Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY

Sony Ericsson

Available on AT&T as Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G. Also known as R800a, R800at, R88i

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
Announced 2011, February
Status Available. Released 2011, March
Body Dimensions 119 x 62 x 16 mm
Weight 175 g
Display Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 854 pixels, 4.0 inches (~245 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
 - Touch-sensitive gaming controls
- PSP like gaming buttons
- Timescape UI
Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included
Internal 400 MB, 512 MB RAM
Data GPRS Up to 80 kbps
EDGE Up to 237 kbps
Speed HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, image stabilization
Video Yes, 720p
Secondary Yes, VGA
Features OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon
CPU 1 GHz Scorpion
GPU Adreno 205
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, Adobe Flash
Radio No
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange
 - Dedicated game store
- SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Organizer
- Document viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery   Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
Stand-by Up to 425 h (2G) / Up to 413 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 8 h 25 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Music play Up to 31 h
Misc SAR EU 0.36 W/kg (head)    
Price group
Tests Loudspeaker Voice 66dB / Noise 62dB / Ring 79dB
Audio quality Noise -89.6dB / Crosstalk -91.0dB
Camera Photo

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Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY - user opinions and reviews

  • Anonymous

the only reason why this phone is not getting a ICS update is that it gets unstable after the update so sony had the choice fix the same phone every week (because it will crash) or not update it . be honest what would you have done if you were sony

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  • 2012-05-26 20:15
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  • Anonymous

After sellings phones for 2 years now, not once have i EVER been asked if a phone has 3G video calls or fm radio. Guess its not that important

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  • 2012-05-25 21:38
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  • Anonymous

It was anounced by Sony officialy, Xperia Play isn't getting ICS update. This is really disappointing, never again gonna buy a Sony device.

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  • 2012-05-25 20:34
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