Functional and beautiful

The new rigid frame and functional tactile rear glass exude quality in the hand, with improved grip and fingerprint resistance. The iconic camera bump draws the eye even more to the powerful camera, for the ultimate expression of functional beauty.

Colours full of personality

The Xperia 1 VII is available in a range of colours, custom-designed to interact with and elevate the tactile glass texture.

Improved camera design

The premium metal camera bump houses three lenses in a classic pill shape. Textures and colours are designed to integrate seamlessly with the body colours, while projecting the professionalism of a dedicated camera.

Dedicated shutter button

An enlarged shutter button improves shooting with a half-press focus lock like dedicated cameras. It serves as a shortcut to instantly launch the camera without unlocking or touching the screen.

Improved wired headphone sound quality

The Xperia 1 VII features a premium-grade audio integrated circuit delivering intensely detailed and expansive sound. Every note sounds crystal clear, for a harmonious listening experience.

AI Camerawork helps you create pro-level stable and framed videos

With AI Camerawork, your subject always remains the focus. Posture Estimation anticipates human movement for dependable focus, while the enhanced stabilisation ensures shots are smooth and compelling. The new Subject Position Lock maintains their position in the frame, even when walking and shooting, for truly professional results.

Be in the moment and still take great videos

No need to concentrate your attention on your phone screen for framing precious memories. With new Auto Framing, the Xperia 1 VII captures the whole scene with a wide angle, plus a horizontal or vertical close-up video. Let your Xperia do the subject chasing, so you can just be in the moment.

Low-light capability in line with full-frame cameras

The new 16 mm ultra wide-angle sensor is 2.1x larger than the previous model and the 24 mm lens features our revolutionary Exmor T for mobile sensor. The result is both cameras can deliver night shooting equivalent to full-frame cameras, with low noise and wide dynamic range.

New ultra-wide 16 mm shots, designed to impress

Capture clear night shots equivalent to full-frame cameras, with low noise and wide dynamic range.

New ultra-wide 16 mm shots, designed to impress

To capture more light, the new Ultra-wide sensor is 2.1x bigger than the previous model, at 1/1.56", plus 48MP pixel binning, all for beautiful and low-noise 12MP images.* Previous model.

New ultra-wide 16 mm shots, designed to impress

Multiple successive shots can be composited to a single image, identifying and reducing noise, and expanding the dynamic range.

New Ultra-wide lens with minimal distortion

The new ultra-wide lens reduces distortion often found in wide-angle photos of subjects like buildings and trees. Additionally, enabling the Face distortion correction feature[FN|The front lens automatically applies this feature.
The ultra-wide lens feature must be enabled in the menu.] allows it to correct facial distortions at the edges.

Ultra HDR for an authentic view

Reviewing images on your Xperia 1 VII is a revelation. Thanks to the Ultra HDR, you can view your pictures details within the darkest darks and brightest brights to create photos that are more authentic.

Be the portrait expert

Capture unique portraits that only Xperia 1 VII can. The improved Bokeh mode will create impressive defocused backdrops just like from a full-frame camera. The colourful neon lights at night can be expressed with a beautiful bokeh. You can capture people with faithful skin tones.

Never miss the expression

Powerful AI processing delivers Real-time Tracking and Real-time Eye AF, for dependable sharp focus, always ready for the perfect expressive moment.

Get really close with Telemacro

Our unique innovation and experience in digital imaging means our 120 mm telephoto lens can focus from as little as 4 cm for nearly 2x magnification, capturing a world invisible to the naked eye.

Dynamic close-ups with an ultra-wide lens

Close-up photography with an ultra-wide lens lets you capture your subject in dynamic and immersive ways, automatically focusing as close as 5 cm.

Versatility with multiple focal lengths

The Xperia 1 VII adds a new 16 mm Ultra-wide lens to the standard 24 mm and 48 mm focal lengths. The unique Telephoto lens features true optical zoom from 85 to 170 mm. These three lenses feature ZEISS T* anti-reflective coating, which contributes to the superior optical quality of images by minimising unwanted lens effects such as reflections. A 24 mm front camera completes the camera set-up.

Alpha technology in your pocket

Built with industry-leading Alpha technology, Creative Look and S-Cinetone for mobile ensures colour and tonality much more typical of a professional camera than a smartphone. Start your creative journey with up to 30 frames per second with AF/AE burst shot, 4K 120fps HDR video recording and much more.

Pro controls for limitless creativity

Our Pro Photo and Pro Video camera interfaces are inherited directly from Alpha cameras for professional flexibility. Capture RAW photographs, and leverage full manual control over shutter, exposure, and much more.

Dedicated shutter button

To help improve the shooting experience, we’ve increased the size of the shutter button, making it easier to release. The button is also designed for 2-stage operation, just like a real camera, with a half-press to activate AF focus lock. Plus, you can press and hold the shutter button any time to launch the camera, even with the screen off, so you’ll never miss a moment.

Find your Creative Look

Featuring Creative Look, a selection of six preset for photos or video, saving post-processing time for instant social media. Includes Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Film, Instant and Soft Highkey.

Create cinematic videos

Inspired by Sony’s Cinema Line cameras, S-Cinetone for mobile captures videos with more beautiful skin tones and cinematic highlight roll off without the need for post-production colour grading.

Supporting creative work from shooting to production.

Creators’ Cloud is a platform that supports creative work from shooting to production by combining advanced Sony camera technology with cloud-based AI. It’s also a place for discovery and collaboration with other creators around the world. Explore the web, mobile, and PC-based apps, providing efficient solutions that integrate cameras with shooting and production apps and services. Creators’ Cloud plays an important role in enabling you to access, manage, download and upload your content when you’re out in the field.

Live Streaming

Live stream to YouTube™ or other platforms supporting Realtime Messaging Protocol (RTMP) while still benefitting from premium camera features, like S-Cinetone for mobile. A live chat viewing function is also available, enabling interaction with your audience.

Higher sound quality with WALKMAN® DNA

The high-performance audio integrated circuit and redesigned signal pathways were developed in collaboration with WALKMAN® engineers, for unparalleled sound quality. Enjoy precise sound image localization and incredible resolution, for an auditory experience you could never before imagine from a smartphone.

High-quality components for the best Xperia sound ever

By using the same grade of high-quality components as our WALKMAN® line and adopting our proprietary high-quality solder containing gold on the audio jack section, transmission loss is thoroughly minimized, reproducing a dynamic sense of stage and scale. Fine sound resistors with non-magnetic copper plating help eliminate sound distortion from magnetic interference. It all adds up to smooth, transparent, and rich sound for music.

Improved wired headphone sound quality

The Xperia 1 VII features a premium-grade audio integrated circuit that delivers intensely detailed and expansive sound. Every note sounds crystal clear, providing you with a harmonious and pleasant listening experience.

Revitalise your sound with AI

Our high-precision AI upscaling technology, DSEE Ultimate™, was uniquely developed in collaboration with Sony Music. Everything you listen to, from on-device tracks to streaming, wired or wireless, is upscaled to restore resolution lost in compression, for near High-Resolution Audio quality.

Hear the sound the artist intended

The Xperia 1 VII supports High-Resolution Audio from both streaming services and local playback, with exceptional wired output and industry-leading LDAC™ wireless.

Hear the sound the artist intended

Experience wrap-around realism and three-dimensional music in 360 Reality Audio or Dolby Atmos® formats from compatible streaming services, for headphones and Full-stage stereo speakers.

Unprecedented quality and power with new Full-stage stereo speakers

Our unique Full-stage stereo speakers are engineered to deliver a realistic sense of presence, featuring an expansive soundstage and true-to-life natural tone. In collaboration with Sony Music Entertainment, we have further improved our sound tuning, achieving extended treble and up to 10 richer mid-bass.

Sound creation in collaboration with Sony Music Entertainment

We collaborate with Sony Music on music reproduction and sound creation, ensuring you can enjoy music as intended by creators. Michael Piacentini is a sound engineer at Battery Studios, a Sony Music production facility specialising in immersive mixing and mastering. He has been involved in the production of many 360 Reality Audio mixes for artists such as The Chainsmokers and others.

