Sony Xperia 1 VIII
The Sony Xperia 1 VIII is a flagship smartphone under Sony, officially released on May 13, 2026. Its exterior design abandons the previous generation's vertical lens layout and adopts a square camera module called "ORE" for the first time, offering colors such as obsidian, bluestone silver, pomegranate red, and natural gold.
The new device is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip and at least 12GB of memory. The imaging system is a rear 48 megapixel triple camera combination, with a telephoto lens using a 1/1.56-inch sensor and fixed at a focal length of 70mm. The main camera is 1/1.35-inch and supports RAW multi frame synthesis technology and AI camera assistant function.
The sound quality adopts Walkman related technology, with an independent DAC chip and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Built in 5000mAh battery, with an official stated battery life of about two days, supporting 30W wired charging and 15W wireless charging.
The screen is a 6.5-inch LTPO OLED unperforated panel, retaining a microSD card slot. Sony promises to provide 4 Android major version updates and 6 years of security patches.
Its main parameters are as follows:
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| Hi-Res & Hi-Res wireless audio | |
| Dynamic vibration system | |
| Snapdragon Sound | |
| Announced | 2026, May 13 |
| Battery |
Active use score 17:47h
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| Battery | 51:07h endurance, 1400 cycles |
| Bluetooth | 6.0, A2DP, LE Audio, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless |
| Build | Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus), aluminum frame |
| Card slot | microSDXC (dedicated slot) |
| Charging | 30W wired, PD3.0, PPS, 50% in 30 min |
| 15W wireless | |
| Reverse wireless | |
| Bypass charging | |
| Chipset | Qualcomm SM8850-AC Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (3 nm) |
| Colors | Graphite Black, Iolite Silver, Garnet Red, Native Gold |
| CPU | Octa-core (2x4.6 GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix L + 6x3.62 GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix M) |
| Dimensions | 162 x 74 x 8.3 mm (6.38 x 2.91 x 0.33 in) |
| Display | 1510 nits max brightness (measured) |
| Energy | Class A |
| Features | Zeiss optics, Zeiss T* lens coating, color spectrum sensor, LED flash, panorama, HDR, eye tracking |
| HDR | |
| Free fall | Class A (270 falls) |
| GPU | Adreno 840 |
| Internal | 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM |
| Internal | UFS |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
| -25.5 LUFS (Very good) | |
| Models | XQ-GE54, XQ-GE74, XQGE54, XQGE74, XQ-GE44, XQGE44 |
| NFC | Yes |
| OS | Android 16, up to 4 major Android upgrades |
| Performance | AnTuTu: 2312684 (v10), 3210596 (v11) |
| GeekBench: 9278 (v6) | |
| 3DMark: 6962 (Wild Life Extreme) | |
| Positioning | GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, Mohs level 5 |
| Radio | No |
| Repairability | Class D |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~396 ppi density) |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass |
| Native Sony Alpha camera support | |
| SIM | Nano-SIM + eSIM + eSIM (max 2 at a time) |
| IP65/IP68 dust tight and water resistant (low pressure water jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) | |
| Single | 12 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/2.9", 1.22µm |
| Size | 6.5 inches, 103.7 cm2 (~86.5% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2026, June 19 |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G |
| Triple | 48 MP, f/1.9, 24mm (wide), 1/1.35", 1.12µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS |
| 48 MP, f/2.8, 70mm (periscope telephoto), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, dual-pixel PDAF (15cm - ∞), OIS, 2.9x optical zoom | |
| 48 MP, f/2.0, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, PDAF | |
| Type | LTPO OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR BT.2020 |
| 5000 mAh | |
| USB | USB Type-C 3.2, OTG, video output |
| Video | 4K@24/30/60/120fps HDR, 1080p@30/60/120fps; 5-axis gyro-EIS, OIS |
| 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 5-axis gyro-EIS | |
| Weight | 200 g (7.05 oz) |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7, tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA |