Sony has unveiled an improved version of
its flagship Xperia 1 II smartphone in Japan. The Xperia 1 II, which debuted in
February and has gone on sale in many regions of the world, including Japan,
has only 8GB of RAM. The new version, presented today, received 12 GB of RAM.
Besides the increased amount of RAM, the smartphone is available in a new color
– Frosted Black (matte black).
Sony is going to sell the new version of
the Xperia 1 II without being tied to the operator, while so far the Sony
flagship was available to the Japanese only through two local telecom giants –
NTT docomo and au KDDI. The Xperia 1 II version with 12 GB of RAM and model
number XQ-AT42 will not go on sale soon – October 30, 2020. The price is US$ 1170.
At the moment, the regular version of the Xperia 1 II with 8 GB of RAM and 256
GB of flash memory is offered in glossy black at a suggested retail price of US$ 1,199.
SONY XPERIA 1 II SPECIFICATIONS
- 6.5-inch (1644x3840pixels) 4K OLED HDR Display with 21:9 aspect ratio, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, X1 for mobile, Motion Blur Reduction, Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection
- Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 7nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 650 GPU
- 8GB RAM, 256GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 1TB via microSD card
- Android 10
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
- 12MP rear camera with Exmor RS sensor, 1/1.7″ sensor, f/1.7 aperture, Hybrid OIS/EIS. In addition to 12MP f/2.2 aperture 1/2.55″ 135° ultra wide-angle. 12MP f/2.4 aperture 1/3.4″ 34° telephoto lens, Hybrid OIS/EIS, 3x optical zoom, 960 fps Super slow motion, 3D iToF sensor
- 8MP front-facing camera with 1/ 4″ Exmor RS sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 1.12μm pixel size, 84° wide-angle lens
- 3.5mm audio jack, Stereo speaker, Dolby Atmos, DSEE Ultimate, Stereo Recording, Qualcomm aptX HD audio
- Side-mounted Fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 166 × 72 × 7.9mm; Weight: 181g
- Water Resistant (IP65/IP68)
- 5G (sub-6GHz) / 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz) 2 x 2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS/ GLONASS, NFC, USB 3.1 Type-C
- 4000mAh Battery with 21W USB-PD fast charging, Qi Wireless charging
