#Sony Xperia XA1 impressions

Sony has released their newest mid-range smartphone, the Xperia XA1 Plus, along with its flagship brother, the Xperia XZ1. The Sony Xperia XA1 Plus was announced in August and is one of the latest addition to the XA1 series. It is relatively thinner and smaller as compared with the Xperia XA1 Plus. [gallery type="square" ids="162039,162035,162041,162042,162034,162033,162013,162040,162017,162014,162016"] The Xperia XA1 Plus has an Android 7.0 Nougat with a skinned UI but remained simplistic in its design. The Xperia XA1 Plus has a MediaTek Helio P20 processor with a Mali-T880 GPU, 32GB internal storage, and 4GB RAM. Here are some of the results: * AnTuTu Benchmark - 63,348 * AndroBench - 260.55MB/s (read), 84.77MB/s (write) * GeekBench - 833 (Single-Core), 3737 (Multi-Core) The Xperia XA1 Plus is priced at Php16,990. Sony has confirmed that it will launch the Xperia 1 VIII on May 13 at 11:00 AM JST. Expected Sony Xperia 1 VIII specs Expected redesigned body Square camera module Expected rear cameras: 16mm ultrawide 24mm wide-angle New telephoto sensor Expected two-day battery life Launch date: May 13, 2026 Read more in our articles including "Sony Xperia XA1 Plus In-Depth Hands-on" and "Sony confirms Xperia 1 VIII launch date".