Sony Xperia XA2 and XA2 Ultra now official

Sony has just unveiled a plethora of new selfie smartphones in the CES stage, and that includes the third-generation mid-range phones dubbed as the XA2 and the XA2 Plus.

Following the design ethos of its predecessors sans the rear-mounted fingerprint scanner this time around, the XA2 and XA2 plus offer better hardware this time around — Snapdragon chips, bigger battery capacities, and Android 8.0 Oreo with Sony’s customizations right out of the box.

Sony Xperia XA2 specs:
5.2-inch Full HD IPS LCD display @ 1920 x 1080px, 424ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass
2.2GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
Adreno 510 GPU
3GB RAM
32GB internal storage
expandable via microSD up to 256GB
23MP rear PDAF camera w/ LED Flash: f/2.0, 24mm, 1/2.3″
8MP AF front camera: f/2.0, 23mm, 1/4″
4G LTE
Single SIM / Dual SIM (nano)
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 5.0
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Fingerprint scanner
NFC
USB Type-C 1.0
Android 8.0 Oreo
3300mAh nonremovable Li-Ion battery
142 x 70 x 9.7 mm
171 g
Colors: Silver, Black, Blue, Pink

Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra specs:
6.0-inch Full HD IPS LCD display @ 1920 x 1080 pixels, 367ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass
2.2GHz Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
Adreno 510 GPU
4GB RAM
32GB or 64GB internal storage
23MP rear PDAF camera w/ LED Flash: f/2.0, 24mm, 1/2.3″
16 MP (f/2.0, 23mm, 1/2.6″, OIS, AF) + 8 MP AF front cameras
4G LTE
Single SIM / Dual SIM (nano)
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 5.0
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Fingerprint scanner
NFC
USB Type-C 1.0
Android 8.0 Oreo
3580mAh nonremovable Li-Ion battery
163 x 80 x 9.5 mm
221 g
Colors: Silver, Black, Blue, Gold

The Sony Xperia XA2 and XA2 Ultra will be available in key markets starting February 2018. Pricing has not been announced.