- Sony introduced a non-functional resolution control setting with the Android 15 update for the Xperia 1 V.
- This setting would allow users to permanently set the screen resolution to 4K instead of relying on it automatically turning on when 4K content is playing.
- In a future update, Sony will remove this setting, and fans aren’t happy.
There are many great things about the $1,400 Sony Xperia 1 V. One of those things is that it is one of the very few Android phones with a 4K display resolution — 3,840 x 1,644, to be precise. However, Sony doesn’t let you control that in any way. Instead, Xperia UI — Sony’s Android skin — automatically switches to 4K when you’re viewing 4K content and then switches back to a 2,560 x 1,096 resolution when you are doing anything else.
Xperia fans have long desired a setting to set the phone to 4K permanently, but Sony hasn’t come through. However, about three months ago, Sony issued its Android 15 update to the Xperia 1 V, and it included a display resolution control setting. It didn’t work, but it was pretty clear what the setting would do if it did: