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Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Sony Ericsson Xperia X8

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson
Announced
February 2011 June 2010
Status
Available - March 2011 Available - September 2010
Colors
Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange White, Dark Blue/ White, Aqua Blue/ White, Pink/ White, Silver/
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
99 x 54 x 15 mm
(3.9 x 2.13 x 0.59 in)
Weight
175 g (6.17 oz) 104 g (3.67 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
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] 3.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (192 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.72% 50.28%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v1.6 (Donut), upgradable to v2.1
Processor
1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar] 600 MHz ARM 11, Qualcomm MSM7227 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 168 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
400 MB 128 MB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 720p Yes, VGA@30fps
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge
Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML

User Memory

Internal
400 MB, 512 MB RAM 128 MB storage, 168 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po
Capacity
1500 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by
Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
Up to 446 h (2G)
Up to 476 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 4 h 45 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 40 min (3G)
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