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Sony’s smartphone release schedule has slowed to an absolute crawl in recent years, but that makes those times when a phone does hit the market all the more exciting. Queue the Sony Xperia 10 II – a phone with some unique flavour in an overcrowded mid-range market. Last year’s Xperia 10 and 10 Plus were middling mid-rangers, namely because of the ageing chipsets at their hearts, but also due to the fact that, beyond their elongated displays, they didn’t do enough to differentiate themselves in a fiercely aggressive segment of the phone space. Related: Best Sony phone 2020 The Xperia 10 II (that’s pronounced “ten, mark two”, for clarification – messy, but we’ll move on) looks as though it’s addressed many of its predecessors’ shortcomings. By being a singular device rather than 2019’s twosome, the hope is that Sony has poured more energy into making this a more competitive phone outright. It’s also granted the 10 II standout features that you seldom see at this price or in th...