This Thursday Sony is expected to introduce its latest flagship Xperia handset, the 1 V . As noted by Digital Camera World , a billboard for the new phone seen in Hong Kong hints that the device will be equipped with a new image sensor based on a completely different architecture. Called "dual-layer" technology, Sony introduced this in 2021 and the Xperia 1 V will be the first use of this sensor on a commercial device. The new CMOS architecture involves the use of Sony's proprietary stacking technique that places photodiodes (which convert light into electrical current) and pixel transistors…