The Sony Xperia TL, a great phone for the price.
When Americans think of mobile phone brands, two maybe three names spring immediately to mind: Apple, Samsung, and perhaps Motorola or even HTC. I bet Sony isn't on the tip of your tongue, despite the company's marketing efforts.
Early this year when Sony partnered with AT&T to sell the Xperia Ion, I was very excited. That's because the Ion was the first official U.S. handset the company created since its messy split with partner Ericsson. I thought perhaps with the unfortunate joint venture behind it, Sony would be able to focus and deliver a phone worthy of its legendary electronics brand.
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Sadly this was not the case. Even with its vaunted 12-megapixel camera and fast 4G LTE, the Xperia Ion came up short. First of all, the device shipped with outdated Android 2.3 Gingerbread software, which was obsolete from the start. Second, running the Xperia Ion's creaky OS was an old Qualcomm Snapd... [Read more]
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