Flashback: the Sony Xperia XA Ultra had an amazing selfie camera with OIS

03 September 2023
It was among the very first phones to have this feature and Sony's implementation was better than HTC's. The XA Ultra also had an impressively large 6" display.

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  • Conrart
  • KgW
  • 08 Dec 2023

HTC in 2016 was the world's first to put OIS in the front facing camera, the HTC 10.

    I still have mine
    Been using it till last month
    It had problems like being weak and some ghost touch but it was so beautifully built and had very lovely screen and very light software that even in 2023 it hadn't any lags on daily uses
    Mine ia still in good condition and battery still works fine.... It holds for 3 hours of normal use LOL 😂 But it is a good phone and it made me a sony fan since but unfortunately i couldn't get my hand on a sony Xperia 1 series and now im using a motorola edge 20

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      • Anonymous
      • LiU
      • 04 Sep 2023

      Anonymous, 04 Sep 2023Phones today don't have LED front flash, some don'... moreInfinix Note 30 has front led flash and physical proximity sensor

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        • Jagdyez
        • Prx
        • 04 Sep 2023

        It has the worst touchscreen with a terrible lag for every touch...

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          • Anonymous
          • re4
          • 04 Sep 2023

          Anonymous, 04 Sep 2023Phones today don't have LED front flash, some don'... moreThis is the number one gripe I have with modern smartphones, along with the dodos that support them. People would rather have aesthetics over function when they could have both. They'd rather have a phone with virtually no bezels hence suffers from ghost touches and has to have a hole on their screen just to have a camera on it. Which breaks the purpose of their aesthetic having 100% screen, which is why I want the Xperia phones to succeed so that they produce more and be a bit cheaper. As they are the only current smartphone that has the sensibility of having ACTUAL 100% usable screen minus the BS of pop-up cameras and underscreen cameras.

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            • Anonymous
            • s8c
            • 04 Sep 2023

            you have to suffer, 03 Sep 2023few infinix note series have dual led flash at the front. ... morePhones today don't have LED front flash, some don't have a proximity sensor (virtual one only) and notification LED that's long gone, all that in favour of small bezels, which are totally not worth it IMO. Even the display has a hole because of it

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              • Xylem
              • G}7
              • 04 Sep 2023

              I owned this phone and the C5 Ultra, this one has much better design than the C5. The XA Ultra got stolen when I moved, so sad.

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                • Anonymous
                • kEq
                • 04 Sep 2023

                Rakesh, 03 Sep 2023Funny how their phones still look like they are from that t... morethe top and bottom chin are so small and make great for holding without accidental screen touch and attached kishi controllers, not to mention for the dual speakers and cameras without ugly cut outs and notches, i take that along with a 4k screen, expandable storage and 3.5mm jack, 🤷‍♂️

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                  • Anonymous
                  • kEq
                  • 04 Sep 2023

                  beautiful phone

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 04 Sep 2023

                    Darth Caesium, 04 Sep 2023Wikipedia disagrees with you about the term sensor-shift OISWikipedia that is edited by anyone? 😂

                    Go see website of canon, sony, nikon, fuji and other to see if this name is there.
                    Just here.

                      Anonymous, 04 Sep 2023OIS is not IBIS OIS = lens elements move IBIS = sensor... moreWikipedia disagrees with you about the term sensor-shift OIS

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 0p}
                        • 04 Sep 2023

                        Darth Caesium, 04 Sep 2023It does actually have it for the selfie camera. Apple never... moreOIS is not IBIS

                        OIS = lens elements move
                        IBIS = sensor moves

                        The rerm sensor shift OIS does not exist, only this site thinks so.

                          Anonymous, 03 Sep 2023Apple has sensor stabilization for main rear camera, not fr... moreIt does actually have it for the selfie camera. Apple never confirmed it, but the iPhone 14 Pro's and iPhone 14 Pro Max's selfie camera does have OIS. Teardowns by many *MANY* people have confirmed that.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 03 Sep 2023

                            Rakesh, 03 Sep 2023Funny how their phones still look like they are from that t... moreGot your crapmi note on flipkart already? 😂

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 03 Sep 2023

                              Darth Caesium, 03 Sep 2023How come Apple does it then?Apple has sensor stabilization for main rear camera, not front.

                              Rear camera is inside bump, not right behind screen

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                                • ndi
                                • 03 Sep 2023

                                Rakesh, 03 Sep 2023Funny how their phones still look like they are from that t... moreGo away. I can't wait for bezelzs to make a comeback. It gives you space to hold the phone in landscape and space for the cameras. It also makes the display look framed better. The Bezel-less trend is cancer.

                                  Anonymous, 03 Sep 2023There is no space for front camera to use sensor stabilizat... moreHow come Apple does it then?

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 03 Sep 2023

                                    Darth Caesium, 03 Sep 2023If modern smartphones had 95% head-to-body-ratios and had e... moreThere is no space for front camera to use sensor stabilization.
                                    Have you seen inside any phone?

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 03 Sep 2023

                                      Zero, 03 Sep 2023Swap that processor for a Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 or 778G and we... more6g1 and 778 are same chip

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                                        • Rakesh
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                                        • 03 Sep 2023

                                        Funny how their phones still look like they are from that times with those chins and foreheads. This brand should be dead already