Sony Should Have Just Combined the Xperia X and the Xperia XA

Sony Should Have Just Combined the Xperia X and the Xperia XA

Sony announced a new line-up of smartphones at the Mobile World Congress: the Xperia X Performance, Xperia X, and the Xperia XA. There wasn’t a demo unit of the X Performance available at the exhibition floor so we were only able to play around with the X and the XA. Our initial verdict after spending close to an hour with both phones? Sony should have just made one device by combining the best that both the X and XA had to offer. If they did that then they would have had one of the most compelling and attractive mid-range offerings in the market today.

The Sony Xperia X
The Sony Xperia X

Here’s the thing. The Sony Xperia X has better specifications. It has a full HD display (vs HD of Xperia XA), runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 processor with 3GB RAM (vs Mediatek MT6755 processor and 2GB RAM), and a 23MP primary snapper (vs 13MP). While it has superior specs, the puzzling thing is that the Sony Xperia X looks less premium than the Xperia XA. For some reason, Sony decided to give the edge-to-edge screen to the lower priced and lower spec’ed Sony Xperia XA.

The Sony Xperia XA
The Sony Xperia XA

These days hardware design and aesthetics is just as important as technical specifications. Combining the power of the X with the looks of the XA would have made for a really strong mid-range offering, one that could easily pose a strong challenge the mid-range offerings of Samsung, LG, and Apple. We kinda felt that Sony missed a big opportunity here to deliver something that could have really changed the game for them.

As for the Xperia X Performance, we’ll have to hold our initial impressions for it as we never got around to playing with a unit. We just saw it during the announcement. The specifications though are a bit confusing.

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