The
competition for smartphones with a lower budget is a long way from a walk in
the park. With the number of devices and new OEMs also being launched in South
Africa, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the average consumer to
choose the best option for them. For most, a suitable camera is sufficient,
combined with a decent price. However, if you consider the number of
challengers and cheats in the leading OEM offerings, pricing seems misleading
to offer the world to customers and to deliver little. Sony has had a fair
share of budget and mid-range smartphones on the market over the years, and
with the Sony XPERIA L2, the company wants to regain momentum in this segment.
Construction and Design:
Sony's
low-budget and midrange smartphones have always had a spin-off design from the
omni-balance approach of their flagship devices. The XPERIA L2 follows this
trend, although Sony has introduced its new flagship product line with a new
design approach. The device has right-angled corners and large bezels at the
front. The device is heavily loaded with plastic, with a thickness of 9.8 mm
and a much higher weight than the average of its competitors. At 178 g, the L2
is definitely quite heavy, making it the category of a Phablet and not an
average-smart phone, even at its price. To put it in perspective, the L2 weighs
just as much as the Samsung Galaxy S9 + and the rich metal and glass Apple
iPhone X. And that's the only time you can compare the L2 to such a high End
flagship will be finding devices.
The
L2 has a relatively large bezel, both at the top and bottom of the front. The
upper bezel accommodates the Sony logo as well as the front camera and other
sensors. The bottom, however, does not provide such supplements and is simply a
large and unused space. On the right side of the device is the power switch in
the middle, with the volume rocker just above it. These keys are widely spaced
and easily accessible with the thumb, making them easy to hold and operate with
one hand. On the upper left side of the device is the SIM and Micro SD card
slot, which you can open with your fingernail. On the top you will find a 3.5
mm auxiliary jack with a micro USB charging port and a speaker opening at the
bottom of the device. On the back there is a fingerprint sensor underneath the
camera.
Screen and Display:
Compared
to most competitors, the 5.5-inch L2 has one of the larger screens available on
the market. Only a handful of others try to grow up. The reason is that there
will always be a compromise when it comes to larger screens, without being able
to support them with a suitable resolution, preferably 1080p and more. The L2
offers a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels with a pixel density of 267 ppi. As
already mentioned, the screen has a screen-to-body ratio of 71.3% due to the
large apertures. While the 720p resolution is comparable to the 5-inch
competition, pixel formation at the larger L2 level is barely noticeable. This
is cheap for the Sony device.
The
IPS panel is protected with Gorilla Glass 4 and offers good color rendering.
However, in terms of overall brightness, it suffers from something that is bad,
especially in direct sunlight. The light sensor is also quite slow to set,
something I have not found on most modern smartphones, which is a mystery why
this is the case with the L2. If you adjust the brightness to the full setting,
the problems will not be significantly mitigated, as most will persist. With
the brightness setting in this case, it is even more important that the
auto-fit function works optimally, but this is not the case.
Performance and battery life:
When
it comes to the performance rating of the XPERIA L2, there is much to note.
First, there are the comparisons to its predecessor. These results in the
difference in benchmark tests for single- and multi-core services compared to
its competitors. Let's first confirm the specifications of the hardware: The L2
has a MediaTek MT6737T chipset that has a 1.5GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU and
uses a Mali-T720MP2 in addition to 3GB of RAM. Compared to last year's version,
the L2 offers a slightly updated variant of the chipset, which costs 0.05 GHz
more per core. The "T" at the end of the chipset number plays an
important role as it means the overclocked version, which gives better overall
results than the non-overclocked version. It also added an extra gigabyte of
RAM over the L1. The final results indicate a significant improvement between
the two benchmark tests, but it is still clear whether switching from L1 to L2
is worthwhile, just in terms of performance.
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