{"id":264598,"date":"2026-02-02T23:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/264598\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:55:07","slug":"sony-xperia-1-viii-and-xperia-10-viii-smartphones-to-receive-global-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/264598\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Xperia 1 VIII and Xperia 10 VIII smartphones to receive global releases"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few months have passed since concrete evidence of new Xperia smartphone development online. To recap, a mobile network carrier added additional PM code references to the Xperia 1 VIII and Xperia 10 VIII at the start of December<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, some of these PM codes have surfaced on IMEI databases beside model numbers. Specifically, the following PM codes and associated model numbers have been identified:<\/p>\n

PM-1520-BV – XQ-GE54PM-1521-BV – XQ-GE74PM-1525-BV – XQ-GE44PM-1533-BV – XQ-GH44PM-1534-BV – XQ-GH54PM-1535-BV – XQ-GH74<\/p>\n

Based on prior leaks, ‘XQ-GE’ relates to the Xperia 1 VIII, with ‘XQ-GH’ being the root model number for the Xperia 10 VIII. As The Walkman Blog<\/a> notes, model numbers ending ’44’ typically relate to Sony’s Japanese smartphone releases. By contrast, Sony sells those with ’54’ in Europe and reserves ’74’ model numbers for the rest of Asia.<\/p>\n

In other words, it seems that the Xperia 1 VIII and Xperia 10 VIII are set for global releases. However, launches across North America appear unlikely at this stage. Currently, the Xperia 1 VIII is expected<\/a> to match the OnePlus 15<\/a> (curr. $899.99 on Amazon)<\/a> and other modern flagships by adopting Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5<\/a> chipset. When Sony intends to release either the Xperia 1 VIII or Xperia 10 VIII yet remains to be seen, though.<\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/a>Alex Alderson<\/a> – Senior Tech Writer – 14148 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2018<\/p>\n

Prior to writing and translating for Notebookcheck, I worked for various companies including Apple and Neowin. I have a BA in International History and Politics from the University of Leeds, which I have since converted to a Law Degree. Happy to chat on Twitter or Notebookchat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A few months have passed since concrete evidence of new Xperia smartphone development online. To recap, a mobile…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[771,768,769,761,342,767,111,139,760,69,770,766,762,763,4535,6361,27587,145,765,764,108162,108163,151123,151124,151125,151120,151121,151122],"class_list":{"0":"post-264598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-android","9":"tag-benchmarks","10":"tag-graphics-card","11":"tag-laptop","12":"tag-mobile","13":"tag-netbook","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-notebook","17":"tag-nz","18":"tag-processor","19":"tag-reports","20":"tag-review","21":"tag-reviews","22":"tag-smartphone","23":"tag-sony","24":"tag-sony-xperia","25":"tag-technology","26":"tag-test","27":"tag-tests","28":"tag-xperia-1-viii","29":"tag-xperia-10-viii","30":"tag-xq-ge44","31":"tag-xq-ge54","32":"tag-xq-ge74","33":"tag-xq-gh44","34":"tag-xq-gh54","35":"tag-xq-gh74"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}