SO true.

yep totally agree

True

And it boot faster than Samsung because of less bloatware being the stock android

If we mashed these phones together with some additional Google AI goodness, remove the Samsung Bloatware. We could have the perfect phone.

Front facing speakers are my biggest thing I look for. Also ever since the Razer Phone 2, I also really like having a 120hz screen. I'm using my Sony Xperia 1 iii from 2021 and it's doing great! Original battery too.

​@@Aaron_VoltzAny Chance of getting Android 14 on 1 mark III ?

@@indrockz92 I just checked from Settings and it shows everything is up to date. So no signs of Android 14 ... though I haven't done any recent research

I also love xperia and I strongly agree it’s getting better but they also starting to remove some og features like the led notification light. That makes me sad and wonder, what could be next? Microsd slot? Headphone jack? ❤️‍🩹

Main item miss,,,,,, dynamic vibration system&4k disply,,,

Side mounted fingerprint bro

I'm going back to Sony from Samsung because of the SD slot.. I may miss my ear pods.. but not much. The 3.5 is more worthwhile too.

@@mikecollins7704 are you saying you can’t use your earpods on sony?

When u don't have strong Access to the Chinese brands that's what usually happens.

Same here 5 II, but not upgrading sooner haha 😁

Sony the king elektronik ❤

I heard that the Sony Xperia 5 II has screen-related issues because it uses Samsung's 2020 screen which is prone to green line

Is yours still good?

I'm planning to buy an Xperia 5 II too soon

and there is a SD card slot in the Sony phone

Yes, I would as well but same situation as you here in Philippines and there's literally no physical store here. 😢

Bro Seriously buy the B&O H95, Awesome sound

SD Card....Like me

Now all they need is people who actually support/buy their products. They are absolutely dying interms of revenue on the phone market, absolute 0% revenue. You get 1% better hardware performance and an awful software support with twice the price.

i got the note 10 plus. and ic checked the s23 ultra and did not see any reasons to buy it. plus the price tag for a camera which i am not a Fan of brings me to no chance to waste money. 😊. note 10 plus is sleek and comfortable easily fits in pocket as well. bit a bumpy camera and thickness. it vl nvr fit in pocket.

Same for me

​@@basicallytroll2705I have the Sony Xperia 1 II which is an old phone now but I won't be buying another Sony phone I don't think. The SD card, headphone jack and 4K display are nice to haves, but they don't outweigh the downsides. The vibration strength is piss poor meaning I often miss notifications, the torch is also piss poor (a candle can shine brighter than this thing) but the real killer is the 21:9 aspect ratio. I don't watch movies on my phone so the only content I watch is YT video's which 90% of them are 16:9 ratio. Which means if you're watching content the screensize is actually really small with vertical black bars at either side OR you can zoom in to fill the screen, but because it's true 21:9 it crops waay more of the picture than every other phone on the market does. Since the majority of media consumption I do on my phone is with 16:9 content it's really annoying to have a 21:9 phone.

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that's awesome your XZ2 Premium has lasted this long, 5 years is great for a smartphone

Right on. I own a 1 III. I love it!

I also own one

@@walterokechukwu4438 That's great! I'm happy than there is more people that knows what is a good phone over only brands marketing. Mines is not arrived yet because I'm from South America and I bought it from Asian because I purchased the 512GB version

Can u get one for me?

i love sony but i heard and seen test where xperia 1 V is realy slow to charge , still better than 5 IV . Plus 21:9 is a fun aspect ratio , its makes the phone realy sexy but in practice its kinda useless , i would prefer something more wide. SD card + jack is fantastic . I don't know , i will probably get the samsung

Oh yes, as I understand you, this is the feeling when you look at the screen and realize that it is great 😂

which camera u would recom?

​@@darkpasta9297The slower charging the more healthy battery...

​@@ugnikalnis im not sure if i care about an healthy battery , my 7 years old phone still have good battery

yep the software updates schedule is probably the worst part

I disagree, the target audience for this device are techies who upgrade their phone every year or 2. The people reading this post will not even keep their S23 for 5 years, the OS update guarantee is more of a marketing gimmick than anything.

@@thepatrioarchy Mobile phones are one of the most resource-intensive products by weight on the planet. The original point wasn't about producing phones for tech-savvy customers, it was purely about longevity and sustainability.

​@@thepatrioarchyI used xperia xz1 for about 5 years and it completely suited me, now it’s been 1.5 years since 1iii and I don’t see any reason to update it at all, although I probably consider myself a techie, it’s just that 2 new generations have already come out, but there’s nothing that makes you go for a new device, it is not strikingly different from your device, and moreover, picking up xz1, I understand that this is still an excellent device, but the screen is not so beautiful, but not 120Hz, and a lot of little things, but with this you can live

They need people who actually buy their phone. Thank you for supporting Sony!

