Sony Xperia 10 VI in for review

This is the Xperia 10 VI, Sony's annual midranger, and on the surface, not much has changed. It follows the blueprint of its predecessor almost to the letter. A mid-sized phone with great battery life, solid multimedia credentials, and the Sony experience for Sony faithful.

The Xperia 10 VI is environmentally conscious, which is to say that it ships in a recycled box without any plastic inside, but also sadly no accessories - hope you have a charger and USB cable lying around. Over 50% of the phone's own plastics are recycled too!

The new phone has lost the dedicated 54mm zoom camera from its predecessor but should make up for it in a software-powered 2x mode from the main camera. Doing the math shows that the light gathering from the main sensor is superior to what the telephoto offered so it really shouldn't be a big loss. More importantly, you finally get 4K 30fps video recording.

That comes curtesy of the new 4nm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset that should stretch the 5,000mAh battery further. The 21:9 display is also unchanged, as are the simmetrical front-facing stereo speakers and the existence of a dedicated 3.5mm headphone jack.

The Xperia 10 VI on the left, 10 V on the right

Our review is coming soon, so stay tuned!