Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Apple iPhone 3GS

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson	Apple
Announced
February 2011	June 2009
Status
Available - March 2011	Available - June 2009
Colors
Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange	Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
119 x 62 x 16 mm (4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )	115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm (4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
Weight
175 g (6.17 oz)	135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen	TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar]	3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar]	320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.72%	50.75%
Multi-Touch

OS
Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0	iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5
Processor
1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar]	600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar]	PowerVR SGX535 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar]	256 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
400 MB	8/16/32 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included	No

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]	3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash	No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization	Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 720p	Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging
Front Camera
Yes [Similar]	No [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0	Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support	Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite	HTML (Safari)