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Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson Samsung
Announced
February 2011 Q3 2013
Status
Available - March 2011 Available - Q3 2013
Colors
Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange White Frost, Black Mist / Arctic Blue, Red Aurora
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
175 g (6.17 oz) 130 g (4.59 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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network
- LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
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] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.72% 72.15%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
400 MB 16/32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5

User Memory

Internal
400 MB, 512 MB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 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 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
Up to 370 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 17 h (3G)
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