Weekly poll: Sony Xperia Mark III tries something different, but is it worth the price of admission?

18 April 2021
Looking at these three you get the feeling that Sony is ignoring market trends and is content to do its own thing - would you be part of it?

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MrDong, 19 Apr 2021Your favorite brand Xiaomi is even buggier. I will show you... moreProbably downloaded some miui theme that wasn't compatible.
One guy gets his homescreen stuck.. That's a bug?? Lol.

And who told you Xiaomi is my favorite brand. Me and my family have extensively used Samsung flagships in the past. Mi 10 ultra was the first Mi phone in our family and I was impressed by it.
Perhaps next time don't bother bringing me news about some guy that had his homescreen stuck on his budget phone.

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    • Anonymous
    • p%L
    • 20 Apr 2021

    Anonymous, 19 Apr 202110 III will have 30W supported too, atleast told on officia... more60hz display will give you good battery life. But it wasn't the best.

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      • Anonymous
      • gj$
      • 19 Apr 2021

      And what 10 III have stereo speakers too?

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        • Anonymous
        • gj$
        • 19 Apr 2021

        10 III will have 30W supported too, atleast told on official page.

        And yeah 10 II had one of best battery life with 3600mAh on that category, and now 4500mAh!

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          • d@w
          • 19 Apr 2021

          Xperia 10 III looks interesting, although I'm concerned it might not have an Always-On Display which would be a major dealbreaker for me.

            I don't understand Sony's thinking we've these updates, I've got an Xperia 5ii and theres a lot of things to like about it, love the 21/9 form factor, the screen is pretty nice and love the Cinema Pro and Camera Pro apps, even though the cameras overall probably aren't quite as good as the best from Apple or Samsung they're decent and I love the focus on photography. But there's a lot of frustrating things, I screen is nowhere near bright enough so can't use those apps if it's bright sunny day as you cannot see the screen! The selfie camera isn't good enough for a phone of the price they are asking, it just inst, it's fine but not for phone of this price and the quality of the haptics feels cheap and theres no wireless charging. These new phones don't seem to have addressed any those issues, still no wireless charging and looks like the same screen. The one thing I really loved was the dark blue colour of the 5ii, and they've ditched that. It doesn't make sense. Shame as I do really like my 5ii, it could be a great phone and was hoping the new ones would improve the things that let it down.

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              • 6rJ
              • 19 Apr 2021

              When it comes to Xperia, there are more haters than enthusiasts, tumbled into an article just to pick up insanities because it's not to your liking, so it really goes back to a psychological problem.

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                • uFn
                • 19 Apr 2021

                Iv owned a few sony phones, everyone of them has out lasted any other brand of phone iv or my friends have borrowed and it great they aren't bothering with main stream crap, I don't want the same phone as the next person with a different brand name one it.
                Thank for bringing back the head phone jack, using all attachments to the the charging port type c will just wear it out unnecessarily, I'm still on xz2 for now waiting to have enough $$ to upgrade other wise the phones two years old and still dosent miss a beat.

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                  • n5n
                  • 19 Apr 2021

                  Tann Hauser, 18 Apr 2021I dont take dxo even with pepper, let alone salt.I think their reviews can be decent and accurate, especially with the advanced information they provide, you just have to take the scores with a grain of salt and interpret the measurements and sample shots instead.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • M0x
                    • 19 Apr 2021

                    Nick Tegrataker, 19 Apr 2021”you can take DSLR like pictures” You can't be seriou... moreThe guy is a known Sony troll. Goes to the extent of cooking up lies about other phones to justify his Sony.
                    It's better that you don't waste your time on such guys

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                      • Anonymous
                      • I@H
                      • 19 Apr 2021

                      see how interesting xperia handsets are?
                      6000-11000 votes on these three handsets by supporters and haters and in betweens!
                      and the comment section explodes!!!
                      while last week nokia poll was only like 3000-4000?
                      want to compile the comment section in a book.

                        Smithravi, 19 Apr 2021The difference that would have made is that you can take DS... more”you can take DSLR like pictures”
                        You can't be serious. If you could every professional photographer would've already replaced their ILCs with Xperia LMFAO. I can't believe the amount of stupidity present in this comment and genuinely have to wonder how clueless one has to be to even consider upvoting it.

                        "how you want to portray without needing to edit or without post process after taking a picture how AI feels good"
                        This part makes little sense but let me tell you that AI scene recognition can be turned off on every single phone.

                        "The difference is HDR or DRO can be tunred off and on manually in addition to AUTO HDR in available settings"
                        And how is this even remotely related to what I said about DxOMark making a right choice not using Photo Pro app during their test???

                        God your argument is awful as heck.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • M0x
                          • 19 Apr 2021

                          Smithravi, 19 Apr 2021So If I tell you I have taken at certain conditions and sho... moreI won't believe you and no one Gsmarena will believe that you trolllllll.
                          But we will believe DxOMark which has much better credibility than SmithRavvi who gets paid 1 cent per post.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • p37
                            • 19 Apr 2021

                            I like sony i had a few in the past. The Arc was my first ever smartphone back in the day.

                            I would be glad to own a Sony again, i like what they´re doing. They are loyal to their won trend , the products still have a good feeling and quality.

                            Either the Xperia 5 ii or the RAZR will be my next phone

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                              • Anonymous
                              • f31
                              • 19 Apr 2021

                              Yes very interested will buy it but are you launching it in South Africa Johannesburg as well

                                Anonymous, 19 Apr 2021All the professional photographer's interviewed last y... moreWhere are the links from those "Professionals".
                                To me your words sounded like coming from yourself.
                                Are you having multiple personality ??

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • nit
                                  • 19 Apr 2021

                                  Smithravi, 19 Apr 2021Now you are just talking vague without any facts. More like... moreAll the professional photographer's interviewed last year said they would prefer a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, Huawei p40 pro plus or the MI 10 ultra as their main phone for photography in the absence of Dslr.
                                  Sony wasn't even in their top 10 list.
                                  These guys know that just because Sony makes good mirrorless cameras, Dslr, other professional photography gear and sensors for smartphone, that doesn't translate into great pictures from their smartphones.

                                    [deleted post]So If I tell you I have taken at certain conditions and show you two pics, you will believe me??
                                    No wonder you live in a bubble.

                                    You and your pathetic website.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • nit
                                      • 19 Apr 2021

                                      Anonymous, 19 Apr 2021I have noticed one thing on Sony articles and comments sect... moreI've observed the same thing.

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                                        • M0x
                                        • 19 Apr 2021

                                        Anonymous, 19 Apr 2021By this logic you should also not like Xiaomi or Huawei dev... moreThose extra steps take less than a minute.
                                        It's faster than setting up an average Android phone