SONY XPERIA 1 VII
Glow your own way
Sony’s Xperia range continues to go it alone with features other flagships have long given up on… but will keeping old fans happy stop the 1 VII winning over new ones?
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There was a point earlier this year when I wondered whether Sony’s next smartphone might never make an appearance… but the Xperia 1 VII is here, and the company’s unwavering commitment to doing things its own way remains intact.
Like most of 2025’s flagships it’s equipped with Qualcomm’s most potent processor: the Snapdragon 8 Elite. The screen is a 6.5in OLED and it’s just as pocket-friendly as the outgoing Xperia 1 VI, even if it is more of a handful than Samsung’s crazily slim Galaxy S25 Edge (reviewed on p29).