Sony Xperia XA1

A cracking camera squeezed into a merely OK mid-range phone

You’ll struggle to find a better camera for this low, low price

Sony's Xperia XA1 is the successor of the Xperia XA. We've tested the Japanese mid-range smartphone with a 5-inch screen and checked the device's capabilities in terms of battery life and performance, looked closer at the installed cameras, and executed many other tests to find out how well the Xperia XA1 competes against other smartphones.

Sony's new budget device has a specced-out camera, small battery and slightly higher price point than its competition.

Back when the Sony Xperia XA got released in Malaysia last year, it got smacked down as an overpriced mid-range phone because of its poor battery life

My history with Sony mobile devices is a bit mixed. Weirdly enough it was a Sony (and its former partner Ericsson) Xperia X10 Mini that began my Android journey and believe it or not I still have the device today and it still powers up. Sony announced the Xperia XA1 Ultra back in late February […]

You’ve scoured the web for the best selfie camera phone, and promptly came up short. Here’s your saving grace: the Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra. For starters, Sony

A low price and ultra-high megapixel count

The Sony Xperia XA1 is a mid-range phone with premium styling. It's superslim and very narrow, with almost no bezels left or right of the screen. Equipped with 32GB of storage and a fast 8-core processor, it's not lacking in any department. But perhaps its top feature is its class-leading 23 megapixel camera.

The midrange Android phone has an attractive metal body and a 23-megapixel camera.