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Huawei P20 Lite Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia XA2 Mobile Phone
Sony Xperia XA2
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Sony Xperia L2 smartphone review, a €249 (RRP) smartphone with a fingerprint scanner and Android 7.1.1.Read more
Launched in January 2018 with a sub-$250 price tag, the Xperia L2 is placed towards the budget-end of Sony’s smartphone range. Its main camera, reviewed here, is a 13Mp affair with a 1/3.06-inch sensor and f/2.0 lens. That’s a brighter optic than on the L1, which has an f/2.2 lens. Sony has opted for the fairly [...]Read more
Sony's solid budget phone fails to make an impactRead more
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 8.0Android 7.0Android 7.1Android 8.0
CPU clock speed2.36 GHz2.3 GHz1.5 GHz2.2 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-coreQuad-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 659Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895MediaTek MT6737TQualcomm Snapdragon 630 SDM630
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-G71 MP20ARM Mali-T720 MP2Qualcomm Adreno 508
RAM memory4 GB4 GB3 GB3 GB

Display

Screen size5.84 in5.8 in5.5 in5.2 in
Touchscreenyesyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDLCDLCD
Resolution2280 x 1080 px1440 x 2960 px720 x 1280 px1080 x 1920 px
TechnologyIPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Quad HD+ Super AMOLED
IPS TFT
  • IPS TFT
  • TFT
Pixel density432.0 ppi570.0 ppi267.0 ppi424.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnononono
Scratch resistant displayyesyesyesyes
HDRnoyes
N/A
no
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
Multi touch
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx23.0 Mpx
Resolution (second camera)2.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
N/A
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
  • Automatic
  • Manual
AutomaticAutomatic
Video recordingyesyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px3840 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 px3840 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps240.0 fps
N/A
120.0 fps
Autofocusyesyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyesyes
Touch focusyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Number of rear cameras
N/A
1
N/A
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.55"1/3.06"1/2.3"
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px
N/A
Face detection
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Night Mode
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Panorama
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Scene mode
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Optical zoom
N/A
N/A
3x5x

Front camera

Primary resolution16.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Number of front cameras
N/A
1
N/A
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.55"1/3.06"1/2.3"
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
  • Automatic
  • Manual
AutomaticAutomatic
Lens aperture
N/A
F/1.7F/2.4F/2.4

Storage

Internal storage64 GB64 GB32 GB32 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyesyes
Maximum card storage256GB256GB256GB256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Klein blue
  • Midnight black
  • Pink
  • Arctic silver
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Midnight black
  • Orchid grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Rose pink
  • Silver
  • Turquoise
  • Black
  • Pink
N/A
Water resistantnoyesnono
Shock resistantnononono
Dust resistant
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Material
N/A
N/A
Plastic
  • Aluminum
  • Plastic

Dimensions

Height5.85 in5.86 in5.91 in5.59 in
Width2.8 in2.68 in3.07 in2.76 in
Depth0.29 in0.31 in0.39 in0.38 in
Weight5.11 oz5.47 oz6.28 oz6.03 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryes
N/A
yesyes
Fingerprintyesyesyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyes
N/A
N/A
Barometer
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
ANT+
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Face scanner
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Magnetometer
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Pedometer
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim support
  • no
  • yes
no
  • no
  • yes
no
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiednononono
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.25.04.25.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • GAP
  • HFP
  • HSP
  • OPP
  • PBAP
  • SPP
  • A2DP
  • AVCTP
  • AVDP
  • AVRCP
  • BNEP
  • DIP
  • GAP
  • GATT
  • GAVDP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • RFCOMM
  • SAP
  • SPP
Bluetooth codec
  • aptX HD
  • aptX
  • SBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
N/A
  • aptX HD
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
3.1
2.02.0
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-CUSB Type-CUSB Type-CUSB Type-C
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyes
N/A
N/A
Video output
N/A
DisplayPort over USB-CNo
N/A

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmission
  • DC-HSDPA
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
HSPA+
  • EDGE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • Galileo
GLONASS
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
2G GSMyesyesyesyes
3G UMTSyesyesyesyes
UMTS frequences
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
4G LTEyesyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
N/A
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
Streaming standards
N/A
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
N/A
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast

Battery

Replaceable batterynononono
Battery typeLithium Polymer
N/A
N/A
Lithium ion
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3300.0 mAh3300.0 mAh
Standby time454.0 h326.0 h572.5 h863.0 h
Talk time17.0 h20.0 h14.4 h39.0 h
Fast chargingyesyesnoyes
Wireless charging noyesnono
Fast charging standard
N/A
Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge
N/A
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
  • WPC
N/A
N/A

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