After announcing the flagship of Sony Xperia XZ2 at the end of February, recently the Japanese smartphone manufacturer introduced a more premium handsets Xperia XZ2 Premium.
As the name implies, XZ2 Premium is equipped with a myriad of excellent features. Call it the highest resolution screen ever on smartphone, HDR 4K, and features a new dual camera system that supports very high sensitivity so you can take pictures in low light. Xperia XZ2 Premium can also record 4K HDR video.
Xperia XZ2 Premium may be referred to as an upgraded version of Xperia XZ2. While both have a design that is almost identical to the rear glass and curved appearance, but XZ2 Premium comes with a higher resolution screen, dual camera with new capabilities, and high-resolution audio experience.
Here’s some short spec X2 Premium:
– Platform: Android 8.0 Oreo
– Dimensions: 3.1 “x 6.2” x 0.3 “-0.5” (80mm x 158mm x 6.4-11.9mm), 236g weight
– System chip: Snapdragon 845 with 6GB of RAM
– Display: 5.8 “4K HDR LCD, 16: 9 aspect ratio
– Rear Cameras: New dual camera, 51200 max ISO for photos, 12800 max ISO for video
– Front Camera: 13-megapixel with 1 / 3.06 “low-light sensor
– Battery: 3,450mAh
– Extras: Live vibration response (a la Xperia XZ2), Water protection, Wireless Charging, No headphone jack
Focus on camera
Differences with Xperia XZ2 is still relying on a single camera on its back, XZ2 Premium has adopted a dual camera. The combination of dual rear camera has a different task; the main camera to capture color, while the second monochrome image recording, a different approach than the dual camera system used by Apple and Samsung, where the second camera has a magnified telephoto lens.
Sony uses black and white images from secondary cameras to get more light and then intelligently combine images from two cameras into one using a special “Aube” fusion image processor. Sony boldly claims that “ultra-sensitive camera with clean images is only possible with DLSR cameras (replaceable lenses).
By using this dual sensor camera, you can shoot in ISO up to 51200 for photos and up to 12800 ISO for video. This rate is unprecedented for camera phones.
There are several new creativity options, such as the ability to take photos in “Bokeh” mode, and can also remove some images. Other features that XZ2 includes include 4K HDR video recording which is also supported by high resolution 4K HDR display. This device can also record 960fps super slow video.
Source: Phonearena
