Sony announces 4K OLED smartphone named Xperia 1 at MWC 2019. It comes with a 21:9 CinemaWide 6.5-inch 4K HDR OLED display powered by Sony’s award-winning BRAVIA TV technologies along with X1 for mobile engine for more contrast, colour and clarity. The Xperia 1 supports Dolby Atmos and the sound tuning is developed in collaboration with Sony Pictures Entertainment. Under the hood is Snapdragon 855 paired with 6GB RAM and a fast-charge supported 3,300mAh battery.
For security, it has a fingerprint scanner which is mounted on the right side of the device. Apart from the display, the key highlight of the Xperia 1 is its camera. It houses Triple camera system on the rear and comes with tons of features for enhanced photography. The rear camera setup includes vertically stacked three 12MP sensors with LED flash and an 8MP sensor on the front same as the one which is present in the Xperia L3. Depending on the region, the Xperia L1 is available in both Single as well as Dual SIM configurations.
Sony Xperia L1 Top Features
- Massive 6.5-inch 4K HDR OLED display with 21:9 aspect ratio
- Sleek metal frame and Corning Gorilla Glass 6 front and back
- World’s first Eye AF in a smartphone
- Supports wide colour space ITU-R BT.2020, DCI-P3 and D65
- Triple lens camera system with 2x optical zoom
- 10 fps burst shooting with AF/AE tracking
- Creator mode and Cinema Pro powered by CineAlta
- Use two apps simultaneously on one display with 21:9 multi-window
- Shoot videos in 4K HDR at 24 frames per second in 21:9 format
- Capture 21:9 still image off the live view or recorded clips
- Hybrid stabilisation system with Optical SteadyShot for smooth and shake-free video recording
- 960 fps Super slow motion video
- Portrait selfie effects, Display flash, 3D Creator
- Game Enhancer – Block notifications, Find tips for your game online, Record gameplay and video of you playing together
The Sony Xperia 1 comes in four colors – Grey, Black, Purple, & White and available to purchase in select markets from late Spring 2019. Sony hasn’t announced the pricing yet.
Sony Xperia L1 Full Specifications
- 6.5-inch 4K HDR OLED Display, 1644×3840 Pixels
- 21:9 CinemaWide Display, DCI-P3
- Corning Gorilla Glass 6
- Water resistant (IP65/68)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform, Octa-core, Adreno 640 GPU
- 6GB RAM, 128GB UFS Storage, MicroSDXC up to 512GB
- Android 9.0 Pie
- Triple Rear Camera, (12MP f/1.6, OIS + 12MP f/2.2, 135° wide-angle Lens + 12MP f/2.4, 1/3.4 Sensor), LED Flash, Super wide-angle Lens, 2x Optical Zoom
- 8MP Front Camera, f/2.0, 84° Wide-angle Lens, HDR Photo
- 3,300mAh Battery, USB Power Delivery
- Single or Dual Nano SIM
- 2G/3G/4G, VoLTE, 4×4 MIMO
- Bluetooth 5.0, WiFi a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5GHz), NFC
- GPS, GLONASS, FM Radio, Google Cast, FM Radio
- USB Type-C 3.1 Port
- Dolby ATMOS, Stereo Speaker, High-Resolution Audio, High-Resolution Wireless Audio, DSEE HX
- Sensors – Accelerometer, Ambient Light, Barometer, Compass, Game Rotation vector, Geomagnetic Rotation Vector, Gyroscope, Hall, Magnetometer, Step Counter, Step Detector, Significant Motion Detector, Proximity, RGBC-IR
- Dimensions – 167 x 72 x 8.2mm