Xperia 10 VI Review: Why Does This Phone Exist?

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Sony recently launched its latest midrange phone: the Xperia 10 VI. Why anyone should get this phone over other midrange such as Galaxy A55, A35, or Pixel 8a? The Xperia 10 Mark 6 is not going to win any spec awards but it has some unique features that make it appealing to anyone who is looking for a compact smartphone with a price tag under 500$.
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00:00 Sony Xperia 10 VI Review
00:32 Only Compact Midranger under 500$
00:41 21:9 Aspect Ratio
01:08 Display and Screen Quality 60hz
01:40 Fix Display Issue
02:00 Performance AnTuTu Xperia 10 VI
02:21 Lags on Xperia 10 VI
03:01 Possible Issue with Xperia 10 VI
03:53 Best Battery Life
04:21 SD Card and Headphone Jack
04:37 Sony Colors and Camera
05:04 Video Quality 4K
05:52 Camera System and Zoom Quality
06:14 Camera App
06:35 Vanilla Android and No Bloatware
06:48 Why Xperia 10 VI?

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@kwikbit Ай бұрын

60Hz instead of 120Hz means longer battery. It just does. Headphone Jack . Check Sensible size. Check Memory Card support. Check. No Bloatware. Big check. Sony know who they are selling this to.

@namelesssnitchy Ай бұрын

agreed, i have the 5ii and i always used 60hz. i only used the 120 hz when doing pokemon go pvp so its kinda a useless feature to have more hz.

@AndrewYouTubeUK Ай бұрын

Agreed, I've ordered the 10vi for battery life, SD card,3.5mm headphone socket. And love FPS on the side.

@morwudd Ай бұрын

No idiotic holes, no camera cutouts on the display, normal, not cut down (I hope so) stereo sound. Only for these two features I am ready to embrace Sony, because endless Chinese bricks with a hole display and incomplete stereo sound are already deadly annoying.

@AndrewYouTubeUK Ай бұрын

@@kwikbit got the 10vi. Only thing that's a real shame for my perspective is no wireless charging.

@YanniEhm 19 күн бұрын

Fully agree, and every manufacturer should bring back the Headphone Jack.

@Bljat69 Ай бұрын

You forgot about really important thing. If you have sony headphones you get better quality with dsee extreme

@MT94SMM Ай бұрын

Sony phones feel like they are made from 5-10 years ago because of their designs and i love it that way it has a headphone jack and no weird black circle thing on the screen or the weird iPhone notch looking thingy

@Ragna___ Ай бұрын

21:9 is such a practical aspect ratio. One-handed typing and the best to hold your phone when you're on the move. Prices of Sony phones are not good though. Especially considering their market share.

@AARNEMAN Ай бұрын

After moving from Galaxy A52s to Xperia 10 IV due to horrendous battery life, I would go for a Sony. There is too much of "inventing bicycle again" in Samsung software. Phone ends up having 2 apps of the same function in many cases and dual store system causes confusions. Takes a lot of time to remove duplicate apps etc before can actually use the device.

@Christian17390 Ай бұрын

I actually switched from a A52s to a Xperia 10 V too, after OneUI 6.1 made the user experience horrendous + with my A52s slowly dying. And I can't complain honestly. It has great battery life, it uses stock Android, it runs smooth most of the time and the Camera makes decent photos. Plus, it still has a SD Card option and a headphone jack! While it is debatable if you need it or not, it's still a nice feature, if your headphones are charging but u still want to listen to some music rn

@josephaquino3095 Ай бұрын

And that notchless display.

@ivybator6167 Ай бұрын

I am looking forward to the Xperia 5 VI ❤🎉

@namelesssnitchy Ай бұрын

Side sense splitscreen is also the best in the market. and with using the pop up screen you can literally use 3 screens. best for multitasking i think.

@Burgersinplenty Ай бұрын

I bought it because of the headphone jack and microSD card slot. But the main reason is because of Hi-Res Certified audio, paired with a DAC/Amp 4.4 mm, I can run my focal Celestee and Fiio FX15 IEMs with really good sound, "offline files" FLAC/Wav or m4a. It basically becomes a DAP "Digital Audio Player" Sony Xperia 10 VI 499$ Cayin RU7 DAC Amp 479$ Fiio FX15 IEMs 945$ Focal Celestee 1295$ European price. I go for the 10 model because of the price and it's only for music, I use another phone for everything else. The slower chip and screen, makes the player "phone" run longer. This way my phone or dap is better and cheaper than most High End DAPs in the 2000$ region.

@techmo2020 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It's definitely a phone for audiophiles.

@CinHalCedHerChance 18 күн бұрын

lol I'd buy it because it's a simple nice sized phone. Sound like you need a music studio in a backpack. lol

@Burgersinplenty 18 күн бұрын

@@CinHalCedHerChance haha 🤫😳 you have no idea, I have so many strange things with me.

@CinHalCedHerChance 18 күн бұрын

@@Burgersinplenty I believe you lol

@CinHalCedHerChance 18 күн бұрын

@@Burgersinplenty more importantly, how do you like the phone? Does it feel cheap in the hand?

@hopefalls2039 Ай бұрын

Hey, another Sony Xperia 10 V user here, I only use KZfaq ReVanced - no lags there, overall performance is smooth for 2 months now, before it was rather bad.

@Harish-ot1cg Ай бұрын

Hi, I read that Xperia 10 V camera shutter can only go down to 1s, can you check if Xperia 10 VI can do lower min shutter speed with manual shutter speed option? i.e. can it go slower than 1s? can it do long exposure like 5s or 10s? I know this is not a mid-range use case, but I want to know if it can do this for maybe capturing the occasional night sky. Thanks. Also currently own Samsung A73, wondering if Xperia 10 VI will be too much of a downgrade mainly Camera (A73 camera 108MP binned down can do up to 10s exposure in manual mode). Main reason for considering Xperia is the smaller size and SD card.

@AnshulYadav-zc9uq 24 күн бұрын

hey, i have a question. could you please check if this phone supports hdr on 3rd party apps? as in, youtube, etc. Thanks in advance

@Christian17390 Ай бұрын

I'm a Xperia 10 V User and regarding to the YT Bug, I can say that it doesn't happen for me most of the time, but it still happens. But it's more rather a issue on Googles Side, since I have the same issue on my previous Galaxy A52s

@AndrewYouTubeUK 18 күн бұрын

Had this phone for a few weeks and love it. Fantastic audio, amazing battery life, great feel in the hand, FPS side mounted, 3.5mm headphone socket and SD card slot. I sold my ultra and am using the Sony with Niagra launcher. A fraction of the cost of my ultra which was poor in comparison for audio, ergonomics and battery life compared to the Sony 10vi.

@fantasytky28 Ай бұрын

Why? No ugly stupid axx hole and cut out rounded corner display. Simple as that. What ever ur alternative are all having inferior display by design(pixel, samsung or whatever)

@diegocabrejas6059 Ай бұрын

And they also have speakers pointing to your hands when you hold the phone horizontally to watch a video, instead of forward, which is stupid. But hey they are bezel-less so who cares, right? 🙃

@OHHHHUSBANT Ай бұрын

Its 300 dude If you want the flagship, it's 1,300

@RFRM89 Ай бұрын

I got the 10vi just for €240,- with a contract instead of €399,- with a headphone. I have the same issue with KZfaq and while it is very annoying i'm still glad i got this to replace my nothing phone 2. Everything else works perfect and the battery life is amazing. I also have the 10v and with that one there were no problems with youtube so I'm assuming the KZfaq problem will be fixed with the first update. Edit It seems like the KZfaq problem got fixed

@inSaNe_44 29 күн бұрын

Hy what's the difference between Xperia 10 vi and Xperia 10 v. In battery 🔋 sot? Overheating etc? I'm between them. Thank you.!

@RFRM89 27 күн бұрын

@@inSaNe_44 that battery life of the 10v is much better. You still easily get a day or 2 with the 10vi. I think they need to do some battery optimisations on the 10vi as the sd 6 gen 1 should be more efficient. It's way more powerful though. You can max the settings of cod mobile while with the 10v it's was only medium(In the Netherlands we don't have warzone though) I haven't experienced overheating. The phone can get warm when playing games but not overheating. The screen also gets much brighter.

@inSaNe_44 27 күн бұрын

@@RFRM89 thank you! Strangely enough, here in Eu 🇪🇺 the 10 5 is a bit more expensive than the 10 6!

@RFRM89 27 күн бұрын

@@inSaNe_44 You're welcome. The reason for that the 10 Series don't really lose value is because they are the only devices that are able to get the full sailfish os. And the 10v was more expensive when it was released.

@hongheng9510 Ай бұрын

I have that youtube bug on my S23 Ultra sometimes

@mikev324 Ай бұрын

Can you please reply and tell if the latest S24 Exynos updates has made anything better which you criticized before like network issues, grainy display at low brightness settings, heating and so on? Hope you will reply soon as I need to decide fast whether to buy it at a disount or not. Thanks! 👍

@techmo2020 Ай бұрын

Heating yes, the other two are hardware issues and cannot be fixed with software updates but it depends son your unit.

@mikev324 Ай бұрын

@@techmo2020 Regarding heating and network issues, would you still recommend here in Europe getting the S23 over the S24? I actually can get the S24 cheaper and like the flat sides. Even with latest updates, wich S24 connection issue(s) can make it unusable at certain times?

@mikev324 Ай бұрын

@@techmo2020 Forgot to ask, but does the regular S24 also suffer from "grainy" or "sandy" display issues when you set brightness very low or is this only with the Ultra?

@gigilolo4660 Ай бұрын

Please review Xiaomi 14 and Zenfone 10. and PWM comparisons because Xiaomi claims they have hardware DC(if toggled) dimming meaning no PWM. Please test this

@rentefald 7 күн бұрын

Went from Samsung A53 to this. Best choice ever. Perfect size, very bright screen.

@bharatadharman7475 27 күн бұрын

nice review, it help us before we buy this phone

@KenHo-0631 Ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure 10 VI KZfaq lags are the software bug. I got my 10 VI on June 7 and I found out that KZfaq sometimes becomes unresponsive. I got a replacement from Sony in yesterday because I found a problem with the power button. The second device has the same KZfaq lag problem as the first device.

@IlllIlllIlllIlll Ай бұрын

Try revanced yt

@Roy_1 25 күн бұрын

This sounds like a solid device

@osmanovicenes1 Ай бұрын

Sony Xperia Ist Qualität man kann sehr sehr lange Zeit glücklich sein

@marekmasek Ай бұрын

This one or Pixel 8a?

@bojojas1918 Ай бұрын

Waiting for the next pro called xperia Pro-C

@khayr-xb9is Ай бұрын

60 fps in PUBGM?

@sajujafari1880 Ай бұрын

Good

@IlllIlllIlllIlll Ай бұрын

I think the 10 v lasts longer in battery compared to vi

@DimasFajar-ns4vb Ай бұрын

wow its sony brand sir

@CinHalCedHerChance 18 күн бұрын

Does it feel like a cheap plastic phone in your hand? Looks a bit cheap

@somnathsarkar1632 Ай бұрын

Thanks TechMO

@ThePsychoMessiah 4 күн бұрын

Almost two months in and the KZfaq issue is still there.

@diegocabrejas6059 Ай бұрын

There is so much bias against sony these days. You can see in every sony xperia 10 review video, they always keep mentioning alternatives. Whereas in other phone's reviews, they don't.

@eisregenhaha Ай бұрын

Because it's especially bad, it's extremely overpriced. Other phones are always at least somewhat valid

@diegocabrejas6059 Ай бұрын

@@eisregenhaha Tell me one review of other phone where they mention Xperia 10 VI having better battery. They don't, even though it has a better battery. Or better yet, tell me one review of the iPhone where they complain about the screen being 60Hz and recommending a Samsung as a result. I'll wait

@eisregenhaha Ай бұрын

@@diegocabrejas6059 i wont do any of that lmfao, the 10vi is a 500$ phone witj a 6g1, 60hz and no great software. at least the iphone has a good chip and software experience, sony has neither

@diegocabrejas6059 Ай бұрын

@@eisregenhaha you say it is overpriced. But I have had my Xperia 10iii for 3 years, still going as new. These phones are well built. You know what was overpriced? My previous pixel a which broke after only one year of use and the battery life was crap. Oh but people don't care because it has a 120Hz screen... So amazing..

@eisregenhaha Ай бұрын

@@diegocabrejas6059 yup. i also wouldnt care cuz 120hz is needed. every phone will last unless u got a faulty unit or treat it badly. i also have an xperia 5V and a pixel at my posession, both still living. 10Vi is still insanely overpriced

@caspercat39 28 күн бұрын

I have an older V III,much better & you get a physical camera button

@svetlinslavov9000 Ай бұрын

Hey, a Sony Xperia 10V user here, i don`t experience the youtube bug but overall performance is really bad.

@techmo2020 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience.

@jon-eg6be Ай бұрын

As someone thinking of trying this phone out, could you elaborate a bit further?

@SriSri-fo2je Ай бұрын

Is it a slow phone?

@IlllIlllIlllIlll Ай бұрын

@@jon-eg6beits slow but decent enough and battery beats everyone

@IlllIlllIlllIlll Ай бұрын

@@SriSri-fo2jesee above

@raf.nogueira 27 күн бұрын

Why Sony needs to create such bad names, I don't even understand

@mobosh9454 27 күн бұрын

Are you Iranian? ❤❤

@i.have.no.videos 20 күн бұрын

He's not.

@Persian_Entertainment44 Күн бұрын

R u Iranian , 😊

@EresTremulent 16 күн бұрын

"why this phone exists?" is not a complete English sentence.

@techmo2020 16 күн бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, fixed it

@nawazwaseem2219 11 күн бұрын

Silly priced, looks like a dummy phone and you only get three years of software updates.. No thanks Pony 😂😂

@warwickdean Ай бұрын

Still crap then, time to say goodbye to Sony once my XZs dies. After XZ1/S their phones became 💩 in my opinion. They dont listen to loyal customers at all. Stupid size phones, some with no dual speakers and no notification LED, a lot of the time camera quality is no better. Old IMX400 is amazing for its time. Only missing another lense with deeper focal length is all. Otherwise would beat many modern devices. Perhaps I will just refurbish my XZs and buy a seperate digital camera.