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Sony Xperia Pro-I hands-on

The Sony Xperia Pro-I isn’t the first phone to have a one-inch camera sensor. But it is the first to put the one-inch sensor from the popular Sony RX100 VII camera into a phone. Sony also added a mechanical dual-aperture, EyeAF for video and a new 50mm camera. We got our hands on a pre-production…

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The Sony Xperia Pro-I isn’t the first phone to have a one-inch camera sensor. But it is the first to put the one-inch sensor from the popular Sony RX100 VII camera into a phone. Sony also added a mechanical dual-aperture, EyeAF for video and a new 50mm camera. We got our hands on a pre-production unit and got to spend a week testing it out in San Francisco.

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49 Comments

  1. Robert R

    October 26, 2021 at 5:18 pm

    Genuine review, great production, professional speaker. Happy to see and hear that!

  2. hopei90

    October 26, 2021 at 5:21 pm

    Damn you Sony, just when I was thinking about getting the Microsoft Duo!!!

  3. Sadeque Mia

    October 26, 2021 at 5:28 pm

    Price in Bangladesh to high

  4. Petit Von

    October 26, 2021 at 5:49 pm

    It seems to be pretty good, I want to take photos with 🤗

  5. Let's Ride Illinois

    October 26, 2021 at 5:52 pm

    No reason for a phone that’s nearly 2Gs to have Android 11 out the box when 12 is already out. Never understood why OEMs do this.

  6. DJVader

    October 26, 2021 at 6:15 pm

    Looks ugly.

  7. Carl Lewis

    October 26, 2021 at 6:28 pm

    Love the design its so sleek

  8. 王虎知

    October 26, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    That image is crazy good

  9. Allen A

    October 26, 2021 at 8:04 pm

    I’m going to be dead before sony puts a decent front camera

  10. urband10

    October 26, 2021 at 8:33 pm

    One of these days Sony will put a mount in lenses and that will be it. A camera with a phone

  11. David Ko

    October 26, 2021 at 8:54 pm

    This is like a total slap to Apple’s face. Nice phone Sony!

  12. david

    October 26, 2021 at 9:01 pm

    If it had iOS,I’d buy one…

  13. Universal Chat

    October 26, 2021 at 9:02 pm

    Who is going to buy this actually lol

  14. SUPER LABINE

    October 26, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    People who still buy sony phones are the same weirdos who use wrist straps on their phones 🤣

  15. Sally

    October 26, 2021 at 9:43 pm

    If Sony put the same image processing as their dedicated camera that would be a win. Their phones have the worst photos because of the processing. The sensors are always good.

  16. Night Phenix

    October 26, 2021 at 10:39 pm

    I don’t know if this was a promotional video for the iPhone 13 Pro Max, but the iPhone destroyed the Xperia. Didn’t you see the picture quality on the iPhone? 4:14

  17. Michael

    October 26, 2021 at 10:48 pm

    HOW COULD SONY DARE PUT AN 8 MP ON THE FRONT CAMERA OF THIS XPERIA PRO-I??!!!!! COME ON, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN $1,800 SMARTPHONE!!! IN 2021, YOU CANNOT PUT A CAMERA THAT IS LESS THAN 12 MP WITH IOS AND WITH 4K AT 60 PFS EITHER FRONT OR REAR. APART FROM THIS STUPID MISTAKE, THIS CAMERA IS PERFECT AND IT USHERS A NEW ERA IN SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY. GOOD JOB SONY BUT PLEASE STOP PUTTING CAMERAS LESS THAN 12 MP ON THE FRONT ON ANY OF YOUR SMARTPHONES, WE ARE IN 2021!!!

  18. Jeremy Mack

    October 26, 2021 at 11:10 pm

    CNET’s paying Ron Jeremy to do their phone reviews now? Clever

  19. jErnesto Fernán

    October 26, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    I’m starting my YouTube channel; I mean, if sounding incoherent and like have no clue what he’s talking about is how this guy does video for a major channel, I should have no problem getting to a million subscribers in a month or so.

    What a waste of time!

  20. MadKad

    October 26, 2021 at 11:41 pm

    5:17 “SD card slot / micro SD card slot” you mean *sim* card / micro SD card slot?

  21. OSD

    October 26, 2021 at 11:53 pm

    specs are cool and all but the end result is severly lacking. Gives the same quality as a webcam.

  22. Natthawut Talakham

    October 27, 2021 at 12:01 am

    Big sensor but small lens. What’s a point?

  23. From Dusk To Dawn

    October 27, 2021 at 1:08 am

    Wow, Sony is shoving the competition into the corner with this release.

  24. The Atomic Dom

    October 27, 2021 at 1:15 am

    That was a long ad

  25. Richard R

    October 27, 2021 at 12:38 pm

    I actually like the design. I have a soft spot for Sony in general since I remember their glory days. I always root for the underdog especially in phones because whatever brand you prefer, competition benefits us all- especially in an Apple/ Samsung dominated world.

