Xperia l1. Sony Xperia L1: specifications and reviews. Information about the brand, model and alternative names of a specific device, if any
According to the test results, the Sony Xperia L1 was not convincing to us. Although with a price tag of about 10 thousand rubles. it is not very expensive, but its characteristics are only mediocre. It is definitely suitable for those users who want a big screen and an up-to-date version. operating system Android, but there are no other special requirements for the device. The point is that the length of time autonomous work and especially the quality of photographs taken under twilight lighting is rather poor here.
Advantages
Large display
Affordable price
Flaws
Mediocre battery life and long charging times
Modest equipment
Poor quality photographs taken under twilight lighting
- Price-quality ratio
Good - Place in the overall rating
130 of 200
- Value for money: 64
- Performance & Management (35%): 70.9
- Equipment (25%): 47.3
- Battery (15%): 70.8
- Display (15%): 82.7
- Camera (10%): 46.6
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The performance is satisfactory here: a quad-core processor is installed inside, which reaches a maximum clock speed of 1.5 GHz. It's not very fast. 2 GB random access memory for Android 7 is enough too. Computing power mobile phone for simple daily tasks, it is quite enough, however, one should not expect a particularly fast response to commands here.
Some disappointment is caused by the more than modest size of the built-in storage, since after deducting the space occupied by the system, users have only 7.4 GB of free space to store their own data and applications. After installing several applications, this space runs out very quickly. Fortunately, there is a memory card slot on board. At the same time, not every application can be installed on a Micro-SD card, and in general, there is no reason to worry about this feeling of comfort.
The 7 hours and 25 minutes of battery life demonstrated by the smartphone during our testing in "online" mode is also not cause for joy. Rather, such indicators can be assessed as “acceptable”. But what really darkens the picture of the day is the extremely long charging process, which during testing took half of the duration of the smartphone's endurance test. 3 hours 39 minutes at the outlet is one of the worst results in our respective ranking.
Test: display and camera
Sony Xperia L1 is equipped with a 5.5-inch LC-display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. As a result, the resolution for a screen of this size is not very good, so if you look closely, you may notice a slightly "jagged" or pixelated image. But this is not a particular problem. According to our laboratory measurements, the maximum brightness is at 439.4 cd / m2 - this is just an average level. Outdoors, content will of course still be readable, but there are many brighter displays that are much more enjoyable to work with.
"Twilight" pictures of Sony Xperia L1: the quality is poor, the picture is really fuzzy The Sony Xperia L1 offers a main camera with a resolution of 12.6 megapixels and a minimum distance of 9 centimeters between the lens and the subject for taking clear photos. The duration of the shutter time is a long 1.65 seconds - most of the moving scenes during this time will already be missed. In addition, for selfies, the device offers a front camera with a resolution of 4.9 megapixels. It should be remembered: the quality of photographs taken in daylight can still be considered quite normal, but in twilight lighting everything is very sad. Our test shots look completely washed out and too washed out. Thus, in bars and similar places for taking pictures, this smartphone may not even be reached.
This mobile phone has a kink-protected USB 2.0 Type-C interface, as well as WLAN 802.11 n and Bluetooth 4.2 modules. Unfortunately, there is no fingerprint scanner that would allow you to conveniently and quickly unlock the Xperia L1. We can rate the workmanship and appearance as "Good".
Alternative: Motorola Moto G 4 Plus
If you can pay a couple thousand rubles more, you will get a slightly higher quality. Motorola Moto The G4 Plus, for example, outperforms the Xperia L1 and costs about 12,000 rubles at the time of testing.
