Customers value the XPERIA L1 4G LTE for its excellent camera, affordable price, user-friendly interface, and stylish design. While some users have expressed concerns about the limited storage, the majority of customers are pleased with the phone's performance and features.
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Pros mentioned:
Camera, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great phone
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Good phone great camera great size screen and great price
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera
Cons mentioned:
Weight
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Review Of: Sony Xperia L1
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Review Of: Sony Xperia L1 4G LTE 16GB memory cell phone, model G3313.
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Specs:
- Height: 5.9 inches.
- Width: 2.9 inches.
- Depth: 0.3 inches.
- Weight: 6.3 ounces.
[ PROS ]
Items included:
- 1 Power sharging cable, USB Type C.
- Android 7.0 Nougat Operating System.
Built-in features: GPS, FM radio.
Product Warranty:
1 year parts, 1 year labor.
Standby Time: 28.6 days
Keyboard Type: 5.5 inch TFT touchscreen.
Sensors: Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Compass, Hall effect sensor, Proximity sensor.
Camera Recording:
-1 front 5 megapixels camera.
Daytime recording is 4 of 5 stars.
Nighttime recording is 2 of 5 stars.
- 1 Back 13.0MP camera.
Daytime recording is 5 of 5 stars.
Nighttime recording is 3 of 5 stars.
Audio: 4 of 5 stars.
Is fairly decent in clarity, but lacks depth and deep tones.
Video: 5 of 5 stars.
Is top notch being only 1280 x 720p. Incredible clarity! Perfect for streaming/casting or movies installed to your 8GB to 256GB expandable micro-sd card.
Call Quality: 5 of 5 stars.
- Strong carrier signals supporting 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G LTE Wireless Technology via a contract plan or AT&T's 'To-Go' pay as you go plan.
- 4G LTE Bands: 12, 17, 2, 28, 4, 5, 7
- 4G LTE Frequencies: 1500, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2300, 2400, 2500, 2600, 2900, 450, 700, 800, 850, 900.
- 2G, 3G, 5G LTE Bands and Frequencies not known or not yet specified.
WiFi/Bluetooth
Wireless A: Is 4 of 5 stars for 75MB+ 2.4 GHz wireless network.
Wireless B: Is 4 of 5 stars for 75MB+ 2.4 GHz wireless network.
Wireless G: Is 4 of 5 stars for 75MB+ 2.4 GHz wireless network.
Wireless N: Is 5 of 5 stars for 75MB+ 5.0 GHz wireless network.
Bluetooth is 5 of 5 stars within standard broadcast range.
Unlocked Carriers Supported:
AT&T, Cricket, H2O Wireless, Net10, Simple Mobile, T-Mobile
Network Type: GSM
GSM 2G Frequencies: 1800, 1900, 850, 900.
GSM 3G Frequencies: 1700, 1900, 2100, 850, 900.
[ CONS ]
- Not water resistant.
- Sim card is not included.
- Nearly 6GB of the 16GB available are consumed rite out the box from all the 'preinstalled apps', aka 'bloatware'. GooglePlay, Facebook, Amazon, etc.
- Cell phone is not the least heavy out there on the market, weighing in at 6.3 ounces.
- The outer shell/case is not of the greatest quality (carbon poly plastic rather than metal) which allowed Sony to significantly reduce the cost of the item quite significantly. Casing does scuff rather easily and is susceptible to finger print oil stains, thus it is advised that anyone buy a protective casing.
- Phone will not work with Sprint, Verizon, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile or any other CDMA network.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera, Design
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great phone
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Takes good pictures and videos. Nice light design.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Cons mentioned:
Network compatibility
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great budget phone
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This is a great phone for it's price. I wouldn't recommend using it t mobiles network as for some reason it sucks but works fine on att. Great little phone to keep as a backup or to give to someone just beginning with smart phones
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera, Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love this phone
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Reasonable price, good camera and. I have been using this since almost a month and absolutely love it
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great phone for the price
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We were in the market for a new phone for my daughter. The last phone that Erika had was the the more expensive Xperia. Unfortunately it was dropped and never worked properly after that. We went to Best Buy looking for a new phone to purchase. This one caught her eye and the price caught mine. It is a little smaller than her previous phone, however, she as grown to like this just as much if not more than her other one.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
a high-class of standard phone
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This Xperia is a very standard Android phone although that said Sony went out of its way to make sure that is a bit of a higher class phone for a budget. That said you get what you pay for a little bit of a lower resolution camera but still clear and crisp. This phone was given to my daughter who is 13 and it works perfectly for her needs.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Refurbished phone everything worked great.
