Sony does not promote many smartphones within the US, so it is at all times large information when a brand new one arrives — significantly a high-end mannequin. After launching in different areas final 12 months, the Xperia 5 III is now available stateside for $1,000, Ars Technica has reported. 

The Xperia 5 III is barely smaller than the corporate’s shopper flagship Xperia 1 III however has fairly related specs. It comes with a Snapdragon 888 SoC, 6.1-inch 2,520 x 1,080 (21:9) 120Hz show, 8GB of RAM (in comparison with 12GB for the 1 III) and 128GB of storage, together with a triple digicam setup with a 12-megapixel important digicam, 12-megapixel ultrawide and 12-megapixel 3x telephoto. It affords a Gorilla Glass 6 show and IP65/68 water resistance and should you do not thoughts Sony’s usually squarish design cues, seems very premium.

The show delivers 10-bit coloration depth and is “powered by CineAlta” (the identify of its high-end cinema cameras) so it ought to present correct colours and pores and skin tones. The cameras aren’t significantly high-resolution, however they do have Zeiss lenses “calibrated specifically for Xperia,” Sony mentioned. The important digicam has a stacked bottom illuminated Exmor RS picture sensor, delivering 20fps burst speeds with AF and AE monitoring. On the video facet, it affords Cinematography Pro additionally powered by CineAlta, with 4K HDR at as much as 120 fps.

In different phrases, it is a camera-first smartphone designed for people who’re actually into pictures or video. It’s not for everybody contemplating it prices $1,000 at Best Buy and elsewhere, however it’s good to have one other premium smartphone possibility for the US market.