Sony Xperia 1 II specs: Find the full list here

Publish date: 2023-02-26

At the ghost of MWC, Sony just announced the Xperia 1 II (or Mark 2). It’s Sony’s flagship for 2020, and in many ways, it catches up with the competition without really leapfrogging it. In other words, it’s typical Sony. Here’s what you need to know about the Sony Xperia 1 II’s specifications.

Sony Xperia 1 II specs

Sony Xperia 1 II

Display

6.5-inch HDR OLED
3,840 x 1,644 resolution (4K)
643ppi
Motion blur reduction (90Hz equivalent)
21:9 aspect ratio
Corning Gorilla Glass 6

SoC

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
7nm+ process
Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585)

GPU

Adreno 650

RAM

8GB

Storage

256GB

Cameras

Rear cameras
- Ultra-wide: 12MP sensor, 16mm, f/2.2 aperture, Dual PDAF
- Wide: 12MP sensor, 24mm, f/1.7 aperture, Dual PDAF, OIS
- Telephoto: 12MP sensor, 70mm, f/2.4 aperture, PDAF, OIS
- Depth sensor: 3D iTOF

Front camera: 8MP sensor

Audio

Headphone jack
Dual stereo front speakers
360 Reality Audio
DSEE upscaling

Battery

4,000mAh
21W USB-PD wired charging
15W wireless charging

IP rating

IP65/68

Connectivity

5G, sub-6GHz

Software

Android 10

Dimensions and weight

166 x 72 x 7.9mm
181g

Colors

Black, Purple

We like that Sony increased the battery size to 4,000mAh. That’s 700mAh more than last year’s Xperia 1, and on par with the Galaxy S20. However, we would’ve loved to see Sony pushing the envelope a bit. The charging options as well are decent, if not newsworthy. The 21W fast charging should fill up 50% of the battery in 30 minutes, which is solid. It’s good to see wireless charging, something missing from the previous generation.

The screen is super crisp, but don’t buy based on the high resolution alone — most users can’t tell the difference between Full HD and 4K on a phone screen. The tall form factor means this phone will be awkward to use with one hand.

The camera is the big story here: Sony put plenty of hardware oomph in the Xperia 1 II, and also added some of its own software customizations like super-fast autofocus. It’s good to see the ultrawide-wide-telephoto camera combo, but the Xperia 1 II lacks the long-range optical zoom we’ve seen on some recent phones.

Finally, a note on 5G: the Xperia 1 II only works on sub-6GHz 5G networks, not mmWave. That could be a problem if your carrier has only deployed mmWave networks so far, like Verizon has in the US. Read this to get up to speed on the difference between mmWave and sub-6GHz.

That’s it for our overview of the Sony Xperia 1 II specs. Anything that stands out to you?

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