I bought both; the XL2 first which is expected to be delivered around mid December. Then my current phone died and got the 2 this week.
It's an excellent phone, snappy and battery is not bad too. I haven't pop my SIM in yet, but have been fiddling with the settings and leaving most of the features on (location, notification, weather, traffic, etc) the whole day. I took it off the charger approx 6 hrs ago and I still have 76% left with current SOT of 1 hr +.
The camera is just wow. Camera is probably one of my least use app on any of my phones but with this one, I kept going back to the camera and take pictures of random stuff around the house.