Sony Xperia 1 VIII: XQ-GE54 · 12 GB / 256 GB
vivo X500: V2609A; 12 GB / 256 GB; Sunny (晴天), white
| Specification | Sony Xperia 1 VIII | vivo X500 |
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2026 | 2026 |
| Announcement | 13 May 2026 Sony | — |
| Processor | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Sony | MediaTek Dimensity 9600M; 8 cores; 3 nm; 1 × 4.21 GHz + 3 × 3.5 GHz + 4 × 2.7 GHz vivo |
| Memory / storage | 12 GB RAM / 256 GB UFS Sony | — |
| Expansion | microSDXC; up to 2 TB Sony | — |
| Display | 6.5-inch OLED · 1080 × 2340 · 19.5:9 Sony | 6.59-inch AMOLED; 2750 × 1260; 459 PPI; 30/60/90/120/144 Hz vivo |
| Refresh rate | Up to 120 Hz Sony | — |
| Front / rear glass | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 / Victus Sony | — |
| Resistance rating | IPX5 / IPX8; IP6X Sony | — |
| Main camera | 24 mm equivalent · f/1.9 · 1/1.35-inch Exmor T · 48 MP effective Sony | 50 MP Sony LYT-828; 1/1.28-inch; f/1.68; OIS; 23 mm equivalent vivo |
| Telephoto | 70 mm equivalent · f/2.8 · 1/1.56-inch Exmor RS Sony | 64 MP Sony LYT-610; 1/2-inch; f/2.55; OIS; 72 mm equivalent; 3.1× optical; 15 cm macro vivo |
| Ultrawide | 16 mm equivalent · f/2 · 1/1.56-inch Exmor RS Sony | — |
| Front camera | 12 MP · f/2 · 1/2.9-inch Sony | 50 MP; 1/2.76-inch; f/2.0; 92° field of view; autofocus vivo |
| Video | 4K HDR; 24/30/60/120 fps Sony | Up to 8K recording; 4K slow motion vivo |
| Photo formats | JPEG and RAW DNG Sony | — |
| Battery | 5000 mAh Sony | Lithium-ion; single cell; 7500 mAh typical (28.20 Wh); 7270 mAh rated (27.34 Wh) vivo |
| Charging | USB PD; Qi; Battery Share Sony | 90 W wired; up to 40 W wireless with the vivo 50 W Stand Wireless Charger 2 vivo |
| USB | USB-C · USB 3.2 5 Gbit/s; DisplayPort 4K/60 output Sony | USB Type-C; USB 3.2; DisplayPort video output vivo |
| SIM | nanoSIM + eSIM or two eSIMs Sony | — |
| Wireless | Wi-Fi 7; Bluetooth 6.0; NFC Sony | — |
| Audio | 3.5 mm headphone jack; stereo speakers Sony | Symmetric dual speakers (1511) vivo |
| Launch system / support | Android 16; up to 4 OS upgrades and 6 years of security Sony | — |
| Dimensions / weight | 162 × 74 × 8.3 mm; 200 g Sony | — |
| Model code | — | V2609A vivo |
| Release | — | September 2026, China vivo |
| GPU | — | Arm G1-Ultra vivo |
| Memory | — | 12 GB LPDDR5X Ultra, quad-channel; 16 GB option vivo |
| Storage | — | 256 GB UFS 4.1; 512 GB and 1 TB options vivo |
| Brightness | — | 4000 nits peak (20% APL); 2000 nits full-screen peak; 1 nit minimum vivo |
| Colour and HDR | — | 100% P3; 1.07 billion colours; HDR support; TÜV Rheinland flicker-free certification vivo |
| Body materials | — | Cold-carved glass back with an integrated "floating island" camera section; aerospace aluminium frame vivo |
| Ultra-wide | — | 50 MP; 1/2.76-inch; f/2.0; 15 mm equivalent; autofocus vivo |
| Reverse charging | — | OTG reverse charging supported vivo |
| Wi-Fi | — | Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 7; 2 × 2 MIMO; MU-MIMO; simultaneous 2.4 + 5 GHz vivo |
| Bluetooth | — | Bluetooth 6.0 (hardware) vivo |
| Bluetooth audio | — | SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD, LDAC, LHDC 5.0 vivo |
| Positioning | — | GPS L1+L5; BeiDou B1C+B1I+B2a+B2b; GLONASS G1; Galileo E1+E5a+E5b; QZSS L1+L5; NavIC L1+L5 vivo |
| NFC | — | Card reader mode; card emulation (HCE, NFC-SIM, eSE payments) vivo |
| SIM and network | — | Dual nano SIM; 5G dual-SIM dual-standby vivo |
| Network bands | — | 2G GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz; 3G WCDMA: B1/B2/B4/B5/B6/B8/B19; 4G TD-LTE: B34/B38/B39/B40/B41/B42/B43/B48; 4G FDD-LTE: B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28A/B66; 5G: n1/n2/n3/n5/n7/n8/n18/n20/n25/n26/n28A/n34/n38/n39/n40/n41/n48/n66/n77/n78/n79 vivo |
| Biometrics | — | 3D ultrasonic single-point fingerprint; face recognition vivo |
| Cooling | — | Ice-vein fluid VC (vapour chamber) cooling vivo |
| Durability | — | IP68 + IP69 dust and water protection vivo |
| Sensors | — | Dual ambient light; front/rear colour temperature; ultra-sensitive flicker sensor; camera laser focus; Hall; infrared remote control; X-axis linear motor vivo |
| Size and weight | — | 157.01 × 74.49 × 8.15 mm; 211 g (Sunny, Dawn, Earth Echo); 213 g (Night Shot) vivo |
| Colours | — | 晴天 (Sunny), 晨曦 (Dawn), 大地回声 (Earth Echo), 摄夜 (Night Shot) vivo |
| Software | — | OriginOS 7 based on Android 17 vivo |