Pros
- Classic design, compact, lightweight, grippy, well-protected.
- Excellent OLED screen with immersive aspect, 120Hz, HDR10.
- Outstanding battery life.
- Superb speakers.
- The latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset.
- Great photo quality across all cameras, day and night.
- Dependable video quality, great sound, top-notch stabilization.
- No-nonsense launcher based on Android 13.
- Plenty of professional camera apps.
- 3.5mm jack, microSD expansion, physical camera shutter key.
Cons
- No charger and no cable in the box.
- No dynamic refresh rate for the screen.
- No telephoto camera, no macro capabilities.
- Throttles under heavy loads.
- 128GB storage is the only built-in storage option.
Add the update policy to the cons. 2 major versions and 3 years of security updates is just bad, especially for a device of this price range
Yeah this is one of my two problems with Sonys best phones even though I am the exact type of enthusiast they are after; the other being the often slow and confused launch that results in crap and delayed availability. There is zero chance I will ever buy a premium phone (and a grand is premium for me) unless I can trust it has multiple years of updates. Samsung does stuff wrong all the time but at least I know they will support their premium phones for the advertised price.
Cons
- No charger and no cable in the box.
That’s a Pros in my point of view ! Because we already have a lot of charger/cable in are house usually.
Why the hell would they ditch the telephoto lens? It’s not the best of the three on my Xperia 5 II, but WTF are you doing Sony ?
Love the form factor, hell no on the price.
Agreed. Knock off ~$200 and it has my attention. That said, the audio jack and SD card slot are huge wins IMO.
Lol wut, it’s a boring rectangle of glass like every other crappy phone these days. Give me a Blackberry KeyTwo update anyday. That is a decent form factor!
