Hi Friends,
Sony recently launched the second versions of the hit series of smartphones enhancing their capabilities and in some places changing the whole design of the smartphone as compared to the last year's version of the phone. I loved the Sony Xperia XA Ultra smartphone last year and there are a lot of images I shared on my instagram channel using the smartphone.
This year I got the review unit for 2 weeks and it came in dashing Gold color which looks amazingly beautiful. I totally fell in love with the same and it was heart breaking to let it go back to the PR company. But anyhow, here are some of the features of the smartphone which I really liked and loved. I thing I observed is that all smartphones from Sony in this range has USB Type-C but still has a headphone jack intact.
I feel I am attracted to the devices which have 6 inch display screens and XA1 Ultra has Full HD (1080p) display which acquires the whole property of the smartphone. The six inches of screen covers edge to edge and only top and bottom portions have some metal on this Sony's marvel design.
This really looks wonderful when you are playing HD games or watching some Youtube video's at 720p or 1080p resolutions as this also includes the Sony's trademark image enhance technology. The best part is that this smartphone is only 8.1mm thick and display is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 2.5D. The text and images both looks great and sharp.
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| Low Light Photo at Water Circus Show at Silverstar Casino |
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| The Globe at Silverstar Casino |
Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra is equipped with 23MP rear camera with Hybrid Autofocus, Steadyshot and 5X Clear Image Zoom. I loved the Exmor RS mobile image sensor on this device as it had the capability of ISO to go upto 6400 which can help in low light photos. Talk about the front camera and you will be swooshed to the floor as it takes amazing selfies with its 16MP OIS enabled (Optical Image Stabilizer) and a smart selfie flash is added in the front too instead of screen going white to glow. As in all Sony Smartphones, this one also has a dedicated camera button to open the app in an instance and comes with all the extra apps that you can find in any of the Sony Xperia smartphone like AR effect, Creative effect, Sound Photo, Timeshift burst and Panorama as pre-installed.
Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra is powered with MediaTek Helio P20 Octa Core 64bit (Quad Core 2.3GHz + Quad Core 1.6GHz) processor and 4GB RAM and internal memory on the review unit was 32GB which can be expanded upto 256GB using microSD card. This smartphone has 2700mAh battery which seems small on paper but it performs for a day's operation and can be quick charged using Qnovo Adaptive Charging technology powered by MediaTek Pump Express Plus 2.0.
In the end, this smartphone weights only 188 grams and is a single SIM phone which takes Nano-SIM to connect you to 2G, 3G and 4G networks. The out of the box smartphone runs on Android v7.0 Nougat and offers amazing features. As in all Sony products, they are known for their audio and video capabilities, this one too doesn't need any introduction. I truly loved this one and here are some of the images I took with this smartphone. The smartphone is retailing at around ZAR 7000 and can be bought during the Black Friday sale if you are looking for a smartphone in that price range.
At one point of time way back in 2010-11 in London I used to have so many Sony products (from earphones to headphones, ebook reader to iPod dock, CD player to cassette player, mobile phone to Noise cancellation headphones) around me but currently I am not using even a single one. All of those were bought by me in London or gifted to me by my brother back then.
Cheers!!!
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| Shot at Fairlawns Boutique Hotel |
Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra is powered with MediaTek Helio P20 Octa Core 64bit (Quad Core 2.3GHz + Quad Core 1.6GHz) processor and 4GB RAM and internal memory on the review unit was 32GB which can be expanded upto 256GB using microSD card. This smartphone has 2700mAh battery which seems small on paper but it performs for a day's operation and can be quick charged using Qnovo Adaptive Charging technology powered by MediaTek Pump Express Plus 2.0.
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| Shot at Fairlawns Boutique Hotel |
In the end, this smartphone weights only 188 grams and is a single SIM phone which takes Nano-SIM to connect you to 2G, 3G and 4G networks. The out of the box smartphone runs on Android v7.0 Nougat and offers amazing features. As in all Sony products, they are known for their audio and video capabilities, this one too doesn't need any introduction. I truly loved this one and here are some of the images I took with this smartphone. The smartphone is retailing at around ZAR 7000 and can be bought during the Black Friday sale if you are looking for a smartphone in that price range.
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| Selfie using front 16MP with flash ON |
At one point of time way back in 2010-11 in London I used to have so many Sony products (from earphones to headphones, ebook reader to iPod dock, CD player to cassette player, mobile phone to Noise cancellation headphones) around me but currently I am not using even a single one. All of those were bought by me in London or gifted to me by my brother back then.
Cheers!!!
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