Xperia XA1 review: Sony’s 2017 mid-range with 23 MP main camera.
A compact mid-range Sony with a big sensor.
Xperia XA1 had a 23 MP main camera at €279 — a rarity. Helio P20 and HD screen kept its scope narrow.
01Display
60/10060/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2017.
02Camera
62/10062/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2017.
03Performance
50/10050/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid phones of 2017 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
50/10050/100 trails the 53-point cohort average for mid phones of 2017.
05Build
64/10064/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid phones of 2017 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker value results among mid phones of 2017 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- 23 MP main rare at mid-range.
- Compact 5″ body.
- microSD + headphone jack.
- Light at 143 g.
- HD resolution only.
- Helio P20 is slow.
- Small battery.
- Stopped at Android 8.
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 3-phone cohort of mid devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .