Sony Xperia L C2104/5 Hands on Review - Xperia Lite Smartphone [Update Gaming Review Added]

Sony Xperia L Hands on Review - Xperia Lite Smartphone 
Reviewed by : Navneet Suresh on 6 Jul 2013
Rating: 4.5

Many new smartphones have emerged in the price bracket of 10-20k and one of them is Sony Xperia L

• So lets first have specification of this mid-range flagship of Sony.

♦ Display - 4.3 inches TFT -16m colors, 854x480 pixels up-to 4 finger multi-touch.
♦ OS- Google Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)  out of the box.
♦ Processor/Muscle power - 1 Ghz Dual core Qualcomm MSM8230 Snapdragon Krait processors with Adreno 305 GPU and a hefty gigabyte of ram.
♦ Camera - VGA front & 8MP Exmor RS Rear Snapper with HDR, 720p Video Recording, Auto Focus.
♦ Battery - 1750 mAh Li-ion.
♦ Flash Memory - 8 Gb User available (5.6-5.8) Gb.
♦ DLNA, Bluetooth 4.0 WiFi, NFC, xLoud enhancement & PS Certified & Illuminated Notification on low batteries and on new notifications.

On paper these specs look decent in real world does these spec's perform well ?? Lets see .....

♣ Body Design ♣

• The Xperia L has a thin body with a bend its slimmer toward the center and slightly thick towards the end, It makes phone more appealing.

• It weighs around 137 g and doesn't feel to be hefty. but if you put a silicon cover/guard over it then it doesn't feel as appealing as before

♠ Performance ♠

• In terms of performance this smartphone does stand as other sony products the Qualcomm Krait processors do their part well and Adreno 305 Gives Excellent support for WVGA display scoring 60.1 FPS in Nenamark 2, And Antutu benchmark score of a Decent 10k for a dual-core processor.

• About gaming this phone can handle HD games Easily NFS MW, Frontline Commando, Blood and Glory, Ran without any jerks or glitches. It handled every task thrown at it very well.

• OS & Customization •

• As we know sony tops it with its own customization. Which works very well,
• In-terms of OS it comes With JB 4.1.2 which isn't latest but is nice & Buttery Smooth UI because of Project Butter

♦ Camera & entertainment ♦

• 8 MP Exmor RS CMOS sensor delevers decent performance.
• There is problem in auto focus the pictures are sometimes grainy maybe sony will be fixing it by pushing update.
• For Photo lovers this flagship of sony isnt for you as the photos are jerky sometimes.  

Camera Snaps : (New)

• Simple mode no HDR, These images are taken in default settings

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Gaming Review : 

We have made gaming review over here : Gaming review of Xperia L

Some Photos of Xperia L Gaming :

• Final Verdict :

This smartphone is a good buy at 17-19k giving an excellent processor-gpu combination

Good for a Gamer  and those who doesn't like big Form Factor and a recommendation for those who have casual gaming web browsing, and take some stills/videos.

Hope you liked the review, If you want more reviews on other smartphones do comment[If i used them then i will guide you about those phones.]

The Development of this phone has also started i have shared my experience on an kernel here and XDA thread of this phone

Thank you for reading this article, Have questions about this phone or want Guidance for Comparing Phones write them as comments - Navneet, TechNOHOL