Sony Xperia XA Ultra is gonna be on sale in this July. This phone was not in Sony’s Xperia X lineup at the MWC 2016. However, this phone has just shown up as a member of this “family”. With the feature of 16MP front camera, this phone surely had a great greeting.

Sony Xperia XA Ultra : great selfies even in low light

At the MWC 2016, Sony presented the Xperia X series including Xperia X, Xperia X Performance, and Xperia XA. However, none of them are available yet. Sony Xperia XA Ultra has recently become the fourth smartphone in a new X series. Besides the familiar design from Sony (the design-wise), the Ultra has a really thin bezels, a curved glass display and a a screen size of a tablet – 6 inches. Despite the 6-inch and beautiful edge to edge display, the resolution is still the same like the other top-end handsets – 1080p.

The phone is powered by a MediaTek MT6755 (aka Helio P10) processor, and runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. It will sports a 3GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. You can also expand the storage with the micro SD card up to 200GB. There will be a  a 2,700 mAh battery life with Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0. With only 10 minutes, this fast charging can provide 5.5 hours of battery life. The Ultra won’t have waterproof mode nor USB-C which will be replace by a standard micro-USB port.

The highlighted feature of this phone is a 16MP front-facing camera. Sony equipped the low-light and optical image stabilization (OIS) capabilities for this front shooter. The front camera has an 88-degree wide-angle lens with an aperture of f./2.6. There’re also a flash and a hand shutter. This hand shutter will allows you to take a shot just by raising your hand. While the 21.5MP rear camera has an aperture of f./2.4, and it doesn’t have the OIS capabilities. In the exchange with, it will use hybrid autofocus and can capture shots in the blink of an eye.

Sony Xperia XA Ultra release date

The Ultra is the first smartphone which features a 16MP front camera on the X lineup. Although megapixels aren’t the only factor making a good camera, this 16MP front-facing camera is gonna be on the top list of all selfie lovers. With 3 colors  Black, White and Lime Gold, the Sony Xperia Ultra released date will be in July. And we’re expecting that the Ultra price will be about $300.