Sony’s Xperia XZ2 phones have a fresh design, smaller bezels
They warn you to be careful what you wish for. For quite some time now, fans and onlookers alike have wished that Sony would make bolder changes to its flagship smartphones. Well, at MWC 2018, Sony showed that change as indeed finally happened, and its names are the Xperia XZ2 and the Xperia XZ2 Compact. Now it remains to be seen whether these are the changes that fans have been waiting for or whether they’re now wishing they could put the genie back in the bottle.
The old Xperia were blocky, sharp, flat, and dated. They were, admittedly, also unique, making them stand out from the crowd, for better or worse. Those are all gone now, with Sony embracing curves on all sides save for the front. Like it’s “half-step” Loop Surface, the sides are rounded and don’t cut into your hand. New to Sony’s “Ambient Flow” design language is the curved back, glass in the case of the Xperia XZ2 and polycarbonate plastic on the Xperia XZ2 Compact.