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Samsung Galaxy Appeal vs Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Sony Ericsson
Announced
May 2012 February 2011
Status
Available - June 2012 Available - March 2011
Colors
Black Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
112 x 57.7 x 14.2 mm
(4.41 x 2.27 x 0.56 in)
119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
Weight
114.2 g (4.02.0.07 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
Capacitive touchscreen 16M colors
Size
3.2 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
47.33% 59.72%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Processor
800 MHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM7225A Snapdragon [Similar] 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 200 [Similar] Adreno 205 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
N/A 400 MB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included

Camera

Rear Camera
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes Yes, 720p
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
TBD No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth
Yes Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite

User Memory

Internal
512 MB RAM, 1.8 GB ROM 400 MB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1300 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by
Up to 300 h Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 7 h Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
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