Sony Xperia XA Ultra review: Lord of the selfies

20 July 2016
The Internet can be a scary place with its billions of users, but modern smartphones have a way to let you leave your mark - the selfie camera. That's exactly what the Sony Xperia XA Ultra is all about.

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89 dB call volume? Are you guys serious?

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    • Martin
    • gyc
    • 20 Jul 2016

    Lord of the selfie Is htc 10

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      • AnonD-52738
      • tZj
      • 20 Jul 2016

      6" phone with only 2700mAh battery? Whole X series is waiting keeping in stock for own view!

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        • Anonymous
        • pWQ
        • 20 Jul 2016

        AnonD-358673, 20 Jul 2016Finally Sony made a decent phablet. Keep it up. If you make... moreNowhere near being a decent phone with this bad battery life.

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          • Anonymous
          • 7uE
          • 20 Jul 2016

          When will they make a good phone with great battery life? When?

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            • AnonD-510098
            • m5I
            • 20 Jul 2016

            Crappy battery

              So it seems Sony is starting to reduce the noise in their cameras pictures. This is a good thing.

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                • HutHutHut
                • vGJ
                • 20 Jul 2016

                The front selfie camera is amazing...!!! Unfortunately the main rear camera is just okay.... good lens sharpness... but just mediocre image processing.... At least Sony is on the right track nowadays...

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                  • AnonD-247206
                  • frc
                  • 20 Jul 2016

                  Battery life is the reason I went for Sony in the first place now battery life will be the reason I am leaving Sony.
                  "Narrowest phone with 6-inch screen" WHO CARES!!! Where is my battery!
                  Z2 = 3200 mAh Endurance rating 89h
                  Z3 = 3100 mAh Endurance rating 85h
                  Z5 = 2900 mAh Endurance rating 73h
                  Xperia X Performance = 2700 mAh Endurance rating 61h
                  The opposite is happening at Samsung!
                  Samsung Galaxy S6 = 2550 mAh 73h endurance rating
                  Samsung Galaxy S7 = 3000 mAh 80h endurance rating
                  Successful companies listen to their customers!

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                    • neb
                    • 325
                    • 20 Jul 2016

                    " We were impressed by the quality of the main camera." You are kidding right? Images look dull both colour and dynamic range wise. Also post processing algorithm smudge is obvious especially further from the center. I am suspecting you were talking about different camera right?

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                      • Anonymous
                      • tx4
                      • 20 Jul 2016

                      Oh that battery, 2700 mah for 6 inch. How about Zenfone 3 Ultra, Galaxy A9 Pro, and OP3?

                        Samsung phones are less thick with more battery, mystery. Same as why is ois good for selfies just. Still, no phone like this one, also you can chose to take photos with selfie camera that got ois and less of sony noise, you cannot do that even with their flagship. Big shame still is that this phone is about snapping and recording, and there is still no full manual control. Chinese phones can do this, entry level lumias can, its shame. Considering naming maybe X premium ultra will be better.

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                          • AnonD-85136
                          • X{k
                          • 20 Jul 2016

                          Great phone. I love it. I ll buy this beauty

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                            • Anonymous
                            • tx4
                            • 20 Jul 2016

                            AnonD-259899, 20 Jul 2016LOL at that pathetic battery capacity and as a consequence ... moreAgree. Qnovo is useless without big capacity.
                            If they really want to satisfy their customers, they should never reduce the capacity.

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                              • JohnCena
                              • rx7
                              • 20 Jul 2016

                              Can't you see Sony ? Why are you degrading you own phones ? The battery , most essential of all smartphone components has been downgraded.

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                                • AnonD-259899
                                • M7r
                                • 20 Jul 2016

                                LOL at that pathetic battery capacity and as a consequence the battery life. You don't need to look for more reasons why Sony's mobile division is going bankrupt if it hasn't already. XD

                                When mawrawn MBAs sit at the top and make decisions this is what happens.

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                                  • AnonD-358673
                                  • iDx
                                  • 20 Jul 2016

                                  Finally Sony made a decent phablet. Keep it up. If you make your flagship it will sell like hot cake. Your product pricing is very bad so people hesitate to buy

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                                    • AnonD-482637
                                    • t@g
                                    • 20 Jul 2016

                                    Sony seems to losing the battery dept #grab popcorn