Friends+Design
- Looks pretty decent - follows Sony's familiar styling principles - the stark rectangle on the front, and the softly rounded frame
- The curved back allows the device to rest better in your palm
- Good fingerprint scanner on the back - does its job plenty fast
- The design is nice, but the thick bezels are a little old-school for 2018
Display
- The screen's brightness, and sunlight legibility could have been better
Software
- Sony's UI is a light reskin of Android with no extreme amount of added features or background processes to bog the device down - which is always good to see
Performance
- Decent day-to-day performance - powered by a MediaTek 6737T, and 3 GB of RAM - things like chatting, browsing are seamless, though the phone will struggle with heavy games
Camera
- A quick double-press on the power button acts as a camera shortcut
- Decent rear camera - colors are balanced and fairly accurate - daylight photography is not bad
- Decent 120-degree wide-angle selfie camera - does a good job when it comes to details
Audio
- Decent loudspeaker
Battery
- Good battery life - will last the day with moderate use
- No fast charging support
More
- The Xperia L2 sports a modern USB Type-C port, which is nice to see on a budget device
- On the whole, the Xperia L2 is a decent phone in isolation, but it faces tough competition from the likes of the Motorola Moto G5S Plus which has a metal body, a more powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 chip under the hood, and even slightly battery life
