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TL;DR
- A picture of what’s believed to be the Xperia 1 V has leaked on-line.
- Sony’s subsequent flagship cellphone seems to lose the ToF digital camera and the RGB IR sensor.
- The Xperia 1 V could possibly be introduced at MWC Barcelona 2023.
In contrast to Samsung or Google, Sony has finished a fairly good job at holding pictures of its subsequent flagship cellphone from leaking. Nevertheless, nothing lasts without end and it appears like we lastly obtained our first have a look at the gadget.
A brand new leak from Weibo consumer Zackbuks has offered us with what seems to be a picture of Sony’s Xperia 1 V. The picture isn’t a lot — only a close-up of the again of the handset — however it provides us some data we didn’t have earlier than.
If you happen to look carefully on the digital camera bump, you’ll discover that this gadget seems to be lacking the Xperia 1 IV’s ToF digital camera and the RGB IR sensor. If that is certainly the Xperia 1 V, then Sony’s subsequent flagship could solely function three sensors. It additionally appears as if Sony has moved the LED flash within the bump, as an alternative of getting it exterior like within the Xperia 1 IV.
To the correct of the digital camera island, you’ll see an NFC brand. This implies that is a global mannequin because the Japan-exclusive mannequin doubtless would’ve had a Felica brand as an alternative.
Along with the picture, it’s additionally instructed that Sony is planning on asserting the Xperia 1 V at MWC Barcelona 2023. The occasion is scheduled to begin on February 27 and final till March 2. So we could not have to attend lengthy for a full reveal.
Sony has a little bit of a behavior of asserting its Xperia 1 line nicely forward of the cellphone’s precise launch date. Living proof, the Xperia IV was introduced on Might 11, 2022, and later launched on June 11, 2022. If the rumor is true, Sony could take an analogous method of ready a couple of months after the announcement to really launch it.