Performance
Under the hood, the Xperia R1 (Plus) is powered by the Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430 chipset, with an octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU and Adreno 505 GPU. It provides reliable performance for basic tasks and light gaming. While it may not excel with intensive applications or graphic-heavy gaming, it remains competent for social media, browsing, and casual games. Android 7.1 Nougat offers a user-friendly interface, though it lacks the advancements of newer Android versions. The device is available in two configurations: 16GB of internal storage with 2GB RAM, and 32GB with 3GB RAM. The inclusion of a dedicated microSDXC card slot alleviates concerns regarding storage constraints, extending up to an additional storage capacity as per user needs.