they also have a new system-wide color setting called creator mode which allegedly provides professional-grade color accuracy in the BT 2020 color space which is the one used by HDR video we couldn't test the color accuracy in this color mode.

 But the standard color mode seems to be entirely accurate in the DCI p3 color space which is nice to have.  As well in standard mode, the Xperia can go up to 390 nights of brightness while the auto brightness can go as high as 665 minutes as long as your browsing photos or videos having 4k on a screen so small seems like a bit of an overkill.

 

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 But hey it guarantees and bragging rights, and it makes for an excellent display. Of course, keep in mind that 4k will only work with apps that support it like Netflix Amazon video and native video apps.  So battery life is conserved this phone surprisingly doesn't have a headphone jack I know we've stopped expecting them on flagships, but it comes with regular headphones in the box. The screen size is perfect to chat with your mates via gb whatsapp, so download gb whatsapp download to your sony mobile today.

 I mean there's a dongle, but still, the output we measured had average loudness and good. But not high accuracy with headphones the stereo speaker setup has perfect loudness and more importantly excellent balance between the two speakers which isn't always the case the audio experience is made a little better with a powerful vibration which makes the phone buzz.

 Whenever something more bossy happens on the screen be it explosion or elephant stomp however the feature is a bit gimmicky, and its implementation Bears improvement with a 3300 milliamp-hour battery endurance was a dependable 79 hours.

 But we've seen the better screen on performance from other phones. In this class at least there's an 18 watt power delivery charger which can get you from 0 to 50% in half an hour and up to a full charge in an hour and 45 minutes the Xperia has everything you might need for a good gaming experience Snapdragon a 55 chipset a superlight UI and the excellent screen.

 

Final conclusion about Sony Xperia 1

 However, we found that quite a few game titles had black bars on the side that make it difficult to play which was a shame the Xperia one has a very vanilla version of Android Pi it even includes the pill navigation instead of proprietary gestures, but you can always revert to the classic three button layout.

 It does have a few Sony extras like the one handed mode and a cite sense there are some useful apps like album for pictures a video app and a music app that links to Google music that allows you to enhance the music using Dolby Atoms the side sends to our interface also allows for all sorts of shortcuts.

 However, is unreliable and if you're lucky it works about a third of the time you waste furiously is happening at the edge of the screen you can save and access the same apps with regular swiping one of the highlights of the Xperia 1 is the triple camera setup on the back. There's a primary 12-megapixel camera with dual pixel autofocus a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera and a 12-megapixel telephoto snapper with two times zoom the camera is fast to use, and the camera app is well known from previous phones. 

 

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