Xperia 10 II Plus with Snapdragon 720 reportedly canceled as Sony focuses on 5G

Michail, 05 November 2020

Way back in February Sony announced its Xperia 10 II - a follow-up to 2019’s Xperia 10. Last year also brought us the Xperia 10 Plus which naturally raises the question: where is the Xperia 10 II Plus? Well, it seems there won’t be such a device as Sony has canceled the phone.

Sony Xperia 10 II Plus with Snapdragon 720 reportedly canceled

According to a Chinese tipster, Sony has decided to go all-in on 5G and has thus scrapped the Xperia 10 II Plus which was being developed with the Snapdragon 720. The phone was already spotted on the EEC database bearing the XQ-AQ52/53 model number.

Sony Xperia 10 II Plus listing on EEC

It remains to be seen if Sony will bring the device with a new 5G chipset and a different product name.

Via (in Japanese)

Reader comments

Anonymous
22 Apr 2023
gqb

Sony can easily resurrect the Xperia 10 Plus in 2023 and put at least 778G chipset. 7+ Gen 2 would be great since Sony always use latest chipset for their 10, 5, and 1 models, but that's on them to decide.

mprox
21 Apr 2021
fu7

This is a great smartphone for business use and it is litter than the XperiaZ

verden.kma
08 Nov 2020
Lf7

I am waiting for Sony release a phone in this $400 - $800 (more precisely $550 - $750) pricerange. I don't like most of the colors of 2019 Xperias + I want a great camera (not features, just good hardware, big 1/1.7 or 1/1.28 sensor, proper HDR,...