SpecEagle review · Sony Ericsson
Xperia Play review: 2011 PlayStation phone.
SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2011·$200
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#2 of 13
Tier
Specialty
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play.
Xperia Play was the "PlayStation phone" — slide-out controls + native PS1 emulation in 2011.
01Display
64/10064/100 — right at the average for specialty phones of 2011.
TypeLCD
Size4.0"
Resolution854 x 480
02Performance
60/10060/100 puts it above the 56-point average for specialty phones of 2011.
ChipsetSnapdragon S2
RAM512 MB
Storage400 MB + microSD
03Camera
60/10060/100 trails the 62-point cohort average for specialty phones of 2011.
Main5 MP
FrontVGA
04Battery
70/10070/100 puts it above the 66-point average for specialty phones of 2011.
Capacity1,500 mAh (removable)
05Software
64/10064/100 — right at the average for specialty phones of 2011.
What works
- First Android PlayStation phone.
- Slide-out game controls.
- PS1 emulation native.
- 4" big screen for 2011.
What doesn't
- 175 g chunky.
- PS Suite library limited.
- 512 MB RAM.
- Aged Android 2.3.
Cross-shop it against
Galaxy Beam i8530
$700 · score 65/100
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 13-phone cohort of specialty devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .