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Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Sony Xperia C

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson Sony
Announced
February 2011 June 2013
Status
Available - March 2011 Available - July 2013
Colors
Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange Black, White, Purple
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
141.5 x 74.15 x 8.88 mm
(5.57 x 2.92 x 0.35 in)
Weight
175 g (6.17 oz) 153 g (5.4 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar] 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.72% 65.86%
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 1.2 GHz, MTK MT6589 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
400 MB 4 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, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama, Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor
Video
Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA 42 Mbps, HSUPA 11.5 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
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 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
400 MB, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1500 mAh 2390 mAh
Stand by
Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
Up to 605 h (2G)
Up to 588 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 14 h 4 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 25 min (3G)
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