Xperia XA review: An edge-to-edge 2016 mid-ranger with near-borderless sides.
Sony's borderless mid-range preview.
Xperia XA hinted at the bezel-less future with near-borderless display sides in 2016. The Helio P10 and missing fingerprint reader were the costs of the price, but the design forecast where phones were going.
01Display
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker display results among mid-range phones of 2016 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
56/10056/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2016.
03Performance
48/10048/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2016 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker battery results among mid-range phones of 2016 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
64/10064/100 trails the 68-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2016.
06Value
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker value results among mid-range phones of 2016 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Near-borderless sides ahead of the bezel-less trend.
- Clean compact design.
- microSD + jack.
- Decent 13 MP shooter.
- Helio P10 underpowered.
- No fingerprint sensor.
- Small battery.
- HD display.
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 47-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .