Sony Xperia L1 - a good budget smartphone for those who do not expect a lot

Sony Xperia L1, according to the brand, belongs to the budget segment, but it has a number of pleasant moments. In itself, the statement about the budget Sony technology sounds rather strange, since usually the company has a share of overpayment for the name. Nevertheless, the device turned out really inexpensive and with a full set of interfaces. The device appeared on the market in April 2017, and its price does not exceed 10-11 thousand rubles. A review of the Sony Xperia L1 will show how good a budget phone from a Japanese manufacturer can be.

Specifications

Due to the positioning of the smartphone as an inexpensive device, you should not expect serious iron in it. For Chinese brands for the same money, the filling sometimes looks more interesting, but this is not always a plus. Full specifications Sony Xperia L1 presented in the table.

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The phone’s iron is quite typical for an inexpensive device, but, which is nice for the money, the model received Wi-Fi with two ranges of operation, supports two SIM cards and has a separate slot for memory expansion. Another nice moment - Type-C. Despite the fact that this standard is the newest and most modern, and the transition to it is more than logical, many brands do not hesitate to put the old microUSB not only in budget devices, but also in the middle segment.

Design

The smartphone Sony Xperia L1 Dual is made in the typical design of the company. Plastic and glass edges smoothly flow into one another, creating a feeling of integrity of the device. Plastic used good qualityit leaves pleasant tactile sensations, the back surface is rough, which makes the device less slippery. The device is not branded, and prints, which inevitably appear on the body, easily rub off with a napkin. The frames around the front panel on the sides are traditionally thin, it leaves a pleasant impression.

The location of the controls is also traditional for Sony.

1. The right side got the power button and volume.
2. On the left side is a slot for SIM cards and memory cards. They are separate, everything can be put at the same time and use. This is a very pleasant moment, since such an approach is not common, but it is very convenient. The cap is removed easily, just pry it with a fingernail. At the same time she sits tight, and fear that over time it will fall out, there is no special meaning.
3. The bottom end - the connector for the charger, speaker, microphone.
   
4. On top of the headphone jack and auxiliary microphone.
   
5. On the front side of the top speaker, camera, sensors. Below, the panel is traditionally empty.
6. Back in the upper corner of the camera and flash. In the middle of the NFC module and the inscription Xperia.

Display

Sony Iksperiya L1 is a phone with a matrix of 5.5 inches, created by IPS technology. The resolution is not too high - HD, but considering the price tag, it is quite expected. Usually with such a combination on the screen you can see the pixels, here it does not happen. Oleophobic coating of the screen is provided, however, it has the character of presence, but there is little benefit from it. The touch is designed for 5 touches.

Important! The phone has good viewing angles, there is an adaptive backlight, but it works slowly. The phone takes about 4 seconds to set the correct display backlight value. Sometimes it can be annoying, as it is easier to do on your own.

According to the color rendition, the matrix is ​​a bit under-fitting, but it would be foolish to expect another 10,000 from Sony. In general - the screen is made on a solid four.

Sound

Typically, devices from Sony have excellent speakers and a microphone. The Sony Xperia L1 Dual situation is as follows: the speakers are not stereo. A loud speaker was installed on the bottom, but it doesn’t play too well. Listening to music without headphones is a silly idea, but its advantage is that the call is heard very well and far. Regarding listening to headphones, the situation is similar - loud, but not expressive. For those people who do not consider themselves to be connoisseurs and connoisseurs of sound, it is suitable, music lovers will not be very happy. The microphone in the model is more than excellent; in terms of the quality of the conversation, the interlocutors note a pleasant timbre and good audibility.

Performance

Sony Xperia L1 processor can hardly be called high-performance. This is a quad-core MT6737T, frequency per core - 1.4 GHz.Obviously, the device is not designed for serious games, but surfing and watching the video for him is quite a force. Antutu's performance rating is 35 thousand points. The memory of the model is 2 gigabytes of RAM, which is quite enough for this processor and positioning of the device. The main memory is 16 gigabytes, available to the user about 7 gigabytes. Due to the fact that the drive is quite small, it makes sense to add MicroSD.

Important! It is not recommended to put a lot of applications on the phone, because after a few months, when they are all updated, the device will persistently ask you to clean its memory. Of course, some utilities can be transferred to a memory card, but not all, and this does not save the situation. In the reviews, this issue is given special attention and indicates that for fans of a large number of applications (even if it is not about games) the device will not work.

Camera

The Sony Iksperia L1 is an inexpensive phone, which means you shouldn’t expect excellent results from it in terms of photography. Unfortunately, in this matter, even the front camera is not able to take a clear picture. Usually there are no questions for her. The main camera takes the expected pictures of the average level in natural bright light, otherwise it cannot show serious results. The device has a standard application for the camera, a number of manual settings, automatic modes. There is nothing new and interesting here, which is not surprising, because the price of the model is only 10 thousand. Video recording is carried out in FHD, 30 frames per second. You can shoot, but high results, again, should not wait.

Autonomy

The Sony Xperia L1 (g3312) diagonal is 5.5 inches. In this case, the battery capacity is very low - 2620 mAh. In addition, the model has not the most energy-efficient processor, two SIM cards, which also affects the operation time. Despite this, the device is able to play FHD video for about 10 hours, in reading mode, the indicator is up to 12 hours, if you still put games on the device, the battery will last about 3.5 hours. For a budget model, this is a pretty good indicator. Average time with minor loads - working day.

Important! The Sony Xperia L1 has an adaptive charging technology that controls the process in such a way that it treats the battery as carefully as possible.Such technologies are not only the company Sony, according to manufacturers with their help, battery life goes beyond the standard two years.

Conclusion

The Sony Xperia L1 phone is a pretty good machine for your money. With the right understanding of his abilities, the phone will delight its owner. It is inferior on a number of criteria to its Chinese competitors, but compared to its counterparts at a price from Samsung, it sometimes looks more interesting. Advantage can be considered an excellent assembly and housing, as well as a good display for its segment. This also can be attributed not the lowest autonomy.

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