Sony Xperia XA Ultra in the news

Black Friday and Cyber Monday last more than two days - we've been seeing great tech deals for a couple of weeks now. But the discounts have reached a fever pitch and it can be hard to navigate all the offers, so we decided to put the best of them...

Sony is resuming the Nougat rollout for the year-old Xperia XA and Xperia XA Ultra. The duo started receiving the update at the end of last month but Sony paused it due to issues with the over the air delivery system. The XA duo is...

Nougat for the Sony Xperia XA and XA Ultra started rolling out a couple of weeks ago. But what went largely unnoticed is that the rollout was stopped shortly thereafter. Now, the company has officially confirmed the development, saying it's a...

Just yesterday Sony's Xperia XA Ultra finally started receiving the update to Android 7.0 Nougat, almost ten months after Google released that version of the OS. Today the same good news spreads to that handset's smaller sibling, the Xperia...

The latest smartphone to be on the receiving end of an update to Android Nougat is Sony's Xperia XA Ultra from last year. The handset launched in July with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, and now the time has finally come for it to get a taste of last...

After the Z Ultra, the Xperia XA Ultra defined a phablet-sized devices that targeted the mid-range market segment. Now we are getting a first look at what could be Sony’s newest flagship phablet: The Sony Xperia X Ultra. Despite the rocky start,...

If you're looking for an affordable unlocked smartphone running Android, you should check out Amazon's new event called Unlocked Days. It's already started, and for a limited time it means you can pick up certain handsets for much less than...

Sony has started rolling out a new update to its Xperia XA Ultra smartphone. It's a minor update that arrives as build number 36.0.A.2.146 for the single-SIM variants and 36.0.B.2.146 for the dual-SIM variants. Sadly, the official change-log...

Sony launched the Xperia XA Ultra in the US back in July, for a recommended retail price of $369.99 unlocked. In the meantime, we've seen that going down to just under $300 at one point, but if you're interested in this big selfie-focused phablet...

Sony has started pushing out new updates to its Xperia XA Ultra and Xperia C5 Ultra smartphones, bringing security patches as well as other changes. Specifically, the Xperia XA Ultra update includes Android security patch for the month of October...

While Sony has already published a list of devices that it says will be updated to Android Nougat, there has been no information on when the update will start arriving. That was, however, until now, as Sony Slovakia - during a presentation - has...

Alcatel is working on a version of the Idol 4s powered by Windows 10 Mobile. That's hardly news, since we first heard that an Idol 4 Pro was coming back in February. Needless to say, the device still isn't official. So Alcatel is really taking its...

Yesterday Google started pushing out the final version of Android 7.0 Nougat to Nexus devices, the Pixel C tablet, and an Android One phone. And today Sony has been quick to publish the list of devices it plans on updating to the latest version of...

The Sony Xperia XA Ultra has received another price cut in the US, where Amazon is now selling the device for under $300 - $298.48 to be precise. It's been less than a couple of weeks since the device's US launch, and this is already the second...

The Sony Xperia XA Ultra is now on sale in the UK. Most major retailers are selling the smartphone both online and in brick-and-mortar stores. Third-party sellers like Unlocked-Mobiles, Amazon UK and Clove UK offer the phone for £299 (including...

Sony's X flagships got hammered in our opinion polls while the big Sony Xperia XA Ultra got some statistically-positive love. A 60/40 split between yay and nay votes is not overwhelming adoration, though to be fair some of the negativity came from...

This has got to be some kind of a record. Sure, price cuts soon after launch are nothing new for Sony's X family smartphones in the US - after all, it only took around two weeks for us to see a $50 discount for the Xperia X, while the X Performance...

Sony is already selling the Xperia X, X Performance, and XA in the US unlocked - so it's absolutely no surprise that the latest member of the X family would have the same fate. Starting today, you can purchase the Sony Xperia XA Ultra from...

The Sony Xperia XA Ultra is one of the best Sony phones at the moment. It's a huge-screened phone, 6 inches, and it looks great in no small part thanks to the super-slim bezels on the side (it's the narrowest 6" phone out there). The screen...

The Sony Xperia XA Ultra is powered by a 2,700mAh battery with Qnovo's adaptive charging tech. Qnovo prolongs the battery life measured in charge cycles, but it doesn't magically make the small battery last long when powering the huge screen. To...