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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread without a complicated overlay. It has a slide-out game pad that makes gameplay more immersive
And it comes preloaded with popular game titles like Crash Bandicoot and Asphalt 6. Features in
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G integrates phone and gaming features like no other handset before it. It offers all the essential smartphone features
And call quality is respectable
Great gaming controls
Excellent speakers
Sony Ericsson UI overlay
Game controls are excellent
Surprisingly fast interface
Games can look great
Screen is sharp with good viewing angles
Great range of games. Excellent Xperia Games launcher. Smooth
Fast Android experience. Controller is well-designed. Decent battery life
It's a PlayStation phone!
One of the best stereo speakers on a mobile device
Runs the latest Google Android - 2.3 Gingerbread
The editors didn't like
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play's touch-screen gaming controls are not as responsive and precise as we would like
Photo quality is average at best
And it lacks an HDMI port and 4G LTE
Some of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G's gaming controls are unresponsive. It lacks an HDMI-out port
Photo quality is poor
And data speeds are unimpressive
Unremarkable display
Questionable build quality
Limited internal memory
Selection of games is limited
Build quality is below par
Screen is a bit dull
Thick and heavy handset. Track pads on the controller need tweaking. 8GB microSD is small for a gaming phone. Flaky Wi-Fi. No HDMI port
The Xperia Play is made for gaming, and not to be a flagship device. As such, it’s spec list isnt as spec-tacular as the Xperia Arc. It might be very well, one of the easiest phones to recommend for die-hard Playstation Fans out there, or Gamers who w...
– should you buy the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play? Yes! OK, I’ll be a little more specific! If you want a mobile phone that gives you the best gaming experience of any phone on the market – either now or any time in the past – then buy the Xperia Play. I...
Pleasant feel to button presses, Attractive chassis, Strong speakers, Decent music player,
Despite it being rumoured for nigh-on half a decade, the ‘PlayStation Phone’ actually feels like it’s been rush-released, and as such its compromises mean it falls between two stools. There are better and cheaper handsets for everything other than gam...
The dedicated slide-out gaming pad helps provide as close a gaming experience as the likes of a Sony PSP or Nintendo DS Lite that we’ve seen on a smartphone....
Downloading and storing games can be a tad confusing due to the various platforms you can purchase them from.Look and Feel...
A well equipped smartphone that though has enough gaming prowess to keep you entertained, won’t persuade you to trade in your dedicated gaming device. ...
As we said before, the rumors about Sony Ericsson making a PlayStation phone with plenty of Sony gaming input aren’t new. Neither are the mutterings that Sony execs refused to allow the cellular partnership to use the PlayStation brand, over fears tha...
Dedicated game controller, Able to run numerous old emulator games with gamepad keymapping, Excellent stereo loudspeakers, Very good photo quality
Not futureproof due to the singlecore chipset, Game catalog still in its nascence
From our time spent gaming on the device we have to say the company is mostly right about it, the battery didn’t drain for 2-3 hours, as we expected, but on the simpler titles. With more sophisticated 3D titles the toll on the battery life is significa...
Gamepad works wellStereo speakersGood graphics performance
Dim, woeful screenLack of compelling contentPoor video recording (no 720p)
We've reached out to Sony Ericsson asking for a roadmap of when we can expect the PlayStation Suite and more PlayStation One titles to roll up on the Xperia Play bandwagon and make it worth joining. As it stands today, on the day of review and the precipi...
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play is a great all-around device for any hardcore gamer and smartphone enthusiast. The slide out game control is a nifty innovation that makes gameplay far superior to devices using only the touchscreen. Some have speculated ...
Xperia Play: Our Initial Thoughts Published on 22nd February 2011 by Richard Swinburne Technical specs of the Xperia PlayDimensions: 119 x 62 x 16mmWeight: 175gCPU: , 1GHz, Single-coreGPU: Display: 854 x 480 (WFVGA) LCD TFTSensors: 3-axis accelerome...