Sony Xperia L1 test results
Sony Xperia L1 specifications and test results
| Price-quality ratio | 64 |
| OS when testing | Android 7.0 |
| Current OS | Android 7 |
| Is there an OS update planned | No |
| App Store | |
| Weight | 174 BC |
| Length x Width | 151 x 75 mm; |
| Thickness | 9.0 mm; |
| Expert design assessment | Good |
| Expert assessment of the speed of work | Good |
| Download speed: PDF 800 KB over WLAN | 6.4 s |
| Download speed: main chip.de over WLAN | 0.7 s |
| Download speed: chip.de test chart over WLAN | 16.8 s |
| Sound quality (speakerphone) | very good |
| CPU | Mediatek MT6737T |
| Processor architecture | |
| CPU frequency | 1.500 MHz |
| Number of CPU cores | 4 |
| RAM size | 2.0 GB |
| Battery: capacity | 2.620 mAh |
| Battery: easy to remove | - |
| Battery: surfing time | 7:25 h: min |
| Battery: charging time | 3:39 h: min |
| Fast charging function | - |
| Charger and fast charging cable included | |
| Battery: discharge time / charge time | 2,0 |
| Function wireless charging | - |
| WLAN | 802.11 n |
| Voice over LTE | |
| LTE: frequencies | 800, 1.800, 2.600 MHz |
| LTE: Cat. 4 | up to 150 Mbps |
| LTE: Cat. 6 | - |
| LTE: Cat. nine | - |
| LTE: Cat. 12 | - |
| Screen: type | LCD |
| Screen: diagonal | 5.5 inch |
| Screen: size in mm | 69 x 122 mm; |
| Screen: Resolution | 1.280 x 720 pixels |
| Screen: Dot Density | 266 ppi |
| Screen: max. brightness in a dark room | 439.4 cd / m² |
| Screen: checkerboard contrast in a bright room | 45:1 |
| Screen: checkerboard contrast in a dark room | 129:1 |
| Camera: Resolution | 12.6 megapixels |
| Camera: measured resolution | 1.428 line pairs |
| Camera: expert assessment of image quality | satisfactorily |
| Camera: Noise VN1 | 2.3 VN1 |
| Camera: minimum focal length | 3.5 mm; |
| Camera: minimum shooting distance | 9 cm; |
| Camera: autofocus shutter release time | 1.65 s |
| Camera: optical stabilizer | - |
| Camera: autofocus | Yes |
| Camera: Flash | LED |
| Video resolution | 1.920 x 1.080 pixels |
| Front camera: resolution | 4.9 megapixels |
| LED indicator | yes (multicolor) |
| Radio | Yes |
| SIM card type | Nano-SIM |
| Dual SIM | - |
| Dust and moisture proof (IP certified) | - |
| The fingerprint scanner | |
| User available memory | 7.4 GB |
| Memory card slot | Yes |
| USB connector | Type-C-USB 2.0 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 |
| NFC | Yes |
| Headphone out | 3.5 mm; |
| HD Voice | Yes |
| SAR | 0.69 W / kg |
| Firmware version during testing | 43.0.A.3.39 |
| Test date | 2017-07-18 |
Sony hasn't been doing as well lately as management would have liked. Xperia smartphones do not compete with modern impudent Chinese (Xiaomi and Meizu). Users simply do not understand why they have to pay huge sums of money for devices that are much inferior in performance to the gadgets of the aforementioned brands. And only a few understand the whole essence of Sony's philosophy.
They don't pay for clock frequency and the amount of RAM, as well for unsurpassed quality. And no one makes smartphones better than Sony. Once there was Apple, but now it has slipped. Samsung is also not doing well with the quality. But at "Sonya" everything is as usual: at the highest level. So let's take a look at one of the most affordable devices from the company - Sony Xperia L1. The characteristics of the model are traditional for budget devices manufactured by Sony. Let's start with the design.
The appearance of the apparatus
In smartphones from Sony, great attention was paid to design. So it happened with this model. Although the smartphone is plastic, the material is very High Quality... And it is he who is the first advantage of the Xperia L1. Characteristics for many are not as important as tactile sensations.
The device is made in the classic monoblock form-factor. Almost the entire front panel is occupied by the screen. It is covered protective glass Corning There are no buttons under the screen. They are located on the display itself. Above it there is a speaker for conversations, a front-facing photo module and light and proximity sensors. Traditionally, the body of the device has sharp corners, which can be inconvenient when carrying the gadget in a jeans pocket. But these are trifles.
On the back panel there is a camera peephole, and immediately below it is a flash. There is an icon just below that indicates that the smartphone has an NFC chip. And below this pictogram, you can find an image of the model's logo. On the bottom end there is a charging jack, a 3.5 jack for headphones, a speaker and a microphone.