  26. Caven In To The World

    October 27, 2021 at 1:13 pm

    This is really the upgrade from the previous. Because xperia 1-1iii is just almost the same and this took the step ahead! Good thing I waited for this release. I’m gonna wait again for the next one. 🤣😂 Phone getting better together with the price getting higher. 🤣😂 Still using my xz premium. I hope to get a hold on this one in the future.

  27. Question Everything

    October 27, 2021 at 1:22 pm

    As a photographer I couldn’t help but notice the iPhone pics were better. Sony had blown out skies.

  28. Random footages

    October 27, 2021 at 1:28 pm

    Still 12 megapixel 🤮🤢😮‍💨🙄🤔🥱🥱😏😏

  29. naresh madnani

    October 27, 2021 at 1:33 pm

    So finally sony made a camera with phone features.

  30. Robert Kelly

    October 27, 2021 at 1:38 pm

    The phone to liquidate Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max overpriced underspeced smartphone and Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra.

  31. RationalPragmatist

    October 27, 2021 at 1:43 pm

    overpriced for general consumers and pro photogs won’t use it either.

  32. JUICE GAMING

    October 27, 2021 at 2:06 pm

    Diabetes 🤪

  33. kpoplivevid

    October 27, 2021 at 2:06 pm

    Not sure why CNET always airs reviews of Sony pre-production half working models and make sarcastic comments about the missing function, while other YouTube channels airing reviews day of product announcements are reviews with working models.

  34. MaZEEZaM

    October 27, 2021 at 2:20 pm

    Its certainly pretty darn expensive, especially once converted to Aussie dollars but as I enjoy taking photoes with my phone, especially macro of flora and fauna, I would definitely look towards further review of its photo taking ability and consider buying it.

  35. noob gamer

    October 27, 2021 at 2:43 pm

    nokia left the group chat.

  36. Alwyn Maynard

    October 27, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    Never thought I’d say this about any phone costing more than £1,000 but with this camera it seems worth the money.

  37. sammie carswell

    October 27, 2021 at 3:12 pm

    But how much of the inch sensor are you really using due to the lens size? If not 100%, why put it in the phone to begin with.

  38. Najee GHANIM

    October 27, 2021 at 3:29 pm

    Both Pixel 6 & iPhone 13 pictures came out butter when compared to Sony Xperia Pro-I !!

  39. Rio Winaryo

    October 27, 2021 at 3:31 pm

    Nice but too expensive as they have no 50mp or 100mp

  40. Jan-Peter Mohwinkel

    October 27, 2021 at 4:07 pm

    It is obvious that tries to combine phones and cameras I think they test new software to implement that software to future cameras.

  41. Гражданину В

    October 27, 2021 at 4:42 pm

    Im not impressed by video samples and photos from Sony Xperia Pro-I. I was Xperia 1 owner 1 years ago. Enough for me.

  42. Danny d Man

    October 27, 2021 at 4:57 pm

    I don’t want to comment on the phone. I want to comment on your style. Man! You’re candid and I like the way you do the video of this! First time here. Hola from Singapura!

  43. Homo Analyticus

    October 27, 2021 at 5:30 pm

    At similar price you can get a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, an iPhone 13 Pro with 1Tb or this one. Thus, having the money you must choose between superscreen, superstorage or supercamera… or wait some years for this tech features to be popularized. Anyway, the future is promising if we have enough microchips to get there

  44. Jager

    October 27, 2021 at 5:45 pm

    No surprise that it still suck hard
    Look at that crappy dynamic range
    It was always the same. Never improves.
    Seems like the software team can’t match to take advantage of the huge hardware upgrade
    Its like playing an mp3 file on a 2000 dollar walkman :/

  45. Goku Ultra Instinct

    October 27, 2021 at 7:19 pm

    Sony put a phone on their camera. Danggggg

  46. Lee Garrard - THE LAMB'S GARDEN

    October 27, 2021 at 9:50 pm

    MY NIPPLES ARE HARD!!!!

  47. bthdimension

    October 27, 2021 at 10:27 pm

    Only using 60% of the sensor really shows … On a large monitor, the images are just not as crisp as they should be. Why not make the lens a bit bigger in such a niche phone? Then you could easily cover the whole sensor and I’d actually buy the thing.

  48. william barney

    October 27, 2021 at 11:08 pm

    Do you have your own channel? Great review! Definitely appreciate the humor!!

  49. jamescohen

    October 28, 2021 at 12:02 am

    It would be great to have some samples of the video and photos to look at that haven’t been pre-digested by Youtube. I had the Red Hydrogen 1. So I have learned caution. I also just bought, and sold the same day, the Pixel 6 pro which I found to have a terribly ordinary phone camera, which is at BEST the same as the Samsung S20 ultra and a little bit noisier in photos. Very low rez. dd to that no expandable storage so you only have what is left of 250 gbs after all your apps and email are subtracted. So you won’t be taking a lot of 4K video with it. But the good news it isn’t really 4K. Just the file sizes are.

    The Sony PRO-I looks like the only phone on the market with an improved camera from what I can see. But it sure would be great to have a place to download a few video and photo samples, ideally in RAW to play with and see what they really look like.

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