Disadvantages of Sony Xperia XA Ultra. Hello my friends , The Internet can be a scary place with its billions of users, but modern smartphones have a way to let you leave your mark - the selfie camera. That's exactly what the Sony Xperia XA Ultra is all about. It's one of only two phones to feature optical image stabilization on the front-facing camera. And what a camera it is - a dedicated LED flash and a large 1/2.6" sensor of 16MP resolution. That's the same sensor size and resolution as the main camera on the Galaxy S6!.
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Xperia XA Ultra is quite similar to the smaller XA, which (it is no secret) is our favorite looking phone of the new Xperia X line. Aside from the screen, of course, Ultra is Sony speak for a 6" screen.It has a higher resolution, 1080p, which makes it sharper to boot. And slender it is too - the narrowest 6" phone in our database, despite its metal sides.
Sony Xperia XA Ultra key features
- Monster of selfie camera: 16MP 1/2.6" sensor, optical image stabilization, LED flash
- Narrowest phone with 6-inch screen
- 6" 1,080 x 1,920px LCD with 367ppi, Mobile Bravia Engine 2; 2.5D scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
- Android v6.0 Marshmallow with Xperia launcher
- MediaTek MT6755 Helio P10 chipset, octa-core 2GHz Cortex-A53 CPU; Mali-T860MP2 GPU; 3GB RAM
- 21.5 MP camera with 1/2.4" sensor; 1080p@30fps video recording and hybrid autofocus
- 16GB of built-in storage and a microSD card slot
- Single and dual-SIM variants
- LTE Cat.4 (150Mbps); Dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n; A-GPS/GLONASS receiver, Bluetooth v4.1, FM radio with RDS
- Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
- 2,700mAh non-removable battery (Pump Express 2.0 charging supported)
Main Disadvantages
- Tiny battery for the size, and not particularly efficient 28nm chipset
- No fingerprint reader
- OIS on selfie camera, but not on the main camera. Go figure
- No increased water protection
Besides the huge screen, it's the selfie camera that we liked most. It's the best on the market hands down. Even more expensive phones can't match it, not the HTC 10 (5MP + OIS), not the Oppo F1 Plus (16MP). It offers high-quality stills and videos, great dynamic range, especially with HDR.
HDR takes forever to process, though, we would have liked to see a faster chipset. It handles most apps easily, but the Helio P10 isn't cut out for gaming or fast image processing.
The screen - the huge 6" screen - is bright and offers high-contrast and great viewing angles. Color reproduction is not perfect, but more accurate screens in this price range are rare.
The metal frame of the phone feels pretty upscale and Sony even managed to fix up the battery life (it's still well below what we expect from phones this size).
