During MWC ‘19 a couple of weeks ago Sony announced four new smartphones with a new styling created around its “CinemaWide” displays with a 21:9 aspect ratio. As with every unconventional design, there were some that loved it and some that hated it. Of course, the most interesting phone of the bunch was the flagship: Xperia 1.

Sony revealed pretty much everything about its new top device, from the aforementioned display to the Snapdragon 855 that’s powering it and even some of the new software features that were implemented to make use of the tall screen (check our hands-on for more). What ...