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The Xperia 1 V is Sony’s upcoming flagship handset, and its launch timeline just surfaced. The thing is, it seems to follow the path the Xperia 1 IV set, and that’s not exactly good. There’s still hope, though. Let me explain.
The Sony Xperia 1 V launch timeline has just been revealed, kind of
This information comes from Zackbuks, a tipster. He shared the info via Weibo. It seems like the Xperia 1 V will launch around the same time as the Xperia 1 IV last year. In other words, it may launch in May, and go on sale in June.
That doesn’t sound too bad, right? In the worst case scenario, it may take over a month for it to get released. Well, the thing is, the Xperia 1 IV launched in June in the UK, but it didn’t arrive in the US until September.
Sony just can’t seem to get itself organized when it comes to smartphone launches. The company has been having such issues for years. Things were even worse with the Xperia 1 III.
The phone got released in China in early June 2021, while it took Sony until mid-August to push it out in the US and the UK. It’s also worth noting that Zackbuks is talking about the Chinese market, and China (and Japan) usually get the company’s phone sooner than others.
Let’s hope Sony learned its lesson
So… what’s the bottom line? Well, we may be in for yet another rather odd release schedule when it comes to Sony’s flagship offering. Sony will hopefully do things differently this time around, but it doesn’t seem like it.
Sony has been making some really compelling phones over the years, and yet… thanks to its release cycle, and odd marketing choices, not many people got them. That’s a bit odd for such a huge company that provides almost every major smartphone out there with camera sensors.
Let’s hope Sony learned its lesson from past years. Let’s hope the Xperia 1 V release timeline will be much different.