ⓘ Sony

Sony has finally confirmed details about its next 'Xperia New Product Announcement'. For the time being, the company is remaining quiet about what exactly it has in store. However, a new Geekbench listing indicates that the new Xperia is already with reviewers.

Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revealed that Sony had developed a new smartphone to complement the Xperia 1 VIII that we reviewed earlier this year. Although the US regulatory body only shared charging information and a handful of details about the device, a previous leak suggested that the Xperia 10 VIII would launch with XQ-GH44, XQ-GH54 and XQ-GH74 model numbers.

Now, the middle of those three has appeared on Geekbench. Surprisingly, the listing reports that Sony has equipped the XQ-GH54 with the same chipset as the Xperia 10 VII (curr. $549 on Amazon). While the benchmarking platform does show the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 outright, the 'QTI SM6475' name matches Qualcomm's part number for the chipset inside the Xperia 10 VII.

Additionally, Geekbench reports that Sony has equipped the Xperia 10 VIII with 8 GB of RAM. Sony will officially launch its new Xperia 10 on August 25 at 02:00 UTC. Pricing, availability and other hardware specifications remain unknown for now, as does whether the Xperia 10 VIII will carry over its predecessor's design.

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