Xperia 10 VI Review: Why Does This Phone Exist?

Sony recently launched its latest midrange phone: the Xperia 10 VI. Why anyone should get this phone over other midrange such as Galaxy A55, A35, or Pixel 8a? The Xperia 10 Mark 6 is not going to win any spec awards but it has some unique features that make it appealing to anyone who is looking for a compact smartphone with a price tag under 500$.

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00:00 Sony Xperia 10 VI Review
00:32 Only Compact Midranger under 500$
00:41 21:9 Aspect Ratio
01:08 Display and Screen Quality 60hz
01:40 Fix Display Issue
02:00 Performance AnTuTu Xperia 10 VI
02:21 Lags on Xperia 10 VI
03:01 Possible Issue with Xperia 10 VI
03:53 Best Battery Life
04:21 SD Card and Headphone Jack
04:37 Sony Colors and Camera
05:04 Video Quality 4K
05:52 Camera System and Zoom Quality
06:14 Camera App
06:35 Vanilla Android and No Bloatware
06:48 Why Xperia 10 VI?

[kwikbit]

60Hz instead of 120Hz means longer battery. It just does.
Headphone Jack . Check
Sensible size. Check
Memory Card support. Check.
No Bloatware. Big check.
Sony know who they are selling this to.

[AnmoldeepSingh-tn]

Modern phones are over the top with specs. They only target reviewers for good publicity. most of the features of flagship smartphones are useless for 99.9% of people. Super powerful processor for no reason, 5 cameras for no reason, bloater AI features for no reason.
Everyone should be using this kind of smartphone. Save yourself some money and buy this phone.

[crift]

Makes me laugh some people saying this phone is ugly. Because of the design this phone can be comfortably used without a case, and therefore in use will look far better than any fancy 1k phone with a cheapo rubber case slapped around it.

[AndrewYTH]

Had this phone for a few weeks and love it.
Fantastic audio, amazing battery life, great feel in the hand, FPS side mounted, 3.5mm headphone socket and SD card slot. I sold my ultra and am using the Sony with Niagra launcher. A fraction of the cost of my ultra which was poor in comparison for audio, ergonomics and battery life compared to the Sony 10vi.

[Bljat]

You forgot about really important thing. If you have sony headphones you get better quality with dsee extreme

[BB-ziwi]

Xperia 5v & 10vi the ONLY small phones with
1. headphone jack
2. micro sd slot
Over 90% of phone manufacturers deserve to go bust ffs!

[MTSMM]

Sony phones feel like they are made from 5-10 years ago because of their designs and i love it that way it has a headphone jack and no weird black circle thing on the screen or the weird iPhone notch looking thingy

[AARNEMAN]

After moving from Galaxy A52s to Xperia 10 IV due to horrendous battery life, I would go for a Sony. There is too much of "inventing bicycle again" in Samsung software. Phone ends up having 2 apps of the same function in many cases and dual store system causes confusions. Takes a lot of time to remove duplicate apps etc before can actually use the device.

[Frawt]

As the owner of an Xperia 10 IV (which I got a couple months ago "refurbished" from Telia, a phone service provider here in the Nordics, for a measly 169 euros), I hope Sony continues with the Xperia 10 series, so I can buy a newer version when something happens to my 10 IV. I was initially kind of skeptical about how narrow the display was, but after a couple of days I got used to it, and the feel in the hand is fantastic. Plus, y'know, a headphone jack, a microSD slot (and the microSD/SIM slot can be opened with just your fingernail), great battery life and a great OEM Android that is almost stock (and really just adds some great features, like Side Sense). Literally the only real complaint I have is that since it's not a high-end line, it can lag and hang sometimes a little, though this is mostly when using multi-window features. Oh, yeah, and though this is kind of a pointless "feature", the Xperia 10 IV (and the V and VI too mostly) look absolutely fantastic with the sleek back. One of the most gorgeous backsides of a phone I've ever seen.

Oh, yeah, and 120 Hz is a meme. Could not care less about that.

[rentefald]

Went from Samsung A53 to this. Best choice ever. Perfect size, very bright screen.

[liyanaaltalib]

GSM Arena is bais when it comes to Xperia. Sony camera is decent. No enhance being use in their camera just that when environment is dark, it gets ugly with its pixels. Reason why I loyal to Xperia because its solid. Fall to the ground, fall on stones and bricks, water got inside... I don't go to full panic mode which is rare not to these days. Sony is Nokia durability. I never face problems with safety and scammer. Somehow sony take care of it for me. Somehow they block or provide warnings if there are weird app try to download themselves in my phone. Overall, you can't play game with this phone it will overheat but it is a phone for your basic needs and to keep important stuff like online banking apps. Music... what can I say it's walkman in a phone form. And because of all the above reason I stay with Xperia more than 15 years now. Been trying to buy iphone but its to fragile. Samsung interface bad and safety is suspicious. Pixel sounds great but Google like to abandoned ship all the time. Xperia sales flop but they still keep they promise to take care of their user. So I cancelled buying other phone because all of those phone don't got my back, Xperia does. Each xperia can be use more than 4 years. You need something reliable buy Xperia.

[Ragna___]

21:9 is such a practical aspect ratio. One-handed typing and the best to hold your phone when you're on the move.

Prices of Sony phones are not good though. Especially considering their market share.

[ms.stability]

i had it in my hands yesterday, it's so light like feather

[ivybator]

I am looking forward to the Xperia 5 VI ❤🎉

[hopefalls]

Hey, another Sony Xperia 10 V user here, I only use Youtube ReVanced - no lags there, overall performance is smooth for 2 months now, before it was rather bad.

[vicglory]

Not quite agree with you. Been using it for a year now, works like a workhorse, travel without need to worry about battery. Under light usage, this phone will last three days no charging! So no need for external battery. Super reliable, performance, sufficent to play most of games and day to day tasks. Light weight makes it my preferred phone over other two phones i have.

[diegocabrejas]

There is so much bias against sony these days. You can see in every sony xperia 10 review video, they always keep mentioning alternatives. Whereas in other phone's reviews, they don't.

[namelesssnitchy]

Side sense splitscreen is also the best in the market. and with using the pop up screen you can literally use 3 screens. best for multitasking i think.

[Harish-otcg]

Hi, I read that Xperia 10 V camera shutter can only go down to 1s, can you check if Xperia 10 VI can do lower min shutter speed with manual shutter speed option? i.e. can it go slower than 1s? can it do long exposure like 5s or 10s? I know this is not a mid-range use case, but I want to know if it can do this for maybe capturing the occasional night sky. Thanks.
Also currently own Samsung A73, wondering if Xperia 10 VI will be too much of a downgrade mainly Camera (A73 camera 108MP binned down can do up to 10s exposure in manual mode). Main reason for considering Xperia is the smaller size and SD card.

[Christian]

I'm a Xperia 10 V User and regarding to the YT Bug, I can say that it doesn't happen for me most of the time, but it still happens. But it's more rather a issue on Googles Side, since I have the same issue on my previous Galaxy A52s