At the top there is only a power button. The volume is adjusted using the mechanical buttons on the right side of the device. In principle, this arrangement is standard for all Sony products. The Xperia L1 is no exception. Specifications hardware platform - the next part of our material.
Hardware performance
What will please the filling of such a device as the Sony Xperia L1 smartphone. The characteristics of the hardware platform are as follows. The processor is quad-core, 64-bit, clocked at 1.45 GHz. The amount of RAM is only 2 GB, which means that games for this smartphone are prohibited. If only some are not particularly "heavy".
The graphics part is represented by the Mali T720 MP2 chip. This coprocessor can handle OpenGL and DirectX. In general, the smartphone works quickly and clearly. There are no freezes, and it does not slow down. But in devices from "Sony" they are never. The manufacturer has always been famous for good optimization of the operating system and hardware of smartphones.
Hardware capabilities
The internal storage is 16 GB. But the user has only 10 available. There is no need to get upset, because you can easily add space using a microSD memory card up to 256 GB. This is a great help.
The device easily works with mobile networks LTE Cat 6, has a Wi-Fi transmitter operating at 5 GHz, Bluetooth 4.2, an NFC chip, a huge number of sensors and a smart GPS module. All this suggests that in front of us is quite modern smartphone... This is what it is (general) suggests that it is extremely difficult to attribute it to budget devices. Rather, he is a representative of mid-range smartphones. Now let's move on to the screen.
Display characteristics
What screen is installed in the Xperia L1? The manufacturer's specifications are as follows: 5.5-inch IPS panel with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels (HD). This is pretty good for a budget device. Go ahead. The screen is covered with a protective glass, which has an anti-reflective coating. This means that you won't be able to use your smartphone as a mirror.
Grease-repellent allows your finger to glide freely on the touchscreen and prevents the rapid appearance of fingerprints on the surface. This is also pretty good. Maximum brightness the screen is high enough. This means that it will be very comfortable to use the gadget outside on a sunny day. The information will remain readable.
But the greatest merit of the Sony engineers is that the color rendition of the display is close to real. The colors are bright, saturated, but not overloaded (as is often the case with AMOLED matrices).
The viewing angles are also decent. The image is almost not distorted when the gadget is deflected in any direction. Only a little upset that the screen does not support the ability to work with gloves. It would be very helpful. But let's not forget that this is a budget model of the device. The screen is already pretty good. This is exactly what is put in many smartphones of the middle price category. Now let's look at the camera of the device.
Photo modules (front and main)
Now let's look at the main Sony camera Xperia L1 G3312. Its characteristics are not particularly outstanding, but it is important to remember that Sony cameras usually shoot much better than stated by the manufacturer. So, the main camera is represented by a 13-megapixel module with an aperture of 2.2. There is autofocus and one-tone flash.
This module provides superb photo quality. This is largely due to the proprietary technology Clear Image. It also provides adequate digital zoom. No pixelation. The 13-megapixel module does an excellent job with portraits. He also succeeds in macro photography. The drop in image quality is noticeable only in the dark. But this is the trouble with all budget smartphones. Also, the photomodule is able to write Full HD video at 30 frames per second.
The front camera is a 5 megapixel sensor with an aperture of 2.2 and a focal length of 26 mm. The photos are quite high quality. For lovers of selfies, such a camera will come in handy. You can also use it to communicate with friends via Skype or some other application. The main feature of the camera is touch autofocus and smile detection. As soon as the camera "sees" a smile, it immediately starts shooting. A very useful option. Now let's look at the reviews of the owners of this device.
Budget smartphone Sony. It even sounds funny, because the products of this Japanese brand are associated with quality and considerable cost. In the case of the Xperia L1, the manufacturer managed to make budget smartphone with budget filling, but interesting appearance and not at all budgetary functions and modules, namely NFC, USB Type-C and Wi-Fi 5 GHz. We just have to find the flaws.
