Sony Xperia 10 VIII uses Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 and costs 6,799 kr, per m3.se

Sony released the Xperia 10 VIII smartphone in October 2026, retailing for 6,799 kr in Sweden while carrying over the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 processor as its predecessor, according to product specifications and reviews from m3.se and mobil.se.

Xperia 10 VIII Features OLED Display and Snapdragon Chip

The Xperia 10 VIII features a 6.1-inch OLED display with a resolution of 1080 by 2340 pixels and a 120 Hz dynamic refresh rate. Under the hood, the device runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 system chip featuring four Cortex-A78 cores at 2.4 GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores at 1.8 GHz, paired with an Adreno 710 graphics processor and a Hexagon NPU. The phone includes 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage, with expansion available via a microSD slot. Power is supplied by a 5,000 mAh battery supporting USB Power Delivery charging up to approximately 25 watts, though a charger is not included in the box. The device measures 15.3 by 7.2 by 0.83 centimeters and weighs 168 grams.

Priced at 6,799 kr through Sony, the new model is noticeably more expensive than last year’s version, which launched at 5,000 kr, mobil.se reported. mobil.se noted that this price jump likely stems from high memory chip costs driven by AI centers consuming production capacity across the industry rather than being a decision unique to Sony. Still, reviewers pointed out that the higher cost stands out given the limited hardware changes.

Benchmark Tests Show Slow Performance for the Price

Benchmark testing places the Xperia 10 VIII at 1,011,803 points in Antutu. In Geekbench 7 testing, the device achieved 884 points for single-core CPU performance, 3,127 points for all-core CPU performance, and 1,338 points for GPU compute. Graphics rendering scored 896 points in the 3DMark Wild Life Extreme test, while storage testing recorded sequential read speeds of 2,021.3 MB/s and write speeds of 1,877 MB/s.

mobil.se described the phone as relatively slow for its 6,800 kr price tag, noting that the retained Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 processor struggles with heavy image processing and introduces occasional lag in the user interface and camera startup. The camera system features a 50-megapixel main sensor paired with a 13-megapixel ultra-wide lens on the rear and an 8-megapixel front camera. mobil.se observed that while pictures from the main camera yield natural colors and good sharpness even in low light, the processor limitations affect overall image processing speeds.

Design and Multimedia Features

Unlike many mainstream competitors, the phone retains several legacy hardware features. It includes a physical camera shutter button, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, a tool-free SIM card slot, and a side-mounted fingerprint reader, along with IP65 and IP68 dust and water resistance ratings and an eSIM option alongside nano-SIM support.

The OLED display also delivers increased brightness that performs well in direct sunlight, though reviewers noted minor flickering in bright lighting when set to lower refresh rates.