Sony Xperia 1 IV launch live blog: see the new camera phone heavyweight debut

Date:
Wed, 11 May 2022 05:03:11 +0000

Description:
Its time for the Sony Xperia 1 IV to launch, and were hoping for big things from the next-gen Xperia.

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Today is the day: the Sony Xperia 1 IV is expected to debut in just a short few hours, and with it well see what the fourth-gen Android phone juggernaut is set to look like. This is set to be a big day for Xperia fans, as well as photographers, videographers and gamers.

The launch event kicks off at 3am ET / 8am BST / 5pm ACT - thats actually midnight on the US West Coast, so while there might be a few night owls from the States watching this live stream, count yourselves among the minority.

What are we expecting to see? Well, Sony hasnt actually confirmed the Xperia
1 IV will arrive, but its been hinted so strongly that wed be baffled if it didnt show up. Plus, well hopefully see an Xperia 5 IV and Xperia 10 IV too.

You can find a guide on how to watch the Sony Xperia 1 IV live stream by clicking here , but well be running a live blog before, during and after the event to help you understand what to expect, whats happening, and what was important from the event.

And if youre a fan of tech, you should know that Google IO takes place later today too, kicking off 10 hours after the Sony event.

Why did Sony choose to host the Xperia 1 IV launch so early!? Right now its 6am where I am, which is just too early to think straight.

Thankfully I made notes yesterday about what to focus each of these posts on, so Im not having to totally make stuff up off the top of my head.

So what do we expect from the Sony Xperia 1 IV launch? Well, the main thing were expecting is the Xperia 1 IV.

This is the companys top-end phone thatll likely cost over $1,000 / 1,000 / equivalent. Itll likely have a mid-sized 4K screen, three rear cameras, a top-end chipset and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.

These phones generally dont have huge upgrades each time, but slight tweaks.

Were particularly fond of the modes for photography and videography - Sony takes lots of the tech from its Alpha cameras and adds them here, and also lets you plug in the phone to one of those cameras as a secondary monitor.



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/news/live/sony-xperia-1-iv-launch-live-blog-see-the- new-camera-phone-heavyweight-debut/


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