The sound technology in the Xperia 1 II was supervised by audio experts so you get better stereo separation, a natural soundspace whether you’re listening to your own music or streaming—even 360 Reality Audio. TIDAL is a global music streaming and entertainment platform with over 60 million songs and more than 250,000 videos from your favorite artists. Use your Xperia® as a remote display and control your settings and photos wirelessly with the Imaging Edge™ Mobile app.Capture stunning portraits of both people and animals with the sparkle and liveliness of perfect Eye Autofocus.ZEISS optics calibrated specifically for your Xperia® smartphone. Even when one eye is covered, or another object passes in front of your subject, the Xperia 1 II will still find the eye and focus fast.We’ve improved the audio separation on the 3.5 mm audio jack for clearer left and right audio channels. Sony phones have always felt like they could hugely benefit by being more closely tied to the rest of Sony, but that has just never happened for some reason.Sony is really missing the boat by not shipping the latest display technology, but in typical Sony Mobile fashion, that's not stopping it from charging a premium for the Xperia 1 II. The website even has a picture of the phone being used as a remote viewfinder for an Alpha camera (although, there's an app, so it works with any phone).Join the Ars Orbital Transmission mailing list to get weekly updates delivered to your inbox.On the left side, you'll find a volume rocker and, believe it or not, a camera shutter button, while on the right side there's a combo side-fingerprint reader and power button. You can choose automatic settings or manually control ISO, shutter speed, white balance, and more, then output to RAW (.DNG) with an interface that’s inspired by Alpha cameras.On our camera, each pixel has two photo diode light sensors, to deliver faster, accurate autofocus.Our site is not optimized for your current browser. The partnership between Xperia and TIDAL allows new Xperia 1 II users to access TIDAL’s “HiFi” tier with a free 3-month trial.DSEE Ultimate was created to improve the quality of all digital music utilizing AI to automatically improve audio frequency and bit rate in real-time. With the Xperia 1 II you’ll find the controls usually found on professional cameras. A newer version of your browser may be available5G network and availability may vary depending on country, carrier, and user environment.The new Competition setting disables all notifications, incoming calls, the camera key and other settings that may compromise your gameplay.The Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 865 Mobile Platform empowers you to game, capture, cross-task, and connect like never thought possible with staggering multi-gigabit speeds and improved performance from a 25% faster CPU and GPU than on the previous model.For true creative freedom, the Xperia 1 II has three lenses in versatile focal lengths: 16mm, 24mm, and 70mm.
You can also choose the battery life mode to extend playtime.The Xperia 1 II is the perfect companion for Sony's Alpha cameras. Significant audio tuning reduced signal noise to an imperceptible 20 dB—over 90% lower than conventional headphone connections.The Xperia 1 II was designed for 360 Reality Audio with unique hardware decoding to optimize sound quality when listening to music on TIDAL. On the back, there's a vertical strip of four cameras, a 12MP main camera, a 3x, 12MP telephoto, a 12MP wide-angle, and a Time of Flight camera for 3D sensing.Sign up or login to join the discussions!