Sony is announcing the new Xperia 1 VI on May 15, and today a new teaser for the phone has seemingly been outed by an account over on X.
The teaser is all about zoom, which makes sense since the only new camera in the Xperia 1 VI compared to its predecessor has been rumored to be the periscope telephoto which will allegedly go from 85mm all the way up to 170mm, equivalent to roughly 7x optical zoom compared to the main camera.
🚨Another New Sony Xperia Teaser! 🚨
The NEW PERISCOPE LENS !!It shows the Telephoto Zoom 85-170mm Lens: Features a variable focal length for close-up shots, with up to 7X zoom to capture distant subjects with clarity. Even though in the video it shows till 138mm we feel it… pic.twitter.com/hl5JgB0MZS
— INSIDER SONY (@INSIDERSONY) May 10, 2024
The teaser video only shows it going to 138mm, however, so make of that what you wish. Either way, we’ll know straight from the horse’s mouth what’s what in just about five days from now.
The Xperia 1 VI will have a 19.5:9 aspect ratio for its screen, a first for the series which so far went with 21:9 for a more cinematographic look, and it could even drop the 4K resolution. It’s expected to be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 of course, with 12/16GB of RAM. The main camera and the ultrawide should be identical to those in the Xperia 1 V, but with improved software processing – and finally, one unified camera app.
