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MagyarSony Xperia L1
Specifications
Secondary Camera: 5 MPix f/2.2, videos @1080p
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Average of 13 scores (from 23 reviews)
Reviews for the Sony Xperia L1
Solid and good-looking. If you do not consider "solid" as an insult, but instead connect the word with reliability and trustworthiness, then the Sony Xperia L1 might be something for you. It offers solid performance, in the best sense of the word, in many areas. No more and no less.
Source: PC Advisor
If design and screen size are you main preoccupations, then the L1 is definitely the budget phone you need. Its resemblance to Sony’s higher range smartphones and the large screen it offers make it one of the best looking phones of its price-range. The benchmark results and general slowness when multitasking hold it back, and if you plan on using it for intense gaming or video streaming, you might be better off with something else. If not, the L1 is an attractive budget phone and should be more than enough to satisfy your basic needs.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/15/2019
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Laptop Media
Xperia L1 features the typical Sony design but unlike the higher-end models here the construction is fully plastic. A nice impression makes the presence of a USB Type-C but, on the other hand, here you won’t find a fingerprint sensor. Xperia L1 is aimed at people looking for larger working space as its screen is 5.5-inch. However, it is one of the main energy consumers and therefore, the available 2620mAh battery is not one of the most durable ones.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/04/2017
Source: PC Advisor
If design and screen size are you main preoccupations, then the L1 is definitely the budget phone you need. Its resemblance to Sony’s higher range smartphones and the large screen it offers make it one of the best looking phones of its price-range.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/30/2017
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Trusted Reviews
The Sony Xperia L1 isn’t a bad phone by any means, but there’s simply no good reason why you’d choose it over one of its illustrious rivals.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 07/11/2017
Rating: Total score: 60% performance: 50% display: 70% mobility: 80% workmanship: 60%
Source: Stuff TV
On the surface, the Xperia L1 is a respectable budget phone. It’s packing a big screen, decent camera and fairly restrained version of Android, all wrapped up in an attractive shell. Stick it in a line-up of other, more expensive Xperia phones and you’d struggle to tell it was the one that’s easiest on the wallet.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/29/2017
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: GSM Arena
The Sony Xperia L1 is keen on getting a piece of the entry-level market, and you can tell by just looking at the phone and the spec sheet. For less than €200 you get an upmarket design and feel, a big screen, decent camera, fast network data and the latest Xperia launcher on Android Nougat. The L there may stand for many things but loser isn't one of them.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 06/23/2017
Source: Recombu
The Xperia L1 is your typical budget blower, offering some slick Sony styling for the £150 asking price. In some areas it lags behind rivals such as the Moto G5, especially when it comes to performance, while the camera tech isn’t quite as strong either. However, the capable screen, expandable storage and user-friendly interface combine for a satisfying everyday experience.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/19/2017
Rating: Total score: 70%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Inside Handy
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/03/2017
Rating: Total score: 66%
Source: Tech Stage
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/23/2017
Source: Curved
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/21/2017
Source: El Androide Libre
ES→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/18/2017
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: AndroidWorld.it
IT→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/16/2017
Rating: Total score: 68% price: 60% features: 70% display: 70% mobility: 70% workmanship: 80%
Source: Tutto App Android
IT→ENPositive: Elegant design; decent cameras; good connectivity.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/17/2017
Source: Tabletowo
PL→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/20/2017
Rating: Total score: 67% performance: 55% display: 70% mobility: 75% workmanship: 65%
Source: The Gioididong
VN→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/04/2017
Rating: Total score: 68%
Source: The Gioididong
VN→ENPositive: Elegant design; large screen; decent cameras. Negative: Short battery life.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/06/2017
Source: Zing
VN→ENPositive: Low price; nice cameras; good display; decent performance; long battery life. Negative: Plastic case; mediocre design; no fingerprint sensor.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/12/2017
