Sony Xperia P review

The Xperia P also played our DivX, Xvid, H.264, MOV and MPEG4 test videos, but we couldn’t view our MKV video at a watchable pace. In addition to its various local media apps, the Xperia P also lets you stream media from DLNA-enabled media servers on your network. This is hugely convenient and it means you don’t have to download specific apps for your device just to do this, but we were prevented from playing the same files that worked on local storage, such as our Xvid video.

The Xperia P is also great for browsing the web thanks to its large screen, but it does feel a bit sluggish when loading web pages. Indeed, it rendered the BBC News home page in 14 seconds, which makes it slower than the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, which rendered the same page in 10 seconds.

The Xperia P comes with 16GB of storage and provides up to 13GB for users, but you can’t expand storage with a microSD card, which puts the Xperia P at a disadvantage to phones such as the Galaxy Ace 2. The Galaxy Ace 2 is like a nicer phone to hold (the Xperia P is so smooth it almost feels as if you’re going to drop it), but even so, we’re still enamoured by the Xperia P’s high-res screen, smooth animation and fast response. It’s a great option if you use your smartphone to watch videos.