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Sony’s Xperia 1 II has been out for a while, but it’s still the flagship in the family. Can this be the start of a new wave of phones that helps Sony turn the tide?
READ MORE Sony Xperia 1 II Review: Sony finally nails the camera on its flagship smartphone
Check out this huge group test, comparing the cameras on the OnePlus Nord, OnePlus 8, Oppo Find X2 Neo, Realme X50 5G, Sony Xperia 1 ii and Huawei P40.
Sony has had a pretty torrid time of late. The Xperia 1 II may be the phone to turn the tide, with the company having worked hard to improve the camera experience. Given Sony is responsible for making the majority of image sensors used in other handsets, which then go… [Click for more]
READ MORE Sony Xperia 1 II arriving soon in UK; already getting great reviews Stateside [Updated]
Sony’s budget Xperia L4 is now available to buy SIM-free for just £169, bringing the 21:9 cinematic display to the masses. The 6.2-inch display offers up a true cinema experience when enjoying movies in landscape mode, or when switched to portrait mode users can enjoy two apps running in a… [Click for more]
READ MORE Sony Xperia L4: A 21:9 cinema experience on a budget
As ever, Sony has no idea on naming products. It has today launched the second editions of its Xperia 1 and Xperia 10 range, named the Xperia 1 II and 10 II respectively. It seems Sony doesn’t consider how products are searched for, how SEO works, or indeed how URLs… [Click for more]
READ MORE Sony goes 5G with Xperia 1 II and also launches mid-range Xperia 10 II
In early 2019, Sony launched the flagship Xperia 1 with a large 4K cinema-wide display. In September, it gave consumers the smaller Xperia 5. The Xperia 5 is considered by Sony to be a flagship, and at £700 it is certainly priced like one. The only problem is that it… [Click for more]
READ MORE Sony Xperia 5 Review: Falls short of flagship quality
If you’re itching to try out the latest Call of Duty game, but haven’t got a PlayStation 4 then this deal might be right up your street. While stocks last, customers purchasing a Sony Xperia 5 from Carphone Warehouse can bag themselves a free PlayStation 4 with Call of Duty:… [Click for more]
READ MORE Buy a Sony Xperia from CPW and get a free PS4 with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Sony has launched a smaller brother to accompany its flagship Xperia 1. The Xperia 5 drops the screen down from 6.5-inches to 6.1-inches, but continues to offer premium features. The handset will be available to buy from next month, with pre-ordering opening in a couple of weeks. Like the Xperia… [Click for more]
READ MORE Sony Xperia 5: a smaller, more mainstream Xperia 1
Sony has today launched 3 new Xperia phones; the Xperia 10, Xperia 10 Plus, and a flagship Xperia 1. The latter comes with the world’s first 4K OLED display, with HDR and a 21:9 ratio display. Well, in fact all three phones have gone with the same 21:9 ‘CinemaWide’ display… [Click for more]
READ MORE Sony at MWC: Three new Xperia phones, including world’s first mobile 4K OLED display
Honor has today showed select media the forthcoming Honor View 20, which will be unveiled officially in China on December 26th, and then in Paris on January 22nd 2019. The full specs of the phone won’t be known until the first of the two launches, but Honor was keen to… [Click for more]
READ MORE Honor launches View 20 with in-screen camera and 48MP rear camera
Can Sony get its mojo back? With so many phones grabbing the headlines in the run up to Christmas, Sony’s XZ3 has seemingly been all but forgotten about. But I’ve had a chance to test the phone for the last month and feel it only right to remind everyone that,… [Click for more]
READ MORE Sony XZ3 Review: An almost unnoticed phone that deserves to be seen
O2 is offering a pretty enticing deal right now, with the offer of a Kodak Mini 2 Instant Photo Printer worth £89.99 when signing up on an O2 Refresh 4G tariff of 4GB a month and above. These days far too many people never keep precious (or fun) photos in… [Click for more]
READ MORE O2 offering free printer worth £90 on selected new handset purchases
2018 is the year that Sony Mobile hopes to get back into a game it once used to dominate. The XZ2 and XZ2 Compact introduces an all-new design language, banished bezels (well, partly) and some world-firsts thrown in for good measure. There’s no arguing that for many years, every new… [Click for more]
READ MORE MWC 2018: Sony launches XZ2 and XZ2 Compact with 4K HDR video recording and all new design
The biggest event in the mobile industry calendar kicks off next month. What can we expect to see launched?
READ MORE MWC 2018 Preview: What can we expect from the biggest mobile trade show?
I’ve had a Sony Xperia XZ Premium for some time now, and given the time on sale doing a review now is probably a little pointless. We’re potentially only a week away from new devices being announced at IFA, so I figured I’d focus on where this phone puts Sony… [Click for more]
There’s a real sense of competitiveness in the mobile industry right now, with key players EE and Vodafone working hard to upgrade their networks to add speed and capacity. 4G might still feel relatively new, but there are already many signs of problems affecting every network in many towns and… [Click for more]
READ MORE EE Demonstrates Gigabit LTE At Wembley Event (But It’s Live To All Right Now!)
For a good few years now, I’ve spent much of my time writing about more affordable phones that offer exceptional value for money and without many compromises. But there’s always a recognition that if you’re happy to shell out top dollar, you’ll likely get the absolute best of the best. At least you’d expect so…. [Click for more]
READ MORE Is your new flagship phone really as good as it could be?
So as MWC 2017 ended, I got to summarise my three-day trip and detail some of the highlights, some of the gimmicks and some opinion. A lot of opinion as it happens. The key theme of the event was 5G, but from a consumer perspective, 5G is still a fair way off… [Click for more]
READ MORE Post MWC: A look at the cool stuff and a heap of gimmicks
