Hey, if any of these videos have helped you, if this video helps you, please consider hitting us with the thumbs up, hitting that subscribe and hitting that notification bell. So you’ll be notified when we upload the latest content. Sony makes its first statement, all eyes on me. And they should be supporting HDR10, the high 643 pixels per inch density looks amazing when it comes to scaling text and content down to size. It gets small and dense, but it is clear and crisp. The colors for still images are beautiful. If you’re like me and into anime and superhero wallpapers, you’re not going to be disappointed as you look at 4K wallpapers on your Home and Lock screen. This display is powered by a few different settings in the display menu, more on that in the moment. As rich as the colors reproduced are, “The Witcher” was a bit dark, not unwatchable dark. I tried it with the cine settings on and off to see if it would make a difference and it did not. Of course, “Our Planet” looked beautiful and cartoon content looked great, but I thought I’d also give a couple other films a look. Specifically because not only do you get a magnificent display, but this phone actually has front-facing stereo speakers. This issue isn’t uncommon though, I’ve seen it on other panels where they were OLEDs and were a bit darker than some other OLEDs I’ve looked at. This is only a potential issue where shows have darker or low light scenes. Anything else you watch on this panel is beautiful. And right now this is one of the few 4K UHD HDR10 displays on the market. Unlike almost every other phone on the market, the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone’s speakers are both on the front of the phone. Listening to “The Witchers’” banquet hall scene you get all the well-layered stereo image that the sound designers on the show intended. And that’s both from the speakers and from earbuds or headphones. Speaking of intention, the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone is one of the closest devices to what a pro model should be. And not just because you get the three and a half millimeter audio jack up top. Cashing in on the connection to the Sony Alpha Pro line of cameras and even one of my dream filmmaking cameras, the Sony Venice, the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone takes a different approach to audio and video capture than some of the top flagship competitors. With the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone you’re going to get a serious pro mode in both the video and still image capture along with raw image capture. So you can tune the images to your idea of perfection. You get the Photo Pro and Cinema Pro modes and as you can see, there’s going to be a bit of a learning curve if you aren’t already familiar with using a DSLR or mirrorless camera. If ISO, aperture and focal length are unfamiliar terms to you, that’s okay. If you want to get a bit more serious with your smartphone photography, you’re in the right place. This is a great jump off point for creating your own looks, for showing people the world through the lens as you see it. It’s going to take just a little bit more work than a phone whose camera has no pro mode and ones that do all the thinking for you. One of my favorite aspects of Cinema Pro is the fact that you have the option to utilize the color science of the Sony Venice line of filmmaking cameras. Which is my dream camera as I alluded to before. Now, I know it isn’t the exact same thing, but I like where their head’s at with this one. Also the Cinema Pro mode has some seriously pro features like the ability to lock two points of focus and utilize focal ramping to move between the two as your depth of field changes. Really cool stuff. I could do a whole review on just these camera features alone, but have no fear. The cameras do offer Automatic mode, which will help you through that learning curve. Bottom line though, you’re going to get some pretty solid photos and videos out of the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone. The one thing missing though, which you’ll find on most modern phones or a lot of them anyway, is the Night mode. I did take the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone out and shoot at night at Candy Cane Lane and in relative darkness, it was not bad at all. The image stabilization is quite effective. One of the areas that I love about Sony is their drive for innovation. They always did some very cool things with their PDAs, so it’s wonderful to see what they’ve done with the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone. Specifically with their overlay or their OS on this device. And once you do, you can access shortcuts to the apps you choose from any screen or app, access multi-window as well. Speaking of multi-window with a phone this tall, the multitasking multi-window feature really shines on the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone. You know what else shines? A charging indicator light in the upper right-hand corner of the phone, a nice touch. And the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone is full of nice touches. The SIM tray is more accessible than any other phone I’ve used. Figuring that the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone is going to be used by people who want to shoot a lot of video, a lot of photos, they might be removing the micro SD card frequently. The SIM tray memory tray has a tab on it, which allows you to simply pull the tray out with no need of a SIM tool. Other refinements include a side button, which you can customize. I currently have it set as a camera shutter and love using it for that purpose. One thing I have to admit that I generally do not care for on phones, the side-mounted fingerprint reader, which the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone has. At the risk of sounding hypocritical, I actually liked this implementation. Not that it’s particularly different from others, but the size of this phone puts the scanner right where my thumb sits on my right hand and right where my index finger hits from my left hand. In other words, the slim builds of this phone puts this scanner naturally where my fingers will hit it from either hand, nice. Despite that though, the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone is good for business. It offers some things other phones don’t, which ultimately means that it offers the market and you more options. And that’s never a bad thing. Hey, if there’s anything about this phone that I didn’t answer in my review, any questions you may have, go ahead and leave those in the comments below, I’ll get to them. We don’t take it lightly that you’ve spent your time watching with us. I’m Tshaka Armstrong for reviews.org. Look forward to chatting with you, connecting with you on the next video.
