This revealing Sony Xperia 1 III video might spoil the surprise at its eventual launch
What’s left to see?
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We’ve heard a fewSony Xperia 1 IIIleaks now and there’s little at the phone’s eventual launch event that could surprise us (well, unless the leaks and rumors all turn out to be wrong). Adding to that pile of leaks is a new video showing the upcoming handset in full.
This new video comes from leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer, posted on hisVoice(a website where leakers can show off their details). It’s not a leak fromSonyin itself, but was created based on previous rumors, so it gives us a good idea of what to expect from the upcoming Xperia 1 III.
If you’ve been keeping up with the Sony Xperia 1 III rumors, you’ll know there isn’t anything hugely new in this video.
On the front we see a large screen and a front-facing camera housed in a notch, on the back there’s a big three-camera array, and there’s also a USB-C port and 3.5mm headphone jack present and accounted for.
While this Sony Xperia 1 III video doesn’t bring anything new, it does collate lots of previous rumors in one place. It also gives us a sense of the size of the phone, as you can use the size of both ports (the sizes of which are standards) to compare it to your own handset.
An iterative update
We’ve heard lots ofSony Xperia 1 III leaksand, for the most part, it sounds like an iterative update on theXperia 1 II. There don’t seem to be any huge changes, and instead there are tweaks that improve on the older phone.
It seems the big news at the Sony Xperia 1 III launch, whenever that is, could be the simultaneous launch of theSony Xperia Compact, an anticipated small-body phone Sony is rumored to be working on.
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Still, perhaps Sony has some new software or camera tricks we haven’t heard that make the Xperia 1 III a worthy buy. Possibly instead it’s going theSamsung Galaxy S21route of offering a similar phone to its predecessor but with a lower price tag?
We’ll have to wait and see, and the next Sony phone’s launch is expected to crop up in the coming months so stay tuned for that.
Tom Bedford was deputy phones editor on TechRadar until late 2022, having worked his way up from staff writer. Though he specialized in phones and tablets, he also took on other tech like electric scooters, smartwatches, fitness, mobile gaming and more. He is based in London, UK and now works for the entertainment site What To Watch.
He graduated in American Literature and Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Prior to working on TechRadar, he freelanced in tech, gaming and entertainment, and also spent many years working as a mixologist.
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