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Sony Xperia 1 III

PaintOfCoat — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 23:32:52 GMT

I apologise in advance if I have posted in the wrong area, I've only just joined the community.

I can currently upgrade by trading my phone in or without next month.

I've seen the Sony Xperia 1 III is due out this month (the 19th I believe)

I can't find a lot of info on what networks will have it and was wondering if anybody here knows if EE will be getting this phone?

I cannot see much on the coming soon page on the EE site.

Thanks in advance

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

Christopher_B — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 07:45:22 GMT

Hi @PaintOfCoat

Welcome to the EE Community 😊

I hope you're well and having a nice weekend, are you up to much or is it a chilled one?

The Song Sony Xperia 1 III looks like an awesome phone, the screen and refresh rate looks like being a real leader.

At the moment we have no information about it, but if you jump onto our Coming Soon page you can sign up for updates, that way we'll let you know as soon as we do.

Thanks

Chris

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

Chris_B — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 07:48:35 GMT

@PaintOfCoat I can not find anything on the internet that even says what networks will sell the device. It might just be a case of waiting for launch day and place an order. EE do normally give a heads up but I wouldn’t expect to see anything until late next week at the earliest. If I see anything from EE I’ll post a link on here for you.

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

PaintOfCoat — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 15:08:05 GMT

It's just a chilled weekend for us this week.

Hope you're well yourself.

Thankyou for letting me know, I will be sure to do that!

I've had Samsung phones for years, however having also own a PS5 and the specs of the Xperia that's the next phone I'm looking at getting. Keeping my fingers crossed it comes onto EE

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

PaintOfCoat — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 15:09:15 GMT

Thankyou very much I appreciate that!

Yeah I could t find anything about networks when I was looking either, hopefully some news will come from it soon. I will keep an eye out

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

OneManDroid — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 14:48:24 GMT

Hi @PaintOfCoat ,

I was interested in the Xperia 1 ii last year - but EE didn't stock that at all and from the looks of their Sony presence - it's dwindling further this year (only 2 models left I think) - so I think there's 100% chance they won't be getting the 1 iii this year... I'm actually thinking of selling my Note 20 Ultra and paying the difference for the 1 iii - and then moving away from EE next year (better choice on other networks)... hope this helps...

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

PaintOfCoat — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 22:44:21 GMT

@OneManDroid I'm hoping it might be different this year, my contract isn't up for another month yet, I was previously with O2 but their prices are ridiculous

I have seen the Sony 1 II available through EE even from third party which I wouldn't mind going that route if I couldn't get it directly. I have done that previously with no issues when I was with O2.

I'd like to stick with EE if possible.

I'd love to even buy outright but couldn't manage that so my only option is PAYM as I have a Note 10 and I wouldn't get anywhere near enough unfortunately. I'm holding out hope and will be having a thorough look around when the phone is released as more info on networks etc shall hopefully be available then for me to look into.

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

Beetlebum69 — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 12:19:37 GMT

I've just had an email from Sony saying the 1 3 will be on sale from 20th August. Usually it goes to networks 2-4 weeks after. I don't agree with the other poster below who says ee don't carry Sony when every year they always have the top of the range model I know as I have had 4 Sony phones in a row from ee. Usually ee only has 2 of the 3 available colours. However the coming soon tends to be focused on the plastic fantastic and broken screen isheep phone and Samsung latest. Fingers crossed the new Xperia will be here soon as I need 2 and I passed upgrade 4 months ago to wait.

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

PaintOfCoat — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 12:29:22 GMT

@Beetlebum69 thankyou for this! I'm sure EE will get it as they tend to have a good range of phones, I've seen myself they've had previous sony phones too and I'd be surprised if they didn't stock it. I'm keeping an eye out every now and again, I can upgrade anytime but waiting 3 weeks until my contract has actually ended so hopefully its out by then 🤞🏻

I haven't had a sony phone since the Walkman ones and i usually have Samsung phones but really interested in this one

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

PaintOfCoat — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 13:07:17 GMT

@Christopher_B @Chris_B

I have seen this phone available via Fonehouse on the EE Network would either one of you know if this means it'll be coming to EE directly as there is nothing on the EE website for it yet

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

Chris_B — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 13:24:52 GMT

@PaintOfCoat Fonehouse is a 3rd party seller and they can sell any device for any network it doesn’t mean EE will sell it directly. Going through them might be the only way to get this device on EE.

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

PaintOfCoat — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:50:06 GMT

@Chris_B ah right, I was under the impression that they had agreements with network providers similar to CPW.

I'll keep an eye out, thankyou

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

Cbutler99 — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:02:17 GMT

The Sony Xperia 1 iii is now available on EE!

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

Leanne_T — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:19:23 GMT

Morning everyone.

Thanks for your interest.

The Sony Xperia 1 III 5G, is available on the EE Shop 🙂

Have a lovely weekend.

Leanne.

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

PaintOfCoat — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:17:32 GMT

@Cbutler99 thanks!

@Leanne_T will you be stocking the 256gb one at all? I'm not sure 128gb is enough for me as I'm using over half my storage atm on my current phone which is 256gb and will you be getting the purple in stock at all?

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

Leanne_T — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:23:06 GMT

Morning @PaintOfCoat

Sorry, the link I provided to the EE shop is all the information we have for this device.

Thanks.

Leanne.

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

Beetlebum69 — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:46:21 GMT

Let's hope ee also bring the purple one in due course.

Very good reviews on techradar and what hifi for this phone if anyone interested.

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

PaintOfCoat — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:49:15 GMT

@Leanne_T I think someone needs to update the website after speaking to somebody on the phones and going in store as one of my local stores had 1 in stock it appears the phones aren't available on 128GB so the standard is 256GB.

I've picked mine up now, can't wait to get home and open it all up

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

PaintOfCoat — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:51:16 GMT

@Beetlebum69 I did originally want the purple one but being the impatient person that I am , I just got the black one, there was only 1 store local to me that had 1 in stock. The person in store at EE said the purple isn't available on the UK

Re: Sony Xperia 1 III

Andythebrave — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 14:37:51 GMT

I'm confused. EE states 128Gb but as far as I can tell there is no such thing, the minimum being 256Gb.