Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G vs Samsung Galaxy S II 4G

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Comparing the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G vs Samsung Galaxy S II 4G across camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Rear Camera: Samsung Galaxy S II 4G offers a higher rear camera resolution with 8 MP, while Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G offers 5.1 MP, making Samsung Galaxy S II 4G better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Samsung Galaxy S II 4G offers a higher front camera resolution with 2 MP, while Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G offers 0.3 MP, making Samsung Galaxy S II 4G better for front camera photography.


Battery: Samsung Galaxy S II 4G offers a higher battery capacity with 1700 mAh, while Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G offers 1500 mAh, making Samsung Galaxy S II 4G better for longer battery life.


Storage: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Samsung Galaxy S II 4G offers 16 GB, making Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G the better option for storage.

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Summary

Release Date

18 Sep, 2011
21 Jul, 2011

Performance

N/A
Samsung Exynos 4 Dual 4210
N/A
(upto 1.2 GHz)
512 MB RAM
1 GB RAM

Display

4 inches (10.16 cm)
4.3 inches (10.92 cm)
LCD
Super AMOLED Plus
480x854 px
480x800 px

Rear Camera

5.1 MP
Primary Camera
8 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP
2 MP

Battery

1500 mAh
1700 mAh

Storage

512 MB
16 GB

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General

Operating System

N/A
Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Performance

Chipset

N/A
Samsung Exynos 4 Dual 4210

Processor

N/A
Dual core, 1.2 GHz

Graphics (GPU)

N/A
Mali-400

RAM

512 MB
1 GB

Display

Display Type

LCD
Super AMOLED Plus

Screen Size

4 inches  (10.16 cm)
4.3 inches  (10.92 cm)

Resolution

480x854 px
480x800 px

Pixel Density

245 ppi
217 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

59.74 %
63.48 %

Design

Height

119 mm
125.3 mm

Width

62 mm
66.1 mm

Thickness

16.00 mm
8.50 mm

Weight

175 grams
117 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

5.1 MP
Primary Camera
8 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels
3264 x 2448 Pixels

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
Continuous Shooting

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Smile detection
Digital Zoom
Smile detection
Digital image stabilization

Video Recording

N/A
1920x1080 @ 30

Video Recording Features

N/A
Optical Image stabilization
Stereo recording

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Front Camera
2 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

Capacity

1500 mAh
1700 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 6.45(3G) / Up to 8.41(2G)
Up to 6(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB
16 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

N/A
Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1
Yes v3

GPS

N/A
Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Music

Yes Music Formats: Yes Music Formats : MP3 WMA AMR OGG AAC AAC+ WAV with Audio Streaming Album art Stereo Speakers and 3.5mm Audio Jack
N/A

Sensors

Other Sensors

N/A
Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Games

3D Games
N/A

Java

Yes
N/A

Browser

Yes
N/A

Phone Book

Practically Unlimited
N/A

SMS

Yes Threaded View
N/A

MMS

Yes
N/A

Email

Yes Push e-mail
N/A

Other Facilities

Calendar Alarms Calculator World Clock Voice recording
N/A

Applications

Android Cloud to Device messaging (C2DM) Android Market Dedicated Android Market specially for gaming Additional Microphone for Noise cancellation
Document editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Adobe Flash 10.1 support