The New Sony Xperia L: A Comprehensive Review
As we embark on this review of the new Sony Xperia L, it's essential to understand its specifications and hardware details before diving into the benchmarking and performance analysis. The device was recently launched in the market and is available for around $17,000.
On the front of the device, we have a 4.3-inch TFT capacitive LCD display with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels and a total of 228 pixels per inch. The camera on the device has both a front-facing VGA camera, which is somewhat disappointing, and an 8-megapixel camera on the back that can only record 720p videos and does not support full HD video.
The Sony Xperia L is powered by Qualcomm's MSM8974 Inori 305 GPU, runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and has Timescape on top. It also features a 1750 milliampere-hour battery, eight gigabytes of internal storage, and one gigabyte of RAM on the device. Before we proceed with the benchmarking analysis, let's take a closer look at the system information displayed in Quadrant.
In Quadrant, we can see that the CPU is an ARMv7 processor revision with no serial number, which indicates that it's a Qualcomm chipset MSM 890 available on the Indian Xperia L, whereas the 8.23.0 is mentioned but not shown. The DRAM is also lower than one gigabyte, standing at about 796 megabytes. Additionally, the resolution on the device is quite small due to the buttons being taken into the display, resulting in a display size of 480 x 82 pixels and a screen density of 240 x 244 pixels.
Furthermore, the device features an Adreno 305 Qualcomm GPU and comes equipped with several sensors, including a magnetic field sensor, three-axis accelerometer orientation sensor, light sensor, and proximity sensor. Now that we have a better understanding of the system information, let's move on to the benchmarking analysis using Quadrant.
In Quadrant, the device scores a total of 431, which is under the HTC One X but above the Asus Transformer Prime. This score indicates that the Xperia L has decent performance for its price range. Next, we'll be moving on to another benchmark test called Nina Mark, which will give us a better understanding of the device's performance.
Nina Mark results show a pretty nice score of 60.2 FPS, which is as good as it gets, indicating that the Adreno 305 GPU is not disappointing at all. We'll continue with this analysis to ensure we have a comprehensive view of the device's capabilities.
Following up on the Nina Mark results, we've also conducted a full and do benchmark test for the sake of providing more information to our readers. The results from these tests are quite impressive, with a total score of 10,104 CPUs at 281.1 GHz, 105 GPU at 5297 MHz, input/output at 88. This score is not bad at all if we consider the price range and performance provided by the device.
Finally, it's essential to ensure that the device has the required features for a multi-touch test. After conducting this test, we can confirm that the Xperia L indeed supports a four-point multi-touch feature. With this comprehensive review, we've covered every aspect of the new Sony Xperia L, from its specifications and hardware details to its performance analysis using various benchmarking tests.
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