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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  • Anonymous
  • X}6
  • 22 Jun 2016

A ride to the past man with that battery endurance level

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    • AnonD-531620
    • 3JY
    • 22 Jun 2016

    AnonD-237381, 22 Jun 2016Better go with Redmi Note 3 with SD652, FHD display, 32GB R... moreTotally agree, Sony are being undercut with better specs and hardware, even the build quality. I fear Sony are manoeuvring themselves out of the smartphone market, the X range seems to have been put together from what they could find from the parts bin.

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      • JiB
      • 22 Jun 2016

      AnonD-482637, 22 Jun 201640H endurance rating ? I feel like reading 2011 xperia phon... moreLol was thinking the same thing. Thought the days of such poor battery life were behind us.

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        • AnonD-417210
        • 6P4
        • 22 Jun 2016

        RiP Sony

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          • AnonD-237381
          • 8UF
          • 22 Jun 2016

          Better go with Redmi Note 3 with SD652, FHD display, 32GB ROM, 3GB RAM, 4000mAh battery, for less money, the camera is not as good but performance and battery life are much superior, and it's much cheaper!!!
          This one have MTK processor, lacks dev support, no Custom ROM, if Sony decides to stop updates, you'll be bound forever to that Android version!!!

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            • Anonymous
            • MSa
            • 22 Jun 2016

            Yes sonys claim 2d use is only for average users on stamina mode(baaarely)...

            Everybody claimed 2days this yeas i think... Sam,lg, htc, huawei... No brainer for sony to do thr same, silly sony

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              • Dasman
              • Yc3
              • 22 Jun 2016

              Simply put: Sony flopped

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                • AnonD-506532
                • BPX
                • 22 Jun 2016

                Wow exactly half of Galaxy S7.. What a shameful battery life

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                  • HutHutHut
                  • vGP
                  • 22 Jun 2016

                  The camera image quality is actually quite impressive indeed... Normally Sony's lens design doesn't produce the sharpest pictures.... but these samples show superb levels of uniform sharpness.... AND image quality seems to be a quantum leap forward for Sony... Great job.... just work on the foliage.... everything else is pretty much perfect....

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                    • AnonD-481725
                    • X1I
                    • 22 Jun 2016

                    AnonD-265341, 22 Jun 2016What a awesome phone, better value than it's older broders.... more55 hours

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                      • AnonD-237381
                      • 8UF
                      • 22 Jun 2016

                      Oh wow, this top and bottom bezels are huge and horrendous, Apple and Sony are truly the kings of bezel

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                        • t@g
                        • 22 Jun 2016

                        40H endurance rating ? I feel like reading 2011 xperia phone with 1500mah battery.....

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                          • pF3
                          • 22 Jun 2016

                          What a awesome phone, better value than it's older broders. It's so sad that the battery is below average, if not this would be the perfect budget phone. Hopefully, they will improve the battery with updates like they always do, bu still 40H is not very good. Glad I bought the Z5 instead of the x series, lovely phone with average battery.