Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact review

17 March 2018
It's once again peak smartphone season and Sony is next to join the annual spring race. But while others do regular and plus-size models, Sony, as usual, is going towards the other end of the spectrum with the new Xperia XZ2 Compact.

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  • pepinosport
  • Se@
  • 04 Apr 2023

Die hard fan of Sony here. Loved all my previous Compacts... but this one has been very disappointing. Aluminium black finish was easily scratched and colour faded to a brighter blue. My previous X compact had a much durable design and durable materials. But I can live with that. However, the main issue I faced was the screen getting detached at the bottom, producing erratic touchscreen behaviour. After 2 screen changes I gave up and traded it for a second hand iPhone. Seems that iPhones are now the last compact survivors. Dang I really wanted to like this phone... battery life was excellent and loved the camera shots!

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    • Anonymous
    • uWx
    • 01 Apr 2023

    Bought it slightly used in very good condition last year and I like everything said true about it but excellent battery life and cheap price not true

      To this day, I'm still baffled by this phone's battery endurance rating. It has no right to achieve the exact score as the bigger 5.7" XZ2 that sports a bigger battery capacity. If not for the extra 1.0 mm body thickness, this phone would have a lower score than the XZ2.

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        • manul
        • 6rr
        • 13 Dec 2022

        Does this phone gets hot ? i got a Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact and it gets really too hot, annoying.

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          • Ant
          • ts@
          • 13 Dec 2022

          manul, 13 Dec 2022This phone looks good , right? Everything ok, but camera selfie so bad

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            • manul
            • 6ru
            • 13 Dec 2022

            This phone looks good , right?

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              • Jega
              • Hks
              • 17 Oct 2020

              Sonya

                FLORIN BV, 15 Dec 2018No 3.5 mm = no buy!. That is one of the reasons not to get a note 10.

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                  • SparkleT
                  • 4w7
                  • 30 Dec 2019

                  Notch is life, 20 Mar 2018It's pretty simple, no headphone jack, no buy. That should ... moreBluetooth speakers and earphones/pods don't need a jack access.

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                    • Pas
                    • IPH
                    • 08 Oct 2019

                    So what is the battery life really like?

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                      • GilBipp
                      • nQ1
                      • 16 Jul 2019

                      I bought it, and it's a good phone. It's nicely build compared to others flagships, and it looks good. It feels exceptionally good in hand, and even if the screen is small-ish and it is LCD and not LED it is a really, really good screen. And together with the battery, what else do you really need? You sit all day with the phone in hand and look upon the screen... These are the basically needed qualities in a phone, and this one surely has them!

                        I am a bit confused by this part of the review:

                        > No matter how much we tried, whites and grays always retained a certain level of blue tint.

                        I was able to make it go away without any difficulty, just by setting the display to my desired whitepoint of D65 ( https://i.imgur.com/bOucNAN.png ), which I confirmed with a colorimeter: https://zen-bardeen-a48215.netlify.com/

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                          • FLORIN BV
                          • 0U0
                          • 15 Dec 2018

                          No 3.5 mm = no buy!.

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                            • jedics
                            • 7se
                            • 04 Aug 2018

                            The only full spec smaller screen phone on the market and they go and make it bigger and much MUCH uglier....All that was needed was a louder speaker and better optics, like much better.....Sigh!

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                              • Gandalfdenvite
                              • 38E
                              • 09 Jun 2018

                              No 3.5 mm = no buy!

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                                • Eduardo
                                • LFD
                                • 18 May 2018

                                During rhe review (chapter competition) a comparison with the Google Pixel 2 would be make more sense than comparing with Iphone 8.

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                                  • Ditya
                                  • y$e
                                  • 28 Apr 2018

                                  I'm Samsung Galaxy Note 8 user, I love that phone so much. But, every time I use the phone, I always miss something, the phone didn't compact. Yes, it is so subjective, but hey ... not everyone like big screen phone isn't it?

                                  In the market that full of > 5.5 inch display, Sony (xz2 compact) and Apple (iPhone 8) offering you a compact phone with high specs. Sony is the only android phone that offering you that category. So ... accept that fact.

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                                    • Phn34
                                    • J9d
                                    • 04 Apr 2018

                                    It's really hard to understand why peoples fighting each other. If you like latest smartphone of Sony just go buy you'll never lose something. Anyways... It's hard for people to appreciate a product. Just get the phone which you liked guys

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                                      • AnonD-749108
                                      • mXx
                                      • 02 Apr 2018

                                      I have been a big fan of the Sony Compacts.
                                      But this weight gain is ridiculous - 20% in just 7 months! Come on Sony, surely you can do better than this.
                                      So I am now left with an older XZ1 or a Pixel2.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • tZj
                                        • 01 Apr 2018

                                        nobita, 01 Apr 2018well.. i hope sony won't follow htc's way again by selling ... moreLight flow vs Liquid flow.

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