After the Xperia XZ premium smartphone which was released a year ago. Now, the company unveiled its new refreshed version Xperia XZ2 premium phone with a lot more impressive feature like a larger screen, a dual lens camera, a refreshed design, and more powerful hardware.
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As of now the Sony ’s new premium flagship the XZ2 Premium has been available for pre-order in some markets but we still haven’t had the chance to assess the device as a whole. According to the reports, the device might be cost higher than the other smartphone which we got last year.
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium: Release date, price, and availability
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The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium shouldn’t be too far away from an official launch, given that Sony said it would be available from “summer 2018”.
The price of this device, which won’t come cheap.As it loads with high-end features and may cost higher than its previous flagship. it’ll be no surprise if the Xperia XZ2 Premium comes in at around $899 (about £628, $AU 1,157) or higher since this is Sony’s first dual-lens camera phone.
Specifications and features
Design and display
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Sony is putting a 5.8-inch 4K display in the XZ2 Premium, which features HDR video. When you’re watching videos, listening to music, or playing games, you’ll notice the new vibration system. Which matches whatever happens on the screen.
The screen has a 16:9 aspect ratio, so lots of video content will occupy the whole screen. The design of XZ2 premium is beautiful both inside and out. With an exclusive glass and metal finish, the Xperia XZ2 Premium is smooth, seamless and looks beautiful. The frame is 158 x 80 x 11.9mm, with Corning Gorilla Glass on the front and back, and an aluminum frame. The rear of the Xperia XZ2 Premium is curved for a more comfortable to hold and easy to carry.
As for the color, you’ll be able to get the Xperia XZ2 Premium in Chrome Black or Chrome Silver, but there may also be a Chrome Gold option, at least in some regions, it is not yet confirmed by Sony.
The Xperia XZ2 Premium does offer protection from water with an IP65/68 rating. The biggest upgrade here, according to Sony, is the camera. The XZ2 Premium has two of them around back — a first for the company.it is aligned with the center of the phone, and below that is a fingerprint scanner.
Camera and battery
Rather than adding a telephoto/zoom lens like Apple, Samsung, and OnePlus, Sony is splitting image capture between one 19-megapixel color sensor and a 12-megapixel monochrome. Sony expects the Xperia XZ2 Premium to really impress in low light, as it has an insanely high 51200 ISO for photos, and what it says is the “world’s highest ISO sensitivity for video recording in a smartphone” at ISO 12800. The front camera won’t be a slouch either, with a 13MP f/2.0 sensor. All of the cameras have 5-axis stabilization as well.
The dual camera system will also have a portrait feature (which Sony simply calls Bokeh mode) and will let you shoot using only the monochrome sensor for crisp, detailed black and white shots. Oddly, these two features won’t be on the XZ2 Premium at launch and will arrive in a Q3 software update. Like the XZ2, the Premium can record 960fps slow-mo video at 1080p resolution, an improvement over the 720p limitation on Samsung’s Galaxy S9. Here are some images were taken by the camera which gives good level detail and color management.
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The device is fuelled with large 3540mAh battery, under the hood. The glass back enables wireless charging, with Sony supporting the Qi standard.
Performance
It is powered by the latest from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 845. And, it comes loaded with 6GB of RAM. Expect this one to be a performance powerhouse for the Android team. It comes with Android 8.0 Oreo installed.
With a starting capacity of 64GB, offers by phone, that can be increased by 400GB via microSD. It’s unclear whether Sony will offer a model with a higher starting capacity, but a microSD is usually satisfactory for storing anything other than apps on a smartphone.
That’s all about the Sony Xperia XZ2 premium, the handset which offers everything you’d expect from a flagship phone.