A fresh Sony Xperia 1 VIII leak has surfaced, with tipster Rowan Trescott sharing a new batch of images on MyMobiles that reportedly come from factory CAD data rather than a third-party concept render. If that claim holds up, the leak offers an early look at several design choices Sony may be keeping for its next flagship phone.
According to the report, the leaked geometry matches data used by Sony suppliers, which gives the images a bit more weight than a typical speculative mockup. One of the more familiar details is that the phone appears to retain both a dedicated shutter button and a 3.5mm headphone jack, two hardware touches Sony has continued to hold onto while many rivals have moved on.
The leak also suggests the handset will measure about 161.9mm tall and 74.4mm wide, with a thickness of 8.58mm. That would make it slightly thicker than the previous Xperia 1 VII, which was listed at 8.2mm. The difference sounds minor, and the source says it likely won’t be obvious in day-to-day use, but it may reflect room for a larger main camera sensor, a bigger battery, or upgraded cooling hardware.
One of the biggest visual changes is on the back. Instead of the long vertical camera layout associated with recent Xperia 1 models, the Sony Xperia 1 VIII is said to move to a square-style camera island that houses three lenses and a flash. The camera bump itself is listed at 2.79mm thick.
On the front, the phone is expected to keep Sony’s signature symmetrical top and bottom bezels. The display is also described as having no punch-hole cutout, with the front-facing camera still placed in the top bezel rather than inside the screen. That would continue Sony’s usual approach of avoiding notches and punch-hole interruptions altogether.
The report adds that Sony is expected to unveil the device in May. For now, though, the leaked images use a neutral color finish, so they shouldn’t be taken as a preview of the final retail color lineup. Even so, if this leak is accurate, the Sony Xperia 1 VIII could end up being a fairly familiar Xperia on the front, while bringing a more noticeable redesign to the rear camera hardware.
