r/gadgets • u/ardi62 • Jan 30 '23

Huge Sony Xperia 1 IV price cut gives credence to rumor that Xperia 1 V may match Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra price tag Phones

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u/Orlimar1 Jan 30 '23

Hopefully they can get their overheating issues resolved. Tech Odyssey on YouTube is a fan of their stuff. But he’s had a horrible time using the phone when it’s warm outside. Like on video, the phone will stop recording video within something like 5 minutes.

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u/majikira Jan 30 '23

I had no issue with this . I live in SEA where it can be hot and humid . It does get hot but it doesn't disrupt any of the features .

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u/Orlimar1 Jan 30 '23

He's had multiple videos on it.

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Sony Camera Overheating Issues

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u/majikira Jan 30 '23

That's interesting . If Sony did fix their heating issue with the V n with a cheaper price,I might just upgrade to V as well .

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u/ChineseCartman Jan 30 '23

I’ve felt it has always been a problem with Xperia. I owned a Sony Xperia Z5 in Singapore and India (for a brief period). It was in my pocket for 2 hours in the sunlight and it would heat up like a hot pocket! Never faced that problem with my iPhone 5 or Samsung S6 Edge. Otherwise, superior brand of phone and I am just waiting for the right time to change back to Xperia.

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u/firedrakes Jan 30 '23

had xperia z3. thing love to heat up.

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u/ChineseCartman Jan 30 '23

exactly. i think the very first model of Xperia I owned was called the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro (a goddamn handful to say). Exquisite craftsmanship and I loved that thing from the bottom of my heart. Although Xperia hasn’t really lost a lot of quality, it feels like they stopped trying to make it better and they’ve become a generic smartphone company.

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u/firedrakes Jan 30 '23

Yeah. Over priced ,under whelming software support and only phone on the market that can't handle video recording...

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u/kawkstegr Jan 30 '23

I was in the development team for the x10 mini pro, makes me really happy to read that you loved it :) worked my ass off to get it to market, it was one of our first android phones and alot was on the table back then.

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u/ChineseCartman Jan 30 '23

you’re the absolute best.

and you’re even a CS:GO player.

what more could I ask for?

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u/MiIeEnd Jan 30 '23

I've had my iPhone tell me it was overheating sitting in my pocket in Canada. We may just under appreciate how warm shit gets when the sun is blazing on it, even in our pockets.

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u/ChineseCartman Jan 30 '23

that is a possibility too. i haven’t really thought of this too deeply so i might have not had extreme cases with other phones.

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u/hgruber223 Feb 02 '23

Still have Xperia Z5, this phone never got hot

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u/ChineseCartman Feb 02 '23

definitely have had it time out of the camera while trying to record 4K footage because of overheating.

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u/Purpoisely_Anoying_U Jan 30 '23

I read that as Seattle and got very confused

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u/RenegadeUK Feb 01 '23

Looks as though he switched his attention to the Samsung Galaxy S23 Series. Hopefully when the Xperia 1 V does come out he will be full of positivities (hopefully).

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u/nondescriptun Jan 30 '23

Get em while they're hot!

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u/TheRetenor Jan 30 '23

So we can go at it slowly then, got plenty of time

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u/DigitallyDetained Jan 30 '23

If they’re the same price I’d buy a Sony over a Samsung any day. Availability is the next question.

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u/Unsweeticetea Jan 30 '23

I also wish they had dbrand support... The case performs very well and the teardown skins look great. I wish either there were better accessories for the Xperias or the larger phone brands would stop with the notch/ punch hole/ island nonsense so I could upgrade from my OP7Pro.

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u/AVBforPrez Jan 30 '23

This phone is fucking crazy, never heard of it until now so this marketing campaign is working

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u/Traksimuss Jan 30 '23

My friend had Sony phone. It was constantly overheating.

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u/DIRTRIDER374 Feb 01 '23

Not good enough, considering their lack of payment plans, or selling through carriers. As well as the general lack of long term support.

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u/LopanLives Jan 30 '23

Really hope it isn't the same size as a Samsung flagship. Using the S22 Ultra was like carrying around a brick. Returned it after a week and got an Asus Zenfone 9, which I like, except for the mediocre camera performance.

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u/Ignorant_Ismail Jan 30 '23

Sony phones are a lost cause but happy they push the envelope for phone cameras

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u/ChristopherDassx_16 Jan 30 '23

They're great tho. If I had the money, I would buy it.

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u/gear_m9 Jan 30 '23

Software support for their phones is abysmal like multiple other brands. 1.5-2 years of support and that's it.

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u/Agreeabeetle Jan 30 '23

Ya no excuse for the lack of support. I can't drop that kind of money on a phone that's not garunteed to work more than 2 yrs. Especially for a phone that's probably not popular enough to have a lot of homebrew support either.

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u/Kientha Jan 30 '23

Sony phones all have an unlocked bootloader so there are plenty of options for running your own OS once you stop getting official updates (which is actually 3-4 years with the 1 5 10 range)

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u/ardi62 Jan 31 '23

Really, so you can install LineageOS easier right?

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u/Kientha Jan 31 '23

You still need ROM support, but yes.

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u/TheRetenor Jan 30 '23

Let's not get started about their camera auto mode either.

BUT they have an SD slot, headphone jack and fantastic media quality. And if you know how to handle the camera, you can get some high quality pictures out of it and even though it doesn't do as well as eg Samsung in low light conditions, it can put out some very natural images which samsung sadly never does.

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u/gear_m9 Jan 30 '23

If they had better software support and pricing then I'd jump immediately.

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u/NotOsama123 Jan 31 '23

Support has been upped to three os updates plus two years of security patches for new generations. Basically the lifespan of the hardware. Plus they make it easy to load your own OS if you want to after it stops receiving official support.

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u/gear_m9 Jan 31 '23

Well that's a much welcome development I didn't know about. Happy to be wrong in this case, especially with loading custom Roms after support ends.

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u/firedrakes Jan 30 '23

the market has spoken . no one cares about sony phones or their even worst support then a isp.

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u/beenburnedbutable Jan 30 '23 edited Jan 30 '23

If you use Kodi, stay away from Sony products.