The design of Sony’s subsequent smartphone, rumored to be the Xperia 1 V, seems to have leaked in unofficial renders printed over the weekend by OnLeaks and Inexperienced Smartphones. And true to kind, the corporate is doing… nothing too thrilling, sticking with the identical design because the earlier Xperia 1 IV. Squint, and it’s laborious to inform the 2 telephones aside, with their vertical digicam bumps, squared off edges, and tall aspect-ratio shows.
That doesn’t imply we’re anticipating the Xperia 1 V to be an identical to final yr’s telephone. Inexperienced Smartphones reviews that its ultra-wide digicam might be upgraded to make use of a 48-megapixel sensor (up from 12-megapixels), and there’s additionally an opportunity it might ship with 16GB of RAM slightly than 12GB. Though the display is rumored to be the identical dimension at 6.5 inches, the gadget is reportedly barely shorter and fewer extensive, suggesting we’re going to see thinner bezels this time round. It’ll additionally nearly definitely use this yr’s Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor.
However that is nonetheless a really Sony smartphone, which you’ll like both like or be fairly bored by. Although one plus for a lot of customers: it doesn’t seem like the corporate is dropping the increasingly-rare 3.5mm headphone jack from the design.
The leaked specs recommend that the Xperia 1 V gained’t be a serious departure from Sony’s earlier gadgets. The corporate’s market share has dwindled in comparison with Samsung and its Chinese language rivals, nevertheless it’s seemingly content material to deal with specialist options like the continual optical zoom lens on final yr’s telephone or speedy burst pictures. These fanatic options have typically been paired with fanatic pricing, just like the eye-watering $1,599 price ticket on final yr’s Xperia 1 IV.
There’s no phrase but on how a lot the Xperia 1 V might value, however Inexperienced Smartphones reviews that we might see an announcement “later this month” forward of a launch this summer time. With Cell World Congress set to happen in Barcelona in only a couple weeks time, it appears protected to count on to listen to extra from Sony then.