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Hi admins, Sony,
I have few days testing the 50.2.A.0.379 Xperia XA2/Ultra/dual models.
I must admit that this upgrade made this phone be outstanding and feeling so great in day to day usage even about battery life. No more signal problems, nor Bluetooth or else till now.
But Sony, why it must be a BUT? If Sony implemented this from factory software, a few months ago, there were no refurbished XA2 family phones, nor losing big fans. Sony learn from mistakes please!
Because I am trying to help and keep my friends to use Xperia device with great pleasure, I am sending these issues here for all of us! Two issues are still bad. One is new the other is old!
1. Stock camera is still bad and even worst compared to Andoird 8. Third parties are the only better compared to stock Sony camera. I will put some samples about issues I have found and please take note to fix these issues:
a) The night mode (from flash mode) is worst than before because of more noise and the camera offers mixed results, never constant (sometimes with no noise-grain at all, and most of the times very grainy). Look at some samples took in very dark with stock camera:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/118iN2UJUZquSIkpV_cIzOqTshyGCdxj2/view?usp=sharing
night mode in superior mode full dark
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m5oe8_qkd7BWIyOWihvYgxXuz9FHFD8m/view?usp=sharing
night mode in manual mode 1 s
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lTqh5AdP0DmLl4WQW5X1gtbnvDy-swYZ/view?usp=sharing
night mode in superior mode
b) Here is a sample with a third party:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JngJHy0NbN6PZk7QqCeemxznMLZfCXeC/view?usp=sharing
c) Now, manual focus have errors at its margins regarding macro or infinite. When scrolling to minimum or maximum on the ruler grid of manual setting, the camera remains in blur as if was never triggered to change the focus. Look a sample of macro and the same is with infinite (on third party it's working well):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zirjPo_m61Y2wTSsyxreIsMS86X1-SDU/view?usp=sharing
2) The second issue (very important) is about call recording. Sony do something for XA2 family to record call, make an app or something. Sony, I have friends that now are more complaining about this device and more and more people will quit using your devices.
Sony take wise actions to keep your fans appreciating you like in the past.
Thank you!
Alex
Sony please fix camera for android 9 latest upgrade *379. There are still problems.
1. Very bad grain and noise in zooming no matter daylight, dusk or dark.
2. Night mode doesn't apply like before results are so grainy.
3. Superior mode is worst that manual regarding noise.
4. Manual mode shutter speed are very noisy.
Bad superior mode:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zpSVB7ul7mPJqtYrziftBrcZBUFZefea?usp=sharing
Bad night mode:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11jiKhZ64QXXbiQ1Xi-jM334QlfCGDi5v?usp=sharing
Sony XA models and XA1 models had so good zooming photo quality. Why the XA2/ultra devices have so much issues? This camera is very low in quality for this class.
Please send this message to the software engineers to solve it once and for all!
Alex
Bad superior mode for low light mode. Big in size - over 10 mp, slow shutter speed, multiple shots and the results are like that:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iNU65zdUuCqlQmG4huIuhbtyFmCju2Ug/view?usp=sharing
We are few die hard fans that are waiting for improving camera for android 9.
Thank you!
Alex
We are waiting for a camera update! Please admins send these to Sony!
Thank you!
Xperia xa2 ultra, the update of android 9 has a terribly lowered its quality compared to android 8. The portrait mode is too exaggerated skin softening, it is unnatural. The night mode is terribly bad.
Please correct it ASAP.
I installed Android 9.0 on my Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra and the camera is terrible especially with the flash at night. And the focus is a disaster. Really bad for this phone and for Sony. I'm disappointed and please fix this or allow back on the old version(Oreo).
Last phone i will get from this crap of company.
I come with latest upgraded me and my friends using Xperia devices are waiting for the latest and very neccesary upgrades.
Even though I've tried in front of my friends to tell everything is fine (for this device at least) there are issues that weren't fixed by many weeks till now. Sony is losing ground and none are wanting to buy because of your insolence of individuals like you. Even if you are still receiving issues still nothing is done. If you were able to send instructions to software engineers and functional updates were implemented there was no problem yet in any device not only XA2 ultra (L3 have fatal screen and software issues and still do not care after 6 months of being on the market worldwide).
Anyway because I also use XA2 ultra dual the issues I still can relate like the user above, for android 9 still are:
How can you imagine a device like this will be bought anymore? How can I recommend Xperia when its care admins are smoking weed and pretending everything is fine? Get real dudes! You have killed Sony Xperia with your insolence! Hope you are happy!
With great ingratitude to this constant and intended insolence,
Alex