Sony Xperia 1 V 256GB 5G Factory Unlocked

 

Sony Xperia 1 V 256GB 5G Factory Unlocked Smartphone [U.S. Official w/Warranty]

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INTRODUCTION:-

this is the Xperia one Mark V Sony's new

camera Centric  flagship phone  we've seen

some great camera phones come out lately

so how does this year's Xperia 1 match

up I'm will for GSM Arena and let's find

out in our full review

the Xperia one Mark V is Sony's top

Design and build

camera phone and it looks to provide

significant upgrades over the previous

model and upgrades are necessary to keep

up with the competition who have raised

the bar with main cameras that feature a

huge one-inch type Sony IMX 989 sensor

that's the largest sensor available on a

smartphone right now but for some reason

Sony has opted to use a different sensor

instead here they've gone with a new

CMOS sensor the IMX 888 that's not as

big as the IMX 989 but still almost

twice as large as the sensor in the

Xperia 1 mark IV

it also brings an Innovative stacked

design the photodiodes and transistors

are separated onto different layers

instead of sitting one next to the other

this allows for larger photodiodes for

much improved light Gathering

capabilities and also better transistors

which should reduce noise besides the

new main cam the Xperia 1 Mark 5 also

packs a new chipset and an upgraded pair

of speakers

the design has been refreshed too while

the phone is again squared off tall and

narrow the gorilla glass vectus back

feels quite different than before that's

because it has a fine bumpy texture to

it that lends some extra grip

you also get a ribbed texture on the

aluminum frame something they've carried

over from the Xperia Pro I the new

design has to be one of our favorite

features of this phone and it makes it

much grippier and easier to wield than

any of the others out there

and of course you again get Ingress

Protection here and is rated at ip65

ip68

like previous Xperia phones you get a

dedicated two-step shutter button for

the cameras

but something new on the mark 5 is that

there's a mic on the back side now

that's more directional so it can pick

up voices better

Screen specs and features

the display of the phone is a 6.5 inch

OLED with a 4K resolution a 120 hertz

refresh rate Invictus 2 protection and a

21x9 aspect ratio

this is great for consuming cinematic

content but when using the phone

vertically it feels rather tall and

narrow

just like on the previous models the 4K

resolution isn't always active instead

most of the things are rendered in 1080P

to save energy the full 4K is used

primarily in multimedia apps such as

photos or video playback and streaming

across different services and at 643 PPI

this content looks extra sharp the mark

5 also supports 10-bit color an HDR 10

this display is plenty bright we

measured up to 590 nits maximum with the

manual slider and about 940 nits with a

sunlight auto brightness boost

actually the max brightness is dependent

on the color settings it's the highest

in the Creator mode with the default

white balance there are plenty of

options and you can achieve great color

accuracy

you don't get a lot for refresh rate

options though only to enable or disable

the high refresh rate mode when it's on

the display will stick to 120 hertz even

when idling except for frame rate

specific content and apps

Storage options

something you don't often find on

flagships is expandable storage through

MicroSD but you still get that here on

top of the 256 gigs on board and another

rare feature you get on the Xperia 1

Headphone jack and front-facing stereo speakers test

Mark 5 is a 3.5 millimeter Jack for

headphones

besides headphones there's a pair of

front-facing stereo speakers now

upgraded with a new amplifier for Fuller

sound they have very good loudness and

the sound is quite Rich from bass to

vocals all the way to the higher

frequencies

for Biometrics the Xperia 1 Mark 5 has a

Side-mounted fingerprint reader/power button

side mounted fingerprint reader built

into the power button

Android 13 and UI

the interface of the phone is very close

to stock Android 13 but with a few

custom features on top

the home screen layout and notification

shade are basically as Google intended

the proprietary features include

multi-window switch it's basically two

task switches stacked on top of one

another meant for navigating between and

opening apps in split screen mode

side sense is another of the in-house

Sony features a handle on the side of

the phone opens up a menu of shortcuts

to apps and features most of it

customizable

Bravia core is a Sony video streaming

service that you typically find on

Bravia TVs but it's included with the

Xperia 1 Mark V with a year of free

access

there's an app called music Pro it's a

paid service that allows you to record

singing and instruments and upload it to

the cloud for pro level processing the

creators app allows easy connection to

Sony Alpha cameras

and if you're not familiar you actually

get three separate camera apps on the

Xperia one phones Photo Pro video Pro

and Cinema Pro I'll get more into those

in a bit and there's a feature Rich Game

enhancer which provides several options

for your gaming it can be accessed

within a menu or as an in-game overlay

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 performance

the chipset of the Xperia 1 Mark 5 is

qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 gen 2. it

should be both more powerful and more

power efficient than the snapdragonate

Gen 1 in the previous model and it also

brings support for advanced memory Tech

like ufs 4.0 and lpddr5x RAM

in benchmarks the Xperia 1 Mark 5

displays excellent scores which are

similar to other flagships packing the

same silicon and there's more than

enough power here for intensive tasks

such as heavy gaming

Sony claims improvements this year when

it comes to Thermal management but the

results we found were mixed in our

prolonged stress test the stability was

unimpressive and we observed significant

thermal throttling like last year

however the real world performance seems

to be better we never saw the display's

refresh rate Throttle Down and the

camera overheating warnings seemed to be

a thing of the past

Battery endurance and charging test

just like last year the Xperia 1 Mark 5

has a 5 000 milliamp hour battery but

the battery life is even better here

with a phone earning and endurance

rating of 115 hours

charging still maxes out at 30 watts and

there's no charger or cable in the box

with a proper adapter we were able to

charge the phone from zero to fifty

percent in half an hour there's also

support for wireless charging too

Camera specs

finally let's get into the cameras on

the back there's the new 48 megapixel

main cam a 12 megapixel telephoto that

offers stepless Zoom between 85 and 125

millimeters and a 12 megapixel Ultra

wide cam besides the upgraded main cam

the setup is similar to what you get on

the Xperia 1 mark IV

Camera apps and features

Sony's camera apps also haven't changed

much since we saw them on the previous

model the default one is Photo Pro and

in its basic mode you get a zoom

selector and several sliders with

options for things like aspect ratio

Flash bokeh and white balance clicking

on the more button will get you extra

features on top of that

and then you can also scroll from the

basic mode to the pro section of this

app which includes a few modes including

Auto and manual and there's a memory

recall function too these get a

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different looking interface

what's new is that Sony now has new

computational processing for nighttime

shooting and you can find a Night View

mode in the interface

they've also added focus peaking to all

of the camera apps and you can choose

among several highlight colors for it

and another new development is that the

Photo Pro and Cinema Pro app can switch

orientation when you rotate the phone

Cinema Pro gives you much more control

over your video recording than Photo Pro

you can create separate video projects

here and you have more settings to play

with including extra choices for the

frame rate and resolution all of the

videos from this app come out in a

cinematic 21x9 aspect ratio

one of Cinema Pro's most useful features

is the ability to Rack Focus between

preset Focus distances A and B you even

get control over the duration of the

transition

and finally there is the video Pro app

like Cinema Pro it offers more controls

over the regular Photo Pro app but you

have more freedom when it comes to the

aspect ratio and here you also get color

presets to choose from

now there's a new color preset on the

mark 5 called as cinetone it provides a

moody look with enhanced skin tones and

cinematic color for users who don't want

to deal with color grading alright so

how do the cameras actually perform

Main camera - photo and video quality

let's start off with the main cam it

saves 12 megapixel photos due to pixel

binning and the quality is superb you

get abundant detail with mature

processing and very natural rendition

the fine intricate details look great

without over sharpening the colors are

true to life and so is the dynamic range

on some photos the contrast could be

higher though maybe due to some HDR

processing the highlights appear pushed

down and not as bright as they could be

you can take bokeh style photos too

powered by AI this time around with no

help from a tof camera

low light photography is where you see

the most benefit from the main Cam's New

sensor it's capable of capturing much

more light and reducing noise in the

meantime these photos are rich in detail

and quite sharp though again with a nice

natural rendition

the color saturation is lovely you can

see blown highlights though and each

photo takes about 4 seconds to capture

the new net View mode can kick in

automatically while the mode is enabled

but only if you're shooting in a very

dark situation when it does it has an

extra couple of seconds to the

processing time and the results are

actually a close match to the regular

output it's more like HDR it offers

better highlight retention and sometimes

a brighter sky

the video recording from the main cam is

nice too all of the cameras max out at

4K and the main Cam's Clips have plenty

of detail and again natural processing

the colors here are more Vivid than the

Stills though and we've seen crisper

videos from competitors

there is a wide dynamic range mode

available on all cameras and it keeps

the highlights from clipping and

increases the contrast the trade-off is

that when you're shooting in this mode

you don't have electronic stabilization

or support for 60fps

in low light videos from the main camera

are usable but nothing impressive the

detail is all right the noise is

tolerable but the dynamic range is very

narrow

now onto the telephoto cam just like the

Telephoto camera - photo and video quality

previous model it provides continuous

optical zoom within a range from 3.5

times to 5.2 times

this provides a level of Versatility

that other camera phones need multiple

cameras to deliver and the colors

dynamic range and noise levels are just

as good as the main cams

the trouble is that the detail and

sharpness are a bit subpar for the class

and it gets worse the further you zoom

in at 5.2 times we're pretty sure that a

similar level of quality could have been

achieved by just cropping and upscaling

from a good 3.5 times zoom camera and

this is true pretty much anytime you

decide to use the higher zoom level

still the telephoto's low light

performance is decent and night View

mode is available here as well the

colors are well saturated and the noise

reduction is gentle so there's enough

detail but some invisible noise too

during the day 3.5 times Zoom videos are

solid with a good amount of detail

natural rendition and accurate colors

low light videos from the telephoto are

usable there's a good amount of detail

true to life colors and the noise

doesn't get in the way the dynamic range

is alright

Ultrawide camera - photo and video quality

then there's the ultrawide which

provides great quality especially for

this sort of camera there's plenty of

detail and excellent sharpness and you

again get a true to life rendition of

fine details like foliage the colors are

consistently accurate and dynamic range

is good and there's usually plenty of

contrast

sometimes you do end up with suppressed

highlights like on the main candle in

low light the ultrawide's photos have a

good amount of detail there's adequate

sharpness and the color saturation is

great too

the 4K videos from the ultrawide camera

are superb during the day they look

natural and well balanced with plenty of

detail even in the corners nice colors

and low noise

at night the ultrawide's videos are okay

but pretty noisy

Selfie camera - photo and video quality

selfies from the 12 megapixel

front-facing cam are great they have

plenty of detail with a nice rendition

and good sharpness colors are accurate

the exposure is good and the dynamic

range is wide too

the selfie cam Shoots Great 4K videos

they're detailed and sharp with natural

rendition and accurate colors there's

high contrast but the dynamic range

isn't that impressive

finally you get steady shot electronic

stabilization across all of the cameras

as long as the wide dynamic range mode

is disabled it does an excellent job of

smoothing things out

Conclusion

so that's the Xperia one Mark V it

provides you with a familiar Sony

Flagship experience including the

signature design tall 4K display and

features like a headphone jack and

expandable storage and not to mention

the unique camera hardware and software

the mark V's new man cam seems to hold

its own against the competition and

compared to the previous model you get

better speakers chipset and battery life

this time around so overall it feels

like the Xperia 1 Mark 5 is a solid

upgrade and it deserves a recommendation

especially for Sony fans

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