#Sony xperia xz2 compact movie#
#Sony xperia xz2 compact full#

#Sony xperia xz2 compact movie#

You're unlikely to want to sit back and enjoy a whole movie and even if you do, no amount of display technology is going to make you feel fully immersed.ДЄnd that's the decision you need to make here - do you want a small phone, or something you can enjoy movies and games on? If size is your main factor, go for the XZ2 Compact. But I'd question the point of such cinematic screen tech on something so small. Sony boasts that it's HDR-enabled, and certainly colours look punchy and vibrant to my eye. The Xperia XZ2's 2,160x1,080-pixel resolution makes the display crisp and it's very bright too.

The final thing we need to talk about is the 5-inch screen. Is the Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact the right phone for you?

#Sony xperia xz2 compact full#

It takes great snaps though and there's a super slow-motion video mode that captures 960 frame-per-second footage in full HD - that's better quality than the slow-motion mode on the Galaxy S9. There's no dual camera for zooming, black and white shots or proper portrait blurring, so it's not as fully featured as cameras on the S9 Plus or the Huawei P20. Outdoor shots are vibrant, well exposed and sharp thanks to the 19-megapixel sensor. The camera puts in a great performance too. There's nothing you'd throw at a larger phone that the Compact won't also happily eat up.

Running Qualcomm's 845 processor, it made light work of gaming, photo editing and gave some blistering scores on our set of benchmark tests - on par with the Galaxy S9 Plus and comfortably beating the Google Pixel 2. Like a hamster that's swallowed a fusion reactor, the XZ2 Compact is a tiny thing packing some serious power. Sadly, Sony has sacrificed the headphone jack on the Compact, so you'll need to get yourself a set of wireless headphones or use the supplied dongle in the box if you want to use your favorite pair of earbuds or cans. It's water-resistant too and while its polycarbonate design is yawn-inducingly plain, particularly in the dull black version I reviewed, it feels satisfyingly solid to hold. The display is larger than the 4.6-inch one on the previous Compact, but the tiny bezels around it mean that the body hasn't had to expand much to accommodate it.