In the smart phone market, all brands are trying to meet the needs of the mass market. As a result, all kinds of domestic flagship designs with the same hole digging curved screen have appeared. In such a big environment, there is still a manufacturer named Sony who still adheres to its own concept and makes a “alternative” flagship that can catch up with the current popular trend and selling points. This Sony Xperia 1 II product has a distinctive design and flagship configuration, and is available in one Under this concept, Sony adheres to the style of Sony’s smart phones. After the screen display effect and audio have been integrated into Sony’s technology, this time it has directly incorporated the technology of its own camera into the mobile phone, bringing users different flagship mobile phone experience.

Design

From Xperia 1, Xperia series began to take a long and thin style in design. The overall design of Xperia 1 continued the founder style of its own mobile phone products. In addition, the 21:9 long screen became high and narrow. The camera module of II is moved back to the left from the middle. Although the overall outline looks square and strong, it is flexible to hold it in the hand in addition to a certain radian at the edge. This design also allows the metal frame to wrap the front and back, making the glass transition very smooth, and no gaps and edges can be touched. Compared with the return to right angle design of the iPhone 12, the slender and round grip feel more comfortable. In addition to the unique founder design, the color of the mobile phone also has some special features. The mountain green customized by Sony for China has added some elegant gray on the basis of dark green.

In addition to the camera being moved to the upper left corner, Ag glass with better texture is used on the back, which not only increases the hand feeling, but also reduces fingerprint contamination. The brand logo of “Sony” uses bright glass effect, which is very prominent, and adds a touch of light to the whole mobile phone. The appearance of the whole mobile phone still maintains the consistent aesthetic style of Sony mobile phone.

In addition to aesthetics, Sony has a number of features that distinguish it from other phones. After overuse of the xz3 back finger, Xperia 1 II used its most traditional power integrated side fingerprint button. On the right side, there is a landmark quick release card slot, and it also has the microSD storage expansion function. This time, Xperia 1 II supports the hot swap of SIM card, and the installation and removal of the card do not need to be restarted. Of course, there is also a special camera shutter button, which supports long press and hold call out camera and half press focusing function. It also supports the now uncommon 3.5mm headphone jack, which can be connected to an external wired headset while charging and listening to music.

Screen features

The Xperia 1 II still has a 21:9 screen scale, a 4K level OLED screen resolution of 3840 x 1644, equivalent to 643 pixels per inch, and has a 10 bit HDR display. It is worth noting that Sony did not choose to cut a notch on the screen to accommodate the front camera. Sony is committed to providing users with a perfect mobile screen to watch video content. It does not use the current popular hole digging design to increase the proportion of screens. Instead, Sony Xperia 1 II’s display has small borders at the top and bottom, with a front speaker at the bottom and bottom for a self timer.

This screen can be said to be the highest specification in the current smartphone flagship. It can provide better picture performance for the scenes of shooting 4K video and watching high-definition movies for users. With the support of front dual speakers and Dolby full scene sound, the 21:9 full screen picture makes the experience of watching the movie more excellent. Xperia 1 II screen color provides master mode and video image enhancement function. When watching movies, the mobile phone will automatically turn on. The screen adapts to the different needs of professional creation and entertainment for screen color.

In the actual experience, the 21:9 screen ratio also brings more interesting ways to use the mobile phone. The narrower fuselage and the larger screen can be used simultaneously. However, the range of one hand operation is only limited to the lower part of the mobile phone. Fortunately, Sony also knows its screen length and has preset “21:9 multi window” on the home page. At the same time, the side sense function can also help us find common apps and settings more quickly.

Xperia 1 II, as a flagship mobile phone, currently has a screen refresh rate of up to 60Hz, which can be optimized to 90hz through the function of “dither blur bottom”.

Camera and photo taking

Sony Xperia 1 II is equipped with a 12 megapixel f / 1.724 m main lens, a 12 megapixel f / 2.470 mm telephoto lens, a 12 megapixel f / 2.216 mm wide-angle lens, and a 3D itof sensor. In addition to the lens module, Sony has added a Zeiss t * coating, which, according to officials, reduces reflected light for better image quality and image contrast.

In the normal camera interface, Xperia 1 II has no other fancy function mode on Android, and the main interface only retains video, photo taking and slow motion. In the lower part of the menu, there are three different modes of taking pictures, which are corresponding to the three modes of taking pictures. That is to say, when we zoom, we need to manually switch the different focal segments of different lenses. If we often have friends who change the focus to take photos, we still need to adapt to it. This camera function supports long press of the shutter to exhale, which can take pictures more quickly.

