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Sony Xperia Z2 Review

Score: 72.9 / 100

Sony Xperia Z2 is a top-level Android cellphone launched back in 2014, including a big 5.2" screen, an extremely powerful Quad-Core processor clocking at 2.3 gigahertz, and two cameras, a 20.7 megapixels back camera and a 2.2 mega-pixels front side camera. We will get a better understanding of this phone's specs when we get into deeper details.

This phone comes with a very fast Quad-Core CPU speeding at 2300 megahertz, included in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974-AB system chip with a huge 3 GB RAM memory. To collaborate with graphic rendering, this phone also counts with a 450 MHz Adreno 330 graphics processing unit. An interesting feature of the Sony Xperia Z2 is its 16 GB quite big internal memory and an SD card slot, allowing you to store a couple hundred games and applications without any trouble.

About its materials quality, the Sony Xperia Z2 is majorly created with Glass. This device has an inspired design, with a thickness of just 0.32 inches. This device is only 5.78 inches long and 2.89" wide, but it still manages to hold a 5.2 inches display. Sony has made a very nice design job making this cellphone as lightweight as 5.75 oz. Sony is offering this phone in three different colors, black, purple and white.

This cellphone has two cameras, a 20.7 mega-pixels back facing camera and a 2.2 megapixels front side camera. Its back facing camera lens has a maximum f/2 aperture so it can capture detailed photographs even in low-light situations. The Sony Xperia Z2 also shoots 4K 3840x2160 videos. This camera also has many cool characteristics like flash, auto-focus, fast burst mode, face detection shooting, digital image stabilization, HDR mode, smile detection shooting and geo tagging.

The Sony Xperia Z2 is equipped with an astonishing 5.2" display with a 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) resolution, giving this cellphone a high level image quality. Its display uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch gestures.

This phone offers wifi connectivity (and it can be shared with other devices acting as a mobile hotspot), 4G LTE great performance data connection and also HSPA+ internet connection, a lower speed 4G variation and the fastest 3G connectivity, supported by HSDPA, HSUPA and EDGE technologies. This phone works with a Micro SIM card for GSM services.

The Sony Xperia Z2 counts with a 3200 mAh big capacity Li-Ion removable battery that can keep this phone running for several hours without having to charge it at all. Sony informs a talk time of 15 hours and a stand by time of 690 hours for this phone.

This cellphone also features a great numbre of great characteristics such as Wireless charging capability, NFC, Bluetooth (4.0) and GPS Navigation, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer and Compass.

Sony is selling the Sony Xperia Z2 for 500 dollars, which is very expensive for comparing with similar cellphones. This cellphone is probably a great option for you no matter if you are looking for a cellphone mainly for internet broswing and social networks, want a phone for work, want a phone for gaming or you love taking photos.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Sony
Operating System (OS):Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2
Dimensions:5.78 x 2.89 x 0.32 inchesMetric14.68 x 7.34 x 0.81 cmImperial
Weight:5.75 ouncesMetric163.01 gImperial
Colors:Black, Purple and White
Materials:Glass
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Release date:2014-02-24
Price:$ 500.00

Display

Screen Type:IPS LCD (16M colors)
Size:5.2 inchesMetric13.2 cmImperial
Resolution:1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD)
Pixel density:424 pixels per inchMetric166.93 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974-AB
Processor:Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2300 MHz)
RAM Memory:3 GB
Graphics Processor:Adreno 330 (450 MHz)
Internal Memory:16 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li-Ion
Removable:Yes
Capacity:3200 mAh
Wireless Charging:Yes
Stand-by Time:690 hours
Talk Time:15 hours

Camera

Back camera:20.7 megapixels
    Aperture:f/2.00
    Sensor size:0.43 inches (1/2.3")
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:2.2 megapixels
Max video resolution:3840 x 2160 (4K)
Camera features:Auto-Focus, Digital Image Stabilization, Face Detection Shooting, Fast Burst Mode, Geo Tagging, HDR Mode and Smile Detection Shooting

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Micro SIM
LTE (4G) Bands:700 (band 13), 700 (band 17), 800 (band 20), 850 (band 5), 900 (band 8), 1700/2100 (band 4), 1800 (band 3), 1900 (band 2), 2100 (band 1), 2600 (band 7)
UMTS Bands:850, 900, 1700/2100, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
Technologies:LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.0
GPS:Yes
NFC (Near Field Communication):Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor