Sony Xperia 1 VIII description

In spring 2026, at May Sony announced their new model Xperia 1 VIII

Miscellaneous

Extra features on the Xperia 1 VIII are Native Sony Alpha camera support.

Charging options are 30W wired, PD3.0, PPS, 50% in 30 min 15W wireless Reverse wireless Bypass charging.

Another important things on device are sensors, so this device got Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass.

Connectivity

Xperia 1 VIII supporting bands 2G, 3G and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66. Speed is about HSPA, LTE, 5G, GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G.

I/O on Sony Xperia 1 VIII are USB USB Type-C 3.2, OTG, video output, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7, tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Bluetooth 6.0, A2DP, LE Audio, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS, NFC.

About camera

triple cameras set on Xperia 1 VIII 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. Some another additional information are Zeiss optics, Zeiss T* lens coating, color spectrum sensor, LED flash, panorama, HDR, eye tracking. Video recording on main camera of this device is available with 4K@24/30/60/120fps HDR, 1080p@30/60/120fps; 5-axis gyro-EIS, OIS options.

Video on selfie camera of the Xperia 1 VIII is supported with 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 5-axis gyro-EIS options.

in your hands

Sony made their Xperia 1 VIII model with width 74mm, height 162mm and tickness 8.3mm.

3 colors are available for Xperia 1 VIII, graphite black, iolite silver, garnet red finally native gold.

Screen on Xperia 1 VIII made with technologies LTPO OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR BT.2020, on that point this phone was ahead from only 14% existing mobile phones by diplay size, more detailed 6.5 inches, 103.7 cm2 (~86.5% screen-to-body ratio) display having resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels having proportions 19.5:9 and with density 396 pixels in 1 inch square, about screen protection we can note that it is corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, Mohs level 5.

Little about performance

Octa-core (2x4.6 GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix L + 6x3.62 GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix M) processor was designed for Xperia 1 VIII, with chipset Qualcomm SM8850-AC Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (3 nm), Taking into account Xperia 1 VIII category video adapter on this phone is Adreno 840.

Storage on Xperia 1 VIII is 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM, microSD is supported microSDXC (dedicated slot), OS is Android 16, up to 4 major Android upgrades.