Sony will continue to swim against the tide
The Xperia 1 VII doesn’t look like a lot of phones from other brands, but it strongly resembles the Xperia 1 VI.
That would certainly help distinguish an otherwise very familiar-looking new device from the handset it takes after, perhaps justifying Sony’s decision to stick with a design language that seems to have a lot of online fans… without converting many of those into buyers.
The Xperia 1 VI, remember, switched from its predecessor’s niche 21:9 aspect ratio to a more universally accepted 19.5:9 that’s likely to go unchanged on this year’s Xperia 1 VII. Another surprising 2024 change saw the 4K (3840 x 1644 pixel) resolution drop to only 2340 x 1080 pixels, which is a move that many expect Sony to reverse for its 2025 super-flagship.
But that’s far from guaranteed, which is obviously not what we can say about the three vertically aligned cameras on the back of the Xperia 1 VII and the fingerprint sensor-integrating power button and camera shutter button on the phone’s side. Those are all clearly rendered today and pretty much etched in stone.
How much will the Sony Xperia 1 VII cost?
That, my dear readers and friends, is the million-dollar question, and unfortunately, the answer is unlikely to put smiles on the faces of many “regular” mobile consumers.
The Xperia 1 VII may or may not be released in the US at a high or… sky-high price.
Even if the Xperia 1 VII doesn’t end up supporting 4K screen resolution, history suggests its price tag could be hard to swallow wherever the phone is released, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, up to 16GB RAM and 512GB storage space, and a 48 + 12 + 12MP triple rear-facing camera system being likely to headline its top-shelf spec sheet.
