{"id":2871,"date":"2026-05-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/sonys-new-xperia-phone-gets-an-overdue-redesign\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:00:00","slug":"sonys-new-xperia-phone-gets-an-overdue-redesign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/sonys-new-xperia-phone-gets-an-overdue-redesign\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony\u2019s new Xperia phone gets an overdue redesign"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tSony\u2019s new flagship doesn\u2019t look much like its predecessors. | Image: Sony \/ The Verge\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

Sony’s Xperia 1 flagships have looked more or less the same since 2020<\/a>, but that’s finally changing with the Xperia 1 VIII, which moves to a chunky square camera island. The phone also boasts what should be a substantially improved telephoto camera, along with an AI camera assistant that looks like an improved version of Google’s Camera Coach.<\/p>\n

While every previous Xperia 1 phone has had three vertical cameras, and the last six have positioned them in the same top-left corner spot, the 1 VIII mixes things up. The three lenses are now laid out in a square block, together with the flash and a Sony logo, that’s raised from the phone but slopes \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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