Sony Xperia XA1

Sony has never failed to impress the tech-crazy mass through its unique styles of the phone devices. The Sony Xperia XA1 Singapore was released in March this year and comes with a whopping 23 Megapixel primary camera and a 8 MP front camera. The device runs on Android 7.0 and derives power from a 2300 Mah battery. Sony preferred to keep the display size limited to 5 inches with a resolution of 720 by 1280 pixels.
The Xperia XA1 runs on the octa-core MediaTek Helio P20 processor and comes in 3gb ram version. The 32 GB of internal storage can be expanded up to 256 GB using an external memory card. The screen gives way for good contrast ratios. Sony has revamped the camera experience from that of the Z5 that was released earlier in 2015 which had the same camera as this one but lacked some sensors. The camera sensors make it capable of lighting up in a jiffy. This phone lacks a fingerprint scanner and sports the traditional protruding lock key. The USB type C charging slot and the 3.5 mm slot have been carefully placed.
With the range of mediocre features packed in this phone, Sony has targeted on the lower price segment of the smartphones. Although the phone is a decent successor of the previous variant, the final buying decision can only be made after testing the performance of the phone.

NETWORK

Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 – G3112, G3116
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 – G3121, G3125, G3112, G3116
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 – G3123
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) – G3121, G3112
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) – G3125, G3116
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 28(700), 29(700), 66(1700/2100) – G3123
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps – G3112, G3116
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes

BODY

Dimensions 145 x 67 x 8 mm (5.71 x 2.64 x 0.31 in)
Weight 143 g (5.04 oz)
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) – G3121, G3123, G3125
Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) – G3112, G3116

DISPLAY

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches (~70.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes, up to 4 fingers
Protection Scratch-resistant glass (> 9H)

PLATFORM

OS Android 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset Mediatek MT6757 Helio P20
CPU Octa-core (4×2.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.6 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-T880MP2

MEMORY

Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB
Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

CAMERA

Primary 23 MP, f/2.0, 24mm, phase detection and laser autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features 1/2.3″ sensor size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, HDR, check quality
Secondary 8 MP, f/2.0, 23mm, autofocus, 1/4″ sensor size, 1080p

SOUND

Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

COMMS

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, aptX, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes
Radio FM radio
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host

FEATURES

Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Browser HTML5
Java No
– Fast battery charging (Pump Express+ 2.0)
– Xvid/MP4/H.265 player
– MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player
– Document viewer
– Photo/video editor

BATTERY

Non-removable Li-Ion 2300 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 560 h (2G) / Up to 603 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 11 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 10 h (3G)
Dual-SIM model
Stand-by Up to 466 h
Talk time Up to 11 h 20 min