Hands-on review: MWC 2015: Sony Xperia M4 Aqua

By Gareth Beavis

The Sony Xperia M4 Aqua is another midrange from the Japanese brand, which, on paper, might not seem that exciting. However, it’s in the design that the interest lives, offering a premium disguise for a phone with middling specs.

Sony’s decisions with phone creation are interesting, mimicking Microsoft’s Lumia range in a way. The idea is to make a recognisable flagship phone, something the world will clamour for, and then try and pretend that cheaper variants are similar, thus inciting those that can’t afford the high-end Z range to go for the next step down.

And it’s certainly managed that with the Xperia M4 Aqua, which looks every bit like the Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact, yet costs €299 (about £220, $340, AU$435).

The outer rim looks like it’s encased in metal, in the same manner as its bigger siblings. However a few taps of the fingernail reveals that it’s actually polycarbonate… but so solid that it’ll take a few seconds to work out that it’s definitely not the premium material.

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The screen is a 5-inch affair, with a …read more

Source: techradar.com – Phones