Specifications
| Display size and type | 5.5 inches, 1280x720 pixels, IPS |
| CPU | MediaTek MT6737T, 4 cores (4 × 1.44 GHz) |
| Graphics Accelerator | Mali-T720 MP2 |
| Built-in memory, GB | 2 |
| RAM, GB | 16 (9.3 GB available) |
| Memory expansion | microSD |
| Number of SIM-cards | 2 |
| Communication standards 2G | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz |
| 3G communication standards | 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz |
| 4G communication standards | 700, 800, 850, 900, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2600 MHz |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n / ac, 2.4 / 5 GHz |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 |
| NFC | There is |
| IrDA | No |
| USB port | USB Type-C |
| 3.5mm jack | There is |
| FM radio | There is |
| The fingerprint scanner | No |
| Navigation | A-GPS, GLONASS, GPS, Beidou |
| Built-in sensors | Gyroscope, magnetometer, accelerometer, gravity sensor, light sensor |
| Main camera | 13 MP, f / 2.2 |
| Front-camera | 5 MP, f / 2.2 |
| Operating system | Android 7.0 |
| Protection class | No |
| Battery | 2620 mAh, Qnovo Adaptive Charging Technology |
| Dimensions, mm | 151x74x8,7 |
| Weight, gram | 180 |
Appearance and usability
The Sony Xperia L1 is a typical budget smartphone, but its looks hardly show it. Of course, all the panels are plastic, but the material is of high quality, and the surface is pleasant to the touch, especially the rough back side. Even on the dark version, the prints on the lid are hardly noticeable, and they can be wiped off quite easily. The body of the smartphone is similar to flagship model, in which the proprietary design of Loop Surface is applied, or in the literal translation "looped surface", implying a smooth transition between the front and back sides. Unfortunately, there is a smooth transition only from the back side to the ends, and the transition between the side and front surfaces is quite sharp. Perhaps this was done in order to separate budget and expensive models, but at the same time maintain recognition. Separately, I would like to note the thin display bezels, which is not typical of budget solutions.
The build quality is high, when you try to twist and squeeze, the case does not emit any sounds, and when you lightly tap on the case, the keys do not rattle. Everything seems to be fine, but there is something to complain about - even with a slight pressure on the screen, rainbow stains appear at any point, but not under the finger, but at the left edge in the center.
In front of the screen is speaker, sensor block, led indicator activity and window front camera... Under the display in dear Sony models there is usually a second speaker to play the sound in stereo, but the subject has nothing here. Not allowed by rank. At the back there is the main camera's eye, which protrudes slightly above the general surface, an LED flash and an NFC zone marked with a corresponding logo.
Above is a wired headset connector (mini-jack 3.5 mm) and a microphone. At the bottom there is a second microphone, a system speaker and USB connector Type-C. I am glad that the manufacturer did not think of using the outdated microUSB in the budget series.
On the left side surface, under a single rubber flap, a pair of connectors is hidden, one of which is used to install a tray with a pair of SIM cards, and the other is used to install microSD memory cards.
In general, there is no need to choose between a second SIM card and a memory card, which pleases me, especially considering the extremely modest amount of built-in memory. On the right side surface there are only volume and lock keys, but the usual for expensive Sony smartphones unfortunately, there is no dedicated photography key.
Display
The smartphone has a 5.5-inch IPS-matrix with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. For such a large diagonal, this may seem insufficient, but in practice, individual dots are noticeable only if you bury your nose in the screen, which has nothing to do with the usual use of a smartphone. Apparently there is an oleophobic coating, but far from the best. The display supports up to 5 simultaneous touches, which is less than the usual 10, but is the norm for budget solutions, and most importantly, this is more than enough for work. The viewing angles are quite large, which is usual for the type of matrix used.
When the maximum backlight power is set, the brightness of the white field is 396.0 cd / m2, while the brightness of the black field is 0.68 cd / m2, which gives a static contrast ratio of 582: 1. Adaptive Level Control maintains sufficient brightness in all lighting conditions. The reaction to changes in illumination is slow - about 4 seconds, which is sometimes a little annoying. The actual process of changing the brightness lasts no more than a second.
