Harley Maranan / Android Authority
TL; Dr.
- Sony introduced a non-functional resolution control setting with Android 15 updates for Xperia 1 V.
- This setting will allow users to set screen resolution permanently at 4K, rather than relying on it when playing 4K content, instead of relying on it.
- In future updates, Sony will remove this setting, and fans are not happy.
There are many great things about $ 1,400 Sony Xperia 1 VOne of those things is that it is one of the very few Android phone 4K display with resolution – 3,840 x 1,644, to be accurate. However, Sony does not let you control in any way. Instead, Xperia UI – Sony’s Android Skin – automatically switchs to 4K when you are watching 4K content and then switch back to 2,560 x 1,096 resolution when you are doing something else when you are doing something else.
Xperia fans have long desired a setting to set the phone permanently, but has not come through Sony. However, about three months ago, Sony released it Android 15 Update to Xperia 1 V, and it included display resolution control settings. It did not work, but it was very clear what would happen if the settings would do:
As someone expects, the fans of Xperia were very excited by this mistake. Could it be that Sony will eventually allow users to see everything in 4K at all times regardless of the underlying material? Unfortunately, no, early this month, Sony released a statement This passive setting was an error, and it would be removed in the upcoming OTA updates.
Well, it has greatly disturbed Xperia fans, as clarified by This redit threadIn that thread, you will find many negative comments about how upset people are about this, mostly saying that Xperia 1 will be their last Sony smartphone.
Interestingly, the creation of the dynasty OS – a custom created by the community is not supported by Rome and Sony – allows you to permanently set the display on its maximum resolution. While this is very good for those who give value, Dynasty OS comes with some important cavitsSo not everyone would want to go down from that path.
A reddit user, however, explains the widespread feeling quite well: “I bought this phone, a large part of it was for screen,” he said. “If I could not determine what my resolve is, I was sold a faulty product.”
Sony seems to have a problem on her hands.
