The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play R800i Black is the first PlayStation Certified device and the first specialized Android gaming phone to hit the market. It features a slide-out gamepad, 4" LCD screen and a second generation 1GHz Snapdragon chipset. There is a dedicated section on Android Market for it, which will list titles written specifically for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, or ported over from other mobile devices.
General
2G Networks GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Networks HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
Size
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
- Touch sensitive gaming controls
- PSP like gaming buttons
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Multi-touch input method
- Timescape UI
Sound
Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records practically unlimited
Internal 400 MB, 512 MB RAM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included
Data
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2592õ1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, image stabilization
Video Yes, WVGA
Secondary Yes
Features
OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
CPU 1GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio No
Games Yes + downloadable, motion & gesture gaming
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Via third party application
- SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Digital compass
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Track ID
- Organizer
- Document viewer/editor
- Flash Lite support
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
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)