The color gamut is slightly less than the standard sRGB color space, but the difference is not too great. The color temperature is traditionally for Sony significantly overestimated and is in the range of 8079 ... 9057 K, depending on the luminosity. Deviation of Delta E color on primary colors (CMYRGB) is in the range of 1.1 ... 9.7, which is normal for non-professional technology, but on the gray scale the deviation gradually grows from 2.9 on black and up to 20.9 on white, which already quite a lot.
Sound
The earpiece speaker, frankly, was a pleasant surprise. The interlocutor is perfectly audible in any conditions, even if he speaks in a whisper. Microphones are also good - the interlocutor hears much better than when using a personal Xiaomi Mi5. Unfortunately, the earpiece speaker is not designed to work as a system speaker, so there is no stereo sound in the case of the tested smartphone. The only system speaker at the bottom is loud enough, but the playback quality is not high. Not only the bass is missing, but also the high-frequency range, and in general, the sound is flat and inexpressive, and sometimes it chokes at maximum power. In general, the system speaker is not suitable for listening to musical compositions in principle. But the call signal is heard well. When playing a sinusoidal signal with a frequency of 1 kHz at a distance of 1 meter, a sound level of 78.7 dBA was recorded. Not a record, but very worthy.
The situation is similar with analog audio output - the signal is powerful, but its reproduction quality is far from ideal. When playing a sinusoidal signal with a frequency of 1 kHz and operating at a 32 Ohm load, a record level of 928.5 mV was recorded in our database of results. 
The result is incredible, especially considering the fact that for smartphones, the normal signal level is considered to be 150-200 mV, and the level of the order of 1 Volt is characteristic of stationary equipment. The previous record holder in this discipline is also a Sony smartphone, namely the Xperia X Compact, which showed a result of 718 mV. Unfortunately, we failed to carry out traditional testing of the sound quality at the audio output. From a purely subjective point of view, you can listen, but music lovers will not be delighted.
Performance
At the heart of the smartphone is the MediaTek MT6737T system-on-chip. This is a 64-bit solution with 4 Cortex-A53 cores with a frequency of 1.44 GHz and a video subsystem based on the Mali-T720 MP2 (550 MHz). O high performance there is no need to speak here. Modern demanding Xperia games The L1 is too tough, but for surfing the net and watching Full HD video, its abilities are enough.
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System performance was measured in synthetics PCMark, 3DMark, Geekbanch 4 and AnTuTu v6.2.7. Memory speed was evaluated using the AndroBench app
Testing was also carried out in cross-platform javascript tests (Mozilla Kraken JavaScript and SunSpider). The results of these tests significantly depend on the browser used, therefore, to minimize the impact, all reviews will use Google chrome as the most common.
Camera
The front camera with a resolution of 5 megapixels and aperture of f / 2.2 is not capable of taking clear pictures even in daylight.
The main camera has a resolution of 13 megapixels, which is the maximum value for the used system-on-a-chip. It was not possible to find out the sensor model. Aperture opening - f / 2.2. IN manual mode photography, it is possible to select the white balance setting, exposure correction, shutter speed setting (from 1/4000 to 1 second), manual setting focus, resolution selection, HDR activation, and sensitivity level selection in the range of 100-3200 units in ISO equivalent. The flash consists of one not very powerful LED. When determining the level of illumination at a distance of 1 meter from the smartphone, the level of 18.5 lux was recorded, and this is one of the most modest indicators.
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Transferring control to the camera using the Camera 2 API is impossible, just as it is impossible to shoot in RAW, so measuring the noise level of the matrix is essentially meaningless, because when saving in JPEG, too aggressive software noise reduction is performed. To assess the image quality, the test pattern was captured with all available sensitivity values. Below are the crop fragments.
Sample pictures
Macro photography
In the video recording mode, everything is quite budget: the maximum resolution is 1920x1080, the stream rate is 30 frames / s, there is no optical or even electronic stabilization. Limitations of resolution and bit rate are primarily related to the used SoC MediaTek MT6737T, for which these values are the maximum possible.
