Sony's cameras have always been one of the best reasons to buy an Xperia, so it's little surprise the company went with one of its impressive 23-megapixel sensors with hybrid autofocus and support for 4K video recording plus 120-fps slow-motion shooting. Low-light performance should also be respectable, at the very least, thanks to the camera's ability to shoot at up to ISO 12,800. Flip the phone over and you'll find an 8-megapixel wide angle camera with a 120-degree wide-angle lens just for good measure.

Curiously, the XA2 -- along with every other phone Sony announced today -- features a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. That normally wouldn't raise any eyebrows, but this design shift is notable because of Sony's seeming resistance in the past to including fingerprint sensors in its US devices. Not so anymore: Every version of the XA2 will have a fingerprint sensor, and for that we're grateful.