In the previous week, Sony had announced the Xperia 1 flagship phone in China. Some of the exciting features of the Xperia 1 include 4K HDR display, triple rear cameras and Snapdragon 855 chipset. Today, the company has officially confirmed its pre-order and release dates.
In China, the Sony Xperia 1 pre-sales will begin tomorrow at 10:00 AM (local time). The shipments of the pre-ordered units will begin at 10:00 AM on June 6. The smartphone is priced at 6,299 Yuan (~$913) in China and its color editions are Fog Gray, Night Black, Snow White and Purple.
Sony Xperia 1 Specifications and Features
The Xperia 1 comes with an impressive 4K HDR 6.5-inch CinemaWide OLED display. The display that is powered Bravia TV and Master Monitor technologies carries support for 4K resolution of 3840 x 1644 pixels. The elongated display is protected by Gorilla Glass 6.
The Snapdragon 855 mobile platform fuels the phone with 6 GB of RAM and 3,300mAh battery. The handset includes support for 18W fast charging through USB-C. It comes with a microSD card slot and a native storage of 128 GB. The Android 9 Pie OS is preloaded on the device.
The triple camera setup present on the rear shell of the phone has a 5-axis OIS Dual Pixel PDAF enabled 12-megapixel main sensor, a 12-megapixel telephoto sensor with 5-axis OIS, Dual Pixel PDAF and 2x optical zoom along with a 12-megapixel superwide lens. The handset includes a selfie camera of 8-megapixel.
The Sony Xperia 1 lacks a 3.5mm audio jack on the device and it comes with side-mounted fingerprint reader. It carries support for Wi-Fi 802.11ac, dual 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth, GPS and NFC. The Japanese firm will begin the sales of the Xperia in the U.S on July 12.
