Sony Xperia 10 review

22 March 2019
Sony's newly revamped smartphone lineup revolves around the digit 1 - there's the flagship Xperia 1 that's not quite ready for prime time and the Xperia 10 and 10 Plus in the midrange, the two very much in stores as we speak. We had a closer look at the 10 Plus recently, and now it's the smaller 10's turn.

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  • N9P
  • 09 Jan 2024

How to unlock Sony xperia 10 if you forget the pin?

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    • Anonymous
    • t@g
    • 11 Mar 2022

    Jakeman10, 13 Jun 2021I have been a Sony fan for many years now, and own/ have ow... moreBecause only has 3GB RAM which is too small and Snapdragon 630 which only relies at A53 cores, this is low performance cores, which means snap630 is identical like 4xx not 480

    If you want a reliable phone, buy flagship 8xx and UFS, no regret even it is secondhand

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      • Jakeman10
      • J1W
      • 13 Jun 2021

      I have been a Sony fan for many years now, and own/ have owned many Sony products. This phone however does not do the Sony brand justice as it's the worst Sony device I have ever owned (after 2 years of use). Like so many other users, it's laggy, freezes, hangs, and requires frequent restarts.

      I just received the Samsung Galaxy A02S, which by comparison on paper, is not such a good phone as the Sony (less storage, less memory, lower resolution) however the performance is smooth and `feels´ like a much better phone.

      I suppose its all how the different technical aspects come together, which make it a good or bad phone...

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        • UnicornDawn
        • 0RC
        • 01 Feb 2021

        I've had an Xperia 10 for over 12 months and can honestly say that it is the one phone that I can quite happily throw at a wall!! It lags, freezes or overheats and I've done so many resets and restarts that I've lost count. My XZ1 is far superior despite being an older phone so I now use that more than the 10.

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          • Pissedpirate
          • m5G
          • 09 Jan 2021

          Worst phone ever has the computing process of a screaming 3 year old it's slow crashes and unrespons

            So disappointed.
            Second Xperia in a row where the mic doesn't work properly
            Looses mobile connection
            Camera is very poor, takes about a half hour to load, an exaggeration, but the time isn't acceptable
            But worst off all crashes way too often
            Fortunately I googled hard reset, power and vol button together.

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              • Anonymous
              • amm
              • 28 Jun 2020

              Worst smartphone I have ever owned . From day one it has been clunky and unresponsive. The camera is slow to respond and apps regularly crashn battery life is a joke. Will never buy Sony again.

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                • Sage
                • XLN
                • 15 May 2020

                I have been using Xperia 10 for about a year now. Only good thing is the shape as it is easy to hold. Apart from that, nothing special about the phone. Received a notification to update the software to 53.1.A.2.2 which I did. I regretted updating to the new software. The new software has problem making a basic call. If you try to make a call, the phone goes black and you can't do anything afterwards; you can't end the call, put on speaker or make a selection if you are calling a company call centre. If the number you are calling goes to voice mail, be sure that all your airtime will run out. After about five minutes, the phone comes back to life with the call ended. I can't believe that a phone is having difficulty making a simple call. Sony needs to check this problem.

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                  • tom
                  • nxq
                  • 15 Mar 2020

                  AnonD-82756, 31 Oct 2019Your talking complete and utter rubbish!how are they wrong state your case or just be a bell end.

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                    • diakrino50
                    • m5a
                    • 05 Nov 2019

                    Having used Sony phones for a long time I previously owned an XA1 which after a couple of months stopped charging, unless you tweaked the cable every five minutes. I trashed it. I then spent a considerable amount of money on the Xperia 10 which is a wonderful phone (great for streaming, good storage management, great performance, nice camera etc.) until it started freezing up. Literally thousands of Sony forum entries complained of the same thing, and the occasional answer from Sony was to restart, hard reset, check apps for bad performance... the usual lame response phone companies have been giving us since the days of feature phones. We know all the tricks. The main problem is that it will only unfreeze by locking and unlocking (literally every few minutes) which after a week or so I bought a Motorola G7 Power which has more RAM. Admittedly, it has less style and visuals than the Xperia 10, but it works. So there's my take on the latest Sony phones. I am disappointed at the lack of performance and the lack of response from Sony. Familiar story by now, I know. And don't waste your money on the Xperia 10 Plus either, because the Sony forums are packed full of complaints about the same fault. No update, no patch, forget it.

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                      • AnonD-82756
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                      • 31 Oct 2019

                      Anonymous, 26 Mar 2019Wrong. Xperia 10 has worst camera and screen. My friend has... moreAgain this is not true at all

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                        • AnonD-82756
                        • nIY
                        • 31 Oct 2019

                        Anonymous, 26 Mar 2019I have 3 sony flagships and battery life is bad in all 3. I... moreYour talking complete and utter rubbish!

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                          • Anonymous
                          • mxT
                          • 22 Oct 2019

                          Always had xperia phones. Got this and what a piece of junk. This is the worst phone I've ever had. Slow. Finger print reader never reads. Really poor. A5 pound phone would be more reliable.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 7qf
                            • 25 Aug 2019

                            The outlook is good, good for watching netflix, bad for pretty much everything else.
                            Touchscreen become more unresponsive over time. It becomes better for a short while if let it contact some metal surface. So it might be because static charge accumulation on this badly designed plastic phone.

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                              • THB
                              • SY6
                              • 17 Aug 2019

                              Anonymous, 24 Mar 2019Sony, Sony, Sony... Here's what you needed to. Omnibalance... moreYour so right - 21:9 in a mobile - It only for the Art-film lovers - This one is no wider (which is what you need) than a 5.2" 16: 9

                                Bought this Xperia 10 Blue 64GB / 3GB as a brandnew ,in open box, warehousedeal for 180 euro.
                                Nice and slim device, but the snapdragon 630 struggles sometimes.
                                Replaces my old and faithfull Galaxy S6.
                                Looks better than Moto g7 witch is in my opinion the main competitor.

                                Pro:
                                -design /shape
                                -slim
                                -Great DAC/ audio (with Fidelio X2 headphones)
                                -Display does very well in bright sunlight
                                -Videocamera Quality
                                -reasonable bare Android 9, pixelphone-ish
                                -Nice fingerprintscanner

                                ...The 180 euro i've paid should be the retailprice.

                                Con:
                                -Battery life for me 06.00-20.00, half an hour more then a 3 year old S6
                                -'Point and shoot' Photo results in general, compared to my old S6, not bad but disapointing, little shutterlag.
                                -this Snapdragon and the 3GB seem to struggle now and then with the clean Android 9; again, compared to my old S6 with also 3GB and Android 7.
                                -This phone , in my opinion, is'nt worth the EUR 270-350 (What it cost now, at the time)
                                Mainly due to the used SoC

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • PIE
                                  • 23 Jun 2019

                                  Does it has VPT surround and clear bass feature in Music app?

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                                    • Selvi
                                    • U@3
                                    • 11 Jun 2019

                                    Sony xperia mobile I love you

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                                      • JAVE
                                      • fjS
                                      • 08 Jun 2019

                                      From cellphones got into our life, I used Sony (Erricson, XPERIA) and never had problems. Now using XPERIA Z3 and upgrading again with Sony. Wife had one for more than 8 years and no problems. Thought it was gone.

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                                        • Angela Manuel
                                        • FnE
                                        • 03 Jun 2019

                                        I bought the Sony 10 a few days ago and I just love this phone. I always had Sony and will take it over and over again.

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