Sony - Xperia TL 4G Mobile Phone - Black (AT&T)

I have now had this phone for over two months and I am quite happy with it. It is much faster and more responsive than my prior HTC smart-phone. Overall navigation and ease of use is solid/ typical Android. The camera takes great photos and movies. The music player is also quite good. The James Bond theme is pretty cool although very understated; I like the James Bond theme song ring-tone. Size for me is very important and the Xperia is a good compromise between large screen and portability. Most of the other highly-rated, non-Apple smartphones are too big to comfortably carry in a pocket but this has a reasonable size. Overall it is a very solid phone and a good value. I would buy it again. A few cons (all minor in my opinion): - battery life is not great. I have been getting around 1.5-2 days on a charge. For a brand new phone I think it should be longer but a full day is my requirement. FYI- I rarely use GPS and mostly use WiFi (text, email, web, apps, etc) with not too much talking/calling. - power button is on the side, in the middle. This takes some getting used to and I keep hitting volume buttons when I intend to hit the power switch. - preloaded AT&T apps that you cannot remove are annoying - you can tack on another ~$30 to the expected cost because you will need to purchase an SD card for this phone

This is my first smartphone. Though I'm somewhat of a techie, I resisted getting a smartphone for quite some time because I LOATHE the data plans and prices that companies have nowadays. This phone is great for a first smartphone, PLUS, it has the Bond theme, which I love. While it isn't necessarily filled with tons of high-tech, spy stuff worthy of 007 himself, it's a good phone. I love that I can completely turn the mobile data off and only use it when necessary, which greatly reduces the chance of me eating up my data. Also, you can leave the WiFi permanently on. The picture quality is pretty solid at 13MP camera and about 1.2MP or so front facing camera. The brightness of the screen isn't as high as I would like, but I adjusted quickly to what the phone offers. I love the size of the keyboard--in portrait or landscape position. I absolutely love the albums feature of the photos. I haven't seen another phone that offers this. The Albums was what first caught my attention with this phone when I saw a video review of it. Many reviews I read prior to buying this phone complained of all the buttons being on the right side. I have not had a problem with this--other than trying to purchase a case for the phone. I've also read some issues about Androids not really having removable programs and there being some concern about batteries not being removable. I've just gotten over this. I've dropped it a few times from a short distance (less than 10 inches) onto wooden surface without any issues. The phone has the NFC sensor, but I haven't quite figured out how to work it just yet. I suppose that'll come in handy once I figure it out. The price on the Best Buy site ($0) was the biggest thing that made me instantly buy it. I was leaning towards this phone anyway, but when I saw $0, I instantly ordered. This phone does everything I need it to. So far, I LOVE it!

I did a lot of research before I made my final decision for a smart phone. I read/watched so many reviews: some positive, some negative. However, the choice came down to me... And I feel that I made the right one. I may not be as tech savvy as many others - but I am no novice either. This phone has been labeled with the term: mid-range smart phone. And I continue to be stumped as to how that was concluded. This phone, in my honest opinion, has done everything that I have expected from a "high-end smart phone". The graphics are superb; as well as the sound quality. The interface works flawlessly, even if it does only come with ICS. Which shall be updated to JellyBean soon anyway. Very fast and smooth. The over-all feel and design is pleasing, to me. I can agree that the button placement was made with left-handed users in mind. However, it did not take much effort to get used to. A lot of comments and reviews I have delved through have bad mouthed this phone and I fail to see why... I have had no qualms with my phone as many negative reviewers apparently have. The only problem I feel that this phone has is that it could use some improvement of the battery. Or at least make the battery removable. However, using apps such as DeepSleep or JuiceDefeneder can obviously help somewhat to improve battery life. Plus some common sense with your phones settings and use. So this was not a deal breaker, for me. In the end, this phone easily contends with other high-end phones. Even though Sony has not had as much luck with sales as Iphone, Samsung, etc. - I feel that this phone is definitely a step in the right direction. This phone will be with me for a while~

The Xperia TL is a great Android device packed with features. The 13 megapixel camera is one of the phone's highlights with sharp, life-like photos and videos. Call quality is clear, and reception is at least as good, if not better, than most other phones in this class. Battery life could be better, but I've seen far worse. In summary, this is a great phone which should satisfy even the most jaded fan of smartphones.

I bought this for free from bestbuy after comparing it with Samsung s3, htc one x, and motorola atrix hd, it comes with all the bells and whistles attached, very good screen, excellent sound and nice design. it comes with ics 4.0 but now upgraded to gb 4.1, which works even better. strongly recommended.

I really like this phone. It was easy to set up and use. The camera quality is not what I am used to in Sony cameras although it is good for a phone. The ringer could be louder especially if it is in my pocket or in my purse. The biggest problem has been finding a good case because it is so new. Found a bunch of cheap cases but Best Buy doesn't carry cases for this one yet. It if definitely a good phone for the price. I use it to keep up with email and my calendar for work and personal life, and, occasionally sharing pictures. Haven't used it much for social media such as FB.

I had an iphone before I switch to xperia and for me, its better than the iphone. It has a bigger screen, equally nice color on the screen as iphone, better sound quality than iphone and better camera than iphone. I had a samsung before and I don't like the plastic-like feel of it... its like a toy. The xperia looks nice and is sturdy,too. I dropped it by accident in a flooring made of tiles, nothing bad happens, not even a scratch. I also love the smart tags that switches my phone configuration in a snap. For me, its the best smartphone I ever had.

My only downside is that when I turn off the wifi, the phone restarts the wifi and I have to do it twice. Also, I shutoff the phone and 15-30 seconds later the phone will automatically turn itself back on. Not great if you need to be on a plane since there is no way to remove the battery. I usually have to shutoff the phone 2x - 3x to get it to stay off.