Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra - quality work on the bugs

Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra was presented to the world at the World Conference on Mobile Technology, which was held in January 2018. Most often, new items go on sale in a few months, but the phablet from the middle segment became available for purchase in mid-February. The predecessor of the device did not become a sensation and, in general, did not interest the buyer. First of all, the price was to blame. A review of the Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra will show if last year’s mistakes were taken into account, or if the company continues to bend its line.

Specifications

There are differences from the previous device. Iron is newer and more modernIt looks more impressive than its predecessor. How this all interacts is a very interesting question, because not always good parameters mean quality work. The full list of Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra features is in the table below.

Judging by the parameters presented, the device is interesting. In Sony Xperia XA Ultra, a full set of wireless interfaces, there is a finger scanner (the predecessor did not have it), there is a separate slot, which is also very nice, and the device is presented in two versions of memory. If you recall the phablet of 2017, then besides the size of interest, the camera should have caused interest. In this case, the brand is trying again, and The front camera is represented by two modules at once.

Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra

Design

The design of Japanese phones has not changed for several years in a row. These are elongated devices with no frames on the sides and large panels at the bottom and top. The phone stands out from its competitors square shapesand also continues the concept of rounded surfaces. All faces smoothly into each other. It looks interesting, but it starts to bother a little.The frame of the case, as before, is metal, but the panel is plastic. The front part is covered with Gorilla Glass, the generation is not specified. Color executions - silver, gold, black and blue.

In general, the device is very similar to previous models. Rear round camera module, flash, round finger scanner. At the bottom of the Type-C, microphone and speaker. At the top - a headphone jack, a second microphone. On the right side are three familiar buttons: power, camera, volume. On the right side extends the tray for two SIM cards.

On a note! The memory card is inserted into the slot under the plug. The solution is more convenient than in the past device, where you had to pick out a special tray with your nails.

On the front side there are two matrixes of the camera, a flash, a speaker, a proximity sensor and light. The bottom panel is again not involved. By the way wide panels are most often criticized in numerous reviews users.

It feels like using the following: the phone is heavy and big. Here opinions differ, someone likes it when the phone is felt in a pocket and hand, others prefer light devices. Scold the phone for the weight can not be all subjective. The build quality is traditionally high. Plastic as before, scratches fastbut such is his lot. Covers and lining has not been canceled.

Display

The matrix of the Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra smartphone is represented by a 6-inch screen using IPS technology. There is a feeling that she migrated from the smartphone last year. Who happened to deal with it or read reviews, remember that the quality of the screen was excellent.

1. Bright, beautiful display with excellent readability night and day.
2. Automatic brightness adjustment works accurately and without any user intervention.
3. Given the diagonal of the smartphone, a resolution of 1920 * 1080 pixels is enough, and 4K, which some users dream of, is not particularly necessary here.
4. Wide viewing angle without inverting colors allows you to watch movies or videos on your device as a whole company. Everyone will be comfortable and well visible.

Performance

The Sony Xperia XA Ultra has a fairly fresh eight-core Snapdragon 630 chipset. This is a mid-level processor that works great with FHD displays and qualitatively pulls out any content, be it a game, video or get-togethers on the Internet. There are no questions to the quality of the device operation - everything works quickly. Using the phone is very comfortable.

On a note! If you run a heavy game, the body heats up a little bit from the bottom, but it doesn’t feel much and doesn’t really bother.

The device has two options for the amount of memory of the main drive, also no one bothers add volume due to memory card. This is another clear advantage of the device. In the synthetic tests Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra Dual scores about 90 thousand points, the indicator for the device of the middle segment is high.

Another change in the novelty has touched the battery. In the XA1 Ultra, the capacity was 2700 mAh, and that was very little for the diagonal of the device. This time the battery has A pleasant margin of 3580 mAh. In addition, in the context of energy efficiency implemented other interesting features.

1. Availability fast charge. In 30 minutes 40% of the battery will be available, in an hour - 70%.
2. There is a utility that allows you to carefully charge the battery. The device will be charged 90% overnight, and before the awakening it will pick up the remaining 10%.
3. Ability to reduce power consumption by turning off some modes. Previously, the energy-saving mode was called Stamina, now appeared optional UltraStamina.

On average, the device endures a day and a half, almost does not spend energy at disconnected wireless networks,and waiting when connected to Wi-Fi consumes only 2% per hour. It can be emphasized that the autonomy of the Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra phone was very good. There are big numbers, but do not forget that the diagonal is large.

Camera

The Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra DS smartphone with one of its chips presents the front camera to the user. it double moduleand selfies should bite it. The first module has a resolution of 16 megapixels with optical stabilization and autofocus. Additional 8 megapixel camera with a wide capture angle - 120 degrees. The picture quality is decent on both matrices, but still the main one makes photographs better, this is especially felt in low light conditions. On the video front camera is not happy. The data is strongly compressed, and digital noise reduction makes the sound very quiet and bad.

The main matrix is ​​quite typical for devices, and it removes a solid four. There are artifacts at night, and a bit too much soap, but on the whole, the processor pulls images from the bad to average discharge. No questions to the camera during the day.

On a note! In the new line of XA2 developers have remade the program interface. It has become more convenient and pleasant for the perception of new users of Sony.All the old regimes remained, including augmented reality.

Conclusion

Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra 2018 is sold on the market at a price of 30 thousand rubles. For this money, the user will receive a very good smartphone, minus which can be considered a camera. More precisely, not the strongest side, you can not call it bad. For fans of the company and fans of phablets - this is a great option to buy a decent device, since in 2018 the company was able to deliver an adequate price for an adequate filling. In the past, the device, the price of which at the start was only slightly lower, of the strengths were only the display and performance.

Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra