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Oh my days. We’ve got a Sony phone in the office. This is new.
This has a very thin appearance compared to other smartphones and it’s got a look that says, “I don’t need a case” too.
It’s thin and has a 6″ Full HD+ screen with a 21:9 orientation, which explains that slim appearance. Sony have done this so that the movies you watch in the cinema fit onto the screen properly, and although that’s lovely it does feel slightly odd in the hand.
The screen though, is a bright and crisp affair. Sony have a strong heritage with their display panels and you really can’t argue with the quality of it.
It makes it slightly easier to use the device with one hand and means you can get into those regularly-used parts of your phone without stretching your thumb too much. That’s needed on a phone with these dimensions.
You can also also reduce the size of the display so that it’s easier to use with one hand.
Around back there’s two cameras, a 13 megapixel and a 5 megapixel. The latter will do the background “Bokeh” blurring affect on those portrait shots and should result in some lovely and artistic DSLR-style photos. The 13 megapixel has a wide-angle lens and the 5 megapixel has a more normal lens. You also get SteadyShot, 4K video recording and 5x digital zoom.
Other specs include NFC, GPS, Bluetooth 5.0 and WiFi.
I do have to mention again that, after reviewing a number of phones recently, this phone does feel slightly “alien”. Most handsets that I test are all about that screen and maximising it. It has to fill every last millimetre of the front. Here, none of that. Sure, don’t get me wrong, it’s a lovely screen. It’s Sony, after all, but there’s just over a centimetre at the top which is just housing a earpiece and selfie camera. I’ve not seen that much in recent years.
Let’s talk a bit more about that design, because it does have an industrial feel to it. This one is a matt black but there’s a blue, grey and pink version too. It’s not trying to be too shiny or polished, instead the matt finish goes round the sides and the back, with only that front section being a shiny plastic.
On the right, as the matt finish curves around the edges, there’s a fingerprint sensor (which I should just call a “thumbprint sensor” due to it’s positioning), the volume controls and the power button. To call these “understated” is perhaps being generous. They’re thin and not exactly noticeable, however this seems to be the way of it in 2019 and many other smartphones have similar setups.
Part of me wants that fingerprint / thumbprint sensor to be on the back though.
Up top, ye olde 3.5mm audio port and the noise-cancelling microphone. To the left, the SIM-card tray which also has a microSD slot.
Down low, the USB-C port and twin speakers.
TO BE CONTINUED
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