Is the Sony Xperia 1 IV still supported?
End-of-support date: May 2025.
Support ended
Official promiseMay 2025
Source: Sony's official policy · verified 2026-06-12
What it means now that support ends
- 🔓 Security risk grows monthly. New vulnerabilities are discovered constantly; on an unsupported phone they are never fixed. Banking, payments, email, and password apps become progressively riskier.
- 📱 Apps drop off. Developers raise their minimum OS requirements over time — first you lose updates to apps, then the apps themselves.
- 💸 Resale value falls fast.The market prices support: once a phone leaves a manufacturer's update list, its used value drops sharply and keeps falling.
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More questions about the Xperia 1 IV
How long will the Sony Xperia 1 IV get updates?
Sony gave it 2 major Android OS upgrades (to Android 14) and about 3 years of security patches, so official support ended around 2025.
Does the Xperia 1 IV really have a 4K screen?
Yes. It uses a 4K HDR OLED panel (1644x3840) in a 21:9 ratio, still one of the highest-resolution smartphone displays ever made.
What makes the Xperia 1 IV camera special?
Its telephoto lens offers true continuous optical zoom between 85mm and 125mm, rather than fixed steps, plus Sony's pro manual camera apps.
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Data sources & last verified: this phone's support window comes from the manufacturer's official policy, last verified 2026-06-12. How we compute end dates.