Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY CDMA Review
(R800x) Score: 50.4 / 100Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY CDMA is a decent phone released back in the year 2011, having a medium sized 4-inches capacitive screen, a fast 1 gigahertz processor, and two cameras, a 5 mega-pixels back facing camera and a 0.3 MP front side camera. That's all? Not at all, it's just the starting point of this in-depth review.
This phone is equipped with a fast processor running at 1000 MHz, included in the Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8655 chip and 512 MB RAM memory. Graphic intensive applications and games often eats lots of processing time, so this phone uses an extra Adreno 205 graphics processing unit clocking at 245 MHz to help the CPU with those tasks.
This device feels quite heavyweight comparing to other phones , weighting 6.17 oz. This device is quite thick for today's standards, with a thickness of 0.63".
This device features two cameras, a 5 megapixels back side camera and a 0.3 MP front facing camera. In addition, this device's camera also has some good characteristics like flash, auto-focus, geo tagging and digital image stabilization.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY CDMA is equipped with a good level 854 x 480 4-inches screen, which makes everything look very nice. Its screen uses TFT capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch gestures.
This cellphone comes with a mid sized 1500 mAh Li-Ion removable battery, which is quite low for a consuming phone like this. Sony says this phone has a talk time of 7.7 hours and a stand by time of 405 hs.
This phone features WiFi capability (and it can provide it to other devices around, acting as a mobile hotspot) and 3G internet connection, using EV-DO A technologies. This device doesn't have a sim card, because it isn't a GSM cellphone and it works with CDMA networks.
This cellphone also features some nice features as Bluetooth (for communication with other devices and accessories) and GPS Geolocation, and a couple sensors likeLight Sensor, Proximity Sensor and Accelerometer.
Sony is selling this device for $ 450, which is not a really offer for comparing with other similar cellphones.
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Specifications
| Device Type: | Phone |
| Brand: | Sony |
| Operating System (OS): | Android 2.3.4, 2.3 |
| Product code: | R800x |
| Dimensions: | 4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 inchesMetric11.91 x 6.2 x 1.6 cmImperial |
| Weight: | 6.17 ouncesMetric174.92 gImperial |
| Scratch Resistant Glass: | Yes |
| Release date: | 2011-02-13 |
| Price: | $ 450.00 |
Display | |
| Screen Type: | TFT (16M colors) |
| Size: | 4 inchesMetric10.2 cmImperial |
| Resolution: | 480 x 854 pixels |
| Pixel density: | 245 pixels per inchMetric96.46 pixels per cmImperial |
| Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
| Chipset: | Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8655 |
| Processor: | Scorpion (Single-Core 1000 MHz) |
| RAM Memory: | 512 MB (333 MHz) |
| Graphics Processor: | Adreno 205 (245 MHz) |
| SD Card Slot: | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) |
Battery | |
| Battery type: | Li-Ion |
| Removable: | Yes |
| Capacity: | 1500 mAh |
| Stand-by Time: | 405 hours |
| Talk Time: | 7.7 hours |
Camera | |
| Back camera: | 5 megapixels |
| Flash: | Yes |
| Front camera: | 0.3 megapixels |
| Camera features: | Auto-Focus, Digital Image Stabilization and Geo Tagging |
Networks | |
| Wi-Fi: | Yes |
| Mobile Hotspot: | Yes |
| CDMA Bands: | 800, 1900 |
| Technologies: | EV-DO A and CDMA |
Other Features | |
| Bluetooth: | Version 2.1, EDR |
| GPS: | Yes |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |