Sony Xperia X Suffers Overheating Issues When Recording Videos: Report

Sony Xperia smartphones have in the past been reported to be affected by heating issues and it seems the problem is back, and haunting the company. A new video has surfaced showing the recently unveiled Sony Xperia X being compared with the Samsung Galaxy S7 when recording 1080p video.

(Also see: Sony Xperia X Dual First Impressions)

Damir Franc, a YouTube user, posted (via Xperia Blog) the video showing how quickly the Xperia X suffers from overheating issue when recording video at 1080p which leads to crashing of the camera app on the phone. The video shows both the Xperia X and Galaxy S7 recording 1080p videos at 60fps for several minutes. At 4 minutes, the Xperia X cuts down the features available to access and slows down as well. The same video shows the Xperia X camera app crashing at 9 minutes, citing the overheating issue with a pop-up message to the user. Notably, the video has now been pulled by the user.

Notably, a similar problem was reported for the Sony Xperia Z3+ and Xperia Z4 smartphones last year. Sony had later acknowledged issue and promised a fix via software update. We can expect the company to do the same with the new Xperia X.

For specifications, the Xperia X Dual runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow with company's UI on top. It features a 5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) Triluminos display for mobile powered X-Reality for mobile engine; a 23-megapixel rear camera with an f/2.0 aperture and a 1/2.3-inch Exmor RS sensor, predictive hybrid autofocus, and pulse LED flash; 13-megapixel front camera with an f/2.0 aperture; 3GB of RAM; 64GB inbuilt storage, expandable storage support up to 200GB via microSD card, and 4G LTE support. The Xperia X packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 processor. The Sony Xperia X measures 142.7x69.4x7.9mm and weighs 153 grams. It is backed by a 2620mAh battery.