Sony Xperia 1 II (2020) review, cons, pros & features

Sony Xperia 1 II comes with superb cameras with many features, It can capture superb images without losing any details, the images, videos & text look very sharp & clear, It has decent apps & gaming performance, it offers Fingerprint for better phone security, The quality of the produced photos is very good in both natural & low light conditions.

Sony Xperia 1 II pros

Sony Xperia 1 II (2020) contains the latest operating system of Android 10.0, It offers Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 (7 nm+), It has a powerful CPU, It supports Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585), It presents GPU of Adreno 650, it has a superb performance without any lags, It gives you excellent & up-to-date software.

Sony Xperia 1 II

Sony Xperia 1 II has IP65/IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins), It offers OLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, It presents a size of 6.5 inches, 98.6 cm2 (~84.0% screen-to-body ratio) that is very suitable for playing games, watching videos & browsing the internet, It offers resolution of 1644 x 3840 pixels, 21:9 ratio (~643 ppi density), It supports Corning Gorilla Glass 6 for the screen protection, It offers DCI-P3 100%, It comes with HDR BT.2020 and it gives you 90Hz. 


Sony Xperia 1 II has high expandable memory via card slot, microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot), It offers a high internal memory of 256GB 8GB RAM that is very suitable for multitasking performance, It has UFS 2.1, It presents lots of RAM & a large memory, It includes a high-end processor & graphics processor.

Sony Xperia 1 II offers the main camera which is Quad, It offers 12 MP, f/1.7, 24mm (wide), 1/1.7", Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, It contains 12 MP, f/2.4, 70mm (telephoto), 1/3.4", 1.0µm, PDAF, 3x optical zoom, OIS, It has 12 MP, f/2.2, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/2.55", Dual Pixel PDAF, It offers 0.3 MP, TOF 3D, (depth), It offers features such as Zeiss optics, LED flash, panorama, HDR, eye tracking and it can take superb photos with high quality.

Sony Xperia 1 II

Sony Xperia 1 II supports 4K video recording, It presents a video of 2160p@24/25/30/60fps HDR, 1080p@30/60/120fps; 5-axis gyro-EIS, OIS, It has a selfie camera of Single 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/4", 1.12µm, It has features such as HDR, It has a video of 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS), It has a superb flash that enables you to take superb photos in low light conditions and it offers superb selfies.

Sony Xperia 1 II comes with 2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2, It comes with 3G bands HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100, It has 4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46(5200), 66(1700/2100), It offers 5G band 1(2100), 3(1800), 28(700), 77(3700), 78(3500); NSA/Sub6, and speed is HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat19 1600/150 Mbps, 5G (2+ Gbps DL).

Sony Xperia 1 II has a high building quality, It offers a premium & impressive design, It is announced in 2020, February 24, It will be released in 2020, Q1, It gives you body dimensions of 165.1 x 71.1 x 7.6 mm (6.5 x 2.80 x 0.30 in), It presents Glass front (Gorilla Glass 6), glass back (Gorilla Glass 6), aluminum frame and it provides you with Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by).


Sony Xperia 1 II comes with a loudspeaker, with stereo speakers, It has 3.5mm jack, It has 24-bit/192kHz audio, It offers Dynamic vibration system, It has Comms WLAN such as Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot, It has Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, aptX HD, LE, It offers GPS, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO and it offers NFC to transfer data.

Sony Xperia 1 II offers USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB On-The-Go, It has sensors such as Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass & color spectrum, It offers a non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery that lasts for a long time, It has Fast battery charging, It offers USB, Power Delivery, It presents misc colors such as Black, Purple, and its price is about 1200 EUR.

Sony Xperia 1 II has a high pixel density, It presents a high resolution that makes the display very clear & bright, It offers a big & vibrant screen, it has smooth performance, It offers better-viewing angles & lower power consumption, It presents a superb battery capacity, It offers connectivity options such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, USB, 3G & 4G.

Sony Xperia 1 II cons

Sony Xperia 1 II has a bit heavyweight of 181.4 g (6.38 oz), It does not have FM Radio, It has only two colours, It comes with a non-removable battery, It does not offer Infrared ports, it does not offer wireless charging and it does not come with a Temperature sensor.