take for example the samsung galaxy s21 ultra 5g in the uk where i'm from and where i am right now
1199 pounds now that and that by the way is this is important that's the 256 gig version now take
the iphone 12 pro max you know two big phones here exactly the same price one thousand one hundred
and ninety nine pounds for the 256 gig version okay so that's the key isn't it 1199 pounds
now coincidentally that's the same price as the xperia one mark iii so i'm with 256 gig
so across the board and the reason i'm starting with this point is because i keep hearing this
phone is too expensive it's too expensive it's too expensive way way too expensive but so far
i think it's fair to say they're all the same uh that's actually not a knife
an iphone that's um the xperia one mark ii but forget that um they're all the same price but here
is the thing there are major major differences and this is what they are let's put a 30 watt fast
charger in the box because we're not getting that from the others right so that's that's the first
thing i pay extra for that why not that's great let's get rid of the annoying punch hole camera
that messes up the display when i'm watching content back i don't want to there's a reason
why tvs don't come with punch hole cameras in them or notches you want to see the display you want to
see the content without any interruptions at least i do and i think reviews that are weirded out by
bezels because they think a punch hole camera is better or a notch i just nothing is ever going
to convince me that that is right next let's add a 4k display of course the iphone and the um samsung
there they don't have a 4k display some tech reviewers think that you can have good resolution
i mean high you can have really high resonance but don't make it 4k that's silly that's too much good
do you want the best of the best tech or not if you do 4k i pay extra for that you see where i'm
going with this okay now let's talk about refresh rates okay the samsung's very good iphone 60 hertz
you know that price i'm not thinking that's too clever i'd rather have the 120 hertz i'd
pay extra for that now then let's add creator mode so that when you're watching back that content you
really do see it just right not crazy saturation not artificial colors none of that nonsense just
exactly as the creator intended beautifully natural again i'd pay extra for that but of
course watching content back is one side of the story the other side is hearing it and i would pay
extra for dual front-facing stereo speakers it's worth paying for i pay extra for that what about
a headphone jack everyone's been taking them away for years but i would pay extra for a headphone
jack it's really good to have it's useful to have so yeah i'd pay extra for that but i also want the
phone to be easy to live with and i'd pay more for a notification like they're useful they help
and they're great i'd rather have one than not have one they're really useful and i just like
them i'd also pay more for expandable storage up to a terabyte would be ideal and even if i didn't
want to use a micro sd in there i love the idea of having dual sim you know i'd pay extra for that
but yeah expandable storage why is that so hard to put into a proper flagship these days i don't know
i would also pay extra to have a lighter narrower more easy to use phone on the daily
it's not cool i think to have big heavy cumbersome super wide ostentatiously designed phones i want
something super minimalist beautifully designed but without making an outward statement
again i'd pay extra for that i'd also pay extra for alpha inspired camera tech that
really helps me improve as a photographer i enjoy the experience i must be an enthusiast i don't
know i would pay extra for that there is nothing in the market like it and sure point and shoot
is great but i want to go further and sony does that unlike anyone else i'd pay extra for that
oh and there's one more thing if you buy this early or maybe on black friday that sort of thing
you can pick the xperia one mark three up with the wf-1000xm3 in-ear noise cancelling true wireless
headphones i pay extra for those they're fantastic and yet somehow with all of those additions
it's still 1199 pounds and people are saying it's too expensive i just don't understand where
they're coming from this is a cracking deal it's a seriously good deal i've been pretty worked up
about this because i've heard so many people say you know isn't it crazy sony's not going
to sell many phones with this approach sony is deliberately choosing a strategy that is low risk
it keeps their foothold in the market it's for the fans of course but it's for people who enjoy
watching content listening to music whether it's through their headphones
through the speakers even it's for people who enjoy the craft of photography and they want to
improve i would argue as photographers like me and videographers so yes anyway i feel pretty
strongly about it oh by the way i'd also pay more for a dedicated shutter button with the
half press to focus i mean i'm just saying right so let's talk about the camera tech
i'm going to do a whole separate video where we kind of go a lot more into the details here when
it comes to the camera tech but here's the summary for the purpose of just understanding the full
review it's kind of more of what we've seen before with the iphone and the samsung a similar approach
a little bit brighter more saturated well actually the screen of the samsung galaxy
s21 is so much brighter i wish that's one of the biggest negatives for me uh with the xperia phones
is i just wish that they got brighter they're bright enough but my goodness only just the one
mark iii is an improvement but i'd like to see much more improvement in that area but yes the
colors are more saturated here it's a bit more user-friendly i think it's fair to say the samson
and there are more sort of easy modes to get into night mode they don't exist of course on on the
experience here but it depends what you want to do there's no point whinging i don't think that the
xperia isn't a point-and-shoot beast in the same way that the samsungs and the iphones are it's not
designed to be it's designed to be competent in that area and to give you really natural looking
shots that you can get quickly using the shutter button there actually i think it's fair to say
it's designed to be better than competent and in my view it's good but it is not as exciting as the
iphone and the samsung when it comes to point and shoot it's more natural where it really shines is
when you get into the promos if you're the kind of person that wants to do that and have fun with it
if you don't and you're a point and shoot guy yeah maybe the samsung or the iphone is a better
fit and there's nothing wrong with that sony knows this isn't going to overtake the iphone in sales
they're not trying to they want to show their alpha prowess and they want to do it in unique
sony style and i think it's mission accomplished so i hope that gives you an idea as to the overall
sentiment here when it comes to the one mark iii how i feel about it i absolutely love it if it was
my money right now i could choose any phone and i had you know obviously all the money necessary
i'd go for the one mark iii i'm very happy with my one mark ii i'm not a professional
photographer i enjoy taking photographs but i need to improve a lot this is the kind of
phone that you can have and enjoy to do that in the next video we'll go into more detail
about the videography you know getting into the cinema pro app you know all that good stuff but
as a general review that's what we're dealing with with the one mark three so all of this is
possible by the way because of my good friend here andrew at ame productions here he is on instagram
check him out super creative videographer really good fun we threw this together at the last minute
you should see what he does it's really fantastic uh where do we say cardiff wales uh the uk
and lots and lots of the rest of the world so yeah give him a shout
i hope that helps thank you so much for watching i'll see you next time