Sony Mobile announced their 5G Smartphone “Xperia 1 II (Mark Two)”

Sony Mobile Communications announced their 5G Compatible Android smartphone, the “Xperia 1 II (Mark Two)”.  It will be available to the global market including Japan.

The new smartphone will feature a 6.5-inch OLED display (called the Cinema Wide Display) and inherits the vertical silhouette from the Xperia 1 with an aspect ratio of 21:9 and supports 4K HDR.  And the chipset used is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 with 8GB of memory and will be sold with 128GB or 256 GB storage.

The phone will be available in black, purple and white.

The new phone will feature three cameras and a Zeiss T* lens.  Included on the top lens is a 16mm F2.2 12MP, second lens is a 70 mm F2.4 12MP, the third spot is a 3D iToF sensor which can measure depth and a 24mm F1.7 12MP lens.

The Zeiss T* lens allows for one to take clearer shots.  And an 8 MP front camera is also available.

Also, the phone can do high speed continuous shooting of 20 fps.

The auto focus area is 70% and the camera keeps following and focusing even if the subject is moving.  Real-time Eye AF will continue to be supported.

A new function introduced is “Photography Pro” which allows full-scale manual shooting, so one can be in control when it comes to shutter speed, ISO sensitivity, white balance, etc.

The function “Cinematography Pro” allows for one to shoot in 25fps and will be able to shoot 4K HDR images at an aspect ration of 21:9 at 24fps, 30 fps and 60 fps and will also support 25fps, which is used in Europe.

The phone will also features a 3.5MM audio jack and speakers are arranged on the left and right (when the phone is held horizontally), the new phone design will now expand the bass range.

For gaming, in game mode, the phone can scan at 120Hz and there is a competition setting to disable notifications and a navigation bar has been added to prevent erroneous operations during gameplay.

Sony is collaborating with the FPS game “Call of Duty: Mobilke” and now supports the 21:9 display of the Xperia 1 II.  A Playstation 4 game controller can be used on the phone.