The Sony Xperia 10 III will have a Snapdragon 690 chipset Sonys first 5G mid-ranger
With its first two 5G phones out of the gate, both of them flagships, Sony is preparing to bring its mid-range lineup into the 5G era. It is working on a phone that will be powered by the Snapdragon 690 chipset and it’s an easy guess that this will be the Sony Xperia 10 III.
The company allegedly canceled the Xperia 10 II Plus, which was going to be powered by a Snapdragon 720, so that it can shi
ft its focus on 5G. And if that’s the reason we didn’t get a Plus model this year, things bode well for an Xperia 10 III Plus for 2021 (though there’s no evidence of that yet).
What evidence…
Date: 2020-11-18
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