Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium: Features. Xperia XZ2 Premium: Prices and Reviews

The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium is the most advanced mobile phone in the business – the first with a dual rear camera – and the world's first to record 4K video with HDR (with the
Xperia XZ2
($ 655 on Amazon.com) ), according to Sony.

Still, the Xperia XZ2 Premium maintains a 4K HDR screen from the Xperia XZ Premium while bringing the super slow camera recording to 960fps in Full HD and the Xperia XZ2's specialized vibration engine.

In general, it is good to see that Sony has slightly changed the design of the Xperia XZ2 Premium and that it continues to test new features that allow it to differentiate itself from others. However, its design does not convince at all, it is very heavy, wide, slippery and the positioning of the fingerprint reader is not the best.

In addition, the Xperia XZ2 Premium is one of the most expensive mobile phones currently available (999 USD), its life does not meet expectations and its functions are not a necessity – in many case, they can be ignored. ] The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium is a good cell phone that seems to be almost a pocket TV, but I think for its price the Xperia XZ2 is a better option and, beyond, the
LG V35 ThinQ
($ 700 at Amazon.com)
Galaxy S9 Plus
($ 839 in Sam's Club) and
LG G7 ThinQ
($ 650 on Amazon.com) offer a better experience for its price.

Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium: Specifications and Features

• Display: 5.8 inches
• Resolution: 3,840×2,160 pixels (4K)
• Processor: Snapdraong 845
• RAM: 6 GB
• ] Storage: 64GB
• MicroSD Slot: Yes (up to 400GB)
• Operating System: Android Oreo
• Water Resistance: Yes, IP68 (up to To 1.5 meters deep up to 30 minutes)
• Rear cameras: 19 megapixels in color with an aperture of f / 1.8 and 12 megapixels in black and white with an aperture of f / 1.6
• Front camera: 13 megapixels with aperture f / 2.0
• Wireless charge: Yes
• Overall fingerprint reader: Yes
• Weight: 236 grams
• Size: 158x80x11.9mm
• Colors: Black and silver

Pricing and Availability

The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium is available for US $ 999.99 in black or gray.

Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium Vs. Xperia XZ2

The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium is very similar to the Xperia XZ2, but it has some improvements and differences. Here are the differences between these two Sony phones.

Advantages

• 4K Screen
• Dual rear camera (instead of one) with better aperture
• More RAM (6GB vs 4GB)
• More battery (3.540mAh vs 3.180 mAh)
• Front camera with more megapixels (13 megapixels vs 8 megapixels)

Disadvantages

• It's much bigger and heavier
• Its bevels are bigger
• It costs 200 US $ more (US $ 999)
• 4K drains the battery faster
• Your cameras do not have photo mode with a blurry background, but you will receive an update that allows

"Modern" Sony Design

The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium has the same concept as the company introduced with the Xperia XZ2 and Xperia XZ2 Compact including a relatively bezel screen small (or at least smaller than its predecessor), double front speaker, a curved glbad back with a fingerprint reader to the center of the phone, no headphone jack, a button dedicated to the camera, IP68 water resistance and with wireless charging compatibility.

That's good because the company had barely changed the design of its flagship phones for years, as the competition evolved to become more appealing and modern.

Although this is a good step for Sony, the Xperia XZ2 Premium has glbades wider than the Xperia XZ2 and is less comfortable to use because it is heavy, wide, thick and slippery. You will get used to it over time, but you will get tired of using it more often than other cell phones because of it.

It's possible that this is due to all the technology that Sony has incorporated into the Xperia XZ2 Premium, but I'm sure the design could have improved a bit to hide that big weight and reduce it a bit. size of the device.

A 4K HDR screen that improves the quality of content that is not 4K

The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium has a 5.8-inch HDR screen that is 11 percent larger and 30 percent larger bright as the 4K HDR screen built into the Xperia XZ Premium last year.

In addition, the Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium has the ability to increase the quality of regular content to almost 4K and HDR to provide better contrast, clarity and more vivid colors, thanks to the use from an X-Reality image processor as in the Sony Bravia Televisions.

This is one of the main differences with the Xperia XZ Premium, since this mobile phone, like its predecessors, focused on offering quality 4K content only with this resolution, while maintaining the interface and the rest of the content in Full HD (1080p). According to Sony told CNET in Spanish, the Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium increases the quality of the interface to almost 4K.

Although it's good because it allows you to get the most out of this beautiful screen and technology that Sony has implemented in this mobile phone, this time also translates into a reduction in the longevity of the drums. (more on that below).

Performance

In performance, there is not much to complain about the Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium because it responds correctly to my actions and offers a great fluidity while surfing the interface or even playing all kinds of video games.

Xperia XZ2 Premium performance also accounted for this good behavior, achieving markers similar to what mobile phones like
OnePlus 6
($ 644 on Amazon.com) the Galaxy S9 Plus, the LG G7 ThinQ and the HTC U12 Plus reached. However, Sony's mobile phone was the one that got the highest score in the graphical processing test, which is very remarkable. In the other tests it was very even or just a little lower with the best.

The Xperia XZ2 Premium has a dual front speaker that offers good sound quality and thanks to a cable headset, it offers high fidelity sound and its DSEE HX engine enhances the sound of music with a not so high quality so it sounds better. Of course, this will also depend directly on the quality of the headphones you have, but that's a good thing.

Battery life

The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium generally lasts all day thanks to its large battery, but with intensive use and the reproduction of many videos the duration is considerably shortened.

Just what is conveyed in our battery life test consisting of continuous video playback in airplane mode. In this test, the Xperia XZ2 Premium lasted only 8 hours and 40 minutes, less than 11 hours and 11 minutes as the Xperia XZ2 reached, the 12 hours and 15 minutes that the iPhone X and the 12 o'clock and 35 minutes of the LG G7 ThinQ.

In addition, this result is far from the 15 hours and 45 minutes that took the OnePlus 6 and 17 hours of the Galaxy S9 Plus.