Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs LG Optimus G E973

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson	LG
Announced
February 2011	August 2012
Status
Available - March 2011	Available - September 2012
Colors
Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange	Black
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
119 x 62 x 16 mm (4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )	131.9 x 68.9 x 8.5 mm (5.19 x 2.71 x 0.33 in)
Weight
175 g (6.17 oz)	145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800	HSDPA
4G Network
-	LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen	True HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar]	4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar]	800 x 1280 pixels (321 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.72%	70.55%
Multi-Touch

OS
Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0	Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1.1
Processor
1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar]	Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MDM9615/APQ8064 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar]	Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar]	2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
400 MB	N/A
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included	microSD, up to 32 GB

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]	13 MP, autofocus [Similar]
Flash
LED flash	LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization	Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 720p	Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light
Front Camera
Yes [Similar]	Yes [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA	HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP	Yes
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0	Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support	Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite	HTML5, Adobe Flash