Sony Xperia 10 Plus review

13 March 2019
The 10 Plus, along with the smaller 10, are the first two phones that will attempt to sell you on a 21:9 screen - Sony may want you to think the flagship Xperia 1 is the true ambassador of the crazy-tall aspect, but that one is months away and the 10s are here now.

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Anonymous, 14 Mar 2019Whoever the hell that signed off on this end product design... moreYeah, agreed. It's insane.

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    • 14 Mar 2019

    Whoever the hell that signed off on this end product design imho should be fired YESTERDAY along with the other idiot who finalized the RRP. Again Sony disappoints with their usual price vs. battery life ROI and this time this thing is plastic to boot! You would have thought that after like last 3 gens of phones made them learn a few things but clearly they didn't.

    I knew from the outset that this is again gonna be an.overpriced Snapdragon 636 phone against the competition, voila in typical Sony fashion. **sigh**

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      • 14 Mar 2019

      Wow much impressed with the camera quality in daylight, it has flagship competitor guts

        Anonymous, 14 Mar 2019Few years ago companies have identity. Now almost the ph... more> "Few years ago companies have identity."
        And why do they need some "identity"?

        > "Now almost the phones look exactly the same."
        Is it bad?

        > "Now imagine if 99% of the cars were same , just different on the inside. "
        I should think that it would be bad? Why?

        > "All flat screen with one hole. "
        I don't like hole in the screen, I find it more obtrusive than any notch. But flat screens are better than curved: no mistouches, no weird reflections no dstortion of content.

          Anonymous, 14 Mar 2019X1 does not have 806ppi like other Premium. It is less than 660. Smartphone doesn't need more than 400 ppi (460 if OLED).

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            • 14 Mar 2019

            love sony design still (not the xz3 attempt) but they are just 100-200€ too expensive for offering nothing more than any other phone.

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              • 14 Mar 2019

              Anonymous, 14 Mar 2019And why is 800 ppi so important on a phone?X1 does not have 806ppi like other Premium. It is less than 660.

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                • 14 Mar 2019

                Nicolas F, 14 Mar 2019Is it bad?) Why should I "recognize brands"?) Notch is no... moreFew years ago companies have identity.

                Now almost the phones look exactly the same. Same stupid move was done by car makers.
                One brand has same design being used for the front of many cars.
                Now imagine if 99% of the cars were same , just different on the inside.

                Nova 4, Galaxy S10e, upcoming Motorola P30, maybe zenfone 6 and very small chinese brands. All flat screen with one hole.

                At least Sony and HTC stay away from this. There is no point of an "innovation" that has no benefits for user. Front cam of S10+ takes at least 5% of the screen. It is ridiculous to watch a video and a huge black spot there, like bunch of dead pixels.

                Hater want Sony to use design of Find X ( no matter getting rid of front speaker and IP rating). Even an editor of Gsma has changed his mind about this kind of design and now he thinks it is very annoying. His article also mentions other phones he has issues with like OnePlus 6T.

                Notch is popular not because companies thought it was useful, just because Apple decided to use. No one cared about it when only Sharp and Essential were using. Stupid move to keep selling iphone clones.

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                  • 14 Mar 2019

                  Shanti Dope, 14 Mar 2019Like anyone claimed such claims really! Last time I gave a... moreAnd why is 800 ppi so important on a phone?

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                    • 14 Mar 2019

                    Gsma fprgot the sunlight ratio

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                      • 14 Mar 2019

                      Marvin Hagler, 14 Mar 2019Shanti what great things are you doing to make such bold co... moreThat ain't bold, that's a s2pid comment. Which brand does not care about success? Doesn't make any sense to me

                        Anonymous, 14 Mar 201999% of the phones look like iphone already. You cannot reco... moreIs it bad?)
                        Why should I "recognize brands"?)
                        Notch is not good, but fairly bearable)

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                          • 14 Mar 2019

                          Shanti Dope, 14 Mar 2019Not the main screen, but would still be used just as any ot... moreIt's not the main screen, that's why people could not care less about its aspect ratio.

                            Marvin Hagler, 14 Mar 2019Shanti what great things are you doing to make such bold co... moreMarvin what such great things are you doing to make such bold questions?

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                              Anonymous, 14 Mar 2019This design is an upside down version of Sharp Crystal. ... moremany phones have the screen connector at middle of the screen or at side, if you see teardown's/dissasembly videos you see many of them having that kind of connector placed.

                              There's no reason to Sony keep big bezel when this already exist.

                              So, Sony is trying to be Sony: awful front with uncetered screen, not only from today ut in the past they already have this kind of design!

                              Bad choise, i think their 200 years old CEO is stuck in the past.

                                Shanti Dope, 14 Mar 2019Not the main screen, but would still be used just as any ot... moreShanti what great things are you doing to make such bold comments ?

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                                  • 14 Mar 2019

                                  For IFA

                                  Flagship + LCD
                                  Xperia 10 series member with SD710

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                                    Dude, 14 Mar 2019Sony needs a new CEO and a new design team. They're stuck i... moreThere is nothing better than proper plastic composite for a phone. There is no compromise when it comes to plastic and proper plastic can be made to feel like rubber, metal, glass and so on. Metal frames and glass plates have zero benefits over plastic other than the perception that you have something in your hand that you perceive is of high quality, which is not.

                                    Metal frames on 99% of the phones is absolute cheap kind of aluminum that scuffs and chips and has no rigidity. Even expensive 7000 grade chips as easy. Metal frame also interferes with wireless so it requires plastic interuptions which kills yhe whole purpose of a frame anyway in both structural and esthetic points.

                                    Glass or kind of super shiney corning glass is uktra slippery and impossible to hold especially with thin devices. So you need a clear bra which again kills the whole purpose of touching the glass. It doesn't scratch as easy but it shatters unless your phone has beveled edges on glass plates which most phones don't have cause they want flush screen. Sony is in minority that makes their glass surfaces beveled.

                                    Xperia 10 structure is plastic composite unibody with curvature. Its a proper build for a phone. No compromises.

                                    But you don't have to take my word for it. Everyone is free to believe that metal frames on chinese cheap phones are as equal as flagships of Apple Samsung or Sony or that implementation of Gorilla glass is always the same no matter what. Thats according to life by the specs but actual life has so many variables unseen by spec sheet.

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                                      • 14 Mar 2019

                                      Anonymous, 14 Mar 2019Stacking makes the photos look more natural. Tell me, do yo... moreSomethimes even full frame can overexpose scene if you do not use filters.
                                      How can a phone show blue sky?

                                      Computational DR is fake.

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                                        • 14 Mar 2019

                                        Nicolas F, 14 Mar 2019And what is this reason?)99% of the phones look like iphone already. You cannot recognize brands anymore.
                                        Notch is disgusting.