Phone Comparison - Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Huawei Ascend G6

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Ericsson Samsung Huawei
Announced February 2011 September 2013 February 2014
Status Available - March 2011 Available - September 2013 Coming Soon - March 2014
Colors Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange Black, White, Pink Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm
(5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 in)
7.3 mm/ 7.9 mm thickness
(0.29 in/ 0.31 in thickness)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 168 g (5.93 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 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 HSDPA
4G Network - LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - S Pen stylus -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model) / Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 330 (LTE model) -
RAM 512 MB 3 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 400 MB 32/64 GB storage 8 GB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 5.7 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.72% 74.98% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED 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, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (LTE model) Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes
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 Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 400 MB, 512 MB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 3200 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
Up to 420 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 21 h (3G) -