Phone Comparison - Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Samsung Galaxy Young DS vs Samsung Galaxy Young 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Ericsson Samsung Samsung
Announced February 2011 February 2013 June 2014
Status Available - March 2011 Available - March 2013 Coming soon
Colors Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange White Iris Charcoal, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
109.4 x 58.6 x 12.5 mm
(4.31 x 2.31 x 0.49 in)
109.8 x 59.9 x 11.8 mm
(4.32 x 2.36 x 0.46 in)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz) 108 g (3.81 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon 1 GHz 1 GHz
GPU Adreno 205 - -
RAM 512 MB 768 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 400 MB 4 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K colors -
Size 4.0 inches 3.27 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (176 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.72% 49.90% 55.34%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM r FM radio
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging Fixed-focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, VGA@24fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 400 MB, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 768 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1300 mAh 1300 mAh
Stand by Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
Up to 250 h -
Talk Time Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 6 h 40 min -