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Fortunately, there are more affordable options amongst the best Sony phones too, so you don't have to spend a fortune to get a top a Sony handset - you'll find mid-rangers and older handsets in this list as well. And to help make your choice all the easier, each entry below includes a full specs list along with the key pros and cons, and a summary of the phone. If nothing catches your eye though, take a look at our Best Sony phones 2022 It may have a picky fingerprint scanner but the Sony Xperia 1 IV is well-designed for creative types and those that want to consume media too, right down to its inclusion of a 3.5mm headphone jack. Speedy too, the Sony Xperia 1 IV is expensive but a truly high-end device for the most part. Read our full Sony Xperia 1 IV review No periscope zoom With a lower price than the Sony Xperia 1 IV but similar specs in many areas, the Xperia 5 IV comes very close to being a better phone, especially as it packs in a 5,000mAh battery that offers superb life. The screen is great too, Sony has finally added wireless charging to the mix for its smaller flagship line, and it looks and feels great, as well as packing plenty of power and generally slick software. However, this still isn’t exactly a top value handset, and while its camera is packed full of pro-features, it’s less adept when you just point and shoot, especially as the Xperia 5 IV is limited to a 2.5x optical zoom. These and other niggles hold it back a little, but as compact flagships go the S...

Sony is ready to throw-down with a new camera-first 5G phone — the Xperia Pro-I — in the battle for smartphone camera supremacy. Less than 12-hours after the Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro’s reviews started dropping online, and all the camera enthusiasts trying to determine whether the Pixel 6 Pro or the iPhone 13 Pro Max has the best smartphone camera, Sony wants to be in the mix with the Xperia Pro-I. After all, it’s notable for using a similar 1.0-type Exmor RS image sensor with phase detection AF (autofocus) that powers the RX100 VII, the preferred point-and-shooter of vloggers and tourists. This large 1-inch camera sensor enables “outstanding low light performance, high dynamic range, and beautiful bokeh,” according to Sony. However, DPReview notes that while this 1-inch sensor is 20 megapixels in total, the Xperia Pro-I only makes use of part of the sensor, meaning it outputs a 12-megapixel image on this device. Sony’s Xperia Pro-I has a total of three 12-megapixel cameras on the back (a main, ultrawide, and telephoto) and one 8-megapixel camera around its front. While these cameras seem low-resolution, the Sony representative was very eager to explain that they contain fewer but larger (2.4µm) pixels, where each pixel captures more details, more dynamic range and greater depth of field. The company seems confident it doesn’t need to chase higher megapixel counts like its rivals. The Xperia Pro-I includes the same BIONZ X imaging processor found in Sony’s A9 professi...