Sony Xperia XA1 deals and reviews

What the critics say (scores are out of 100)

100	S21 The Sony Xperia XA1 is a mid-range phone with premium styling. The Xperia XA1 has a lot going for it. At its price it looks a lot more premium than it has any right to do. Read full review
90	Recombu | Chris Barraclough Sony's affordable Xperia XA1 smartphone packs some serious style into a pleasingly compact frame. It is a significant improvement over last year's Xperia XA and a strong rival to the likes of the Moto G5 and Lenovo P2. Read full review
84	Pickr | Leigh Stark If you can live without the better security a fingerprint sensor can bring, you'll find the Xperia XA1 is a surprisingly decent phone, delivering enough of what today's phones require without one or two things that would clinch it as well worth the price tag. Read full review
84	NotebookCheck | Florian Wimmer Sony has reworked its Xperia XA1 mid-range smartphone and manages to outrun the competition in terms of camera, power consumption and gaming performance. The design is unique and is very successful and elegant. Only the low-resolution screen might deter some buyers. Read full review
80	T3 A good budget buy with a superb camera sensor. You'll struggle to find a better camera for this low, low price. It's a shame the camera software is a little too enthusiastic. Read full review
80	Stuff | Andrew Williams Smart-looking and affordable mid-range phone with more megapixels than the rest. A cracking camera squeezed into a merely OK mid-range phone. That said, if you're after a phone so slight it'll slip in and out of your pocket without touching the sides, look no further. Just don't tell the pickpockets. Read full review
80	TechRadar | Andrew Williams If you want a slim, diminutive phone that won't make your wallet weep, but has a good camera, the Sony Xperia XA1 is one of your best options. You can get sharper screens at the price, but the photo hardware is hard to beat. Read full review
70	phoneArena | Daniel P. You can't ask much more from a $300 phone than what the Xperia XA1 already offers, yet Sony will have a steep hill to climb in the US, as for less than that you can get handsets like the Moto G5 Plus. Still, the Sony brand, the blocky but distinctive design, and the solid all-around performance are points in the XA1 favor at this price point. Read full review
70	Expert Reviews | David Court It's hard to get excited about mid-range Android phones. Essentially they're shiny oblongs filled with the specs found in previous year's flagship smartphones... This XA1 has two significant points of difference from the rule above, however. First, the camera is excellent. And second, the design of this phone is fantastic. Read full review
60	Trusted Reviews | Michael Passingham If having the best possible smartphone camera for the money is a priority, then the XA1 is a no-brainer. A brilliant camera with a mediocre phone attached. Read full review
50	Mobile Syrup | Rose Behar The fact that this phone's value hinges on the camera experience makes it less valuable in my eyes. Read full review

Compare Sony Xperia XA1 specs side-by-side with other phones COMPARE SPECS

Dimensions & Form	Form factor: Touchscreen bar Dimensions 145 x 67 x 8 mm (5.71 x 2.64 x 0.31 in) Weight: 143 g (5.04 oz)
Screen	Size: 5 inches diagonal Resolution: 1280 x 720 pixels Screen Density: 294 ppi Screen-to-Body Ratio: 70.9 % Display Type: IPS LCD
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Performance	Chipset: Mediatek MT6757 Helio P20 CPU: Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) GPU: Mali-T880MP2 RAM: 3GB
Camera	Main Camera: 23 megapixels Secondary Camera: 8 megapixels
Storage	Built-in Storage: 32GB Expandable Storage: Micro SD
Battery & Charging	Capacity: 2300 mAh Removable Battery: No Wireless Charging: No Quick Charge: Pump Express+ 2.0
SIM standard	Nano SIM Compare SIM Only deals
Water & Dust Resistance	Not Available
Fingerprint Reader	None
References & More info	Official website GSMArena specs page

Photos taken with the Sony Xperia XA1

We've used Flickr to find a selection of pictures taken by the Sony Xperia XA1 camera. Here is a selection of photos taken by users from around the world so you can see what kind of picture quality you can expect from real-world use of the Sony Xperia XA1.

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