At MWC 2019, Sony just announced a couple of new smartphones including the new Sony Xperia 1. For the first time, the Sony Mobile team worked together with the Sony Alpha, Sony Bravia, and Sony CineAlta teams. The result is an impressive smartphone furnished with a three lenses camera, and an OLED 4K HDR 21:9 CinemaWide display. Let’s take a look at it. Massive OLED 4K HDR 21:9 CinemaWide Display One of the first thing that stands out when you look at Sony’s new Xperia 1 is the big 6.5″ 21:9 screen. The screen resolution is 1644 x 3840. A 21:9 display is not a “world premiere” as smartphones like the Huawei Mate 20 RS also features this screen size. This extra-wide format of the screen is especially useful if you want to watch contents shot in a 2:35 aspect ratio without any black bars on your screen. However, what is unique about the Sony Xperia 1’s display is that it is the first OLED 4K HDR screen in a smartphone. You can tell that the Sony Mobile team teamed with the Sony Bravia team. The Xperia 1 has a 10-bit display that should be able to display contents without any banding. With a high contrast ratio of 1000,000:1, it should represent “deeper” blacks. Also, the screen supports various color spaces like ITU-R BT2020 and DCI-P3/D65 White Point. Otherwise, no words from Sony about color calibration or an average DeltaE. Finally, the X1 brings an interesting HDR remastering technology. The smartphone...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 8 March, 2019