Sony Xperia 1 VI

The Sony Xperia 1 VI has a non-folding, non-rugged design that measures 162 mm tall, 74 mm wide, and 8.2 mm thick, with a total volume of 98.3016 cm³ and a weight of 192 g. It carries an IP68 ingress protection rating, classifying it as fully waterproof under standard test conditions, which makes it one of the more notable aspects of its physical build.

The Sony Xperia 1 VI features a 6.5″ OLED/AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 1080 x 2340 px and a pixel density of 396 ppi, backed by a 120Hz refresh rate and a 240Hz touch sampling rate for responsive input. The display is protected by Gorilla Glass Victus 2 and supports HDR10 as well as an Always-On Display mode, though it does not support HDR10+, Dolby Vision, or a secondary screen. There is no foldable or dual-display configuration on this device.

The Sony Xperia 1 VI is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, built on a 4 nm process with an 8-thread CPU configuration running at speeds spanning 2.26 GHz up to 3.3 GHz across four core clusters, supported by big.LITTLE and HMP technologies, and a TDP of 12.5W. It comes with 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM at 4800 MHz across 2 memory channels with a maximum bandwidth of 76.6 GB/s, 512GB of internal storage, and supports external memory expansion up to 1500GB, with a maximum addressable memory of 24GB. Graphics are handled by the Adreno 750 GPU clocked at 900 MHz with 3 execution units, supporting DirectX 12, OpenGL 3.2, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenVG 1.2, and OpenCL 2, driving a single display. The SoC includes integrated LTE, integrated graphics, TrustZone security, multithreading, and 64-bit support, while benchmark results include an AnTuTu score of 1,612,156, Geekbench 6 single-core and multi-core scores of 2,213 and 7,325 respectively, a PCMark Work 3.0 performance score of 16,719 with a battery endurance result of 1,140 minutes, and a 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 1,521. Cache configuration comprises 1 MB of L2 and 12 MB of L3 cache.

The Sony Xperia 1 VI features a triple-lens rear camera system with sensors at 48 MP, 12 MP, and 12 MP, paired with apertures of f/1.9, f/2.3, and f/2.2 respectively, and pixel sizes of 1.12, 1, and 1.4 µm across the three lenses, covering a focal range from 24 mm to 170 mm with 7.1x optical zoom. The main camera uses a CMOS sensor without back-side illumination, includes optical image stabilization, phase-detection autofocus for photos, continuous autofocus during video, and touch autofocus, but does not offer laser autofocus. Manual controls are extensive, covering exposure, ISO, focus, shutter speed, and white balance, and the system supports RAW capture, HDR mode, burst mode, panorama, timelapse, slow-motion video, and 4K video recording at up to 120 fps with HDR10 recording included, though Dolby Vision recording is not supported. A single LED flash is present at the rear, with no dual-tone or RGB flash, while the front camera offers a 12 MP single-lens setup at f/2.0 with no flash, no under-display placement, and no 3D or 360-degree shooting capabilities on either camera.

The Sony Xperia 1 VI runs Android 14, an open-source, multi-user operating system that supports on-device machine learning, offline voice recognition, voice commands, and device position tracking. Privacy features include clipboard warnings, location privacy options, camera and microphone access controls, and the ability to block app tracking, though Mail Privacy Protection and cross-site tracking blocking are not available. The interface supports dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, widgets, customizable notifications, notification permission controls, a media picker, extra dim mode, Live Text, full-page screenshots, split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, sharing intents, and a child lock, while games can be played during downloads. Battery health monitoring is also included, whereas focus modes, app offloading, Wi-Fi password sharing, Quick Start, and the ability to function as a PC are not supported.

The Sony Xperia 1 VI houses a 5000 mAh rechargeable, non-removable battery with a built-in level indicator and comes with a charger included in the box. Wired fast charging is supported at 30W, while wireless charging operates at 15W, and reverse wireless charging is also available for powering other devices. The battery is not removable by the user.

The Sony Xperia 1 VI includes a 3.5 mm headphone jack, stereo speakers, and a dual-microphone setup for audio capture. On the wireless side, it supports a broad range of Bluetooth audio codecs: aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC, covering both high-quality and lossless transmission options. There is no built-in radio tuner on this device.

The Sony Xperia 1 VI supports 5G cellular connectivity alongside dual SIM capability, and its wireless stack covers Wi-Fi 4 through Wi-Fi 7 (802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.11ax, and 802.11be), Bluetooth 5.4, and NFC. Wired connectivity is handled by a USB Type-C 3.2 port, while an external memory slot adds storage flexibility, and maximum download and upload speeds reach 10,000 Mbit/s and 3,500 Mbit/s respectively. Onboard sensors include a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, GPS with Galileo support, and a fingerprint scanner for biometric authentication, though there is no barometer, infrared sensor, heart rate monitor, iris scanner, or 3D facial recognition. Features such as HDMI output, ANT+, DLNA certification, satellite SOS, crash detection, motion or optical tracking, a built-in projector, and a stylus are all absent from this device.

The Sony Xperia 1 VI includes a video light, which can be used to illuminate scenes during video recording. The display is flat rather than curved, uses neither sapphire glass nor an e-paper panel.