I object to the prejudicial language in this review. "Middling", "Mediocre" etc would never have been used in an Apple or Samsung review. Instead we would have seen phrases like ""standard" and "balanced" from the same results
It is absolutely ridiculous that the chassis is given such a low score, not to mention the 4K, OLED display which produces >120% of RGB colours. This feature alone would have been lauded to the heavens on any other device.
The only area in which the Xperia I mkII does let the user down is in the battery. I admit that.
I tested my friend's iPhone 11 directly against the Xperia 1, playing the same movies and high resolution audio at the same volume and bought the Sony machine.
The Xperia I mkII is even better. There is no doubt whatsoever that the entire smartphone review community have developed some sort of animus against Sony phones and I find it disgusting.
I expected better from notebookcheck.