Why Sony Xperia phones are finally getting Alpha-style cameras

It’s a tech mystery almost as baffling as Royole’s top hat photo frame – Sony has been a pioneering force in mirrorless cameras for years, so why hasn’t it done the same for its own smartphone cameras?

Phones like the Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium haven’t had bad cameras by any means – in fact, our review of that model said its photographic powers were “hovering just below the leading pack”.

But the list of missing features like optical image stabilisation and Alpha-style autofocus has made the Xperia range feel like a real missed opportunity. Particularly as phones like the Google Pixel 3 have built their computational photographic wizardry on Sony’s own Exmor sensors.

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