Sony Xperia 1 VII with Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC and 12GB of RAM Surfaces on Geekbench Forward of Launch

Sony Xperia 1 VII is extensively believed to be in improvement because the successor to the Xperia 1 VI. The telephone has surfaced on a benchmarking web site, which not solely hints in direction of its imminent debut, but additionally particulars a number of of its specs. It’s mentioned to be powered by the flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset with 12GB of RAM. It could ship with Android 15. Notably, this improvement comes following the purported handset’s itemizing on Taiwan’s Nationwide Communications Fee (NCC) web site.

Sony Xperia 1 VII Geekbench Itemizing

A handset with the mannequin quantity “Sony XQ-FS54” has been listed on Geekbench (through GSMArena). It has an octa-core chipset with an ARM v8 structure that includes two cores clocking speeds of 4.32GHz, six different cores working at 3.53GHz. That is imagined to be the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, turning into the primary Sony smartphone to characteristic this flagship chipset.

The SoC could also be paired with roughly 10.90GB of RAM, which may very well be rounded off to 12GB. The telephone is listed as operating Android 15 and has a motherboard with “solar” because the identifier.

Benchmark scores for the purported Sony Xperia 1 VII additionally give us an thought of what to anticipate from the handset when it comes to the efficiency upon its launch. Within the Geekbench 6.4.0 for Android AArch64 benchmarking check, it registered 2,967 and 9,017 single and multi-core scores, respectively.

Sony Xperia 1 VII Specs (Anticipated)

Earlier stories point out that the Sony Xperia 1 VII might sport the identical 6.5-inch display because the Xperia 1 VI with chunky bezels at each ends. The again of the handset is anticipated to characteristic a triple digicam setup with three distinct vertically stacked digicam rings. Whereas actual specs stay unknown, it’s recommended to debut with a periscope telephoto sensor. Renders of the purported handset reveal extra cutouts for the autofocus LED flash, and different components.

Xperia 1 VII may measure 161.9 x 74.5 x 8.5 mm in dimension. The telephone’s proper backbone might characteristic the ability button, quantity rockers, and a devoted button which can act because the digicam shutter. Additional, it’s also mentioned to be geared up with twin front-firing audio system, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a USB Sort-C port for charging.

Extra particulars in regards to the purported handset are anticipated to floor as its launch nears. Though the corporate is but to disclose its official launch timeline, the Xperia 1 VI debuted in Might 2024, which factors in direction of the present month being the most probably launch window.