SonyXperia L4 - 6.2" 21:9 Wide display | Triple lens camera (Single Sim) - Black

A great 'phone for those who aren't obsessed by overpriced brands. Does what you need well including a good camera set up and it will last a long time.

This is a budget phone if its compared to the x1 or x5 it's never going to win. But it does its job well. The L4 is in the same 21:9 style as the other sony xperia phones. The screen is big and watching tv/films/entertainment, is what it's designed for. The sound isn't great its not stereo, so I would recommend head phones it does have a 3.5mm jack. Finger print scanner works 4/5 times. The screen is not the most responsive vs the high end phones but nothing that really hold you back or that I found frustrating. I do like the Sony features, I.E you can srink the screen to the bottom corner for easy one handed use and a double tap on the middle side bar brings up an adjustable settings menu.For the money I would highly recommend but just remember it is a budget phone.

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I bought a Sony Xperia L4 for me in January, and after I'd had it a few weeks my wife bought one too. Maybe the first thing to say is that I have never had a 'Premium' phone like an expensive iPhone or Samsung Galaxy, so I'm not comparing it with very expensive phones. However, I have no complaints at all about this phone. The screen is a good size and good quality, as is the camera. There is plenty of memory, the battery lasts me for 3 to 4 days between charges. I use it for apps like WhatsApp, Google Maps, Ancestry, Banking, Shopping, Football apps etc., and for texting and the odd phone call.

Within less than a month the phone keeps freezing. From what I can see, no other apps or programmes are running in the background, it just simply freezes. I have to lock & unlock the phone to regain any ability to type, even then it still freezes while entering the pin code. Not just typing, even when scrolling through Instagram and websites the phone will freeze.The fingerprint recognition rarely wants to work. And for a left handed person (it may be the same for a right handed person), the fingerpad is positioned poorly, if any part of your hand touches the pad it starts vibrating the phone and showing failed to recognise alerts. In the end I switched this option off because no matter how I held the phone, my hand would inevitably touch the pad and vibrate.I was told by customer support to do a soft reset, this did nothing to help.* 1 week later *The screen fell out of the phone casing, only held together by a wire.This actually temporarily helped the screen sensitivity, and I regained the ability to text/use the screen.* 2 weeks later *Lost the screen functions again. And the screen does its own thing now. Opening apps, scrolling and types at random without me even touching the screen.The phone has also stopped charging. Sometimes it will charge if I turn it off/on.To sum up, this was a rather disappointing purchase, espeically as I have been using Xperia's for over 10yrs now. I'm curious to know what will go wrong next.

Bought this phone for my mum, she's only had it for a week but so far so good. The battery seems to last for a long time (even though she spends a fair bit of time watching YouTube videos). Popular apps such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Amazon, WhatsApp and Google apps work well without lag.The phone is unlocked so you can add any nano sim. She is using an EE nano sim and it was very straightforward to set up.Previously she was using a Samsung Galaxy S8 and she says this is faster and the battery lasts longer.It is a large phone with a 6.2inch screen, but it isn't heavy.

After a sudden and terminal failure of the battery in my phone I was forced to procure a new handset.As my budget was limited, and being on a SIM only contract, I researched handsets around £150 and opted for this Sony. I've had xperia phones in the past, and they've always been solid and reliable. The L4 is no exception, and whilst there's no great fanfare about what it does, it does all the basics well.After putting my SIM and SD cards in I was up and running within the hour, with all apps etc transferred from my old device (alas text messages weren't).Browsing the web, streaming music/video, and general app use is handled well. The screen isn't the highest spec, but watching some Netflix with my son was fine and the picture was sharp and clear enough.Audio is generally good, especially via Bluetooth, but I have noticed that it is pretty poor via the headphone jack which is a bit of a disappointment.The two main things I used my last handset for (aside from the usual) were conveniently taking pics of the family, and using as a portable audio device with headphones. Unfortunately these are the two weakest elements on this device, but to be expected with a budget smartphone, but at least there is a headphone jack even if the sound quality is rather bad.Overall a good handset, but if you are after a decent camera and good sound quality from wired headphones I'd look elsewhere. Now knowing this I probably would look elsewhere myself, but am not in a position to do so.

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