Mid-range · 2025

Sony Xperia 10 VII

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent mid-range phones like the Samsung Galaxy A35 Camera shares the Samsung Galaxy A54's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 120Hz AMOLED

Extras IP65 water resistance

6.1″ AMOLED · 120Hz

6 Gen 3 8 / 128 GB

5000 mAh

50 MP 2 rear · 8 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Sony Xperia 10 VII looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

6.1″ · OLED · 1080 × 2340 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.1"

Panel type

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2340 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

1064 nits

HDR

HDR10

HDR

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, Mohs level 5

Performance

Qualcomm SM6475-AB Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 (4 nm) · 8-core 2.4 GHz · Adreno 710

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM6475-AB Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Mid-range

AnTuTu

600,667

v10

GeekBench

2,943

Graphics test

3DMark 865 (Wild Life Extreme)

CPU

8-core, 2.4 GHz

GPU

Adreno 710

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

Storage type

UFS Storage 4.0

CPU layout

4x2.4GHz Cortex A78 + 4x1.8GHz Cortex A55

Software & updates

Android 15, upgradable to Android 16, up to 4 major Android upgrades · 4-year support

How long the maker keeps shipping Android and security updates — the main thing that decides how many years this phone stays current.

Operating system

Android 15, upgradable to Android 16, up to 4 major Android upgrades

Software support

4 years of updates

Updates remaining

~3 years

Camera

50 MP f/1.9 main · OIS · 8 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.9

OIS

Ultrawide

13 MP f/2.4

Front camera

8 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Sony IMX766, 1/1.56", 1µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Samsung Galaxy A54 , Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro

Slow motion

Yes, 120 fps

Camera extras

RAW, Night mode, manual focus

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

5000 mAh

All-day

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5000 mAh

Lab active use

12:57h

Lab endurance

48:10h

EU cycle rating

1,400 cycles

Removable

Audio

Good (-26.9 LUFS) · Stereo · Dolby Atmos

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Good (-26.9 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Audio features

Dolby Atmos

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB · expandable

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Storage type

UFS

Expandable

Yes

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6E

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6E

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5)

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

Yes

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B5, B8

4G B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B20, B28b, B28a

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78, n79

Build & Design

168 g · 8.3 mm · IP65

Built to last

Height

153.0 mm

Width

72.0 mm

Thickness

8.3 mm

Weight

168 g

IP rating

IP65

Water resistant

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 17

Loses on most 5 losses

Lower-resolution screen

OLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · 1080 × 2340 vs 1206 × 2622 resolution

Lower benchmark score

601k vs 2.2M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Flagship tier

Lower video ceiling

4K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 50 MP · f/1.9 vs 48 MP · f/1.6 main · 8 MP vs 18 MP selfie

Shorter tested battery life

12h 57m vs 14h 59m active use

Starts with less storage

128 GB vs 256 GB baseline

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S25

Loses on most 1 win 3 losses

25% larger battery capacity

5,000 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Weaker display tech

OLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel

Lower benchmark score

601k vs 3.1M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Flagship tier

Lower video ceiling

— vs Telephoto · OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video · 8 MP vs 12 MP selfie

Full comparison

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