Phone Comparison - Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Apple iPhone 4 CDMA vs Samsung I9001 Galaxy S Plus

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Ericsson Apple Samsung
Announced February 2011 January 2011 April 2011
Status Available - March 2011 Available - February 2011 Discontinued
Price - - Rs. 22,185 ($326.25) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
(4.82 x 2.53 x 0.39 in)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 137 g (4.83 oz) 119 g (4.2 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.44 W/kg (head)
0.94 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.35 W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 iOS 4.2.5, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon S2
GPU Adreno 205 PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 205
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 400 MB 16/32 GB storage 8/16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included No microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 3.5 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.72% 53.92% 58.07%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No Stereo FM radio, RDS
Games Yes + downloadable Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, autofocus
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No Class 12
Edge Yes No Class 12
3G HSDPA, HSUPA Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP v3.0, A2DP, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML (Safari) HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 400 MB, 512 MB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8/16 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included No microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1420 mAh 1650 mAh
Stand by Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
Up to 480 h (2G)
Up to 430 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 50 min (3G)