Sony Xperia 1 V Design Reported As Online Image Leaks May Include Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Soc: Report

The Sony Xperia 1 V may soon be launched by the Japanese smartphone maker. While the company has yet to reveal any details about the handset, purported images have recently surfaced online giving us a glimpse of its design. Sony has yet to announce plans to launch such a handset, but its key specs have already been spotted on Chinese microblogging website Weibo. The phone is expected to debut as the successor to the Sony Xperia 10 IV launched last year.

According to a leaked image on the Esato forums (via Sumaho Digest), the alleged smartphone features a triple-camera setup with an LED flash on its rear panel. Interestingly, the LED flash sits inside the camera island, unlike last year’s Xperia 1 IV which has an LED flash outside the camera island .

Sony Xperia 1 V will have an LED flash inside the camera island
Photo credit: Sumaho Digest

The leaked image of the Sony Xperia 1 V also shows an NFC logo on the right of the camera island. Along with the image, a report from Sumaho Digest also indicates that the company may unveil the Xperia 1 V at MWC 2023 which is set to start on February 27 in Barcelona. A second report quotes a tipper on Weibo claiming that the Xperia 1 V will be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC.

The Sony Xperia 1 V is expected to succeed the Sony Xperia 1 IV launched last year in May. The phone was priced at $1,599 (around Rs 123,500) in the US. The phone sports a 6.5-inch 4K HDR OLED display with bezels. The screen has a refresh rate of 120Hz and an aspect ratio of 21:9.

The phone also offers 240Hz touch sampling rate and 240Hz motion blur reduction technology for gaming. The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC paired with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage and runs on Android 12. It sports a triple rear camera setup with three 12MP Exmor RS image sensors .