Phone Comparison - Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Lenovo S850

Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY
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Lenovo S850
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general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Ericsson Lenovo
Announced February 2011 February 2014
Status Available - March 2011 Coming Soon - June 2014
Colors Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange White, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
141 x 71 x 8.2 mm
(5.55 x 2.8 x 0.32 in)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware 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 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6582 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 205 [Similar] Mali-400MP2 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 400 MB 16 GB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included No

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
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% 68.71%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No FM Radio with Recording
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera 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, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, Wide Angle [Similar]

connectivity 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 Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS
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, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 400 MB, 512 MB RAM 16 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included No
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
Up to 336 h
Talk Time Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 13 h