AndroidPit | Luca Zaninello

It's a good phone in every respect, but against the increasingly fierce competition, it might have a difficult time to catch people's attention.

Ubergizmo | Hubert Nguyen

The XPERIA XZ2 is an absolute multimedia beast. Most of the potential downsides of the XPERIA XZ2 are related to personal preferences (size, weight, design) so we'll leave it to weigh that aspect. Technologically, the phone is very powerful.

Recombu | Chris Barraclough

Sony's first flagship phone of 2018 serves up a fresh new design as well as refining the overall user experience. This shiny beast doesn't care if it's thicker or heavier than other premium blowers. Instead it concentrates on serving up a slick media experience, as well as one of the best smartphone cameras out there.

NotebookCheck | Florian Wimmer

The Sony Xperia XZ2 is a high-quality smartphone. Its performance and its great cameras are strong reasons for a purchase.

Coolsmartphone | Dan Carter

Would I recommend the XZ2? Actually I have to say yes, the new design makes it look and feel like a new phone. A great new design with good camera but a few issues here or there.

Android Authority | David Imel

Sony's Xperia XZ2 is a good phone for the spec-lover who wants some additional quirky features. While the overall experience is very good, a mediocre camera, strange design, and $799 price tag make this a hard sell for the average consumer.

Engadget | Jamie Rigg

The Xperia XZ2 has a number of desirable characteristics, but it's far from perfect. All that glass looks and feels beautiful, even if the fingerprint reader placement is a little off. The main camera takes pictures rich in detail and color. The HDR display is vibrant, but crank up the brightness and battery life really suffers. Performance-wise, it's faultless.

GadgetMatch | Kevin Bruce Francisco

Sony has made the XZ2 a pioneer in aspects of mobile videography and of course, it comes at a price.

Mobile Syrup | Sameer Chhabra

It's beautiful screen, bold design, powerful performance, long-lasting battery and admittedly impressive camera make it one of the most recommendable devices today.

TheEffect.Net | John Reilly

The Xperia XZ2's new design aesthetic, flagship-worthy processor and impressive camera tricks makes it a great option if you're planning on upgrading your smartphone this year.

V3 | Graeme Burton

The Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact is a lot of smartphone for the money. While its aesthetics could be better, it's the device's weight, more than its fatness, that prevents it from getting a full five-out-of-five.

Phone Scoop | Eric M. Zeman

If you like to listen to music and watch movies as much as you like to create your own soundtrack and film your own movie, the XZ2 is a fine place to start.

news.com.au | Matthew Dunn

The Xperia XZ2 is a unique phone that offers a number of quirky features you won't find elsewhere.

Android Headlines | Nick Sutrich

With reduced prices compared to its initial MSRP, Sony's Xperia XZ2 are killer options to consider this summer.

TechRadar | John McCann

The Sony Xperia XZ2 is an accomplished flagship smartphone, with a much-needed redesign breathing new life. It's not the major overhaul we were hoping for though, and the new features Sony has added to the Xperia XZ2 aren't anything we're inclined to really shout about. A great smartphone that's struggling to stand out

T3 | Robert Jones

Sony's flagship gets a radical (and much needed) redesign, as well as a few exclusive, world-first capabilities. Those bezels are still there though, despite being reduced, and it remains the more head-not-heart choice out of the Android flagships.

Stuff | Verity Burns

Sony's best handset yet offers plenty, but despite big strides forward, its competitors have still made bigger.

Pocket-lint | Chris Hall

A fresh new design, lots of power and a great display lead the charge. But the camera experience feels muddled, while the battery life isn't that great. However, it does offer better value for money than some rivals, making it one of the better Sony devices we've used in recent years.

phoneArena | Nick Todorov

I really wanted this phone to be a true, worthy alternative to the hugely prevalent iPhones and Galaxy S-series phones. Perhaps it would have been, had Sony priced it lower than it did, but as it is, the Xperia XZ2 stands a step behind its rivals. Just keep in mind that for the same amount of cash, there are several alternatives that could ultimately provide you with more bang for your buck.

Expert Reviews | Nathan Spendelow

That's a shame. Not only was I impressed at the phone's MWC launch, but at its price the XZ2 was shaping up to be a well-priced choice. As it stands, Sony's latest flagship doesn't do quite enough to justify buying over Samsung's Galaxy S9.

Australian PC World | Fergus Halliday

The Sony Xperia XZ2 is a good phone but, for the price and compared to the competition, it's difficult to really call it good enough to make the case for choosing it over the other options.

CNET UK | Aloysius Low

The Sony Xperia XZ2 is a solid phone, but we prefer the Huawei P20 Pro or the Samsung Galaxy S9.

Gadget Speak | mfereday

With a good looking appearance, this next handset does have some faults... The Xperia XZ2 is not the fastest device when it comes to starting the Android operating system even after an upgrade to version 9.

Wired | Jeffrey Van Camp

While it's a good phone, in a year when there are so many great Android handsets to pick from, Sony's options will likely leave it sitting on the sidelines for yet another season.

MobileTechTalk | Craig Bradshaw

Let's be clear, this isn't a bad smartphone at all, it just doesn't really excel in any one area, or deliver class-leading capabilities or functionality.

The Inquirer | Lee Bell

The Xperia XZ2 is brilliantly designed phone that showcases Sony's determination to keep improving the Xperia smartphone series, making it better with every release, no matter how minor.

Trusted Reviews | Alastair Stevenson

If you're a fan of Sony phones then you won't be disappointed with the Xperia XZ2. However, it doesn't do enough to differentiate itself from the competition. Nearly all the significant changes are moves by Sony to catch up.

Digital Trends | Julian Chokkattu

Sony packs a lot of impressive tech into the Xperia XZ2 that makes it a promising competitor to the Galaxy S9.

Alphr | Jonathan Bray

The nearly man of modern smartphones, Sony, falls short once again with the Xperia XZ2. The price is the one thing that might save it, but even taking that into consideration it doesn't do enough for me to unseat the S9 or the S9+ at the top of the smartphone pecking order.

TechnoBuffalo | Justin Herrick

Truth is that, after being pleasantly surprised by how refreshing the Xperia XZ2 seemed out of the gate, this isn't a very good flagship. Sony outdid itself, but there's no reason to chose the Xperia XZ2 over other flagships on the market.