Sony Xperia XA2 review

Introduction:

Sony may be looking beyond smartphones but the Xperia line is still standing its ground. The recently unveiled Xperia XA2 series is not only a statment of persistence but also shows intent for expansion. And the Xperia XA2 bodes well for Sony's new generation of smartphones this season.

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It improves on prety much everything the Xperia XA1 had. The XA2 puts a large screen of higher resolution in a more compact body with less bezels. The whole thing is powered by a modern and efficient snapdragon 630 chipset and 4K videos is added to the bill courtesy of the same 23 MP sensor. Battery capacity has been increased and there is a brand new rear mounted fingerprint sensor available to all models including US bound. Now ain't that finally something?
Those are good enough reasons to look forward to the ultra line but also feel upbeat about the new bunch of Xperias that will come our way in the following months. Here goes the promising XA2 at a glance.

 Sony Xperia XA2 specifications:

• Body: Aluminum frame, polycarbonate back, silver, black blue and pink color screens.
• Display: 5.2" 1920x1080 LCS 434ppi pixel density.
• Rear Camera: 23MP 1/2.3" sensor size, f/2.0 aperture, 25mm equiv focal length. Hybrid PD contrast auto focus 2160p/30fps video recording.
• Front Camera: 8MP 120 degree field of view fixed focus 1080p/30 video recording.
• OS: Android 8.0 Oreo
• Chipset: Snapdragon 630 octa core 2.2 GHz cortex-A53 Adreno 508 GPU.
• Memory: 3GB of RAM 32GB hybrid microSD slot for expansion.
• Battery: 3300 mAh quick and fast charging 3.0.
• Connectivity: Single/Dual SIM LTE Cat 12/13 (600Mbps download0 USB C Wifi a/b/g/n, GPS, NFC, Bluetooth 5, FM radio.
• Misc: Rear mounted fingerprint reader single speaker on the bottom 3.5mm jack two stage hardware camera shutter release key._
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While the Xperia XA 2 Ultra has received a very generous selfie rig upgrade Sony chose to re use same 8MP wide angle sensor from the XA1 over in the XA2. It now sits behind a darker f/2.4 lens though and there is no auto focus to be found. But we have yet look closer at what called for this change.

Sony Xperia XA2 Unboxing:

The retail box hasn't got much besides the phone itself. You won't get any headphones or a case just a regular USB Type C cable and a garden variety 1.5A charger. We guess that's what mid range Xperia's are going to be like attractive specs but a rather basic bundle.