These apps not only provide granular control over your camera settings but also come with advanced features like focus tracking, object and eye tracking, histograms, metering modes to mention a few.
SONY SMARTPHONE 2019 PRO
For the Xperia 1 series, Sony has managed to port the A7S’ system into the smartphone so you get almost all of the software features of the A series cameras through Sony’s Pro apps-Photo Pro and Cinema Pro. Sony also released their Sony A7S III last year, their full-frame mirrorless camera that has been arguably considered one of the best cameras to come out in 2020. The Xperia 1 II is equipped with a quad camera setup at the back with three 12 MP sensors at wide (24mm), telephoto (70mm), and ultrawide (16mm) and a 0.3 MP depth sensor all equipped with Zeiss optics. While the horsepower under the phone is flagship level, Sony has also done some interesting things with their camera module. It comes equipped with a top-of-the line Snapdragon 865 SOC with 256GB of storage and either 8 or 12 GB of RAM. The screen is also one of the very few smartphones with a 4k OLED HDR display. The tall nature of the phone while fitting more comfortably in your hand, also offers larger screen real estate while using the phone. The Xperia 1 II uniquely offers a very tall aspect ratio at 21:9. Sony also offers smaller and cheaper versions of their phones although they are very premium priced devices.īoth the Xperia 1 and the 1 II are some seriously impressive devices. This rebrand started with the Xperia 1 in 2019 and continued with the Xperia 1 II in 2020. In 2019, the company revamped their Xperia line of phones with an easier naming scheme. Sony flagships have also offered some really high density displays for a very long time. They offer good specifications and I am a fan of their utilitarian, no-nonsense business look. Sony’s flagship phones have always been impressive. An embarrassing number to say the least since many other manufacturers like Apple and Samsung achieve those numbers in a few weeks after launch. The Xperia line has also incorporated many of Sony’s display technologies as well with the Bravia Engine augmenting their smartphone displays since 2012.īut even with all of these innovations behind Sony smartphones, they’ve struggled to stay relevant in the smartphone market, with Sony’s smartphone sales dropping from 11.9 million in 2014 to a mere 0.6 million in Q3 2020. The Xperia line of phones were one of the first few phones that had an IP rating with waterproofing and Sony smartphones have always offered exceptional audio quality through their implementation of HiRes Audio since their 2015 Xperia Z5 flagship.