74 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 50
REVIEW
hit the button at the right time for things that aren’t
happening continuously, Samsung’s new motion
detect feature is much better.
Sony’s 3D scanning tech has been added to the
selfie camera, so you don’t even need a friend to
help you use it any more.Battery life
As mentioned earlier, the XZ2 doesn’t have a huge
battery, despite its weight and size. It’s 3,190mAh,
which is only marginally bigger than the Galaxy S9.
The Huawei P20 measures just 7.7mm and has a
3,400mAh. Previously, Sony claimed a two-day battery
life for its phones, but that seems to be a thing of the
past, despite newer and more efficient processors.
The company now just claims all-day battery and
that’s about right unless you’re a heavy user.
In our battery test, the XZ2 managed six hours, 46
minutes. That’s only slightly more than the Galaxy
S9’s six hours, 38 minutes. Sony’s own lower tier
XA2 phones managed eight- to 10 hours in the same
benchmark. On the plus side, the XZ2 benefits from
Quick Charge 3.0 and Qi wireless charging.Software
As you’d expect the phone ships with Android 8.0
Oreo – after all, the XZ1 was the first non-Google
phone to pack that version of the operating system –
and comes with Sony’s usual tweaks and additions.
Not much has changed since the XZ1, so existing
Sony users will feel right at home. This sadly means
there still too many preloaded apps such Kobo, AVG