If only it has ~7-7.2" screen closer to 18:9 ratio and bigger battery, it would be perfect

you don't need this shit on a phone bro. Wake up. It's 2023...

​@@d3r3x18 It's amazing how manufacturers can convince consumers like you, that lack of features is feature)

@@92OnTV It's amazing how someone not into tech like you talks about features...

@@d3r3x18 than explain to me how not having 3,5mm jack (not Sony it have fortunately), no expandable storage and narrower screen that suitable only for 21:9 video and smaller battery because of that helps user and making it modern ? If it had 18:9 screen with same length, 21:9 video would've been as good, but there will be much better 16:9 standard ratio experience. Thats why 18:9 is good, it give you best of both. Last phone that was good from ecery angle is Mate 20X, it only lacks of wireless charging.

🤮

​@@rifkmedia1378why you're depicting your verbal diarrhoea here?

like u will use that s pen :D i have spen on my tablet i used it twice in 5 years...

Spen is useless

I would like that with s23u aspect ratio even without spen

Yes. . But custom roms will arrive soon..

Android updates are overrated. My xperia 5 still running smoothly on xperia 5 with android 11.

@@bloodytoad2010 😄✨👌👍🏻 Nicee...

Android updates are not really necessary, the only necessary thing is security patches. All Google apps will update on it for 6-7 years, like gboard, messages, phone etc.

@@DimaKirivel yeah... That's the thing

I've seen so many Indians commenters in the same situation. hope they return there one day.

The black magic technology advancement of Sony. Welcome to the dark side !!

They didnt even have to find the space, other manufacturers have just gotten lazy and cheap.

Japan can advance their already advanced technology they just keep it quiet

Sony always best

and you dont have anyone from this 2 phone, you just dream, also you can use usb-c like 3.5mm slot.. so stupid things when all use wireless headphones , also memory card slot is waste of time and space on phone who have minimum 256gb space, i have more than 6000 videos and pictures, 400+ songs, 60 + aplication and have free 150gb on my s23 ultrA 256GB..

I also hope they'll return there and to the many other markets they've left

I love sony.

How sony is more user friendly?

​@@NewWay-kg1ox because sony has stock android, without that stupid things that samsung add

@@juanpabloperez9063 that doesn't make a UI user-friendly. Otherwise, Google would have been the top seller. Sony's android one can't just match the smoothness and fluidity of One UI.

that's awesome, my first Sony was Xperia Z3v in late 2014

False

@@wajayenseporelmundo4588 just my thought (~‾▿‾)~

Just having 4k doesn't make them have better screen quality

They do thi

Lol they’ve been making phones for a long f**king time 😂 wdym? I had a Xperia when the iPhone 3 and 4 was around here we are and they’re still making phones. Their main money making is PlayStation so they’ll continue to make TVs, phones, Consoles, games, Audio peripherals and cameras forever. If anything they’ve made more money now than ever so I doubt they’ll just abandon their phones. This isn’t Microsoft Windows phone 🤮 The Xperias are gorgeous and better internals than the iPhone pro and Samsung galaxy lines. They just need to do better marketing them and better with software/support them for a longer period of time but again that’s because it’s a very niche product.

@@JoeyBK_86 lg has been making phones and so much for a long time as well never say never at any time any manufacturer could call it quits.

add in ASUS and Google.... ROG series and Pixel series with the S series and Xperia Series can just make the ultimate beast ever

hopefully still time to return if you don't like it. personally i didn't have overheating or battery drain issues, so i'm not sure if it's your unit or the tasks you're doing (sounds like it may be the former, though).

Yes very true

Don't forget that Samsung boasted about a slightly overclocked version of the 8 Gen 2 in the S23 range. Looks like it didn't make much of a difference.

@@funkam0nkey Yes. if it really boosted the clocking and still lost to Sony... WOW SONY

How does it feel to be ghosted after 2 years of software support?

@@xxyyxx2861 hasn't made any real difference to me. Phones still work fine.

I live in Saudi Arabia

glad to help, and same here!

no, I go by the default settings

Yeah me too.. I love sony phones, such as R1 plus , xperia 1 iii, xperia S, xperia U etc

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@@DoubleMusician Це було б дуже дорого, на жаль

Sony needs to sell the phone globally. I was lucky because we have importers from Hong Kong

@@RamlyJer I am lucky too.. I buy things from ebay.. I am indian and sony stopped selling their phones in india ..

wow that's a great deal!

I do plan to get the 5 V when that's announced, I don't expect that to have significant heating issues. unfortunately though won't be getting the S23+, but I'll likely compare 5 V to the 1 V.

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yeah that's true it'd be tougher to unlock, though if you already have the screen on then it wouldn't matter.