The new Xperia 1 was made with the advanced technology from Sony’s professional monitors, cameras and audio devices, to deliver the best experience in a smartphone. It features the world's first 21:9 CinemaWide™ 4K HDR OLED display and a pro-quality triple lens camera.
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Display
Experience a cinematic aspect ratio with the new Xperia 1's 21:9 CinemaWide 6.5” 4K HDR OLED display. The collaboration with engineers from “CineAlta” branded digital cinema camera team means it can reproduce colours as directors intended.
4K image quality with a wide range of colour, contrast and clarity.
The OLED display brings real black, incredible contrast, and lifelike colour.
The new X1 for mobile image processing engine from Sony’s BRAVIA® TV technology delivers content with more colour, detail and greater contrast.
Inspired by Master Monitor colour reproduction from Sony’s professional technology, used in leading Hollywood studio productions, now you can experience unprecedented colour accuracy with our new Creator mode "powered by CineAlta" to bring content to life exactly as it was envisioned.
Audio
Now you can enjoy Dolby Atmos through your phone – it creates an amazing audio experience with multi-dimensional sound that flows above and around you – tuned in collaboration with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Camera
Get outstanding image quality in every photo with a triple lens camera for any situation and light conditions: 16mm for wide landscapes, a versatile 26mm lens and a 52mm for 2x optical zoom.
Record movies with the same parameters and colour settings as the professionals with the function co-developed with the expertise from Sony's cinema camera engineers.
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Design
The Xperia 1’s seamless body is perfectly designed to fit comfortably in your hand. With a sleek metal frame and durable Corning® Gorilla® Glass 6 front and back, it looks as good as it feels.
A 21:9 display gives you a more useful screen area and is perfect to run two apps at the same time to see and do more. With Side sense and app launcher you can trigger a split screen quickly and easily in only 3 taps.
With Corning® Gorilla® Glass 6, the Xperia 1’s durable design gives you protection you can rely on. While its IP65/68 water resistant rating guards against the elements.
Performance
Experience incredible performance and improved power efficiency with the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 855 Mobile Platform. It handles processor-intensive apps and games with ease.
Enjoy faster performance for your apps and more with 6GB of RAM.
Boost your phone’s storage by up to 512GB with a micro SD card slot.
Get Super fast download speed and browsing with the latest Qualcomm® platform.
Battery
With a high 3330mAh capacity, the Xperia 1’s battery gives you power you can rely on. Plus, Smart Stamina predicts how long your power will last and adapts your energy usage to keep you going for longer.
Our charging technologies keep your battery healthy for longer. Battery care keeps your phone from overcharging, while Xperia Adaptive Charging monitors your phone as it charges, to make sure the battery isn’t overworked.
The Xperia 1 comes with the Fast Charger UCH32 so you can always charge at maximum speed.
The Xperia 1 was created to bring you the best of Sony’s professional display, camera, and audio technologies in a smartphone. With a large 6.5" 21:9 CinemaWide™ 4K HDR OLED display, triple lens camera system and cinematic Dolby Atmos® multi-dimensional sound.
Display
Get closer to the movie theatre experience with a 21:9 CinemaWide 6.5” 4K HDR OLED screen – experience a cinematic aspect ratio and colour accuracy to bring you a picture that’s true to the creator´s vision.
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A 21:9 CinemaWide display lets you watch your favourite compatible movies on Netflix* as they were meant to be seen automatically enabling Creator mode "powered by CineAlta" for accurate colour reproduction.
Netflix Streaming Membership required. 4K Ultra HD limitations apply.
The X1™ for mobile engine brings BRAVIA HDR remaster technology to everything you watch. Even streaming content will have more contrast, colour and clarity.
Creator mode "powered by CineAlta" brings contents to life exactly as it was envisioned. The display, together with originally developed image processing, supports wide colour space ITU-R BT.2020 as well as DCI-P3 with Illuminant D65.
The Xperia 1 has a 10 bit equivalent display (8 bit with 2 bit smoothing) that can display a myriad of colours without banding.
With a high contrast ratio of 1000,000:1, the Xperia 1 can present deeper levels of black, while colours appear more natural. The screen also supports professional level reproduction standards like DCI-P3 100%, BT2020 colour space and D65 White Point.
Expertly designed for movie theatres, Dolby Atmos® creates an amazing audio experience with multi-dimensional sound that flows above and around you for the optimal immersive movie experience.
The 6.5” 21:9 CinemaWide screen gives you room to do more with your smartphone. The wide display improves the multi-tasking experience, as you see more of everything with two windows open.
Camera
The Xperia 1 has three lenses with bright aperture and large pixel pitch to capture beautiful images in different scenes and challenging low light situations: 16mm super wide-angle, versatile 26mm and 52mm lens with 2x optical zoom.
This new BIONZ X for mobile image-processing engine brings Sony's Alpha technologies to Xperia. With new RAW noise reduction and the world's first Eye AF (Auto Focus) and 10FPS AF/AE (Auto Focus and Auto Exposure) it gives you precision focus for striking portraits and high speed shooting.
The new Xperia 1 is using advanced technology to improve the low light pictures - main camera with big 1/2.6 inch sensor size with large 1.4μm pixel pitch, bright F1.6 lens, OIS, plus RAW noise reduction technology from Sony’s Alpha cameras that cuts noise in photos before compression, making the final picture sharper and clearer.
The eyes are the most important features of a face, that´s why professional photographers target them, for accurate and beautiful shots. Eye AF technology helps you capture on focus images by tracking the eyes.
With up to 10FPS AF/AE (Auto Focus and Auto Exposure) you can shoot clear focused and balanced photo in burst mode when your subject is moving.
Dual photo diode technology gives you fast auto focus in low light conditions.
With full manual control of shutter speed and ISO, plus up to 30 second exposure you can enjoy even more creative control over your photos – just like you’d have with a professional camera.
The Xperia 1 can record in 4K HDR – take videos with exceptional dynamic range and contrast, with true to life colour, even in backlit scenes or low light.
The Xperia 1 has a unique hybrid stabilisation system – combining optical image stabilisation and electronic image stabilisation simultaneously. It gives you shake free and smooth videos even when recording on the move.
Record movies with the same parameters and colour settings as the professionals. Expertise from Sony Digital motion picture camera engineers, Look colour management pre-sets, 21:9 ratio, 4K HDR and 24fps, give you the tools you need.
With eight different colour settings you can bring the mood of different cinema styles to your videos.
Audio
Now you can enjoy High-Resolution Audio Wireless in your Xperia 1. With built-in stereo speakers, you’ll hear all your music loud and clear.
The Xperia 1's 21:9 CinemaWide display gives you an amazing, unrestricted view.
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Design
A seamless design, metal frame and glass front and back create a sleek and stylish smartphone that looks as good as it feels.
The Xperia 1 has Corning® Gorilla® Glass 6 on the front and back, for tougher durability and protection against drops. And an IP65/68 rating means it can stand up to water, dust and more.
The Xperia 1 comes in a range of colours to match your style.
Side sense is a powerful AI that selects the apps you’re most likely to want to use based on recent usage, time, location and other ways you use your phone. You can even launch two apps at once in separate windows.
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