ISSUE 50 • ANDROID ADVISOR 71REVIEWIt’s a bit of a gimmick, doesn’t work with every app
and you need to be holding the phone but works
reasonably well – especially for film trailers.
Cameras
Thanks to an exclusive image processor developed
together with Qualcomm, Sony promises that
the camera in the XZ2 has reduced noise, better
colour reproduction, and improved contrast when
compared to the XZ1.
Despite rivals having two or even three rear
cameras, such as the Huawei P20 Pro we looked at in
the previous issue, the XZ2 has a lone 19Mp camera
and there’s no optical image stabilization. Also, the
camera can’t take images in portrait mode.
The blurred background bokeh effect is one of
the big selling points of dual-lens cameras for most,
The XZ2’s can’t take
pictures in portrait mode