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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
Right now, it's hard to deliver a definitive verdict on the Xperia Play. This is largely due to the that the PlayStation Suite online store not being ready.However we're generally impressed with both the phone and how existing games have been integrate...
The Xperia Play has a black, shiny plastic exterior on the front and back and is silver on the sides. It includes four main buttons below the screen – a back button, a home button, a menu button and a search button.Weighing 175g, this is by no means a ...
If you’re new to Android, you’ll idle hours of time away with the brilliant games and precise controls. There’s perhaps not enough new content to keep Android upgraders so pleased however....
Screen, launch titles are just as fun on other phones
And so, Sony Ericsson finds itself at an impasse. This is a phone for hardcore PlayStation fans prepared to put up with the extra bulk of a slide out section that provides nothing except a gamepad. And yet, some of these very people who will know that ...
Slide-out gaming controls are well built and comfortable; feels fast; decent build quality
Games offering is weak; confusing software; classic PlayStation titles are expensive; rather dim display
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is part console and part Android smart phone. Its hardware is impressive, but confusing and inconsistent software makes playing games a joyless experience. That leaves it a porky Android phone, with little to offer over it...
Published: 2011-03-29, Author: Jonathan , review by: whatmobile.net
Abstract: Ahead of the April 1st (no joke, honest!) release of the long awaited Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY, the first Sony Playstation Certified smartphone, we’ve been given the final production model to review.But before we do that, we’ve got a selection of photos ...
Abstract: Now that the hotly anticipated PlayStation Phone has been made official, the build turns out to be similar to the - a compact device with a slide out gamepad tucked away beneath the screen. The game pad will look familiar to PlayStation and PSP g...
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Published: 2011-02-18, Author: Rob , review by: itproportal.com
Abstract: Sony Ericsson has finally unleashed their widely anticipated handset, the ‘Xperia Play’, also known as the ‘PSP’ or ‘PlayStation’ mobile phone - which now has a launch date set for April. This is the first Android phone to feature Sony’s PlayStation suite...
