The Photo Pro app for stills offers full manual control over key settings such as exposure, focusing and drive modes, plus the Video Pro and Cinema Pro apps are available for more creative movie-making. It offers 4K video recording at up to 120fps for all three camera modules along with real-time AF tracking. The Xperia 1 IV features triple front-facing Zeiss lenses, including the aforementioned 85-125mm module plus 16mm and 24mm wide-angle focal lengths, all supporting 12 megapixel resolution. Essentially, the third camera module offers both 85mm and 125mm telephoto focal lengths, and even better, you can seamlessly zoom back and forth between them.

The main new feature in this year's update is an innovative optical telephoto lens. The Xperia 1 IV is manufactured in Japan. It's priced at £1,299 for the 256GB storage version in the UK and $1,599 for the larger 512GB version in the USA.

The Sony Xperia 1 IV is the company's latest flagship smartphone for 2022, available now in three different colours - Black, Ice White and Purple.

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