Source: The Gioididong
VN→ENPositive: Beautiful design; good price; decent display. Negative: Plastic case; short battery life.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/21/2017
Source: The Gioididong
VN→ENPositive: Good price; nice display; decent cameras; high performance. Negative: Mediocre design; plastic case.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/28/2017
Source: Mobility.bg
BU→ENPositive: Metal case; decent hardware; nice display; good price; elegant design.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/20/2017
Source: Smartphone.bg
BU→ENPositive: Elegant design; good connectivity; fast charging; large screen; nice display. Negative: Plastic case; no fingerprint sensor; short battery life.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/21/2017
Source: Tek.no
NO→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/12/2017
Rating: Total score: 75%
Source: Mobil.se
SV→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/02/2017
Rating: Total score: 66%
Comment
Model:
Sony Xperia L1 is a mid-range smartphone that Sony just released to please the majority. It’s a big-screen replacement for the Xperia E, one that borrows more than a bit of design inspiration from Sony’s more expensive models. The smartphone has a 3.5mm headphone port on the top, microSD card slot built in next to the SIM card tray, and USB-C charging on the bottom. There is only a single speaker, but if a user turns on the xLOUD setting, it becomes really loud. The chassis is made of polycarbonate shell which is much grippier than glass or polished metal. It won’t turn into a mess of smudges and fingerprints as soon as user pick it up. The Sony Xperia L1 features a 5.5-inch screen. It makes do with a 720p panel, which equates to a lowly 267ppi display density. That’s enough to see individual pixels without breaking out the magnifying glass, but only if a user gets their nose right up to the screen. Brightness is very impressive for a budget phone, boosting up to very high levels in Auto mode when you step outdoors. A user shouldn’t struggle to see what’s on screen, even on very sunny days. Colour accuracy is pretty decent too. The screen delivers realistic images with the vibrancy expected, without becoming overblown.
Sony puts a lot of stock in its phone cameras, so it is expected that the Xperia L1’s 13MP snapper to be pretty decent. Feed it enough light and be rewarded with colorful, yet realistic photos with a respectable amount of detail. Zoom in and quickly spot the noise and lack of resolution, but most of the shots should still be fine for sharing online. The f/2.2 lens isn’t especially wide. With no optical image stabilization, low light shooting can be a bit of a challenge. User will need a steady hand and patience to get great results using the manual mode. Sony always had a light touch when it comes to customizing Android, and the Xperia L1 is no different. It’s running Nougat out of the box, with Sony’s familiar icons replacing Google’s own and the Swiftkey keyboard installed by default. A user can always add a theme if they want a different look. A user gets a good old fashioned app drawer, plus a handy recent apps list when the user swipes down on the home screen. The app drawer is pretty full, as Sony does like to add its own versions of Google’s apps. If there’s one part of the Xperia L1 that really gives the game away, it’s the MediaTek MT6737T CPU. It might be low-powered, but that also means the CPU isn’t a massive power drain. Despite the comparatively tiny 2620mAh battery, the Xperia L1 can manage a respectable eight hours of web browsing, social media scrolling, and photo snapping.
Hands-on article by Jagadisa Rajarathnam
ARM Mali-T720 MP2: Integrated graphics card in ARM based SoCs. Can be configured with up to 8 cores (T720 MP8) and 650 MHz core clock (at 28nm). Supports OpenGL ES 3.1, OpenCL 1.1, DirectX 11 FL9_3, and Renderscript.
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
MT6737T: ARM-based quad-core SoC (4x Cortex-A53) clocked at up to 1.5 GHz.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
5.5":
This display is quite big for a smartphone but frequently used for smartphones.
Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.0.18 kg:
Only few smartphones are more lightweight than this.
Sony: Sony Corporation is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Japan. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, video game consoles, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its name is derived from sonus, the Latin word for sound. The company was founded 1946 with another name and renamed in 1958. Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its five operating segments—electronics, games, entertainment (motion pictures and music), financial services and other. Sony is a notebook manufacturer of medium size according international market shares.
From 2014, Sony has reduced the production of Vaio laptops and finally discontinued them. Sony is still present in the smartphone and tablet market, yet not among the Top 5 manufacturers.
67.6%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
