Sony Xperia XA2 - good hardware in a nice atypical case

In 2018, Sony has three current lines: the budget L, the average XA2, and the expensive XZ2 segment. Today on the review model Sony Xperia XA2. This is the youngest phone in the series, which was created for fans of the brand with an average income. In other words, the device is intended for people who do not want to pay more than thirty thousand for the phone, but also do not want to compromise. A Sony Xperia XA2 review will prove that the phone responds to these requests.

Specifications

Sony Xperia XA2 Dual is an organic continuation of the device of last year. The device has become a little bigger and a little better. Model parameters in the table.

Specifications	Xperia xa2
Screen	5.2 inches, IPS, FHD, 2.5D
CPU	Snapdragon 630
RAM / ROM	3/32 GB, microSD 400 GB
Interfaces	NFC, Wi-Fi, LTE, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, Glonass
Camera	23 Mp, 8 Mp
Battery	3300 mAh, Quick Charge 3.0
Dimensions and weight	142 * 70 * 9.7 mm, 171 grams

Sony Xperia XA2

Sony Xperia XA2 Features typical stuffing of the average phone. Eight-core processor, good camera, nice battery capacity. It may seem to the user that the phone doesn’t have the highest memory performance, but sometimes this is offset by a good optimization and processor. And this is exactly the case.

On a note! Four color options are available: the new silver and blue, as well as the traditional black and pink.

Design

Model in terms of design is not far gone from the devices of past years. This is the same square design, metal frame and plastic case with matte colors. On the back of the camera has shifted to the center of the device, under it appeared a round finger scanner. The eye of the camera rises slightly above the surface. On the right side of the smartphone are the power button and volume switch. Here is the usual camera control button. In winter, it saves when you do not want to take off your gloves.

On the right side is a slot for SIM cards, it divided into two parts. One of the slides is a continuation of the stub and is simply removed. But with the second part will have to tinker. To get it, you should use your nails, which is not very convenient.

Important! The minus of the device is a combined slot, now you can not put two SIMs and a memory card.The second point: when you remove the SIM card, the device will reboot. In the model of last year, this could be done without interrupting the work.

The upper end holds the microphone and headphone jack. Bottom is a Type-C connector for charging and synchronizing a smartphone with a PC, as well as a speaker. On the front panel of the frame on the sides are small enough, above and below the large. The bottom panel remains, as before, free, on the top speaker, camera and proximity sensors and light.

The Sony Xperia XA2 dual smartphone is quite thick and heavy, although the battery here is not very big. The manufacturer explains this by a large camera module. The glass has the protection of Gorilla Glass 4. 2.5D is not clearly expressed, the slope of the screen is very slight and almost invisible. On the assembly to the phone no questions. The screen has good oleophobic layer, but the body, as before, is rather reverently concerned with mechanical stress.

Screen

In recent years, Sony has had no problems with displays, and this unit is no exception. The diagonal of the device is 5.2 inches, the resolution for it is more than sufficient - FullHD. The touch is designed for 10 touches. Large viewing angles, good brightness, correct automatic backlight adjustment - it's all about the Sony Xperia XA2. The colors of the matrix are very natural and do not hurt the eyes.

Initially, the device is calibrated for cold shades, but if you wish in the settings, the temperature can be shifted to warm. Also Scaling is provided. For this diagonal is not too important, since everything corresponds to the norm.

Battery

Sony Xperia XA2 DS, unlike last year’s smartphone, initially received good battery reserve. Capacity is 3300 mAh. This is a big indicator for Sony, as never more than 4000 mAh batteries are placed here. The company compensates for this with energy saving modes, it is also in this model. In addition, the smartphone has adaptive charging function, which reduces battery wear. In general, the phone can work for 1.5 days, with the included Stamina (energy saving) autonomy increases.

It is interesting! In standby mode, the phone almost does not lose capacity, and charging is implemented in such a way that the smartphone charges up to 90%, and half an hour before waking up it will charge the remaining 10%. Do not forget that the device needs to get used to the daily routine of its owner, so the latest technology will start working in a few days.

Full charge device takes 1.5 hours. For this you need a special power supply.

Performance

The Sony Xperia XA2 smartphone runs on the eight-core Snapdragon 630 chipset. It is enough for tasks of any kind and running games. The device case is almost not heated, which is a nice bonus. In the tests, the device gains about 90 thousand points. The phone memory is represented by 3 gigabytes of RAM and 32 gigabytes of main storage. Despite the fact that today there are devices with a large RAM on the market, there are no questions for the device, nothing slows down, which means that it is no longer necessary. But the free 23 gigabytes of storage is not too much for a modern device. This is especially unpleasant given the fact that the user must choose - put the second sim or expand the memory.

With a set of wireless interfaces, the company has always been all right. If Chinese brands like to put one chip and remove another, then Sony put everything they can, at its best. Dual-band Wi-Fi, fast navigation, full NFC chip - everything is at a good level and works without complaints. For this, the company's engineers thanks from buyers.

Camera

Sony's camera review (H4113) Xperia XA2 says that finally in the middle segment of the brand came 4K video and other nice chips. In previous devices, many unflattering comments were addressed to the interface of the application for shooting. The programmers of the company thought about the question and decided it. Now everything is concise, convenient and at hand, more precisely - under the finger. The device has an augmented reality mode left, not that it is really needed, but sometimes it’s fun to play around with.

The following points can be distinguished from the main camera:

• in the afternoon the shooting is excellent;
• with artificial light, the detail drops;
• at night everything is bad.

On a note! In the reviews, it is often written that at night the phone needs to be transferred to manual mode, then it is quite possible to achieve good results. Perhaps this is true, but it is obvious that we need certain knowledge in this area, just turning over the settings to make a high-quality picture will not work.

The front camera is traditionally good, due to the large capture convenient to take a group selfie. When shooting video, a proprietary electronic stabilizer SteadyShot works. Of course. not optics, but hand shake eliminates quite well. The camera in the phone is made for four, and for Sony, who have vast experience in creating matrices, not only for themselves, but for other brands, this is a huge minus.

Conclusion

The price of the phone at the moment is about 25 thousand rubles.For this money, the user will receive an excellent display, good performance and autonomy, fast charging, the entire set of wireless interfaces, nice design. Of the minuses can be noted camera - it can be called average. Should I buy this device? Rather, yes, than not, but only if the photo does not particularly interest the owner. The model turned out to be decent, in addition, there are older devices on the market with large diagonals called Ultra and Plus. Fans of large screens can look at these devices.

Sony Xperia XA2