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Robert Triggs \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n
TL;DR<\/p>\n
New entries in the GSMA\u2019s IMEI database appear to reveal Sony\u2019s work on at least two new smartphones.
\nBased on previous finds, these two are likely the Sony Xperia 1 VIII and Sony Xperia 10 VIII.
\nNothing here suggests that either model is being targeted for a US release.<\/p>\n
How many smartphone brands will be left by the end of 2026? We are living in what feels like a dangerous time to be a smartphone company, with manufacturers either closing up shop<\/a>, backing away from flagships<\/a>, or denying reports of business trouble<\/a>. It\u2019s almost enough to make you think there won\u2019t be anyone left but Samsung and Apple before you know it. And as we wait to see what fate has in store for these companies, we\u2019re getting some small reassurance that at least one minor player intends to keep going with new phones.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/p>\n Sony\u2019s been making Xperia phones since before it even transitioned to Android as a platform, and it\u2019s been keeping up with new models ever since. But even as Sony as a whole shifts its priorities, most recently partnering with TCL on TVs<\/a>, so far it seems to be sticking with its commitment to mobile. Just last year, the company asserted its continued interest in making new Xperia handsets<\/a>, and today we\u2019re checking out some new evidence revealing what it\u2019s got in the works.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve already been expecting a Sony Xperia 1 VIII<\/a>, after model numbers PM-1521-BV, PM-1522-BV, and PM-1523-BV surfaced in a database. Now S-Max<\/a> has spotted some additional new Sony model numbers popping up in the GSMA\u2019s IMEI database (via Phone Arena<\/a>):<\/p>\n Sure enough, we see that PM-1521-BV make a reappearance. And while we\u2019re missing the other two from before, here we get a pair of similar 1520-series numbers: PM-1520-BV and PM-1525-BV. Looking at the corresponding model names over on the right, it appears that these three all likely represent different Sony Xperia 1 VIII variants \u2014 and unfortunately, none with suffixes that correspond with plans for an American release.<\/p>\n The Sony Xperia 10 VIII has similarly been anticipated since last fall, and appears to be represented here by those three 1530-series entries. Like the flagship Xperia 1, there\u2019s no sign based on what\u2019s available in this database that Sony\u2019s brining this model to the US, either.<\/p>\n That\u2019s not at all surprising, and really, we\u2019re just happy to see continued evidence of Sony moving forward with this hardware. Even if we\u2019re a little jealous of shoppers in markets who will easily be able to get their hands on these two, it\u2019s enough to know that the Android landscape isn\u2019t losing one of its longest-term players \u2014 at least not this year.<\/p>\n![\"google](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766572210_733_google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/ "\\"google"){kind=icon}
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