Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium hands-on review

21 July 2018
Premium Sony Xperias is where a lot of firsts happen - first 4K display on a smartphone with the Z5 Premium, first HDR display on a smartphone with the XZ Premium alongside 960fps super slow-mo video recording, and now, on the Xperia XZ2 Premium - a dual camera for the first time on a Sony smartphone (a bit late to that party, eh?).

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LG Superfan, 22 Jul 2018Except designMuch better than any lg phone tho

    Brandstifter, 22 Jul 2018The design is great as well. Classic Sony design.It was great before XZ2 this is crap thick curving back, with average battery size, bad fingerprint/camera placement

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      • 22 Jul 2018

      Brandstifter, 22 Jul 2018The design is great as well. Classic Sony design.Actually back is ugly as hell and looks like cheap chinaphone.

        LG Superfan, 22 Jul 2018Except designThe design is great as well. Classic Sony design.

          Syuser, 22 Jul 2018Best device at the moment in every aspect! Well done Sony!Except design

            Gsmarena should have compared samples with P20 Pro though the samples are nice look more natural compared to Pixel and video is unmatched

              Best device at the moment in every aspect! Well done Sony!

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                • Anonymous
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                • 22 Jul 2018

                The camera software is certainly not optimised. It is using a rather fast shutter speed of 1/50s in low light situations when it can really go down to 1/25s. This will allow it to use a more sane ISO of 500 instead of 1000.

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 22 Jul 2018

                  Anonymous, 21 Jul 2018ppl bash xz2 because of weight. even tech sites do, but iph... moreBoth phones are too heavy.

                    If the final version of that software in the cameras are out, it will be more exciting to see the true potential of this new camera sensors!

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                      • 22 Jul 2018

                      I'm waiting for the camera test review. Please make some test with other flagship phone like Huawei P20 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S9+, iPhone X, and other flagship.

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                        • 22 Jul 2018

                        Anonymous, 21 Jul 2018Ok, let me be more specific: Unacceptable quality - smearin... moreFilm making? On a crappy mobile camera? At low light?

                        First of all mobile cameras are meant for mobile viewing. Even if you use it to shoot your children's memories on it, it will end up being a waste, get a proper point and shoot camera instead and get a proper video camcorder.

                        When you see or hear about some portions of the major motion picture being filmed on iPhone or even GoPro make no mistake that heavy hardware modification were added and post was done by the cream of the crop people who know what to look for and know how to fix it.

                        If you want to make film instead of wasting $1,000 on a phone you should really look into some used battle tested DLSR alternatives with great lenses packed in a combo. Then you should save couple of more $ grand to buy proper lights. Something most of the newcomer film makers totally ignore.

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                          • 22 Jul 2018

                          HutHutHut, 22 Jul 2018Very impressive image quality... After about 10 generations... morevery well said!

                            HutHutHut, 22 Jul 2018Very impressive image quality... After about 10 generations... moreIn case you haven't realised it was the regular P20 which has been used in this review for the comparison. P20 Pro will be even better.

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                              • 22 Jul 2018

                              bmth, 22 Jul 2018IMHO sony should order custom processor from processor make... moreWhat ?

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                                • 22 Jul 2018

                                The last experia I bought, will be the last I buy. The casing and recharging port were so fragile they may as well have been made of glass. The second time the thing stopped charging, after paying $105 to repair it the first time, I threw it in the trash.

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                                  • 22 Jul 2018

                                  Very impressive image quality... After about 10 generations of abysmal image quality in their smartphones... Sony has finally got its image processing right! Low light is particularly impressive. Definitelty vastly superior to Huawei's P20 Pro.

                                    Anonymous, 21 Jul 2018It is 4K with most apps running 1080p, not 1080p with 4K f... morelg say next flagship g8 model has 4K MLCD+ RGBW display over 1000 nits

                                      BillyUK, 22 Jul 2018This looks like a phone from 3 years ago - those top and bo... moreNot just the stereo speakers
                                      The front camera is a massive 13MP 1/3.6" sensor, and for reference, it is as large as the iPhone X's main camera.

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                                        • 22 Jul 2018

                                        Moparlinke, 22 Jul 2018Never seen a phone this ugly in many years. Would never bu... moreAt least it's original. It's shaped like a fastfood apple pie.
                                        https://copykat.com/2014/06/28/10-fast-food-items-gone-forever/mcdonalds-hot-apple-pie/

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