The Xperia L4 seems so similar to the Xperia 10 ii for almost half the price. Clove delivered quickly and without issues.

Sony Xperia L4

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Having owned several phones over the last few years, and now currently using pixel 3, (the picture was taken with pixel 3)previously used xperia 1 which after nearly year I damaged it. Hence using a pixel 3 now. I have now gone back to the Xperia 1 after buy another one, the point is once you get the taste of that 21.9 screen ratio your not going back to a normal screen. The Xperia L4 I brought from another retailer because amazon didn't have stock and it was for my mum who needed a phone ASAP, she previously has had XA2. I hope my review may help others when choosing a budget phone.

Display
This is the most important feature and why you would buy this, the 21.9 screen ratio gives you better cinema experience when watching films, it also gives you better content viewing, so when browsing websites you get extra Web content so less scrolling. The ratio also provides a narrow width so much more easy to hold with one hand compared to all other phones from Samsung, Huawei. The Lcd display is clear and bright enough for most.

Performance
This has mediatek chipset coupled with 3gb ram, which for this price range is adequate, there no visable lag and most tasks cope well, although compared to my more expensive xperia 1 there's a difference obviously in performance, but then you pay for the difference. This has NFC and 64gb internal memory, plus SD card slot. Plus side mounted fingerprint scanner a bonus.

Build quality /battery

The phone feels solid with a plastic matt back which won't break when dropped, and front facing gorrila glass the usual sony standards here, 3.5 Jack and side mounted volume buttons. The battery is a massive 3500mh capacity easily last 2days plus it's has sony battery care and qovono charging, this will allow the battery to prolonged life.

Camera
For the price of £169 this the 1st for Sony to include triple camera and its very similar to the software used on the flagship xperia 1. The main camera produces good decent pictures with its 13 megapixel, the 2nd camera gives you a nice wide angle view, good for getting everyone in at short distances. The overall quality is OK and for most at this end of the market will be happy.

Software
Sony are only 2nd to Google when to comes to pure android, this phone is clean with no bloatware only slight additions from Sony added on top, the result is better performance, software /hardware is optimised giving good performance. This is on android 9 and should be upgraded to 10.

Conclusion
I brought this for my mum, but wanted the quality build and regular security updates, but for me and anyone on a budget the screen ratio was the main selling reason having 21.9 screen at this price was amazing and that's 6.2 inch without being hard to hold in one hand. I think at this price and what your getting from a established brand you will find it difficult to find anything better. I know doubters will say the Chinese brands give you slightly more spec for the money, but they dont have the quality or the software optimisation or the 2 year warranty.

lovely phones rapid delivery my only fault is that they do not also sell the cases for the telephones as we are really struggling to get these, but hey thats not Clov Technologies fault. good customer service.