It's not just the video camera that's been given the AI treatment. Sony says the phone has its "best sound quality to date" thanks to AI-based algorithms that actively upscale compressed, streamed music to make it sound as good as it can. Sony has even equipped the phone with a wired headphone jack to keep audiophiles happy.

Inside, the Xperia 1 VII will run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. It includes 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, with no higher storage options. This sounds less until you learn that, unlike most phones nowadays, it allows users to add up to 2TB with a microSD card.