Review Xperia 10 III - Sony still looking for winning formula

I tested the previous version of the phone last year all this time and in that review I said that Sony has to look more closely at the competition.He did this?What has changed and what does not find out from the review.

The phone is narrow and long, with a 21: 9 aspect ratio.The screen has the black edges at the top and bottom, so without notch or perforated screen.A design that I like and is aesthetic, but also useful because I can easily reach the thumb from one side to the other.It is pleasant to hold in the hand and is adherent because it has glass on the back.Yes, the phone has Gorilla Glass 6 on the face and back, which is not exactly common in this price segment, and the edge is plastic, but a quality one.

Xperia 10 III is easy to 169 grams and thin at 8.3 mm, and the screen is OLED and has a diagonal of 6 inches.The resolution is FHD+ with a good 457 PPI pixel density, but with a refresh rate of 60 Hz.It is bright enough to be used outside on a sunny day and illustrates bright and contrasting pictures and colors on standard display mode.The original things may seem slightly deleted.

The screen is ok for movies and clips, but because it has a 21: 9 ratio it means that you stretch the image quite a lot if you make it fullscreen, and this leads to losing some information at the bottom and the top.On the other hand, 21: 9 is good for gaming because the fingers do not cover as much on the screen.Continuing, because we have a midrange, the phone has headphone jack at the top.

On a side we have the SIM drawer that can be removed with the nail, without having to use a needle or something else.By the way, the phone is dual SIM and you can attach a microSD card, yet you have to sacrifice a SIM.On the other side we have the volume button, the starting button that works and as a fingerprint sensor and the Google Assist button.Down we have the USB-C loading jack, but not a speaker.This is because it is implemented in the bottom edge, fixed below the screen, which is good because the sound comes directly to you and the speaker cannot be easily covered with your finger.Unfortunately, we have no stereo speakers.

As I said, the 6 -inch screen has no notch and on the top edge of above we see a selfie room and the call for calls.Although the screen is as large as Xperia 10 II, Xperia 10 III The screen ratio is more than 80.3% compared to 77.6%, which means that black edges have been reduced.However, it is not as good as on Notch phones that have a ratio of 85-86%.

It's an outdated aesthetic, but I like it because we have symmetry.On the back we have a very small and discreet room module with three sensors and the Sony logo in the middle.It is an elegant business -looking phone and one that doesn't seem cheap.Maybe some of you will say that it is aging, but I am sure there are people who prefer a symmetrical aesthetics and a compact and easy -to -use phone and now to move on to performance and autonomy.

Sony Xperia 10 III performance and autonomy

Sony Xperia 10 III has a Snapdragon 690 5G processor, made on an 8 Nm manufacturing process, and comes with 6 GB RAM and a 128 GB storage.So compared to the previous version we are talking about a more efficient processor, 5G connectivity and more RAM.In terms of performance in real use scenarios, the phone is doing very well and I did not have problems during the use period.Even pretentious games like Call of Duty Mobile, Wild Rift or Raid: Shadow Legends have worked well at high graphic settings.Of course, we are not talking about ultra settings or over 60 fps, but good for casual gaming.Further, I was glad to see that the phone does not warm up in tests, games or multitasking.It becomes warm at most, and 3dmark indicates 36-37 degrees, which is excellent.

And the 5G connectivity was good and I had a good signal on Orange and 160 Mbps download speeds and 100 Mbps on upload in Sector 3 of Bucharest, that is, as on my personal note 20 Ultra.

If the performance does not impress, Xperia 10 III does it for autonomy.The battery is 4500 mAh, a fairly large one, a significant upgrade compared to the 3600 mAh found on the previous model, but not necessarily unusual in the price segment.POCO F3 or A52 5G also have 4500 mAh batteries.

With Xperia 10 III you can expect two days of use because it has a smaller screen, a processor that does not consume too much energy and a refresh rate of 60 Hz.On the other hand, the loading speed is ridiculous.The phone supports charging at 30 watts, but a 10 watt charger includes in the box, and with it the phone charges 21% in 30 minutes.So either you use another charger from another phone or buy one.

Of course, I would have liked a slightly more efficient processor like a Snapdragon 750g as it is on OnePlus Nord EC 5G.Review on the channel.Not necessarily for now because the experience of use is as good on Xperia 10 III as on the north, but for the future

At the software level, of course we are talking about Android 11 clean, running very ok.What I like about Sony is that it puts a great focus on multitasking and the use of two applications at the same time and has an application called multiwindow on the main starting screen.He does this for a long time, but it is worth mentioning.The phone being taller is useful such an app and so it is easier to do certain things

Sony Xperia 10 III cameras

The phone has three rooms on the back.We are talking about a phone with a 12 MP F/1.8 main sensor, an 8 MP/2.2 ultrawide one and an optical 2x zoom phone of 8 MP F/2.4.I mean a good package for more situations.What I first noticed is that the main Wide sensor is a little closer at 27 mm, compared to the classic 26 mm, and the ultrawide has a 120-degree inclusion angle, slightly higher than the classic 119 degrees.

The selfie camera is 8 MP F/2.0 and is not an extraordinary one.First of all, compared to other Xperia 10 III phones, it has problems in exposing both the face and the background and often I saw a burning sky in the back.And this is also valid for the photos taken with the main camera.So Sony still has to work on computational photography.

The pictures in the daytime look good and you will see decent pictures.At night or in low brightness the phone is doing ok, but you will see a lot of noise in the picture.What I liked is that we have a 2x optical zoom-zoom phone sensor, which is much more useful than a macro one, for example, and a rarer example in this price category.Optical zoom images look ok and inside and out.What I want to mention is that the camera application is not the most intuitive and it is a bit slow and it takes 2-3 seconds until it makes an image.

Xperia 10 III is available in black and white variants, at the price of 1999 lei, and if you were pre-order you received the gift of Over Ear Wh710n, which have a price of 700 lei.That package was a good one, but now the offer is no longer available, and in 1999 lei you can find models of faster screens, more efficient processors and a modern design.Before the conclusion, we see the pros and cons for Xperia 10 III.

Pro points

Points against

It is difficult to recommend Xperia 10 III without any restraint because it comes with some minuses that you do not see at other phones in this segment.Sony should have come with a screen with a higher refresh rate, a 30 -watts' charger and better image software processing.