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Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Motorola DROID 4 XT894

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson Motorola
Announced
February 2011 January 2012
Status
Available - March 2011 Available - February 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 )
127 x 67.3 x 12.7 mm
(5 x 2.65 x 0.5 in)
Weight
175 g (6.17 oz) 178.9 g (6.28.0.32 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE 700
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar] 540 x 960 pixels (275 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.72% 51.74%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor
1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
400 MB 16 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
Yes Class 12
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSUPA
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with LE+EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 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 HTML, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
400 MB, 512 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1500 mAh 1785 mAh
Stand by
Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
Up to 204 h
Talk Time
Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 12 h 30 min
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