Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra with 6-inch 1080p display, dual front cameras, Android 8.0 announced


Sony just announced Xperia XA2 Ultra, successor of last year’s Xperia XA Ultra at the CES 2018. It has the same 6-inch 1080p screen with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, but this is powered by Snapdragon 630 instead of MediaTek Helio P10 SoC in the predecessor. It runs Android 8.0 (Oreo) out of the box. The main highlight is its Dual Selfie cameras with flash. It has a 16-megapixel primary front camera with OIS along with an 8-megapixel secondary camera with 120° wide-angle camera.

It has a 23-megapixel rear camera with 1/2.3″ Exmor RS sensor, Hybrid Autofocus and LED flash. It has a fingerprint sensor on the back, comes in single and dual SIM versions and packs a 3580mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 and Qnovo Adaptive Charging.

Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra specifications

  • 6-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Image Enhance Technology, Corning Gorilla Glass protection
  • 2.2 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 508 GPU
  • 4GB RAM, 32GB/64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 256GB via microSD card
  • Android 8.0 (Oreo)
  • Single / Dual SIM
  • 23MP camera with 1/2.3″ Exmos RS sensor, Hybrid Auto-Focus, 84° wide-angle f/2.0 lens
  • 16MP front-facing camera with flash, 1/2.6″ ExmorRS sensor, OIS, 88-degree wide-angle f/2.0 lens, secondary 8MP  camera with 120° super wide-angle f/2.4 lens, 1/4″ Exmor R sensor
  • Dimensions: 163 x 80 x 9.5mm; Weight: 221g
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS, GLONASS, NFC, USB Type-C
  • 3580mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, Qnovo Adaptive Charging

The Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra comes in Silver, Black, Blue and Gold colors and will roll out starting from February 2018. No word on the pricing yet.


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