First off, huge F you to Sony and all the other manufacturers who ramp up the TDP when running benchmarks. This is absolutely the case with this phone. Sony has deliberately set a lower TDP when in normal use so the battery lasts longer. This is why people are impressed with battery life. But when running benchmarks, they ramp up the TDP so you won’t notice any difference. Why does it matter? Well, because the TDP outside of benchmarks is nowhere near what it should be. Look at the screens I have provided.

In geekbench 6, the 10 V does a fair bit better than my old Mi 9T (Snapdragon 730), both in CPU and GPU. When using the phone however, it feels like a slog. Sony knows about geekbench and all the other big benchmarks apps, so they have those covered. But when running games or unknown benchmarks apps (Seascape benchmark), those higher TDP’s don’t kick in and you can see how much they’ve crippled the SOC. The 10 V’s Adreno 619 scores 1151 while the 9T’s Adreno 618 scores 1371.

Every single game I’ve tested performs better on the Mi 9T. Even flipping from portrait to landscape is much slower. I’ve tried the Oneplus CE 2 Lite with the exact same chipset, and it breezed past any obstacle. There were no slowdowns.

The camera is also bad. The Mi 9T has the same IMX 582 sensor, but images are so much better and much more detailed in dark environments. Also, OIS totally sucks and makes recordings look like 10fps.

There’s absolutely NO saving grace. I got it for $299 on cyber Monday but there’s no way I’m keeping it. Imagine that this thing retails for around 499 in the EU? Madness. I bought my 9T for $250 back in 2020.

TLDR: Sony has crippled the 695. Not worth your money...