Stable wireless connections even in crowded places

The Bluetooth® transmission power is up to twice that of previous models, offering enhanced reliability for connection even in crowded environments.

The highest audio standards

Xperia supports many audio industry technologies and formats, including High-Resolution Audio, High-Resolution Audio Wireless, LDAC™, Bluetooth® LE Audio, Snapdragon Sound, 360 Reality Audio and Dolby Atmos®.

Brightest Xperia display ever

The Xperia 1 VII display has evolved to look even more stunning in any situation compared to the previous model. With the addition of a new Rear Light illuminance sensor, automatic colour adjustment function, and an increase in peak brightness, visibility has been improved even under sunlight or in backlit conditions. You can enjoy easy-to-see images.

The beauty of BRAVIA™, thanks to AI

AI image adjustment technology works on the image quality, including colour, contrast, and texture, reproducing the image quality of the BRAVIA™ flagship model. On top of that, the engineers make minor adjustments to improve reproducibility.

Experience cinema-like visuals on mobile.

Creator mode refers to Sony’s Professional Monitors and our own expertise help us to faithfully reproduce every detail and colour exactly as the creator intended. You can enjoy video with HDR playback on the Xperia 1 VII and the device supports HDR standard, BT.2020 colour gamut, 10 bit tonal gradation, to display a wide range of colours without banding. A D65 white point and DCI-P3 helps reproduce colours more accurately.

Experience cinema quality immersive sound

Through our collaboration with Sony Pictures, the Xperia 1 VII provides access to Dolby Atmos® audio quality filmmakers intended with Full-stage stereo speakers and premium headphones. Enjoy powerful bass and enhanced, cinema-like immersive sound.Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Now Available © 2024 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. and TSG Entertainment II LLC. All Rights Reserved.

2 days of battery life

The Xperia 1 VII can achieve an impressive two days of battery life, and this usage time can be enhanced by Processing optimization for use cases as watching videos, browsing internet, etc. You can enjoy your Xperia without worries.

More than 36 hours of continuous viewing

With a longer-lasting battery, you can play videos continuously for more than 36 hours, enough for lots of movies and series marathons.

4 years of battery health

Xperia’s unique charging optimisation technologies, Battery Care and Xperia Adaptive Charging, help reduce the battery’s load during charging.​ This means you can expect a long-life battery even after four years of use.

Wireless Charging

Enjoy the convenience of wireless charging with a Qi-certified wireless charger to help power up your battery without the need to plug it in.​

Battery share​

Got another device that’s running low? You can use the Xperia 1 VII as a wireless charging pad to top up headphones and more.​

The Snapdragon® 8 Elite is performance transformed

The Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile Platform is performance transformed —revolutionising your on-device experiences with our powerhouse Qualcomm Oryon™ CPU, with 4.32 GHz peak CPU speeds, and an astounding 45 boost in CPU performance. Get support for a suite of flagship experiences including raw power for revolutionary gaming and studio-quality audio – all backed by AI-enhanced 5G and Wi-Fi® 7.

Efficient cooling, for exceptional performance

For reliable and prolonged performance, the Xperia 1 VII features a vapour chamber cooler, and graphite heat diffusion sheets for heat dissipation. ​It also benefits high-demanding games.

Protection from drops, dust and scratches

The Xperia 1 VII uses Corning® Gorilla® Glass Victus® 2 in the front, which contains an average of 25 of pre-consumer recycled content. In addition, it maintains superior scratch resistance and improves drop performance on rougher surfaces. The back features Corning® Gorilla® Glass Victus® with a special texture and frosted glass finish, making it more resistant to fingerprints and surface scratches. Xperia 1 VII IP65/68 is also water resistance and protected against dust.

Up to 2 TB microSD Card

Easily replace your SIM or microSD card up to 2 TB, without needing a special tool for the SIM tray.

High performance all around​

Game Enhancer delivers a personalized gaming experience tailored to each smartphone gaming enthusiast.

