The Sony Xperia XA Ultra is an Android smartphone manufactured by

Sony Mobile Communications Sony Mobile Communications Inc. ( ja, ソニーモバイルコミュニケーションズ株式会社) was a multinational telecommunications company founded on October 1, 2001, as a joint venture between Sony Group Corporation and Ericsson. I ...

. It was announced in May 2016 and was released in July 2016.

Specifications

Hardware

The device features a

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screen, also features a 64-bit 2.0 GHz octa-core

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MT6755 (Helio P10) system-on-chip with 3 GB of RAM. The device also has 16 or 32 GB internal storage with

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card expansion up to 256 GB and includes non-removable 2700 mAh battery. The rear-facing camera of the Xperia XA Ultra is 21.5

megapixel In digital imaging, a pixel (abbreviated px), pel, or picture element is the smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest point in an all points addressable display device. In most digital display devices, pixels are the smal ...

s with sensor size of 1/2.4 inch, featuring

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IMX258

image sensor An image sensor or imager is a sensor that detects and conveys information used to make an image. It does so by converting the variable attenuation of light waves (as they pass through or reflect off objects) into signals, small bursts of curr ...

with quick launch and also features

hybrid autofocus An autofocus (or AF) optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus on an automatically or manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system ...

that utilizes phase detection

autofocus An autofocus (or AF) optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus on an automatically or manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system ...

that can focus the object within 0.03 seconds. The front-facing camera is 16 megapixels with sensor size of 1/2.6-inch, featuring

IMX234 image sensor and 88-degree depth of field. The front facing camera also features an

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and

Optical Image Stabilization Image stabilization (IS) is a family of techniques that reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera or other imaging device during exposure. Generally, it compensates for pan and tilt (angular movement, equivalent to yaw and pit ...

. The rear-facing camera, however, does not feature optical image stabilization.

Software

The Xperia XA Ultra is preinstalled with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with Sony's custom interface and software. On August 23, 2016, Sony announced that the Xperia XA Ultra would receive an upgrade to Android 7.0 Nougat. On June 15, 2017, it was reported that Android Nougat was rolling out to the Xperia XA Ultra.

Variants

Here are the complete description of the Xperia XA Ultra variants in the world:

Release dates

The Sony Xperia XA Ultra was released in various markets, including USA, India, Hong Kong and Taiwan on 27 July 2016.

References

External links

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Official Press ReleaseOfficial Whitepaper

Official Whitepaper (Dual SIM version)
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