Sony Xperia X, X Performance and XA: Sony at MWC 2016

Sony at MWC 2016

GSMArena team, 20 February, 2016.

Introduction

As others focus on phablets, Sony showed the 5" market a lot of love with the new Xperia X series. The Xperia X Performance is essentially a Z-phone in disguise. Better yet, not even the Z5 has a brushed metal back.

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The Xperia X family

This one has it all - waterproofing, stereo speakers, a Snapdragon 820 chipset, 23MP worth of still images, the works. If money is no object, this would be our pick.

MWC 2016 Sony review

Sony Xperia X Performance at a glance:

  • Form factor: metal body, beveled screen; IP68 waterproofing
  • Screen: 5" Triluminos display, 1080p resolution (441ppi)
  • Camera: 23MP/2160p with 1/2.3" sensor, f/2.0, Predictive Hybrid AF; 13MP selfie camera
  • Chipset: Snapdragon 820 (2+2 custom cores); 3GB of RAM
  • Storage: 32GB, expandable via a microSD cards
  • OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
  • Audio: stereo speakers, Hi-Res audio, DSEE HX, LDAC
  • Battery: 2,700mAh

The Sony Xperia X is the middle sibling. The same metal exterior (without the brushed finish) and 5" 1080p screen, the same still resolution and stereo speakers. It's just not waterproof, though, and the chipset is a Snapdragon 650.

MWC 2016 Sony review

Sony Xperia X at a glance:

  • Form factor: metal body, beveled screen
  • Screen: 5" Triluminos display, 1080p resolution (441ppi)
  • Camera: 23MP/2160p with 1/2.3" sensor, f/2.0, Predictive Hybrid AF; 13MP selfie camera
  • Chipset: Snapdragon 650 (2x A72 + 4x A53 cores); 3GB of RAM
  • Storage: 32GB, expandable with microSD cards
  • OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
  • Audio: stereo speakers, Hi-Res audio, DSEE HX, LDAC
  • Battery: 2,620mAh

The Sony Xperia XA is for the price-conscious. It still has a 5" screen, but of 720p resolution. No metal finish, no stereo speakers either. The camera obviously took the biggest slash, a 1/3" Exmor RS sensor of 13MP resolution.

MWC 2016 Sony review

Sony Xperia XA at a glance:

  • Screen: 5" Triluminos display, 720p resolution (294ppi)
  • Camera: 13MP with 1/3" sensor; 8MP selfie camera
  • Chipset: MediaTek MT6755 (8 Cortex-A53 cores); 2GB of RAM
  • Storage: 16GB, expandable with microSD cards
  • OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
  • Battery: 2,300mAh

Reader comments

  • Passersby
  • 17 Mar 2021
  • UFy

Re the issue of phone screen going dark during call, is your phones light sensor at the top of screen blocked? I had the same issue when I used a camera cover on the selfie camera (I don't take selfies), which accidentally covered the light sens...

  • Lapeng
  • 25 Feb 2021
  • XLN

please help me, my Sony Xperia X Performance goes dark on every call and i don`t know how to rectify this and it is frustrating because sometimes the person on the call asks me a to press a digit but then the phone is dark, please assist!

  • Anonymous
  • 01 Apr 2017
  • XPD

My Sony Xperia X F5122 released in 2016. It's version, 6.1which I updated from the Sony website and its version 7.0 naught. It is very latest and best. I am very pleased with this product.