Friends who are familiar with Sony mobile phone photography know that Sony mobile phone camera can also be said to be a unique existence. As a user, if he is willing to spend some time in the professional mode of camera application, he will be able to take some very beautiful images after being familiar with it, and this Xperia 1 II is no exception. In the automatic mode of ordinary cameras, Xperia 1 II can quickly capture and take photos, and it can really restore the most realistic picture to be true.

Sony Xperia 1 II has added “master of photography” and “master of film” applications for professional players on the basis of the original camera application of the mobile phone, the new Xperia 1 II The image system of II is really developed and created by Sony micro single camera engineers. In terms of the interface of the master photographer and the way of use, it is copied from the interface of our own micro single camera. If you have used it, you will not feel strange.

Open the camera master, the familiar interface brings us a more professional experience. If you are a micro single user of Sony, you can almost start directly. The overall operation logic is similar to that of micro single. The right index finger is placed at the position of the shutter button, and all common parameters can be adjusted with the thumb, while the left hand is responsible for switching the shooting mode and lens while holding the mobile phone. Click the rotation on the left to select m and P, and click rotate below to switch the lens focus freely. Here we can see the familiar 24mm-70mm main focus segment and longer long focus segment. In addition, the settings of exposure compensation and focusing are all available. However, this application does not support hand pointing and click shooting. We can only place the subject in the center of the frame and take pictures with the same shutter as the micro single camera.

The most impressive thing about taking photos with this product should be the focusing function. Xperia 1 II automatic focusing system has 247 phase detection automatic focusing, and has human and animal eye focusing. With the shutter button, it can realize half press shutter focusing and full shutter shooting, which has almost the same shooting experience as micro single camera. Among them, the eye tracking reaction is very fast, even a large swing can be followed, this function is very suitable for friends who have children or pets at home.

Xperia 1 II’s shooting effect is similar to the micro single camera, which can restore the true color nearly 100%. In the backlight environment, Xperia 1 II HDR photography can well retain the details of dark and bright parts, while showing a relatively real light and dark contrast. After shooting, it can also save raw file, which is more convenient for later debugging. Xperia 1 II does not have a special night scene mode, but it can automatically identify the dark light environment through AI, so the exposure time can be appropriately prolonged when taking photos. In addition to the main camera, Xperia 1 II’s wide-angle and long focus lens also meet the user’s needs for more shooting scenes.

To sum up, Xperia 1 II has excellent focusing performance, and the pictures taken by three lenses have good restoration. The addition of independent shutter button and master mode can make Xperia 1 II become a more professional camera. However, it is a pity that some commonly used functions still need to be found in the secondary menu or more settings interface, which takes a certain time to adapt.

Specifications and performance

Like many of its flagship smartphone products in 2020, Sony Xperia 1 II also carries Qualcomm’s snapdragon 865 mobile platform. In practical use, Sony Xperia 1 II can run smoothly and its applications and services load quickly. In the geekbench 5 benchmark test, the average score of Sony Xperia 1 II is 2963 with a single core reaching 913, which is definitely in the first echelon of Android camp.

Sony Xperia 1 II is equipped with 12gb transport and storage. Compared with other overseas versions of 8GB, BOC is obviously more sincere and more in line with the needs of the domestic market. With 12gb of operation and storage, Xperia 1 II can run the game well, open multiple applications in the background, and the loading time is relatively short. We have not encountered any delay. Sony Xperia 1 II version of the Bank of China also optimized the game mode, you can click the corresponding game button to take screen capture, record screen, performance selection and so on. And this time Sony has finally brought the function of wechat fingerprint payment into this product. In terms of domestic optimization, Sony has made great progress compared with before.

Under the high quality setting, the original God game runs smoothly at 30fps

In addition to the configuration upgrade, the BOC version also supports dual-mode 5g of Netcom, and the support of all domestic networks is also very sincere. In terms of battery, Xperia 1 II is equipped with 4000mAh battery to support wireless charging, while wired charging can support up to 18W. In terms of system, Xperia 1 II adopts the scheme of native Android 10 + third-party application cooperation, which is very simple and has the feeling of native Android.

summary

Sony Xperia 1, the overall performance of the II can reach the standard of an excellent flagship mobile phone. Needless to say, the performance and configuration of the flagship do not need to be said. Sony’s appearance and comfortable grip have a unique style, which is different from the current perforated curved screen products, and the weight of 181g is now In the smart phone products, it is also very comfortable to use, without the feeling of pressing hands. With 4K HDR OLED screen and Dolby panoramic sound make it a mobile audio and video tool with good experience. The video system developed and produced by Sony camera team can also bring users more creative space. If some operations are modified for touch screen, the experience will be better. If you want to pursue appearance design, and love mobile phone photography, then this product is worth recommending.