Review: Sony Xperia L (C2105), Dual-core successor, Multimedia More Maksi

Sony is targeting the middle segment of the working class dual-core smartphone. Through L Xperia series, Sony packed this smartphone to replace the Xperia Miro and Xperia J who was already successful in the market.

Design

Dimension: 128.7 x 65 x 9.7mm, 137gram; full touchscreen; materialplastik; 3.5 mm audio port; volume rocker, power button / lock, shutter button; hole mic; microUSB port (around phones from the top).

If viewed from the front, passing the phone body is similar to the Xperia E who have side thinning at the top and bottom. But unique, Xperia L has a curvy body structure (when viewed from the side). Character design presented Xperia L practically identical to the Xperia J.

Like the character design of mid-end smartphone, the Xperia L design is also enlivened with silver trim around the body. Interestingly, at the bottom of the trim area LED Illumination effect, which will light up if there is incoming notification (missed call or a message). Just like the Xperia Miro and Xperia J.

Material coated matte back cover that makes it feel rough and not easily slippery. Unfortunately, to open the cover you require precision and patience. Because the sides are slightly thinner at both ends of the arch that covers the body has in order. You must gouging a hole in the left side of the body, and remove the top of the first new push it slightly downward to release the back cover.

On the inside, you'll find the SIM and microSD card slot. To menyeisipkan SIM card, you do not need to remove the battery. However, if you want to insert a micro SD memory card expansion, the battery must be removed first. Because, there is a microSD card slot position at the bottom of the SIM card slot.

Display

TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 480 x 854pixels (FWVGA), 4.3 inches (~ 228 ppi pixel density), 5 point multi touch; Scratch-resistant glass

Appropriate segmentation, screen Xperia L not only has a FWVGA resolution like 720p HD and full HD Xperia SP as Xperia Z. Even so, the display image or color that glows in the smartphone screen still looks clear and bright.Compared to some of the smartphone class, screen Xperia L actually more beautiful with a pixel density of 228 ppi reach.

In addition, although not supported by Gorilla Glass technology, but the screen is turned Xperia L is equipped with an anti-scratch coating tablets. Although quality standards, but the technology 'scratch resistant' has this phone can protect the LCD from scratches sharp objects.

Operating System and UI 

Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) 

This sector, it seems not much visible difference between the L and the generation of Xperia Xperia else is using the same version of Android. For example, SP Xperia, Xperia Z / ZL. 

The interface remains mengnyuguhkan Sony Xperia distinctive character. Starting from the structure of the home screen, lock screen wallpaper to the present two favorite shortcut (Walkman and Camera) flanking a digital clock.

The main screen also offers MultiPanel Xperia L that can be enhanced using the widget or shortcut the typical Android Jelly Bean. Unfortunately, the typical interface Xperia who was present at the initial appearance of the flagship Sony Xperia (Timescape) no longer met in this new generation. In fact, in the Xperia Z / ZL there are features that resemble the Socialife Timescape.

Hardware and Benchmark

Dual-core processor 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8230 Snapdragon chipset, Adreno 305GPU; 1GB RAM, Internal Storage: 8 GB (5.8 GB user available), external: microSD up to 32 GB, battery mAh Li-Polymer1700. Offal is owned Xperia L under the Xperia brand-mate SP which uses Qualcomm Snapdragon Krait Dual-core 1.7, and a champion in the class Dual-core current.

If dikomparasi with Dual-core smartphone in its class, Xperia L looks quite superior. In fact, some Quad-core smartphones unlucky to lose. This is evident from the results of benchmark tests using Antutu and Quadrant applications.

With this performance, Xperia L is able to 'bulldoze' all games / apps high quality smoothly. To support this performance, Xperia L using Li-Polymer battery 1700 mAh capacity as a source of support powernya. With 'Power Management' maximum through the "Stamina Mode", L Xperia battery performance can be increased up to 3x. But of course it will disable some unused functions such as Data, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, screen brightness, and so on.

Connectivity

GSM 850/900/1800/1900; HSDPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100; GPRS up to 85.6 kbps, EDGEup to 237 kbps, HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetoothv4.0 with A2DP, NFC, microUSB v2.0

Like the celebrities's  Xperia L is also present in some variants of the C2104 and C2105. This is to differentiate its distribution area terkai cellular network usage frequency in each country. For Indonesia, the version is C2105 which supports quadband GSM and WCDMA 900/2100 MHz. About the speed of data access, 3.5G lines to offer this smartphone can not be doubted. However, for the quality of course depends on the performance of the operator's mobile network used.

For other connection point, Xperia L is 'royal'. Almost all the suggestions are available, ranging from WiFi hotspots are equipped with WiFi capability and WiFi Direct, Bluetooth can also be used to share your internet connection (Bluetooth tethering), NFC to micro USB data cable port that can be used as a medium for connecting to a PC / laptop even for read data from an external hard drive via USB cable OTG (on The Go).

Camera & Multimedia

8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR, sweep panorama; Secondary camera: VGA; video recording: 720p @ 30fps, video stabilization; Walkman player , FM Radio, Video

Segments 'medium' being targeted Xperia L seem to be adopting multimedia facilities. 8MP camera which is implanted into the resolution 'must' for mid-end smartphone today. Just like the Xperia SP.

Even so, supporters camera embedded feature quite capable. Even predicted fairly resilient for mobile photography. When PULSE menjajalnya for photos, results are quite good with the absorption of color and light fitting. So that the images can be maximized, you can experiment with the HDR feature, white balance and exposure.

 Besides the camera, the Xperia L also highlight the particular multimedia Walkman player, FM radio and video. Walkman player interface that displayed the typical generation of Xperia smartphones, with a variety of additional functions to maximize the audio player capabilities. Start with the presence of equalizer settings, until ClearAudio + technology that provides sound clarity. Interestingly again, you can integrate the Walkman music player with online search via YouTube, PlayNow, including Wikipedia and song lyrics karaoke version.