The Sony Xperia 1 Review: A 21:9 Take of the World
by Andrei Frumusanu on July 26, 2019 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
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- Sony
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- Xperia 1
Battery Life - Meagre Results
Battery life results of the Xperia 1 is among one of the biggest questions for the device. With a 3330mAh battery capacity, the battery is a tad lower than what we’d find in other devices of the same device footprint this year. Sony managed to keep the size and weight of the phone in check, but it’s still quite on the lower end of capacities we’re finding on the market.
There’s also the big question of as to how then 4K resolution screen will behave. As mentioned on the previous page, the display implementation for the 4K might not be done in the most power efficient way, and the phone did showcase idle full screen black base power consumption of 538mW which is quite high compared to the ~400ish mW we saw from Samsung and OnePlus. As such, I’m heading into the battery results with a bit of pessimism as to how the Xperia 1 will end up.
Unfortunately my fears were validated and in our web browsing test the new Xperia 1 performed well short of its competition. The double-whammy of a smaller battery and more efficient screen isn’t a great combination and the device longevity visible suffers from this.
If one would simply scale up the result and normalise it for a 4000mAh battery, the phone would still largely lag behind at around 10.3h, but at least it’d be in line with other phones such as the OnePlus 7 Pro.
In PCMark the phone is also lagging behind by a tad, although the display’s inefficiencies here are less amplified as on the web browsing test.
Overall, the Xperia 1’s battery life isn’t too fantastic. It falls in line with the LG V40 which also suffered from an inefficient display, and I made the remark on that device that it was a deal-breaker, so I have to be fair and also say that it’s also a massive negative for the Xperia 1.
The display’s 4K resolution and less efficient DDIC is just a big trade-off to make, but to also have a competitively smaller battery really represents a double-negative for the phone which is very unfortunately given its price-range.
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Hrel - Friday, August 2, 2019 - link
OMG a Sony review on Anandtech! Wow!Now, go back and get your hands on the XZ3, XZ2, XZ2 Compact, and if you really wanna offer good scope get an XZ as well, the phone I'm still currently using that does everything better than any Samsung I've ever been subjected to.
Hrel - Friday, August 2, 2019 - link
"The one big thing that I do need to mention here in the intro is that Sony is a bit misleading as to the 4K resolution. While the panel is indeed 4K, only certain media content such as the native photos gallery app as well as video playback in some applications is in fact rendered in 4K, as the default software rendering for most other applications happens at 1440p. It’s something we’ll address later on, but it’s something one should be aware of from the start."Ok... but you do know that the human eye literally, physically cannot tell the difference between 1080p and 4k on anything smaller than like a 65" screen right? So who cares? You literally cannot tell or notice in any way. Why even mention it?
What I'm most upset about is how much more power it takes to process data at 4k than 1080p, we're talking about a 5-6" screen here people, even 1080p is ridiculous over kill!
Hrel - Sunday, August 4, 2019 - link
I generally buy these phones 6-12 months later online for $400, at that price they are fantastic!A grand, or anything even approaching it, is absurd.
WarVic - Monday, September 9, 2019 - link
I'm surprised how good was Lg G8 here. Sure it's completely ignored in this review as well as in many others. But the fact that I can get it for nearly half price of Xperia 1 force me thinking about it. 3K screen doesn't look much worse anyway.kavyabanerjee - Thursday, June 4, 2020 - link
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