Sony Xperia XA review: Narrow margins

22 June 2016
Sometimes an underdog proves to be the crowd favorite. This may be the case with the Sony Xperia XA - the most affordable of the four X-phones we've seen so far and yet it probably causes the most excitement when you hold it in hand.

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  • Dingo Girl
  • Iw3
  • 09 Apr 2023

Dingo boy, 03 Oct 2021Sound is weak. Only my dog can hear the speakers on this.Dogs basically hear way better than humans so go get a hearing test and get diagnosed with profound hearing loss

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    • Ishworkhadka79
    • gm9
    • 18 Jan 2022

    I'm using this phone from 2016 to till date without any problem still working smoothly.

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      • Dingo boy
      • g$8
      • 03 Oct 2021

      Sound is weak. Only my dog can hear the speakers on this.

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        • Steve
        • 6sQ
        • 12 Jan 2021

        Its good phone, i bought it 2 years ago secondhand for only 110€, still working perfect, i dont see any change in battery life-lasting me more than one day, using internet, no games. I dont even have any protection on displey and no scratch, using only silikon poach for protection, the phone is very slippery. Great design, thanks Sony

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          • OG
          • Nue
          • 11 Feb 2020

          It did not have enough space..it can even save up to 5apps

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            • CyberLord94
            • uC4
            • 17 Jul 2019

            Brightongirl, 06 Mar 2019I have only had the Sony experia XA a few weeks 2nd hand. M... moreBootloop = is your problem
            Find a solution on Google😉

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              • Bobo
              • xja
              • 16 Jul 2019

              Please help me out with this issue that is troubling my phone, I have updated my phone and now is not more functioning as it's used to be. Please with the previous software

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                • Brightongirl
                • 3Wa
                • 06 Mar 2019

                I have only had the Sony experia XA a few weeks 2nd hand. My only complaint is, that it takes a long time to fire up. When you turn it on. Seems to take for ever. To even get to the android logo. 😐

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                  • nkole
                  • F0x
                  • 27 Feb 2019

                  this phone is no good it shows 16gb internal storage but I only use abt 3gb then it shows not enough space what's wrong?

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                    • Cool scar
                    • StU
                    • 26 Feb 2019

                    Overall not a bad phone
                    Battery life average
                    Camera OK for the price
                    Nice size

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                      • Martin
                      • 3J9
                      • 25 Jan 2019

                      Fred, 19 Apr 2018The pictures are not great. Color is a bit unreal.Overall the Sony Xperia XA is a very reliable phone. However the photo quality deteriorates over time.

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                        • Disgruntled
                        • 45L
                        • 10 May 2018

                        This phone is No good had problem charging sent it to Bell no solution .Sent it to Sony they are claiming the phone rhey received has a different IMEI # from the one I gave on the phone.Now thy want me to pay for diagnostics and the phone was under warranty. I am done. WILL NEVER BUY A SONY PHONE EVER.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • jnW
                          • 26 Apr 2018

                          My honest comment about xperia phone is that they have caused me trouble and sony offers no help.

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                            • Fred
                            • DNe
                            • 19 Apr 2018

                            sagar, 21 Oct 2017 can it capture good images? The pictures are not great. Color is a bit unreal.

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                              • aniruddha
                              • 7k7
                              • 24 Nov 2017

                              heating problem and service centre not capable to solve.
                              sent service centre 2 to 3 times. still there is same problem

                              very poor quality in budget phone series

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                                • Samath
                                • MsN
                                • 19 Nov 2017

                                AnonD-641414, 11 Feb 2017i love you sony xperia xaY u like Sony Xperia a mobile

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                                  • sagar
                                  • XuI
                                  • 21 Oct 2017

                                  can it capture good images?

                                    xXENDER FREAKXx, 24 Jun 2017Heavy use is definitely not going to have very good battery... moreThe only great weakness of this device is Mediatek. Sadly it's another story than its long lasting Snapdragons. But still what Sony did from Mediatek's is simply amazing!

                                      Gggg, 23 Sep 2017I don't understand why people are complaining about battery... moreGrab it while you can for sure!

                                        Hi everybody, I took a pause commenting here because of a change I have made in my personal life. Now I’m back.
                                        So among other things I did, I met my cousin from a pause of few years and he saw my XA device and he was very interested about how I maintained it and how this device felt in its hands (I kept it very clean and did upgrade it to latest Android 7.0 - 33.3.A.1.97 – that is a maximum and best upgrade to it till now) and I gave it to him (he had an Iphone 5C model until now). I was testing XA1 with my friend at his repair service company for a while and I was so pleasantly surprised by its capabilities.
                                        Cpu, memory, camera, design, and Android Oreo scheduled upgrade, plus having now a special free contract offer from an electronics dealer, made me decide to give my XA as a present to my cousin (he like it very much overall) and I ordered for myself the XA1 model.

                                        As a conclusion to all that want and still have the possibility to buy and enjoy the Xperia XA mode, please take note:

                                        *This device is perfect for daylight photography (at least after latest Nougat upgrade even better than any Samsung at its class at least) and for any task that do not exceed its 2gb of ram limitation, it can manage everything from offline gps to some interesting games.
                                        *Take care of it installing good/compatible software, don't flash/root it if you don't know best how this operation works (Mediatek motherboards are very bad comparing to Qualkomm ones at changing Kernel and other stuff like that) erase/stop bloatware and keep a good physical maintain (not too much humidity nor dust) and for sure nothing bad will happen to it.
                                        *Of course, the battery remain a weak point for it, but for a price tag under 200 euros it's for sure best Mediatek device available on the market.

                                        This is among few Mediatek cheap jewels. Good luck!