FPS Optimiser

The FPS optimiser give the perfect balance of image rendering performance, power consumption and low surface temperatures. Ideal for heavy-load games and can be activated for maximum battery life.

Snapdragon Elite Gaming

The Xperia 1 VII is optimised with Snapdragon Elite Gaming for outstanding performance in a variety of games.

4 Android OS and 6 years of Security upgrades

Your new Xperia 1 VII will provide 4 Android® upgrades and 6 years of Security Maintenance Release.

Wi-Fi® 7​

Experience a faster, more stable, lower latency connection for video streaming and conferencing, online gaming and more. Wi-Fi 7 provides reliable communication even in dense network environments.

Smart connectivity

The Xperia 1 VII continually analyses and assesses Wi-Fi signal quality. If it predicts a compromise in connection, it switches to your mobile data so you’re always on the best connection available.

AI technology cultivated through Sony’s dedicated devices​

Using Sony’s experience in innovative product development and compelling content creation, we bring the Xperia Intelligence to enhance the experience of shooting, listening, and viewing with the Xperia 1 VII, in real time.

Camera AI technology

Support creative ambitions with Human Pose Estimation, Real-time Eye AF, intelligent Primary Subject Recognition, and precision white balance, exposure and Depth Estimation for focusing.

Audio AI technology

With DSEE Ultimate™, stream. and playback on-device audio with AI enhancement, to deliver near High-Resolution Audio quality, to both wired or wireless audio devices.

Display AI technology

The unique AI image quality adjustment technology reproduces a visual beauty you’d expect from BRAVIA™.

Google Gemini app

Chat with Gemini, an AI assistant from Google, to supercharge your ideas. Get help learning in new ways, writing emails, planning events and more. Use text, voice, photos and your camera to get help in new ways.

Magic Editor

Perfect your pics in Google Photos with AI-powered editing tools like Magic Editor, Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, and more. With Magic Editor*, reimagine your photos using generative AI. Just tap or circle the object you want to edit, hold and drag to reposition, or pinch to resize them.

Circle to Search with Google

Instantly search anything you see on your phone with Google. Circle, highlight, scribble, or tap any image, video, or text to search without switching apps. Quickly get the info you need, then get right back to what you’re doing.Works with compatible accounts. Internet connection required. Check responses for accuracy.Feature availability varies based on language. Google, Gemini, Android, Google Photos, and other marks are trademarks of Google LLC.* Results may vary depending on visual matches.

It’s easy to switch to Xperia

Whether you’re switching from an Android™ or an iOS device, we’ve made it easy to transfer all of your data, content and apps to your brand-new Xperia 1 VII.

More reasons to choose Xperia™

From the elimination of plastic in our packaging, to our accessibility features, find out how we’re building inclusivity and environmental consciousness into our products.

Making packaging sustainable

At Sony, we appreciate that our operations as a global corporation need to consider the environment. That’s why we’ve created our global environmental plan, Road to Zero, which aims to achieve a zero environmental footprint throughout the life cycle of our products and business activities by 2050.​

Packaging and environment

As part of our environmentally conscious initiative drive, the Xperia 1 VII packaging uses paper materials and Sony’s OBM (Original Blended Material) only. See more details about our OBM below.

Meet our Original Blended Material

The Xperia 1 VII packaging uses paper and Sony’s OBM (Original Blended Material), which is made from bamboo, sugarcane fibres, and recycled paper. These materials are readily available around the world’s largest manufacturing hubs in Asia. The Xperia factory is also located in Asia, meaning that the device production is closer to the OBM resources, reducing the transport carbon footprint.

Recycled materials are used for all plastic parts in the Xperia 1 VII

One of those materials is SORPLAS™, developed by Sony. SORPLAS™ is a recycled plastic with the environment in mind, that offers high performance, making it ideal for our new products. We use SORPLAS™ in our devices whenever possible to use this unique material without quality compromise.

Accessibility

From enabling voice control to increasing text size, the Xperia 1 VII includes a range of accessibility features, enabling more people to communicate according to their individual needs.

Camera accessibility

Those who suffer from full or partial vision can opt to have a sound played when their camera tilts to one side or the other.