[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Ashtrix:
As much as I do not like the DRM wiping keys Bootloader unlock shenanigans, the Xperia 1 Mark III looks like an extremely solid contender guys. Check it out. So many features are there...my small write up.

Battery with some kind of battery protection technology remember Qnovo ? LG V30 has it. Sony phones used to have it as well, it just vanished now anyways they are saying it has good battery longevity after 3 years..4500MaH is pretty good. I heard Sony battery optimization is good apparently. Then that H.S Power control is super neat for power usage.

Display with the 120Hz with 240Hz Touch response, that 4K OLED is truly overkill, I wish they just went with 1440P OLED panel instead, however I think it might switch dynamically also I think it's not that new VRR panel, which has Variable Refresh Rates (I don't know much Anandtech has pretty good writeup on the tech from OnePlus 9 series). Oh I almost forgot, they are advertising "Symmetry Design" sounds familiar ? Yes, it was "Balanced Design" on LG V30, shame that they abandoned it. This phone also has symmetric bezels with no BS notch or hole and flanked by FF stereo speakers.

Audio

360 Reality sound might be DTS X type DSP system however I heard xda news that, Sony is bringing that technology to Android itself, like LDAC, so probably it might be exclusive to future Sony Wireless Audio products, 1000MX series is the only one that I know which has 900Kbps data rate with LDAC, higher than AptXHD (550Kbps) they are having some kind of ecosystem around it as well.

3.5mmjack part is a downgrade vs LG, ESS9218P with Impulse Response filters and capability to drive even those Final Audio IEMs like E5000 is a feat from LG. I doubt Sony can do that, they could have beat that with their Walkman DAC technologies where Sony simply builds their own tech (WM1A / WM1Z check those DAPs out, however LG is king in this area, as it crushes DAPs due to the hw package). Missed oppurtinity I would say since ASUS ROG5 got ESS DAC this round. However having analog port is a huge plus.

Stereo Speaker system looks promising this time, I listened to old Xperia flagship speakers which was the first Xperia flagship that removed 3.5mm jack. It was okay sound but not great in output but quality was good. They are mentioning this one has 40% powerful speakers than Xperia 1 Mark II, was told in their event video & also some guy from their Sony Battery Studio worked on Xperia mark 2 and this 3 phones it seems for the tuning, god knows if it's snake oil or not, I don't have much expectations on line out since I'm spoiled by LG.

Cameras, not much into knowing a lot, but looks definitely promising HW esp that Variable Optical Zoom looks superb along with their 3D ToF sensor for fast AF (V30 has Laser) & that dedicated shutter button will be real game changer for this work. The Software lacks Focus Peaking sadly, and the LG Audio features of 24Bit FLAC and LCF, and all that tech is gone, the things it has is a Solid UI, exactly like V30 but the display won't fully show the video instead it will have a black box with all the UI elements and camera feed will be 70% of that, just see any video of these phones you will understand what I'm saying. Then they have that Wind Noise filter in this, which is useful for us. More AF and Eye Focus features are there too. Read more here at DPReview Press release page (check comments, interesting stuff there), Apparently there's some Temporal Noise Reduction in this phone which looks very good in those press shots.

SoC

5G is sub 6Ghz and not mmWave, maybe it's better for us since it lacks insane HW that pumps out EM waves and consumes battery since those modules are tiny ones still generate a a quite substantial amount of heat (LG V60 managed to get them in the phone, Xperia 1 II Pro did it with a poly carbonate back but they deployed an insane Vapor Chamber cooling solution check Jerryrig guy teardown for that phone to know about it) and it's still not useful in N.A market, apart from the world this is used only in US for now and we do not have that tech matured at all, I read it works on T-Mo and Verizon but not ATT 5G network, could be wrong, checking out is better.

RAM is 12GB which is too much, storage is 256GB UFS dunno which version of UFS probably 3.1 and MicroSD slot for us folks its IP68 with flap closed (SIM/SD slot) and open it's IP65. In box they are shipping 30W charger, IEMs. Cost will be sky high which is REAL BS damn it, it will be over $1000 for sure. If we drop to Xperia 5 Mark III we will lose Qi and the beautiful design will be replaced by a glossy mess and 1080P display & no Gorilla Glass Invictus (top phone has it on display only) on front but Gorilla Glass 6 on both front and back, 8GB/128GB and rest all same package.

It is very temping and I liked it a lot, what do you guys think ?

This promo also looks and sounds superb too..