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Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY 4G
This Sony Ericsson Xperia (TM) PLAY 4G is no longer available.
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4.2
58 out of 70 (83%) reviewers recommend this product
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- The device offers impressive gaming performance with high-quality graphics and a wide selection of games.
- The physical gamepad controls and slide-out design are well-suited for mobile gaming.
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Design
Design, 4.3 out of 54.3
Features
Features, 4.5 out of 54.5
Most helpful favorable review
5 out of 5 stars.
It's the best android phone that I have used.
14 years ago
The design of the phone is extremely nice. The back is curve, great design. Loud stereo speakers. Nice D-pad for gaming use. Timescape combines all my social status in one place. The user interface is very good. No lag, very fast. Game quality is very good. It can play HD games. Fast 4G internet. Sony Ericsson makes Xperia Play a great device with Android 2.3. I updated my phone to 2.3.4 and it supports HD recording, very nice. The screen off animation is great. Camera is good with 5MP and flash. The phone feels very comfortable on my hand. The color is very pretty. Screen is not that bright enough, but it's okay. Facebook inside Xperia is a great feature. Music quality of the phone is better than iPhone. There are many games from Android Market and gameloft. The dock looks great, works great. This is the best smartphone that I have ever used, compare to Samsung Galaxy S II and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. Xperia PLAY 4G is #1.
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1 out of 5 stars.
Terrible, terrible phone.
14 years ago
If 1 star is "Poor", I should be allowed to give it a 0. Poor is an understatement. Bought this phone now 29 days ago, before spring break, and of course left the box to return it at college. Thank the lord I go back tomorrow and can return it.
Pros:
Speaker - I love music, and this thing has booming sound.
Battery Life - I've seen it be better than any other on the market. I use it a lot, have to charge it during the night.
Games - Obviously, it's the PSPgo or whatever. It's pretty neat for the games you can get to work.
Cons:
Games - This is a gaming phone, but it's about 5 generations behind on GPU. Other Android's game better. Furthermore, the trackpad slideout thing is terrible. The physical buttons are good, but the trackpad is terrible in use.
Speed - 1GHz, single core processor. Really? Gaming phone with 30-40% of the processor of other Android phones? It gets stuck and crashes trying to text. I crash listening to music, opening facebook, etc.
1GB internal - Terrible for loading games, many of which use tons of space on the internal memory, and the phone is already loaded with so much bloatware it can barely run to begin with.
Sony Ericsson - I remember why I never see phones by this company. It's because nobody uses them. They force you to use their products. You can't use headphones with a mic built in, like from Apple, or Beats by Dre, or any other modern headphone company. You have to use their overpriced, poorly made headphones.
Overall: Don't buy this phone. It looks cool in the store, and is neat for the first 10 minutes, but then you realize that you're going to hate the next 2 years with it.
Closing note: Keep in mind that this is a company who got a 4.2/10 in the products category, even though it got maximum points in battery efficiency and avoidance of hazardous substances.
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2 out of 5 stars.
Cool device at first, not worth it in the long run
14 years ago
This is phone that looks cool, and is very fun to show off to friends. The design of the control pad is nice, but the analog pads don't work that great for games. At some point you'll probably wish it was a full keyboard instead of a game controller. It runs Crash Bandicoot and the other pre-installed games pretty well. At first it seemed like a good and reliable Android device, but as time passed by I became more and more frustrated with it. I started to have slowdown problems, and the phone also freezing and often crashing out of nowhere. The phone's operating system is extremely buggy and inconsistent. After owning the phone for about months, the phone is terribly slow, almost ALWAYS crashes when opening an application, and seems to have a mind of its own at times. There are never any software updates to help improve the phone's performance. This phone will make you angry and frustrated. I almost had to switch back to my old flip phone because the phone acts up so much. Bottom line, stay away from this device. It's a okay device for gamers, but it's below par as a cellular device.
Prosspeaker, ease of use
Consbattery life, limited memory, operating system, software bugs, freezes, design
No, I do not recommend this product.
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Features
Features, 3.0 out of 53.0
Ease of use
Ease of use, 3.0 out of 53.0
Battery life
Battery life, 3.0 out of 53.0
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Display, 4.0 out of 54.0
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Design, 2.0 out of 52.0
5 out of 5 stars.
14 years ago
Only thing I have problems with are the text pics that are sent to me have no way of saving them and cannot set a certain ringtone or sound to my voice mail other than that it is a really easy to work with phone.
Prostools, games, ease of use
Consbattery life, volume level, small keys
No, I do not recommend this product.
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Features
Features, 5.0 out of 55.0
Ease of use
Ease of use, 5.0 out of 55.0
Battery life
Battery life, 1.0 out of 51.0
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Display, 5.0 out of 55.0
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Design, 5.0 out of 55.0
5 out of 5 stars.
Good Android Phone
14 years ago
Alright. Let me start by saying I upgraded to this phone from the iphone 3gs. It was a great choice. I love gaming on it, the call quality is great, and is very fast. It is a little bulky though. If you want to use the phone alot each day, you must charge the device every night, which shouldn't really be a problem. Overall, solid phone.
Prosgames, Wi-Fi capable, good for texting, unique
Consbattery life, bulky/heavy
Yes, I recommend this product.
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Features
Features, 5.0 out of 55.0
Ease of use
Ease of use, 5.0 out of 55.0
Battery life
Battery life, 3.0 out of 53.0
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Display, 5.0 out of 55.0
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Design, 2.0 out of 52.0
3 out of 5 stars.
14 years ago
great phone for gamer. but is easy to use and the vamera quality. the games are video game quality.
Prostools, menus, games, camera/video quality, speaker, battery life, Wi-Fi capable, ease of use, good for texting
Conslimited memory, small keys, software bugs, freezes
Yes, I recommend this product.
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Features
Features, 4.0 out of 54.0
Ease of use
Ease of use, 4.0 out of 54.0
Battery life
Battery life, 3.0 out of 53.0
Display
Display, 4.0 out of 54.0
Design
Design, 5.0 out of 55.0
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