Sony Xperia XA review: Narrow margins
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- Sonyuser85
- ajW
- 17 Oct 2017
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!
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- Sonyuser85
- ajW
- 17 Oct 2017
Elliona123, 30 Nov 2016Hi. I just bought the Xperia XA dual. The phone is amazing.... moreBetter than most J's or A's from Samsung!
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- Sonyuser85
- ajW
- 17 Oct 2017
Shailesh roa , 12 Oct 2017Don't buy this phone not support 4g,poor camera, heat mobil... moreStop bullshitting this device. It's ideal to have it mostly now that it's at a lower price! It has an amazing 4g and dual sim, and an ideal wi-fi tethering. Most Samsung/Iphones devices scream to have such an ideal compatibility to other devices and signal reception. Have a life dude!
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- Shailesh roa
- GXp
- 12 Oct 2017
Don't buy this phone not support 4g,poor camera, heat mobile phone
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- AnonD-706002
- gwB
- 06 Oct 2017
after update 33.3.A.1.97 screen become unresponsive,notification panel automatically downed,when i press power button screen has been on but not working after repress off and on screen will work
my device F3116
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- Gggg
- UF8
- 23 Sep 2017
I don't understand why people are complaining about battery life, the 7.0 nougat update has really improved this phone a lot. Battery life is 2 days on my wife's XA and she uses Facebook heaps. Grab a bargain phone, plus of people are having issues with the camera focusing, disable the AR app and it will be sorted and take great photos
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- Rokibul
- gNU
- 20 Jul 2017
No volte
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- xXENDER FREAKXx
- IWN
- 24 Jun 2017
nithin, 19 Jun 2017really? what about battery life?(heavy use)Heavy use is definitely not going to have very good battery life since this MEDITATEK HELIO P10 is having a 28mm manufacturering process which is not as efficient as 14mm manufacturering process. Plus this processor sometimes doesn't do heavy workloads well. So I woukd suggest u to get a much higher tier like XA1 with improved processor, much more efficient but if u want great multitasking get Xperia X or some SNAPDRAGON 650 and higher chipset phones
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- nithin
- yp1
- 19 Jun 2017
AnonD-648457, 27 Feb 2017I bought an xperia xa,even if the reviews said the battery ... morereally? what about battery life?(heavy use)
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- Pa1
- fCU
- 30 Apr 2017
The pictures in my xperia xa are reddish in color and I have not notice any in my previous xperia mobile
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- AnonD-641414
- 7X9
- 13 Mar 2017
sony xperia xa da best
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- stephen
- rK9
- 28 Feb 2017
Fast charging. And fast dischargeing
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- AnonD-648457
- pcY
- 27 Feb 2017
I bought an xperia xa,even if the reviews said the battery life is very poor.I dont know but mine is ok,with one charge easily 1,5 day,and I use it a lot!Better then my Lumia 830,far better.
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- anil
- uvc
- 17 Feb 2017
Is VoLTE in this.
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- still thinking
- mE7
- 16 Feb 2017
Can you record calls on this phone using "automatic call recorder" app or something similar, or will it record only one side like Nexus 5X?
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- Anonymous
- mE7
- 14 Feb 2017
Is call redorder working?
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- AnonD-641414
- 7X9
- 11 Feb 2017
i love you sony xperia xa
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- O.G
- Gxx
- 07 Feb 2017
Love the xperia XA,
Just got a white one yesterday with Virgin Mobile 16gb, upgraded from the Samsung S4 Mini, wont come back to galaxy.
Very satisfied about the device, will take good care of the device.
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- AnonD-642429
- K0c
- 07 Feb 2017
Happy with my Xperia XA. Good battery life for a normal day. Not using facebook app and everything goes flawless. Conect to bluetooth speakers, chromecast... perfectly. The charger helps a lot when battery drains while using a lot of social apps in mornings, 50% in less that half hour. The only issue is with the low accuracy of the gps for location applications sometimes.
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- AnonD-638655
- JLb
- 27 Jan 2017
worst sony I ever had
- back cover looks like 2 years old after only 2 months; scratches and wear marks and it has only been in my pocket so far
- camera takes ages to start
- battery life not what is advertised
- shuts down and restarts randomly
- glass broke at a 20cm drop
- problems connecting to networks