A new Sony Xperia phone will be announced on October 26

A new Sony Xperia phone will be announced on October 26 Sony’s mobile division has been pretty quiet since it launched the Xperia 1 III in late August – it finally got around to making the Xperia 5 III available in stores and it quietly unveiled an Xperia 10 III Lite in Japan. But now there’s a surprising sign of activity.

There is a new Xperia product announcement set for October 26, that’s the Tuesday two weeks from now. What will Sony announce? A phone clearly, the Xperia branding is front and center.

But it’s way too early for the Mark IV phones, Qualcomm hasn’t even unveiled the new Snapdragon chipset yet. Plus, the Mark III series only…