What's going on guys Matthew Moniz here
If you're up for a brand new device, and you're looking at an Android smartphone
And if you want something that's very small and easy to hold
There's not a lot of great options out there. The category average right now is around
5.7 inches and even though the displays are getting bigger and the bezels are getting thinner
They're still not the best phones to use with one hand. That's where the sony Xperia XZ2 compact comes in
I personally believe this is the best small phone you can buy right now and I'm gonna tell you why
So let's start off with what I really love about this device
And the first thing is obviously the size using this phone with one hand is great. I feel confident when I'm holding it
I don't feel like it's just gonna slip and drop. I don't have a bulge in my pocket when I'm walking around
It's kind of nice going to the gym in the morning and not looking excited to see everybody
The second thing is the fingerprint scanner placement
you see on the bigger XZ2 - it's placed too low and too close to the camera causing you to smudge the camera every
Now and then on the compact, there's a nice gap making it a lot more natural to get to also
It's a better spot than previous Sony devices where they had it on the right hand side. I just found it
Very awkward. If you're trying to get to it using your left hand. The next thing is features and just like it's bigger, brother
It's water-resistant, has wireless charging, a micro SD card slot for expansion and HDR support
Stereo speakers something that you usually only find on bigger
Smartphones and the best thing about it is the speakers on this sound just as good as the regular XZ2
And the last thing is the display
This is the first time Sony has used a 1080p display on their compact lineup
It offers more
Pixels per inch than the bigger XZ2 - and if you stare closely at both of them
You can see slightly more sharpness on the smaller version. So the next thing is the camera
this is the exact same camera that's on the bigger accent -
19 megapixels with an aperture of f :2.0. It takes really great pictures
In fact, I think it's pretty close to the top five cameras on the market right now
Great daylight photos with great dynamic range suffers a little bit under low light but overall a good experience
Much different from the older days of Sony phones where it would overheat after five minutes or cause the battery to drain
Great - at 4k which can shoot the HDR. This is a first on a smartphone and the difference is absolutely noticeable
And you have to remember this is Sony. These are the guys that brought 960 frames per second in 720p to smartphones
Well now they're doing it at full HD
The only downfall is you miss out on features like portrait mode, 2 times zoom or wide-angle shots, since it doesn't incorporate the second lens
Performance is also great. You have a snapdragon 845 4 gigabytes of ram
So the exact same internals as all the flagship smartphones that are coming on the market today
the software is also great running the latest version of android and the great thing about sony is
Even though they have their own UI on top of android
It's not overbearing, a lot of stock still shines through making the experience great. I've had zero issues with lag
And this phone runs nice and smooth
battery life 2870 mAh
This is a step up from the XZ 1 compact
which had about a hundred less to give you guys some context battery life is better than the LG G 7 and
S9 plus becomes nowhere close to the Huawei P 20 pro now
Let's talk about some of the things that I don't like and since we're on the topic of battery
There's a couple of things you don't get like wireless charging and no quick charging brick in the box
Wireless charging is not a big deal for me
but it might be for you but not having a quick charging break in the box with a smart phone that cost $700 Canadian is
Treason in my books and the last two things is no headphone jack
Which I totally think they could have put one
I mean this phone is
pretty thick
Which gives it a lot of space on the bottom of the device to put a headphone jack and the other thing is the design
I think it's a beautiful phone
But you are losing out on having a glass back which might make it feel a little bit cheap to some people now the upside
To this is you do get better durability
and I also encountered one error when I was using the phone I couldn't tether (hotspot tethering) with this device every time I try to get an error
Now this could be because this is a demo unit and it's not using the final retail firmware
I'm curious to anybody else out there who has this phone if they have the same issue as me because I want to know if
It's isolated or widespread
So here are my closing thoughts the Sony Xperia XZ2 compact has a lot of great things going for it great performance a beautiful display
Some external speakers as high res audio
It supports HDR takes HDR video and of course
it has a good camera the minor things that I don't like about it are that just minor like a few design changes I'd make
The tethering issue and of course no wireless charging
But if you're truly looking for the best small phone on the market right now
This isn't the phone to get now
I am taking questions on this device if you want to know anything else about this smartphone
Let me know in the comments below hit me up on Instagram because in two weeks time
I'm gonna do a Q&A about this smart phone on IG TV
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