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The Sony XPERIA E3 is a budget-priced 4G phone that fixes some of the issues we've had with the Sony XPERIA E1. It's better done, faster and feels like it's a "cheap" phone just in case. Compared to the phones we've seen in the last 12 months, the limited screen still makes it difficult to offer good value for money.

Sony XPERIA E3 - Design:

Sony has clearly tried to solve the core problems of the Sony XPERIA E1 with the XPERIA E3. It feels a lot more solid and solves some of the basic build complaints we had about the E1. It looks like a unibody phone and yet has a removable plastic back. The sides of the phone are not part of the cover and are very hard as they are made of plastic. This makes the XPERIA E3 feel much better than the XPERIA E1.

The design is not very convincing. The problem: The Sony XPERIA E3 is quite large with a 4.5-inch screen - it's almost as wide as the 5-inch Moto G 2014, though the screen is much smaller. Aside from saving you a bit of money, buying a smaller phone with a smaller screen is an obvious reason, and this whole side of the equation is not right here. The handling is still pretty good thanks to the rounded edges and the soft-touch surface. However, if you are looking for a phone for a young person or only with young hands, the first generation of Moto G or Moto E is the better choice.

However, there are other hardware elements that have a number of slightly biased priorities. First, it has the XPERIA E3 NFC. This is something that is usually lacking in entry-level devices, an obvious victim of cost-cutting measures. That's fine and good, but if the phone only has 4GB of memory, we have to wonder if Sony really made the right choice. The Moto G, the EE Kestrel, the Honor 3C and Hisense Sero 5 - all phones with comparable price have 8 GB of memory. For the 4 GB of the Sony XPERIA E3 you only have about 1.2 GB available. There is also a Micro SD slot, but a larger buffer is handy if you are dealing with games that require an initial download. We'd rather have more memory than NFC.

Sony XPERIA E3 screen:

Screen quality may be the most serious problem with the Sony XPERIA E3 hardware. It has a 4.5-inch (480 x 854-pixel) IPS screen and offers a relatively low resolution of most of our favorite phones around 100 euros. At this price, the Moto G is not a fair match, as the 4G version costs a lot more (£ 30), but the EE Kestrel offers a higher resolution of 540 x 960 pixels for £ 10 less. Without this additional resolution, Sony's budget phone has held back for the past 18 months and continues to do so. It's just not all as sharp and clear as expected, and it affects every part of the phone. Browsing, playing, watching video - everything but the most basic tasks of the phone makes the low screen resolution obvious.

However, we are pleased to announce that the XPERIA E3 is otherwise a significant improvement in image quality over the XPERIA E1. The angles of view, contrast and color reproduction were raised, suggesting that Sony has changed the quality of the panel that fits in the budget phones. The colors are now quite lively, with a striking character comparable to that of the XPERIA Z3. The pictures look nice and rich and showcase the colorful style of Sony's custom UI.

Unfortunately, it is not enough to solve the problem with the solution. And it's still far from perfect, with a much greater loss of brightness at an angle than you would find on a top-of-the-line phone. The Sony XPERIA E3 does not use Gorilla Glass - a tempered glass layer that is used in many phones as a protective surface. It does use tempered glass, but it's not as hard as Gorilla glass because it's easy to distort the screen with relatively light finger pressure.