A:Answer Sound quality surprisingly good & decent.
The speakers volume can be adjusted to decent loudness (most speakers at this price level don't have high fidelity sound, compared to earphones port or HDMI out; these speakers are decent & can hear, not weak or muffled or hard to hear). The speakers are technically on bottom, yet are in front & effectively face forward also.
Photos. Only drawback may be laptop screen, not able to render enough detail or fidelity well, for higher definition photos (I could see the individual dots/pixels too much; depends on your eyes. Even made some text rendering appear irregular. On all 15" screens @ 768p (720p HD).)
Use better external monitor, if so.
If want better quality from laptop screen, consider 1080p FHD (maybe 900p HD+); & IPS. Cost jump for this. (Recommend search exact computer model (or code like UPC, EAN GTIN), for tests & reviews online for screen/panel quality, many low quality displays being installed in laptops by manufacturer's, for about same cost as better quality. May as well find better quality for about same cost. )
This is a great deal for this model new, below what I can find anywhere else, even manufacturer. Especially when price is $320 or less.
I find overall build quality & features good for this price; except screen, WiFi & Ethernet port. Costwise still good, hard to find better specs & build close to this cost.