Sony Xperia XZ2 Specs and Price

It was a big surprise in the MWC 2018  looking at Sony’s new flagship which adopts a different design different from the ones Sony used to offer. Unveiled at the MWC event in Barcelona, the Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 compact are the successor to last year’s Sony Xperia XZ1 and Xperia XZ1 Compact. The Sony Xperia XZ2 now comes with a better hardware, camera and a better design. The new smartphone is what you will expect as it comes in an entirely new body.

Design and Display

Over the years, Sony had sticked with the bar design and in a way lacks that innovative look every year except this one. The change in design has not in anyway left any nostalgia on my own end because it is a change that had been long time due. The chunk of bezel normally on the Xperia line of smartphones have been reduced on the Sony Xperia XZ2. Although, compared to its competition like Samsung Galaxy S9, Nokia 8 Sirocco and LG V30S ThinQ the bezel is still quite large.

The Loop Surface design has paved way for a more curved build made of Corning Gorilla Glass 5 under which there is aluminium for added protection. However, the problem with this is, it easily attracts smudges and a more oleophobic coating would have done the trick. Ambient Flow is what the new design is tagged and finally it drops the 3.5mm jack like some other flagships. On the rear side the camera and the fingerprint sensor are arranged symmetrically in the middle although the fingerprint sensor is a bit far down and might be difficult to reach.

Rather than the 4K resolution display featured in its predecessor, Sony has decided to dim it down a notch by only offering a full HD HDR display. The LCD display is 5.7-inch  and supports HDR viewing which is nice. The decision to reduce screen resolution has its advantages as the Sony Xperia XZ2 weighs less on the battery compared to a higher one.

Battery and Camera

As it is, the Sony Xperia XZ2 has a larger battery capacity than some of its rival flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S9. Besides it will definitely last longer with the reduced screen resolution and the better chipset. This means that the 3, 180mAh battery will last considerably longer and also supports Qi wireless charging.

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There is an improved camera on the Sony Xperia XZ2 smartphone and while it has a lot of potential the features offered here could have been more in this circumstance. The major highlights includes a 4K HDR video recording, 1080p slow motion recording which is now reduced to 3s and addition of 3D facial scan to both cameras. While this is definitely cool, you still have a 19MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera on the Sony Xperia XZ2.

Hardware and Software

Sony nails the latest chipset from Qualcomm and this will do well to boost its game in the fierce competition. Without much ado, the Sony Xperia XZ2 features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC with its fastest cores clocking at 2.7GHz and an Adreno 630 GPU.

In addition, you now have a 4GB RAM on it with a 64GB internal storage space. There’s support for a MicroSD card up to 400GB which is large enough for most users. Sony Xperia XZ2 also runs Android 8.0 Oreo with Sony’s own skin on top same as before.

Pricing and Availability

The Sony Xperia XZ2 smartphone which was announced in the MWC 2018  will not be rolling out until April in Europe although release in other regions are yet to be confirmed. The expected price of the Sony Xperia XZ2 is around about £800 which is about 355, 000 Naira.

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