Sony’s next flagship phone is official, but it currently remains unclear if you’ll be able to buy one. Sony has yet to confirm or deny whether the phone will go on sale in the US. The phone is available to preorder in markets like Europe, Japan, and the UK.
The design of the Xperia VII similar to its most recent flagship smartphones with three color options of Moss Green, Orchid Purple, and Slate Black.
The phone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset that we’ve seen in a lot of top-end phones across 2025. That’s paired with 12GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. There isn’t a higher storage option for the Xperia 1 VII, but you do get microSD support up to 2TB if you want some extra room.
Sony has leant on its other hardware divisions for the Xperia VII, including the Alpha brand for its camera tech and Bravia TV for the phone’s display. The brand also brought in the Walkman division for the first time to help with audio tuning.
“The high-performance audio integrated circuit and redesigned signal pathways were developed in collaboration with Walkman engineers, for unparalleled sound quality,” says Sony. “Enjoy precise sound image localization and incredible resolution, for an auditory experience you could never before imagine from a smartphone.”
Alongside the audio tweaks, there’s a 3.5mm headphone jack on the Xperia 1 VII. That’s a feature almost all other flagship phones have dropped. For this generation Sony also included gold in the solder, which it says will minimize transmission loss.
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Sony has also brought more artificial intelligence tech to the Xperia line, and most of the new features are aimed at improving the way you watch, record, or listen. These new features fall under the Xperia Intelligence brand.
The brand has particularly highlighted the camera side, which works with the phone’s triple camera setup. There’s a new 48MP ultrawide camera that goes alongside the 48MP main, and 12MP telephoto sensors.
Xperia Intelligence features on the camera side include Human Pose Estimation, Real-time Eye Auto Focus, Primary Subject Recognition, and Depth Estimation all aiming to make taking a photograph easier.
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PCMag has asked Sony to confirm whether or not the phone will come to the US and we’ll update here when we hear more. Previous Sony phones have often come to the US market, but the company chose not to release its Xperia 1 VI from 2024.
The phone is more expensive than previous generations, too. Sony has increased the price to £1,399 in the UK, which is £100 more than the last-gen. If this handset does come to the US, expect it to cost somewhere around $1,500.
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