Sony - XPERIA XA 4G LTE with 16GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Lime gold

Hi all. Purchased back on March 9 2017. To replace a Galaxy J3. That was getting on my nerves. Its a very good phone. Fast 8 core cpu. Had no issues connecting to my 2016 Hyundai Tucson and Sena BT(Motorcycle helmet). My only issues with this phone are, 1: Battery. Can run down fast. If watching a You-Tube video via Wifi. 2: Gets Warm as it operates. Due to the 8 Core CPU. 3: I wish I could remove some of the Preloaded Apps. Have used it for taking some short videos. And some still shots. Sony has a nice feature where it will Blink a different color led for Message, Call notifications. Where the J3 would constantly chirp at me. Now If I can only find a case to put this in?? I am adding a photo of a tool I made. Actually modified. To show the camera quality.

Excellent phone, very fast and reliable. Good size y and weight

I love this phone... It's not too big or too small

I'm very pleased with the phone so far. It's definitely worth the price as far as performance and camera go. It looks like nothing else, in a good way. The camera could've been better but again, great for the price. Aside from that, the user interface is great and speedy. There are a few great Sony exclusive apps that come with Xperia and I definitely appreciate them. I did my research and this is the best phone around this price point and I would definitely recommend it.

I absolutely love Sony phones and was so glad BestBuy finally started selling unlocked devices. Overall, I think it's a great device for the price. Runs all my applications fine. Camera is decent. I love the look and feel. The only drawback as others have mentioned is the battery life. But I keep a few backup batteries on hand, which charge it relatively quickly.

Sony, one of the many phone makers who will vie for your spending dollar, but what makes this phone worth it? On first holding this phone one thing instantly strikes me, this phone is sleek, thin, and I do love the edge to edge display, it gives it a premium look and feel. The screen is "only" 720p "HD", but make no mistake it looks sharp and colors are vivid. The glass does not feel flimsy either. The camera is among its other strong points, it is missing 60fps 1080p and no 4K but at this price point it is not really expected. Unlike its other siblings, the Z2 and Z3 line, it does not suffer from the over soft pictures as the mentioned models do, this one seems sharp and detailed. Battery life is where it is disappointing, it has an update (or several actually) after turning it on. I highly recommend doing so as it makes battery life from poor to average, and like most things, you should update your electronics when available! It has a "quick charge" BUT it is not the Qualcom one, but rather from Media Tek so it needs a different type of charger, stupidly Sony ships out a NORMAL charger, but it does charge quick enough. Software, what I love about the Sony user interface (and others may differ here), is how it is somewhat stock like Motorola but yet with extra touches from Sony that does not make it too stripped down, yet not bloated like some makers (looking at you, Samsung!). Build quality is excellent, the back is not removable and plastic but the phone does not feel cheap. Storage is somewhat of an issue, it only has 16GB and after my main applications are installed, I was down to 5gb, it does have an SD card so the problem is not as critical but it is worrying and I wish the OS did not take as much space or they installed 32GB by default. Overall I will recommend this phone fully, it has it's weaknesses and you need to acknowledge those before buying it, it is comparable to the Moto G4 but at a slightly higher price point, I personally prefer the Sony over the Moto for tastes sake. The shutter button on the Sony is a nice touch you will tend to not find anywhere else. This price point is very cluttered and the Sony does well enough to stand out from the crowd.

Not sure why there's so much hate on this. I think the XA and X models are good. Can't go wrong on the camera quality. Only complaint about the XA is the memory. I actually switched to the X model to better fit my needs. Overall, I think the XA is pretty good and it's nice to have dual sim cards.

Just bought this recently and its really nice. Has a great feel and look to it. The at&t dude connecting my phone was real impressed with it, easy connection with at&t. I was also looking at the moto G 4 but i went with this phone based on the look. it was 200$ and i had a 10$ off coupon. for $190 this phone gets the job done. It gets a lot of hate for its battery and low dim light resolution display. Camera is 13 megapixels and takes nice pics and full hd videos. I charge it to about 100% at 10pm and by 9am the next morning it is as 70% being on stand by so thats kind of the downer of this phone. I just use it for youtube, social media, gps, emails, web browsing, and recording videos. If all you need is that and you don't mind double charging your phone a day then this is real good. This is a 200$ phone so you cant hate on it that much, for a budget phone it gets the job done. The moto G 4 is too big for me so i don't like that. Says 16gb but with all the bloatware you are left with 8gb.