After ~20 days of use:
In short:
-Good battery
-Good fingerprint sensor
-Simple Android without many interventions (good feature..)
-Incorporates technologies that are not found in other phones (3.5mm headphone jack, memory card, LED notification - the reason for purchase for me)
-Wonderful colors in printed photos
-I expected more from the camera
-There are no accessories (cases, screen protectors) anywhere in the market
-It probably heats up
-Nonexistent flash (not suitable for emergency lighting)
-Strange screen dimensions (not necessarily bad, but definitely unusual (edit: seems natural to me now)
-Poor factory apps for calls/messages/notes, etc. from Google
Detailed:
I come from S20FE. I decided not to follow Samsung on its path to becoming a copy of Apple. This, combined with the fact that I want a waterproof phone, with an SD card and without the UNACCEPTABLE in-display fingerprint sensor, forced me to go with Sony.
The phone is a decent and simple Android with all the good or bad that means: You avoid a bunch of useless apps (that put cat ears and glitter on selfies, other AR nonsense, etc.), but you lose pleasant conveniences (e.g., LED flashlight on the lock screen, double tap to sleep, tested Samsung apps). You are forced to make do with the poor and non-customizable Google apps for messages and calls. (Edit: Only 15 days call history??? lame! notes don’t lock!!)
The battery is just fine. It discharges a little less than 1%/hour in idle (connected to a smartwatch), and about 10%/hour in use (browsing/calls). I have no experience with demanding gaming. It heats up to a degree I don’t like during fast charging. Fortunately, unlike the unacceptable battery of Samsung, when a notification hits for 15%, it is 15%, not a 3-minute countdown until it shuts off.
Very good fingerprint sensor, fast, accurate, and since it’s physical, it saves you the few seconds needed to target the sensors on the screen, and the 4-5 failed recognition attempts needed to work)
The camera is overrated. (judging from my small experience with manual photography - it might be more enjoyable for enthusiasts). Very handy dedicated button to open the camera/take a photo, very nice/natural colors in printed photos (better than the S20FE). It has more things to tweak than the usual Pro mode of Android (priorities, burst modes, etc.).
On the other hand, nice to say you have continuous optical zoom but the 5x is ultimately ridiculous for a flagship (edit: in practice, continuous can only be used for static photos, because for everyday use it is slow and cumbersome - you just choose something from the 2 extremes for speed reasons).
In general, if you want to take nostalgic autumn landscapes and frozen lakes with the Alps in the background, I suppose it’s good, but that’s it. For point and shoot photography of the moment (e.g., your child playing in indoor lighting conditions), the phone is simply.. inadequate. In 80% of indoor photos, they are shaky/out of focus. I don’t want/don’t have time to do manual focus and adjust ISO/shutter speed every time I lift the phone for a photo to get a good result. (Edit: in some modes, ISO is available up to 6400 (wow), which is enough if the speed drops below 1/100 and you can take a photo indoors - if you have patience, that is). It lacks features such as serious night mode, super slow motion, etc. The infrared light for autofocus distorts the color in the photos (come on, really). I have no experience with video editing applications or connecting to a camera.
Its speaker is good. It doesn't catch the bass of the S22 Ultra, but it is pleasantly clear (Edit: crystal clear, and with excellent three-dimensional sound).
No complaints about the speed. In battery-saving mode, it occasionally experiences sudden freezes of 1-2 seconds (e.g., the page doesn't scroll), but otherwise, I haven't had any incidents of lag/dropped framerate. It heats up during gaming.
No complaints about network reception. It lacks -COME ON- the ability to share Wi-Fi. A pleasant surprise that I can make calls where I couldn't with the Samsung. I don't know if it's just my problem, but during calls, as long as the other person is talking, their voice is covered by white noise. As soon as they stop talking, this effect stops. (Edit: it was related to HD calls and was probably fixed in some update, it doesn't happen anymore).
Overall: Attractive at 1000 euros during Black Friday, but not a super deal (1400 is unacceptable). On the axis between poor and overstuffed Android, it leans more towards the poor - LG had achieved the golden mean :'( Pleasantly less useless lifestyle than Samsung (edit: but it lacks Samsung's finishing touches on important applications). Good hardware but clearly overpriced (in terms of the final result) camera.