OnePlus 15
What you’d gain
- 2.8× faster
- Camera score: 7.8 → 8.4
- Battery: 5,000 → 7,300 mAh
- Security updates until around 2031
What you’d give up
- Shorter zoom: 5.2× → 3.5×
- No 3.5 mm headphone jack
- No microSD card slot
- Heavier: 185 → 211 g
Should You Upgrade From the Sony Xperia 1 IV?
How the Sony Xperia 1 IV compares with phones you can buy today: how long it still gets updates, what a new phone would add and what you’d give up. Every number comes from official specs and update policies.
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Our take
Time to upgrade
Security updates ended around 2025 Newer phones are about 2.8× faster The best upgrade scores 2.9 points higher on battery and 2.9 on performance
Based on specs and official update policies. It’s your call.
Upgrades we’d look at
Phones with a US launch price up to $2,000, close to what the Sony Xperia 1 IV cost at launch. Choose “Any price” above to also see phones sold without a US price.
OnePlus 15R
What you’d gain
- 2.5× faster
- Battery: 5,000 → 7,400 mAh
- Security updates until around 2031
What you’d give up
- Camera score: 7.8 → 6.5
- No telephoto lens (yours: 5.2× zoom)
- No 3.5 mm headphone jack
- No microSD card slot
- No wireless charging
- Heavier: 185 → 214 g
Apple iPhone 18 Pro
What you’d gain
- 3.3× faster
- Camera score: 7.8 → 8.7
- Security updates until around 2031
- Satellite messaging
What you’d give up
- Smaller battery: 5,000 → 4,288 mAh
- Shorter zoom: 5.2× → 4×
- No 3.5 mm headphone jack
- No microSD card slot
- Heavier: 185 → 211 g
REDMAGIC 11S Pro
What you’d gain
- 2.8× faster
- Battery: 5,000 → 7,500 mAh
- Security updates until around 2029
What you’d give up
- Camera score: 7.8 → 6.9
- Display score: 8.5 → 7.6
- No telephoto lens (yours: 5.2× zoom)
- No microSD card slot
- Heavier: 185 → 230 g
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Sony Xperia 1 IV upgrade FAQ
Is the Sony Xperia 1 IV still supported?
Sony promises 3 years of security updates for the Sony Xperia 1 IV, counted from its announcement in May 2022, so they should have ended around 2025. It gets 2 years of OS upgrades, which ended around 2024.
What is the best upgrade from the Sony Xperia 1 IV?
Based on specs, the best upgrade we found is the OnePlus 15, with a PhoneRanked score of 9.4 vs 7.0 for the Sony Xperia 1 IV. If you want to spend less, look at the OnePlus 15R. We looked at phones with a US launch price up to $2,000, close to the Sony Xperia 1 IV’s launch price.
How much faster is the OnePlus 15 than the Sony Xperia 1 IV?
Going by the benchmarks of their chips, the OnePlus 15 is about 2.8 times as fast as the Sony Xperia 1 IV. In Geekbench 6 multi-core it scores 10,941 vs 3,860.