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Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Motorola Moto G (Gen 2)

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson Motorola
Announced
February 2011 September 2014
Status
Available - March 2011 Available - September 2014
Colors
Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange White, Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
141.5 x 70.7 x 11 mm
(5.57 x 2.78 x 0.43 in)
Weight
175 g (6.17 oz) 149 g (5.26 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - CDMA version
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - USA version
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.72% 68.76%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to Android L
Processor
1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
400 MB 8/16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video
Yes, 720p 720p@30fps, stereo sound rec., HDR
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No FM radio
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5

User Memory

Internal
400 MB, 512 MB RAM 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1500 mAh 2070 mAh
Stand by
Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
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