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Sony phones are great phones the camera is fantastic and the program for syncing music pictures or transfer files is really easy to use.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Easy to use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Must have
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I would get this phone. No problems. It was easy to do, my boyfriend loves it!
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Affordable
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I have owned many sony phones and this one is one of the cheapest in quality. Sony is really separating the directions for their affordable phones and high end phones and cutting a lot of corners to save money. The battery life is comparable to a phone you have had for a year and the performance is 4yr+ old technology. You get what you pay for and if you are looking for an affordable unlocked phone, this is a good phone, but if you live on your phone constantly, consider a higher end sony phone.
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No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Quite good
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Great camera and a really good deal for the price and overall good
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good Phone for price
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Has everything and good phone at that price. camera is ok
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good Phone. Worth for Money.
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I was looking for a cheap unlocked phone. After lot of research, I bought this phone. This was too good. Worth the money spent. Camera was good.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Christmas Gift
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I brought this for my husband but was procrastinating because i knew the price would go down and it did 3 days before Christmas. my husband was complaining about how jacked up his phone look so i gave him this and his paused of joy was a good reaction. I own a sony xperia XA 1 Ultra and i love it after having it for only a few months. Tired of leasing phones from tmobile. this is how you cut your bill and half buy unlock phones.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
So far, so good!
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So far, this phone has been great. The screen is easy to use and the options/settings seem ample. I have no complaints about the sound or image quality. The camera is decent, but I suppose am picky on image clarity since I am a photographer and typically use a higher-quality DSLR camera for events and projects. My only complaint is that despite the capacity for the voice-to-text feature on Google searches, there is no option for that feature on texting, so all texts have to be typed out. Otherwise, I'm still getting used to this phone and enjoying it considerably so far.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Design
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Aesthetically and financially pleasing.
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Let me start by saying that I bought this phone on a whim. My previous phone(zte blade V8 pro) had recently broke beyond reapir so I was in the market for a new one. And one similar to the V8 pro: great camera, simple u.i not bogged down with added bloat Ware, nfc, a decent battery and USB c. And this phone came with all these things for the most part, granted the camera is lackluster as well as the battery, which yes does suck. But it meets my other requirements; one thing this phone does have that the zte was lacking was looks. If nothing else I can say that the Sony Xperia l1 does draw the eyes. It's sharp angles tiny bezels and bright vibrant screen has more design than my blade V8 pro. It's a phone I feel is just the essentials with decent looks, it covers my needs and looks great to boot. The camera, and battery definitely could be better, besides that it has usb c, nfc and although not full HD display 720p is fine enough for day to day tasks.
To;Dr: great LOOKING phone, not so great specs.
Pros:nfc, USB type c, it's design and ui
Cons:battery is small, and can get hot camera for being a Sony camera isn't good, and it's specs are base.
My opinion: if you're using it just for a phone and nothing too intense and want to draw the eye get this. If not and have an extra 30 buy the zte blade V8 pro;just buy a case.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Switched and Happy
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I switched from a Samsung Note to this Sony. Better, phone, cheaper,. The screen resolution is as good, the power is as good, memory is as good. It works great on AT&T. I paid half the price.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great Camera
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Great phone for very less price. Phone has very good camera and is very slick.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Speed
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Backup
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This phone does the job but a bit slow for my taste. If you have a Sony tv, it easy to send screen play easily.
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No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great phone for your $$
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This phone was bought as a gift for a very picky person. With that said, this person is very happy with the phone and is constantly bragging about the picture quality! The phone operates very quickly and is very user friendly.
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