Sony Xperia 10 III Review | The good, bad and very ugly By Tech Spurt

So I spent the last week with Sony's fresh new Xperia 10, mark iii, smartphone, the first Sony mid-ranger to come packing 5g smarts you've also got some flexible camera tech and that same sleek and durable design as the more premium mark iii experience which, by the way, are still floating around in some sort of smartphone ether. Right now, early some of my ass crack and for 400 quid, the Xperia 10 mark iii is certainly an affordable alternative to the opera, 1 and 5 and in many ways a strong rival to the OnePlus word, the pixel 4 a5g yada. But it also comes with some caveats if you do decide to take the plunge so here's my full Sony, Xperia 10, mark iii review and for more on the latest and greatest tech, including the best budget, 5g phones right now. Definitely please do poke subscribe and ding that notifications bell cheers so the Sony Xperia 10 mark iii is very comfortable to clutch and fiddle with, although thank god for the one-handed mode, which is absolutely essential. If you want to reach up anywhere near the top half of that super tall display. Unless I'm going to have fingers like sodden e.

t, the opera, 10, mug, 3's front end and the back end are clad in gorilla, glass, 6 and while the display is so full completely free of knicks, there is a light scratch on the back end of the Xperia mark, 3, not really sure how that even happened. But apart from that, it's all good, and you do have ip68 water and dust resistance on this thing as well. So, overall, it's one pretty tough mother I'd say on the Jason steerthometer. It's definitely worth at least four and a bit angry ball these out of five beware, however, the usual fallacy of Sony smartphone design, like most other exteriors out there, the Xperia 10 mark iii, is slipperier than a seal. Slathered in lord is slipperier.

Even a word. Well bloody. Well is now because that took about a dozen takes just to get right, but basically, what I'm saying is: don't leave this blower on the arm of your sofa or any non-flat surface, because antenna says it will glide gleefully to the edge before hurling itself into oblivion. Now, Sony fans will rejoice in the fact. You've got all the usual bonus bits, sticky taped here on top of android 11.

, although, as usual, some are definitely more sponge worthy than others. Side sense can be a handy way of jumping into split screen mode with your favorite apps, and I recommend doing so on the regular, as that stretch display was absolutely made for multitasking, and this is also how you activate that one-handed mode as well, which, as I mentioned before, is kind of essential, like very, very essential. Customization is limited here and there's no face unlock to back up the edge mounted fingerprint sensor. Although, thankfully I had few issues with that, it only refused to work when my mitts were really damp and any proper hardcore Sony fans with a PlayStation at home can get some PS remote play action on the go, and this works a charm as usual as long as your home, Wi-Fi is up to it. You'll enjoy a smooth, almost completely lag-free experience for enjoying console games everywhere in the homestead.

This comes in quite handy when you're smashing on with something particularly terrifying, that Resident Evil village, because now you can do so on the restroom, thus preventing any accidental brown trouser action. Of course, remote play isn't recommended for online shoo tie shoot, but it's fine for kicking back with some solo stuff and god, damn it. The tank in mass effect, legendary edition still drives like a turd on wheels. That's for other android features. Well, oh by the way this here on the side of the Xperia 10 mark iii, that in a camera shutter button.

Unfortunately, it's a Google Assistant button which can't be remapped, it's just as completely pointless, as always considering. There are so many other ways of calling up the Google Assistant. As for how many years of OS and security updates you're guaranteed with the Xperia 10 mark iii. Well, I'm not sure if I haven't had a definitive response from Sony on that very question. I've been chasing them up, but hopefully I'll get a reply and be able to update that in the description below, and it is very disappointing that Sony continues to load its phones with crap ware like Facebook.

Without the quick option to uninstall them, it's kind of like buying a lovely fresh pair of new likes, only to discover that there's already a lot of dogs smeared across the hill. You know stuff like Facebook and LinkedIn just having to mess around with debugging shenanigans to even get them off. Your smartphone is kind of bloody, annoying, better news on the storage tip, though, because you've got 128 gigs of internal space here on the Xperia 10 and mark 3, most of which is available for whatever your little precious heart desires, despite all the shitty apps already crammed on there. And yes, there is micro, SD support in that second sim slot as well. If you want to expand now, one of the highlights of the Xperia 10 mark iii is that six-inch OLED screen the full HD plus 2520 by 1080 resolution, coupled with the not enormous stature of this panel, makes for crisp visuals, complete with full HDR action for natural colors and beautiful contrast when streaming supported content in services like Netflix now 21 by nine aspect, ratio is perfect for cinematic fare, not quite so ideal for old school shows, with some comedically massive pillar boxing, but as much as I did like this screen, I did stumble across a few little issues in my time.

So, for instance, you've got the video image optimization feature chucked away here in the settings which is supposed to increase the immersion whenever you're watching a bit of video. However, I've got to say I found that this, mostly just warped the colors and made everything look sickeningly artificial. So I knocked that right. The heck off and the auto brightness is also less than stellar. Now a lot of smartphones that rival the Xperia 10 mark iii, they tend to make things a little too dim at night.

So you have to bump up the brightness manually. I had the opposite, uh problem here with the Xperia 10 mark 3. I found that at nighttime it's still far too bright on that auto level, so I actually had to bump it right down and also whenever I was using the Xperia in the dark with the screen brightness turned right down. Furthermore, I did notice some screen funkiness as well, so, for instance, anything with a black background and sort of some flickering going on and also colors once again appeared, really, really saturated, and I did try messing around with all the eye comfort modes and all that kind of stuff as well, and it didn't seem to make a difference and also, while I'm on a massive winding spree, the refresh rate tops off at a miserly 60 hertz. Here.

Why Sony, when almost every rival phone, while the pixel 4 5g, offers up 90 or even 120 hertz action, and I have noticed that the responsiveness of the screen is ever so slightly off as well, so normally apps will open up fine when you tap them. You have no problems with like tiny links or anything, but sometimes, for instance, when you're long pressing on the screen to move an app around. Sometimes that will take a couple of attempts before it actually works, and the key to that seems to be a gentle touch often works better uh, which is something that I obviously as a backhanded northerner do not have, and the Xperia 10 mark, 3's mono speaker generally did the job just fine for watching a better video. Although I did notice that the volume was weirdly low when using some apps such as skype. No worries, though, because Sony has once again generously served up a headphone jack here on the Xperia 10 mark iii and the audio experience when using a pair of wide headphones, absolutely fantastic, full support for high-res audio, so streaming a bit high fidelity track action via the likes of diesel MAH.

Formidable you've always got a good bit of DAC action when you're streaming to supported Bluetooth headphones as well and again, absolutely no issues there with the stability or the audio quality, absolutely fantastic once again, and you do have the option in the audio settings as well to prioritize stability over the audio quality. If you are in a really busy area with lots of wireless interference, so audio smarts are great, but performance is one area where the Xperia 10 mark 3 definitely looks rather weak compared to similarly priced rivals. So in here, you've got a snapdragon, 690 uh, backed by six gigs of ram. It's a real shim that you don't at least get the snapdragon 700 series chipset, which many rivals from likes of Xiaomi and me do serve up or even like and 800 series which they can get on the likes of the Poco f3 for considerably less cash than this opera. Overall, the performance is fine, but I definitely saw some slow down when switching apps and the camera always takes an absolute frigging age to loads, and gaming is certainly perfectly possible here on the Xperia 10 mark 3.

As long as you don't go, two nuts, obviously the remote player shenanigans I mentioned earlier and popular android titles like PUBG and Call of Duty mobile, do play on the slightly higher detail. Settings as well played a few games of Call of Duty in a row just to make sure all was good and sure enough. No overheating or any of that kind of stuff. A nice judder free, smooth experience and the 120 hertz touch sampling of that Xperia x3s display keeps things competitive when you're up against these young whipper-snappers online, with their disgustingly swift reactions and yeah. Naturally, you do get full 5g support here on the Xperia term, mark 3 as well, which is kind of what you would expect at a fall at this sort of price point midway through 2021, but undoubtedly one of the best bits of the Xperia 10 mark iii and one that's probably actually helped along by that very energy.

