The Sony Xperia 1 VI is off to a strong start in Taiwan where pre-orders for the new model surpassed those for the 2023 flagship by 50% – this info comes from the General Manager of Sony Taiwan Tomotaka Tsutsusushio. Pre-orders started on the 23rd and had a perk – a free upgrade from the 256GB model to the 512GB model, plus a 2-month subscription to music streaming service KKBOX (with lossless audio). Local prices have the 256GB Xperia 1 VI at NTD 40,000 and the 512GB one at NTD 44,000 (this converts to USD 1,245 and USD 1,370, respectively). The pre-orders ended today, but there are...
Sharp introduced the Aquos R6 in mid-2021 and stunned the world with the phone’s 240Hz display and 1” camera sensor. It also stole Sony’s thunder as the phone launched a few months before the Xperia Pro-I. However, the R6 was exclusive to the Japanese market, so Sony had the rest of the world to itself. The other Aquos R phones have a similar story – great specs, limited availability. The most recent entries, the Sharp Aquos R8 and the R8 Pro, also launched exclusively in Japan. Sort of. The company just introduced the Sharp Aquos R8s Pro in Taiwan and you may think that the “s” stands for...