Sony Xperia 10 IV
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- roots and wings
- Mt8
- 14 Jun 2022
Anonymous, 11 Jun 2022Dunno what the downsides are of flashing stock firmware fro... moreThanks for your reply, I think I'll wait and buy one secondhand in a couple of years, so if I make a mess of flashing it I won't nullify a warranty on a new phone. Or if I see lots of buyers successfully flashing a radio ROM without any ill effects I'll get a new one and do it. It's a pity that Sony don't offer it out of the box in this region though. They've lost a sale to Xiaomi (Redmi Note 10 Pro has it I believe) for replacing my decade-old venerable Xperia S, which does have FM and NFC.
Thanks again for your response!
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- Anonymous
- 8qQ
- 13 Jun 2022
Anonymous, 11 Jun 2022>Plastic build >Monospeaker >60Hz display >4... moreConsider this though. You are trading that higher refresh rate on other phones for much lower endurance. And on a mid ranger, I'd take high endurance over useless refresh rate any day. It also means, Sony offers you this choice. Literally everyone else does the same thing. I appreciate Sony taking different approach and prioritizing different things. Also monospeaker, honestly, when did you actually last use a speaker where stereo was required.... me, never. I use earphones when in public as not to annoying other people with my terrible music tastes or when at home, I use proper audio setups. That monospeaker means space for larger battery or anything else. That price, means there's virtually no bloatware on Sony phones and at least 3 years of updates (granted they could do better like Apple or Samsung), which is 3 years more than you get from cheap phones from chinese brands which have dozens of bloatware apps preinstalled and some even come with ads. So yeah, higher cost, but in cheaper phone you pay for it with your data or other annoyance. So honestly, I'd take this over anything else right now. And as it happens I am, I got it on preorder. Oh and last thing, no punchholes, it's amazing. I think it's great Sony does something much different than everyone else.
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- Anonymous
- StU
- 11 Jun 2022
>Plastic build
>Monospeaker
>60Hz display
>429 price
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
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- Anonymous
- 7Xc
- 11 Jun 2022
roots and wings, 10 Jun 2022I want an FM radio too, in EU region. What is the rational... moreDunno what the downsides are of flashing stock firmware from different region but if they have more features like FM Radio then I guess just go for it. Just like when US had disabled FP due to patent but flashing EU/ASIA FP enabled firmware fixes it.
Important thing is English Language is available.
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- Anonymous
- 4Iy
- 11 Jun 2022
I'm not sure how well "endurance rating" translates to screen-on time, which is what's actually important, but 168 hours is ridiculous in comparison to practically every other phone on this site.
Once this phone drops to like 250 which should be its actual price based on specs, it's a definite buy.
Such nice color options, too. What a rarity.
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- roots and wings
- Mt8
- 10 Jun 2022
Anonymous, 03 Jun 2022I believe firmware from Asia Regions have FM App on their s... moreI want an FM radio too, in EU region. What is the rationale for not allowing FM reception when it's already in the hardware? Xiaomi have a *#*#6484#*#* hack to get to a screen to enable it. It would be great if Sony had such a hack too. Having to learn how to flash Japanese ROMs onto EU phones, and trying to find out what are the downsides of that ROM, is just a time sink.
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- Aan2007
- nxd
- 10 Jun 2022
Anonymous, 12 May 2022Sony we want real compact series phones back. Remember you ... moreSo just buy S22, pretty compact to me, Xiaomi 12X is also quite small.
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- Aan2007
- nxd
- 10 Jun 2022
Senra, 28 May 2022This phone and Pixel 6a will be the only smaller (5.5"... moreWhat about Xiaomi 12X? You can also buy last year S21, both blows this phone out of water, though no jack.
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- Aan2007
- nxd
- 10 Jun 2022
Andrew, 10 Jun 2022499 for this? What are they smoking ? It's 249 phone. ... moreWith 67mm width, jack, waterproofing, SD card and insane battery life? Good luck, this is pretty amazing phone, if they put there SD778, only thing I really don't like it's the SoC.
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- Andrew
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- 10 Jun 2022
499 for this? What are they smoking ? It's 249 phone. You can buy Xiaomi 12x for 549 or just go for ton of other good options bellow 400 mark (Nord 2, GT Neo...)
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- Anon
- 0pw
- 07 Jun 2022
Dean F, 04 Jun 2022They did release a phone that Ace 2's size. It's... moreYeh but the ace phones were released in Japan only! There is no global version.
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- Anonymous
- 7Xc
- 06 Jun 2022
LOL, 01 Jun 2022Most people don't care about custom roms. A few irate ... moreBut it does help to reduce e-waste even just a little by being able to get the latest android via custom roms.
Like I still use XZ Premium with the Latest Android 12 LineageOS ever since it stopped recieving updates. I tend to keep my phone till it breaks or irepairable(crack screen/dead motherboard) then thats when I replace it with another newer model.
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- Dean F
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- 04 Jun 2022
Anon, 02 Jun 2022Very few compact phones around. This is not exactly compact... moreThey did release a phone that Ace 2's size. It's called the Ace 3.
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- Anonymous
- 7Xc
- 03 Jun 2022
Anonymous, 01 Jun 2022What do you mean? They still have official bootloader unloc... moreJust wait a couple of months or maybe a year after release for their phones to be reasonably priced. Maybe during special sales or events, the prices drop. Electronic devices prices tend to drop fast nowadays considering the many competition there is.
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- Anonymous
- 7Xc
- 03 Jun 2022
Frank, 02 Jun 2022I believe that your only option is to flash an alternate RO... moreI believe firmware from Asia Regions have FM App on their stock firmware.
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- Anon
- 3y@
- 02 Jun 2022
Very few compact phones around. This is not exactly compact. However, I love the notchless design. It's great! However, it is expensive compared to other phones in the price range. Sony should releases Sony xperia Ace 2 size phone.
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- Frank
- nJE
- 02 Jun 2022
Matias, 30 May 2022I'm from Argentina, and here we still have a lot of FM... moreI believe that your only option is to flash an alternate ROM that ships with a fm radio app.
And I'm not sure those exist; maybe a Sony firmware for a region where they still ship the fm radio app.
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- Anonymous
- dQN
- 02 Jun 2022
Anonymous, 01 Jun 2022What do you mean? They still have official bootloader unloc... moreThey are talking about Nokia.
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- Anonymous
- 64i
- 01 Jun 2022
Anonymous, 31 May 2022Couple of years ago they removed their official website tha... moreWhat do you mean? They still have official bootloader unlocking support. Showed up from a quick web search. Still available from their Sony developer site. Their phones are too overpriced for anyone to consider developing any custom roms for it. Otherwise, they are the closest thing to the perfect android phone on the market.
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- 01 Jun 2022
Anonymous, 31 May 2022Couple of years ago they removed their official website tha... moreMost people don't care about custom roms. A few irate geeks aren't going to put a dent on the sales number (which is already low for Xperia phones).