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Sony’s Xperia 10 II brings camera performance into sharp focus The bustling backdrop of MWC might be gone this February, but a range of new Sony phones certainly isn’t. In addition to the flagshipXperia 1 IIand budgetL4, the Xperia 10 II (or mark 2) will operate in the increasingly indistinguishable mid-range market. This is loosely defined as £200-500 inour chart, but may stretch as far as £700 for some people. That encompasses a huge range of different handsets, so it’s difficult to see how the Xperia 10 II will be able to stand out from the crowd....

Sony’s Xperia 10 II brings camera performance into sharp focus The bustling backdrop of MWC might be gone this February, but a range of new Sony phones certainly isn’t. In addition to the flagshipXperia 1 IIand budgetL4, the Xperia 10 II (or mark 2) will operate in the increasingly indistinguishable mid-range market. This is loosely defined as £200-500 inour chart, but may stretch as far as £700 for some people. That encompasses a huge range of different handsets, so it’s difficult to see how the Xperia 10 II will be able to stand out from the crowd....

The Huawei Mate Xs has a crunch problem The Mate Xs is Huawei’s second foldable phone, a conservative follow-up to last year’s Mate X that doesn’t reinvent the form factor, but instead tweaks, refines, and bumps up the specs. It also packs a lot of crunch. Yes, crunch. Grindy, crackly, did-I-just-break-something crunch, the kind of snap, crackle & pop that would put Kellogg’s to shame. Every time you fold or unfold the phone to its full-screen state, there’s a noticeable crunching sensation from the hinge....

The Huawei Mate Xs has a crunch problem The Mate Xs is Huawei’s second foldable phone, a conservative follow-up to last year’s Mate X that doesn’t reinvent the form factor, but instead tweaks, refines, and bumps up the specs. It also packs a lot of crunch. Yes, crunch. Grindy, crackly, did-I-just-break-something crunch, the kind of snap, crackle & pop that would put Kellogg’s to shame. Every time you fold or unfold the phone to its full-screen state, there’s a noticeable crunching sensation from the hinge....

The Huawei Sound X is a smart speaker without the smarts Huawei has announced that its Sound X smart speaker is breaking out of China and coming to the West too. There’s only one problem: it won’t be smart. Launched late last year in China, the Sound X is a partnership with French luxury audio company Devialet – best known for its fancy Phantom speakers – and comes equipped with 360-degree sound, dual 60W sub-woofers, and Huawei’s own voice assistant Xiaoyi....