Sony Xperia XA Ultra hands-on: First look

17 May, 2016
Big-screen lovers rejoice! Meet the 6-inch Sony Xperia XA Ultra, the replacement for the popular Xperia C5 Ultra.

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  • AnonD-404798
  • d%{
  • 18 May 2016

vrvly, 17 May 2016If you want to argue, give me links of non photoshoped-shot... moreSorry to butt in but Tann, is right , so here it is :

S7 Edge vs Xperia X Perfromance vs HTC 10

http://i.imgur.com/mK0CSOW.png?1

Full resolution here :

Xperia X Performance http://i.imgur.com/dGaAXW3.jpg?1
S7 Edge http://i.imgur.com/uktzuWM.jpg?1
HTC 10 http://i.imgur.com/zHtk5op.jpg?1

are you still gonna deny that Xperia X Performance is superior ?

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    • bunty
    • 6ux
    • 18 May 2016

    Huawei and samsung is much better than sony...

      Tann Hauser, 17 May 2016You are deliberately blind and making wrong conclusions... ... moreIf you want to argue, give me links of non photoshoped-shots and full res shots.
      Also even not in full res, clearly xperia got more noise(you cannot compare detail as it got 2x more Mp), other got less/no noise. What are you really trying here to say is their photoshoped 2Mp shots look better(and they not). Try after good sleep, or never.

        vrvly, 17 May 2016Sorry, I just don't know what to think about that if I see ... moreYou are deliberately blind and making wrong conclusions...
        If you see X having bad processing, then only conclusion is s7 and htc10 have worse processing than X cause they produce worse results, as seen in reference links

        Ah well, any excuse will do for you and you alike...

          Tann Hauser, 17 May 2016Of course they dont do it deliberately, Sonys EIS craps on ... moreSorry, I just don't know what to think about that if I see how bad processing of xperia phones is(all with eis) and now (brightness,colors aside) their camera with OIS got less noisy shots. Explain that. With sony's processing, known as detail destroyer, I would like better that selfie as main camera(not sure how it changes processing though)...

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            • AnonD-4254
            • XNw
            • 17 May 2016

            AnonD-442781, 17 May 2016Its inconvenient, and it ruins the structural integrity of ... moreAnd suppose there's good engineering, automatic twisting, and durable construction, then?
            A good example is Oppo N3 which uses a good 16 MP camera as both selfie and rear, in a motorised way of twisting.

            Otherwise, we end up paying for the twin cameras itself... whereas we use only one at a time usually.
            That too, when the selfie camera often has lesser megapixels, like 2, 3 or 5, and in rare cases 8 or beyond.

              vrvly, 17 May 2016Shameful like always, while finally bringing OIS (16Mp self... moreOf course they dont do it deliberately, Sonys EIS craps on OIS both in stills, lowlight and especially camera stabilisation:
              See reference:
              http://imgur.com/a/ywBeN

              See reference too:
              http://meremobil.dk/2016/05/sony-xperia-x-test/

              Why use OIS if it gives worse camera results?!?

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                • AnonD-122669
                • U2f
                • 17 May 2016

                pt020, 17 May 2016I am waiting for the Z6 Compact... anyone knows when it wil... moreThey will now releas X Compact & XA compact just like the ultra models.

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                  • AnonD-404798
                  • d%{
                  • 17 May 2016

                  AnonD-122669, 17 May 2016Man, they shoud have used that front cam as rear cam too. ... more '' Pics look better n brighter in front cam. ''

                  That is a main purpose of this phone . rear camera proved good to it's used in M5 and have a good scores for midranger being at the same level of S5,Mi5 and Z3 .

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                    • AnonD-122669
                    • U2f
                    • 17 May 2016

                    Man, they shoud have used that front cam as rear cam too.
                    Pics look better n brighter in front cam.

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                      • AnonD-402029
                      • KZ8
                      • 17 May 2016

                      AnonD-4254, 17 May 2016Instead of using 2 cameras, why don't companies use only on... morebecause more and more people will come to the service center haha thats why

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                        • AnonD-473257
                        • wrk
                        • 17 May 2016

                        My son will love this big phone

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                          • AnonD-442781
                          • pJm
                          • 17 May 2016

                          AnonD-4254, 17 May 2016Instead of using 2 cameras, why don't companies use only on... moreIts inconvenient, and it ruins the structural integrity of the device.

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                            • dev
                            • ajS
                            • 17 May 2016

                            Mi Max has this beat quite comfortably.

                            Again, Sony is playing themselves out of the smartphone market.

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                              • AnonD-4254
                              • XNw
                              • 17 May 2016

                              Instead of using 2 cameras, why don't companies use only one camera with a twistable section for both selfie and main? Like Nokia N90 or Nokia 3250 of the past?
                              I mean, is that really expensive or does it foil a hidden spying programme, hahaha.
                              Jokes apart, I think some ZTE or some other company had such a phone....

                                Shameful like always, while finally bringing OIS (16Mp selfie), main camera surely sucks. Yes, better colors even with f2.2 , but after comparison of main vs. selfie with f2.0 and OIS, selfie makes less noise what means more usable details. Would they use OIS in main camera, output wouldn't be so bad, well it's X generation so it's not that they don't get it, they don't do it deliberately(still no idea why). Still its also wonder why so much Mp and stupidly small battery and memory. Mate 8 got 4000mah 32GB, A9 got 4000mah 32GB, all slimmer and so on.. just what's this phone about...it clearly won't fall to XA price category.

                                  Nice phone,its a proper succesor of c5 ultra, a midrange processor(which i never liked about in complete series , mediatech gets bad development),good selfie camera ,only thing it misses is the fingerprint sensor and sterio speakers

                                    AnonD-527105, 17 May 2016Arguable . But i wont comment on that .Not arguable at all. The X10 is miles ahead of the P10.

                                    Dual channel RAM at 933mhz gives the X10 double the memory bandwith compared to the P10. Memory speed and bandwidth contributes significantly to overall performance and usability.

                                    The p10 has single channel RAM clocked at around 800mhz.

                                    The GPU in the X10 does twice the Gflops at around 90, despite being a 2 year old gpu. This is because of the paltry mp2 configuration for the Mali T880 in the P10.

                                    The X10 also has a much better DSP as well, giving it a significant edge.

                                    Overall the X10 is faster in gpu performance, has more bandwidth and faster RAM as well as better image processing from a better DSP.

                                    The only thing the P10 is better is probably battery life. It does come very close to the X10 in terms of single threaded performance,i will give you that.

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                                      • AnonD-442781
                                      • pJm
                                      • 17 May 2016

                                      The p10 is so bad. You'd be better off buying a flagship that's over 2 years old.

                                      Not sure what you'd want with a big screen that has low resolution and a crap GPU.

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                                        • AnonD-85136
                                        • 6PV
                                        • 17 May 2016

                                        I love it