PRICE 256GB, £1,083 (£1,299 inc VAT)
from sony.co.uk
ony’s Xperia 1 phones have always had a character of their own, and the new Xperia 1 V largely sticks to the formula. The squared-off slab shape is recognisably Sony, and it still sports a 3.5mm headphone jack on top – something most manufacturers ditched long ago. Prise out the SIM tray and you’ll find a microSD slot, which is also unusual in premium phones. And rather than following the fashion for in-display fingerprint readers, Sony sticks with a side-mounted scanner – although I found this wasn’t
