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Xperia Play

Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY
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Xperia PLAY in the open position
Manufacturer Sony Ericsson
Series Sony Ericsson Xperia
Compatible networks

GSM (GPRS, EDGE), UMTS,

UMTS, CDMA, EvDO
First released April 1, 2011; 6 years ago (2011-04-01)
Availability by country April 1, 2011 (EUR), May 26 (NA)
Predecessor Xperia Pro
PlayStation Portable (as a gaming device)
Successor Xperia Ray
PlayStation Vita (as a gaming device)
Related Xperia S
Xperia U
Type Smartphone
Form factor Slider
Dimensions 119 mm (4.7 in) H
62 mm (2.4 in) W
16 mm (0.63 in) D
Weight 175 g (6.2 oz)
Operating system Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread
CPU GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255
GPU Adreno 205
Memory 512 MB
Storage 400 MB
Removable storage microSD card (up to 32 GB)
Battery 1500 mAh
Data inputs Touchscreen
Accelerometer
Touchpad
20× buttons
(D-pad, Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square, L, R, Select, Start, Menu (×2), Back, Home, Search, Volume ±, Power)
Display 4 in (100 mm) TFT LCD touchscreen, 854 × 480 (245 ppi) FWVGA, 16M colors
Rear camera 5.1 MP (480p with stock OS, 720p with update)
Front camera VGA, 640 × 480; 1.3 MP
Connectivity micro-USB 2.0
SAR Head: 0.323 W/kg 1 g
Body: 0.473 W/kg 1 g
Hotspot: 1.400 W/kg 1 g
Hearing aid compatibility M4/T4

GSM (GPRS, EDGE), UMTS,

The Xperia Play is a smartphone with elements of a handheld game console produced by Sony Ericsson. With the marketshare for dedicated handheld game consoles diminishing into the 2010s due to the rapid expansion of mobile phones with cheap downloadable games, Sony attempted to tackle the issue with two separate devices; a dedicated video game console with elements of a smartphone, called the PlayStation Vita, and a smartphone with elements of a handheld console, the Xperia Play. Originally rumored to be a "PlayStation Phone", the device shed the "PlayStation" branding in favor of the Xperia brand, running on the Android operating system.

On February 13, 2011, at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011, it was announced that the device would be shipping globally in March 2011, with a launch lineup of around 50 software titles.

The device is a horizontally sliding phone with its original form resembling the Xperia X10 while the slider below resembles the slider of the PSP Go. The slider features a D-pad in an indented area on the left side, a set of standard PlayStation buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross and Square) in an indented area on the right, a long rectangular touchpad in the middle, Start and Select buttons in an indented area on the bottom right corner, a Menu button on the bottom left corner, and two shoulder buttons (L and R) on the back of the device. The form has a long rectangular touchscreen, and four buttons below, for Back, Home, Menu, and Search. The device features a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a Qualcomm Adreno 205 GPU, a 4.0 in (100 mm) TFT LCD display with a resolution of 854 × 480 (FWVGA) capable of 16,777,216 colors, a 5.1-megapixel camera, 512 MB RAM, 400 MB internal storage and a micro-USB connector. It supports microSD cards, in contrast to the PSP consoles, which use Memory Stick variants, and the PlayStation Vita, which uses a custom, proprietary flash storage medium.


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