Example for 1080 / 30p recording
Autonomous work
The smartphone uses a non-removable lithium ion battery with a capacity of 2620 mAh, which is quite a modest figure for a device with a 5.5 '' screen. Plus, do not forget that the SoC, albeit not very productive, is made according to the 28 nm process technology, and, accordingly, efficiency is not its strongest side. Nevertheless, the smartphone lasted 771 minutes in reading mode, which is a very good indicator. In FullHD video playback mode, the battery was drained in 592 minutes, and in game mode - in 217 minutes. A description of the testing methodology can be found in the review.
Conclusion
Sony has managed to develop a budget smartphone by Sony standards that doesn't look cheap. Sony Xperia L1 has quality materials and workmanship, interesting and recognizable design as well as thin display bezels. With the exception of the system-on-a-chip, the screen and the camera, the filling is not inferior to the flagships. It has everything you need: separate slots for a memory card and a tray for a pair of SIM cards, an NFC module, a USB Type-C port, and a Wi-Fi module supports 5 GHz networks. Not every smartphone can boast of such a set, including among the more expensive ones.
But, unfortunately, there is more than one fly in the ointment. The main disadvantage is low quality cameras. Of course, you can record some event, but even in sunlight, the quality of the pictures and video is disappointing. Smudges on the screen at one specific point with pressure on any part of the screen indicate flaws in the design of the case. The lack of a fingerprint reader is also frustrating, because it is not that expensive. Low performance is clearly not a plus, but if the user is not an avid gamer, then there is no particular need for a more powerful system-on-a-chip.
Let's briefly go over the merits and demerits.
Pros:
- interesting and recognizable design;
- high-quality body materials;
- separate connectors for installing a SIM card tray and a memory card;
- thin display bezels;
- high-quality conversational speaker, good microphones;
- NFC module;
- support Wi-Fi networks 5 GHz;
- USB Type-C;
- record powerful sound on the analog audio output.
Minuses:
- low sound quality of the system speaker;
- stains on the screen under pressure;
- not the best calibrated display;
- lack of a fingerprint scanner;
- low quality of both cameras;
- weak flash.
Sony Xperia L1 - affordable smartphone with a 5.5-inch screen, a nimble 4-core processor and a proprietary 13-megapixel camera. It is on the combination of high performance and low cost that the emphasis is placed in this popular gadget.
Design and ergonomics
The smartphone has a recognizable and in many ways unique look. Sharp lines, sharp corners, small fillets at the ends - this is the proprietary design of Loop Surface, which is complemented by thin screen bezels. A minimum of details and a maximum of practicality, due to which the smartphone is very comfortable in the palm of your hand.
The rectangular form factor is complemented by a solid feel. The body is made of pleasant-to-touch plastic and is assembled without gaps and backlashes, each component of the shell is tightly fitted to each other.
Screen
The 5.5-inch IPS screen has a resolution of 1280 x 720, a pixel density of 267 ppi and an effective oleophobic coating. At the same time, among all budget gadgets that you can buy in our online store, the Sony Xperia L1 stands out for its really excellent image quality and wide viewing angles. There are also some advanced features here, such as adjusting the color temperature.
Performance
The smartphone will impress with the speed of the 4-core MediaTek MT6737T chipset with 2 GB of RAM. Impressive data processing performance is due to support for pure Android 7.0 Nougat OS and HD-screen resolution, which is lightly loaded on hardware.
The built-in memory of 16 GB is easily overclocked to 256 GB due to the memory card. Despite its budget, the Sony Xperia L1 supports wireless interfaces including Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, GPS and GLONASS.
Cameras
Even in affordable models of smartphones Sony are trying to install high-quality photo modules, since they themselves produce them. Therefore, Sony Xperia L1 will delight you with excellent pictures taken with a 13-megapixel camera with autofocus and a wide-angle 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
Battery life
Thanks to the proprietary Qnovo battery optimization technology and STAMINA power saving mode, the modest 2620 mAh smartphone battery shows impressive results for an inexpensive model. At maximum load, the charge indicator flashes red alarmingly only after 7-8 hours of use. The standard load in the form of alternately turning on wireless modules, accessing the Internet and watching videos will drain the battery no earlier than after 12 hours.