Efficient snapdragon platform is the battery life. You've got a 4 500 William capacity cell crammed in here, and this provides stunningly strong returns. This blow can easily match and probably surpass, actually the excellent OnePlus node ce5g, which I only just reviewed, you'll, get two full days of use out of this thing. If you don't go too crazy and even the longest most intensive, crazy mental day, lots of gaming lots of camera action, all that good stuff, you'll still have gas in the tank come the end of the day. Meanwhile, the 30 watt charging is reasonably nippy, and you've also got adaptive charging support on here as well.

So you can leave it plugged in all night long and not stress about it now. Last up for this Xperia 10. Mark 3 review is the camera tech, which I was very intrigued to test out, and while it is a triple n setup on here, just like the flagship, Xperia 1 mark 3, the hardware and software is seriously skilled. Back the Xperia 10 mark iii's 12 megapixel primary sensor does a respectable job with outdoor shooting helped along by that 10 frames per second burst shot mode for moving subjects. Most of these picks will come out blurry, but among the mix, you'll generally find a couple that will work fine.

I definitely did see some overexposure when I was shooting against the sky and such forth. However, so you will need to be careful with your angles, but colors are naturally reproduced and detail. Levels are definitely respectable indoors is where the primary shooter struggles with ambient light. You will get soft, locking snaps, while anything that does to move even a teeny little will often appear blurred or a bit fuzzy, but with a decent bit of natural light from a window or something the results are much better. You get sharper detail and once again, those natural looking colors shine through you do have a few bonus, mods and features to muck about with here on the Xperia 10 mark iii.

Nothing compared with the plethora the overlord of bonus bits. You get stuffed onto most budget smartphones and, frankly, it's fine by me keep it simple happy days. The best effort here is a simple portrait mode, which adds a both style blur, and while this occasionally doesn't work quite as expected, it's usually worth a try producing some good-looking picks at times. You've also got a night mode which can help to brighten up any low light snaps, but only a smudge, while the autofocus still struggles, you'll likely end up with a blurry photo anyway. That second lens slapped on the back is an 8 megapixel, ultra-wide angle, shooter and like most of its ilk.

This can't produce the same authentic colors as that primary sensor, but it is commendable that Sony as usual, has added a 54 mil telephoto lens to the back end of the Xperia 10 mark iii, and this can capture basic eight megapixel photos of its two times: optical zoom. This does help you to get a wee bit closer to the action when needed. Keeping your subject sharp it's nothing revolutionary, but it is a rare enough feature at this price point, and it works as well as the primary sensor. You can also shoot whole movies. Add up to 4k resolution in 16x9 or 21x9, and video performance is similar to the photo shenanigans with an added bonus of a bit of lens pop action when shooting a living being, which can be quite distracting at times and yes in ambient light, things are once again quite soft, but audio is well captured from all angles and image.

Stabilization can be a bit judder, even at full HD level, so walking and shooting is definitely best avoided. Sony's selfie cameras often feel like an afterthought, and the Xperia 10 mark 3 is eight megapixel front facing snapper is certainly basic again, churning out fuzzy picks indoors and often blowing out the background in daylight. So overall I have to say pretty disappointing camera results from the Xperia 10 mark iii. Unfortunately, I would say if the optics are a priority for you then definitely look at something like the Pixel 4a 5g instead, so that right, there's my full Sony. Xperia 10 mock 3 review.

After using this as my full-time smartphone for just over a week- and I have to say it is certainly a mixed bag. There's lots to love here. Uh media fans will be seated as always whether you're into you know you better Netflix or just love kicking back with some tunes. The design is lovable and pretty damn durable as usual as well, and the battery life is phenomenal. So it is a massive shame that the Xperia 10 mark iii is beaten, hands down by a lot of rivals at this price point when it comes to the performance and also the camera anyway.

That's what I think, who am I to some baldy northern anyway, definitely be great to hear what you guys think if you've actually been using the Xperia 10 mark 3 yourselves, please do leave your own mini review down in the comments below and for all the latest greatest tech. Please do poke subscribe during that notifications, bell, pepper and have yourselves a fantastic rest of the week. Cheers everyone loves you! You.

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