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Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo GT-I9300I

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson Samsung
Announced
February 2011 March 2014
Status
Available - March 2011 Coming Soon - April 2014
Colors
Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange Black, Blue, Brown, Red, Gray, White, Pink
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
136.6 x 70.75 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.79 x 0.34 in)
Weight
175 g (6.17 oz) 132 g (4.66 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 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.72% 65.70%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, - [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] -
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1.5 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
400 MB 16 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

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, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
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 HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
400 MB, 512 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1500 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by
Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 14 h
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