Sony’s new Xperia 1 V features upgraded camera hardware in a familiar design
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#6BNN5)
The Xperia 1 V. | Image: Sony Sony has announced its latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia 1 V. At first glance, it doesn't look too different from the Xperia 1 IV that proceeded it, with its tall 21:9 display, vertical row of rear cameras, and sensible squared off design. But internally it's using a new Exmor T for mobile" sensor for its main camera, which Sony describes as a 2-layer Transistor Pixel stacked CMOS image sensor" that's 1.7 times larger than the sensor in last year's model. Sony claims this makes for double the low-light performance versus the Xperia 1 IV, helping to produce images with rich colors and textures."
Like Sony's other recent flagships, the Xperia 1 V is priced at the premium end of the spectrum. In the US, preorders open today for...