Sony is the only phone maker without those ugly notches and intruding punch holes. If only their phones were accessible. From where I am, you can't buy them.
They already fucked it up. They support their phones the least in the whole industry among major manufacturers. I think even shitty HMD Global supports their phones for longer now.
Except that they give only half or less of the software support of other manufacturers.. I have a Sony 5ii. 2 years after release on the dot, not a single security update after.
Last year I needed a new phone. The Xperia V (I think) just got released and seemed perfect... But in the end I decided against it because of their horrendous update roadmap and large phone sizes. I'm not going to buy a new phone every three years and I hate phones that can't be used with one hand - and despite doing a lot of things right, those two points are just not addressed by Sony. I want their compact range back and I want Fairphone levels of updates.
Yeah. That's the one I considered more deeply. Still too big. Still only 3 years of promised security updates and only two major revisions of android. Nah, hard pass.
/edit just saw that I mixed up the Roman and Latin numbers in my previous post. Yeah, the 5 is what I meant by 5.
I changed to the 5 after having the 1 and it fits my hand perfectly as a small phone but I can also appreciate that hand sizes are obviously very subjective
40 Comments
Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee · 25 pts · 2y
Leaked= new word for advertised
b1tstremist0@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y
Sony is the only phone maker without those ugly notches and intruding punch holes. If only their phones were accessible. From where I am, you can't buy them.
Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id · 9 pts · 2y
Oof I feel you
Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id · 9 pts · 2y
Overall this seems like a great qol improvement. A better display, better software support and an overhauled camera experience.
huginn@feddit.it · 4 pts · 2y
I think this will finally be the phone I swap off of the pixel ...
Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id · 4 pts · 2y
I just hope Sony doesn't fuck it up.
iagomago@feddit.it · 3 pts · 2y
challenge level: impossible
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 2y
They already fucked it up. They support their phones the least in the whole industry among major manufacturers. I think even shitty HMD Global supports their phones for longer now.
lastweakness@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Better software support? How long is it now?
Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 2y
Supposedly 5 years due to the eu
ColdWater@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 2y
Sony phones>every other phones makers, hypocritically I use a Pixel because I can't buy Sony phones where I lived
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 2y
Except that they give only half or less of the software support of other manufacturers.. I have a Sony 5ii. 2 years after release on the dot, not a single security update after.
jenny_ball@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
same here. i get pixel because they can be rooted
Mango@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
3.5mm audio output?
Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id · 5 pts · 2y
Yes
Mango@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Oh fuck yeah! I was just meming. Is it gonna be rootable?
Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id · 4 pts · 2y
Yes. But the American model is locked because of fucking Verizon
Mango@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I can just buy the international version.
jenny_ball@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
yes but then sometimes the antenna bands won't work so you'll have poor reception.
Mango@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Why? My international note 20 ultra is fine.
Retrograde@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Not the same, different manufacturers use different radios. Sony international version is probably different
Opafi@feddit.de · 6 pts · 2y
Last year I needed a new phone. The Xperia V (I think) just got released and seemed perfect... But in the end I decided against it because of their horrendous update roadmap and large phone sizes. I'm not going to buy a new phone every three years and I hate phones that can't be used with one hand - and despite doing a lot of things right, those two points are just not addressed by Sony. I want their compact range back and I want Fairphone levels of updates.
Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id · 3 pts · 2y
There was the Sony Xperia 5 series which is smaller than the 1
Opafi@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah. That's the one I considered more deeply. Still too big. Still only 3 years of promised security updates and only two major revisions of android. Nah, hard pass.
/edit just saw that I mixed up the Roman and Latin numbers in my previous post. Yeah, the 5 is what I meant by 5.
Retrograde@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I changed to the 5 after having the 1 and it fits my hand perfectly as a small phone but I can also appreciate that hand sizes are obviously very subjective
Retrograde@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I'll probably be snagging this one at some point
Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id · 3 pts · 2y
Good luck with that. I hope I can get one as well
Retrograde@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
It'll bankrupt me, but Sony phones are chef kiss
m4@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
I'd wish I was filthy rich to get one.
Blaze@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y
Thanks for sharing !
jenny_ball@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
do these work well in usa?
Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 2y
Yes they usually have an American model for sale
jenny_ball@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
do all the US antenna bands work? last i checked they don't.
Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 2y
I think so except for certain Uwb radios if I remember correctly.
jenny_ball@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y
if this was Google Pixel with stock Android and rootable this would be the most perfect phone
Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id · 9 pts · 2y
I mean Sony uses an even more stock version of android that Google doesn't even use.
jenny_ball@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
is it root able?
Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id · 2 pts · 2y
Yes if you get the global one since the ones that are the Japanese carrier/us model
Retrograde@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Jenny trust me they're much better than pixels
jenny_ball@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
nice thank you. i want to get this now.