Phone Comparison - Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance vs Samsung Galaxy Ace 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Ericsson Samsung Samsung
Announced February 2011 January 2012 February 2012
Status Available - March 2011 Available - April 2012 Available - May 2012
Colors Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
123.2 x 63 x 9.7 mm
(4.85 x 2.48 x 0.38 in)
118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz) 122 g (4.3 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 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, NovaThor U8500 Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500
GPU Adreno 205 Mali-400 Mali-400MP
RAM 512 MB 768 MB 768 MB
Internal Memory 400 MB 8 GB/16 GB storage 4 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.0 inches 3.8 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.72% 58.79% 55.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 400 MB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB/16GB storage, 768 MB RAM, 2GB ROM 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB

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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1500 mAh 1500 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
Up to 570 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)