Phone Comparison - Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs HTC Desire X vs LG L40

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Ericsson HTC LG
Announced February 2011 August 2012 February 2014
Status Available - March 2011 Available - October 2012 Coming Soon - Q1 2014
Colors Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange White, blue White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
118.5 x 62.3 x 9.3 mm
(4.67 x 2.45 x 0.37 in)
109.4 x 59 x 11.9 mm
(4.31 x 2.32 x 0.47 in)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz) 114 g (4.02 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz, MSM8225 Qualcomm S4 Dual-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 203 -
RAM 512 MB 768 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 400 MB 4 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32 GB -

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors -
Size 4.0 inches 4.0 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.72% 61.81% 56.39%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

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

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support -
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 400 MB, 512 MB RAM 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32 GB -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not 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-Ion Li-Ion
Capacity 1500 mAh 1650 mAh 1700/1540 mAh
Stand by Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
Up to 833 h (2G)
Up to 750 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 20 h (3G)
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