Sony Xperia C review: A dual-SIM mid-ranger aimed at emerging markets with a big screen.
Sony's dual-SIM emerging-market play.
The Xperia C brought Sony styling and a big 5-inch screen to budget, dual-SIM buyers in emerging markets, on an affordable MediaTek platform. Modest in specs, it was Sony's attempt to compete in the high-volume value segment dominated by local brands.
01Display
50/10050/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2013 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
50/10050/100 trails the 54-point cohort average for budget phones of 2013.
03Performance
44/10044/100 trails the 50-point cohort average for budget phones of 2013.
04Battery
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker battery results among budget phones of 2013 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
52/10052/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2013.
06Value
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker value results among budget phones of 2013 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Dual-SIM for emerging markets.
- Big 5" screen at an affordable price.
- Removable battery + microSD.
- Sony Xperia styling.
- qHD resolution on a 5" panel.
- MediaTek chip lacked LTE.
- Only 4 GB storage.
- Plastic build.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 29-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .