Sony announces Xperia XA2 Ultra, Xperia XA2 and Xperia L2 phones

We’re only a week into 2018 and already Sony has announced three new phones, using CES 2018 to reveal the Sony Xperia XA2, Xperia XA2 Ultra and Xperia L2.

The most high-end of these is the Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra, which has a 6-inch 1080p edge-to-edge screen, an aluminum frame and a 23MP f/2.0 rear camera with support for 4K video recording and 120fps slow motion recording.

There’s also a dual-lens camera on the front, consisting of a 16MP f/2.0 camera with optical image stabilization, alongside an 8MP super wide-angle f/2.4 camera, both of which have a flash.

Other specs include a mid-range Snapdragon 630 chipset, 4GB of RAM, a 3,580mAh fast-charging battery, a rear-facing fingerprint scanner, 32GB or 64GB of storage, a microSD card slot and Android Oreo. The Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra will be available in silver, black, blue and gold.

The Sony Xperia XA2 looks a lot like the Xperia XA2 Ultra, just smaller

The Sony Xperia XA2 looks a lot like the Xperia XA2 Ultra, just smaller

Xperia XA2 and Xperia L2

Moving slightly down the range there’s the Sony Xperia XA2, which has a 5.2-inch 1080p screen but an otherwise very similar design, complete with a fingerprint scanner on the back and a 23MP f/2.0 rear camera. 

There’s only one front-facing snapper though, namely an 8MP f/2.4 wide-angle one.

Specs are also similar but not identical. It has the same Snapdragon 630 chipset for example but a smaller 3,300mAh battery. There’s 3GB of RAM under the hood, 32GB of storage, a microSD card slot and the phone runs Android Oreo. Color choices meanwhile include silver, black, blue and pink.

The Sony Xperia L2 has larger bezels to the side of the screen

The Sony Xperia L2 has larger bezels to the side of the screen

Finally, there’s the Sony Xperia L2, which has a 5.5-inch 720p screen, one which isn’t quite as borderless as the XA2 range.

There’s a 13MP f/2.0 camera on the back, an 8MP f/2.4 wide-angle one on the front and a 3,300mAh battery inside.

It has a MediaTek MT6737T chipset, 3GB of RAM, Android Nougat, 32GB of storage, a microSD card slot, a fingerprint scanner on the back and comes in black, pink or gold.

All of these phones will be available in February in the UAE and KSA. Pricing has been set at AED 1,149/SAR 1,179 for the Xperia XA2, AED 1,549/SAR 1,499 for the Xperia XA2 Ultra and AED 848/SAR 799 for the Xperia L2.

Abbas Jaffar Ali
Managing Editor - Middle East

Abbas has been living and breathing tech before phones became smart or clouds started storing data. It all started when he got his very first computer- the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. From computers to mobile phones and watches, Abbas is always interested in tech that is smarter and smaller because he believes that tech shouldn’t be something that gets added to your life- it should be a part of your life.