Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4

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          General Info

          Manufacturer
          Sony Ericsson Samsung
          Announced
          February 2011 Q3 2013
          Status
          Available - March 2011 Available - Q3 2013
          Colors
          Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange White Frost, Black Mist / Arctic Blue, Red Aurora
          Form Factor
          Candybar Candybar
          Dimension
          119 x 62 x 16 mm
          (4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
          136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
          (5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
          Weight
          175 g (6.17 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
          2G Network
          GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
          CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
          3G Network
          HSDPA 900 / 2100
          HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
          HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
          4G Network
          - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
          Messaging
          SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

          Hardware and OS

          OS
          Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
          Processor
          1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
          GPU
          Adreno 205 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
          RAM
          512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
          Internal Memory
          400 MB 16/32 GB
          External Memory
          microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

          Display

          Type
          LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
          Colors
          16M colors 16M colors
          Size
          4.0 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
          Resolution
          480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
          Screen-to-Body Ratio
          59.72% 72.15%
          Multi-Touch
          yes multi touch yes multi touch

          Camera

          Rear Camera
          5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
          Flash
          LED flash LED flash
          Features
          Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
          Video
          Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
          Front Camera
          Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

          Multimedia

          3.5mm Jack
          3.5 mm jack yes 3.5 mm jack yes
          Radio
          No No
          Games
          Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
          Loud Speaker
          loudspeaker yes loudspeaker yes

          Connectivity and Data Rate

          GPRS
          Yes Yes
          Edge
          Yes Yes
          3G
          HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
          Bluetooth
          Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
          Wi-Fi
          Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
          USB
          Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
          GPS
          Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
          Browser
          WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5

          User Memory

          Internal
          400 MB, 512 MB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
          Expandable Storage
          microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 GB
          USB OTG
          - Supported

          Sensors

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

          Battery

          Type
          Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
          Capacity
          1500 mAh 2600 mAh
          Stand by
          Up to 425 h (2G)
          Up to 413 h (3G)
          Up to 370 h (3G)
          Talk Time
          Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
          Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
          Up to 17 h (3G)

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