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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play: Playstation Plus A Smartphone Combined

By Rushikesh Kamzini


The Playstation line of gaming consoles including the portable variant - PlayStation Portable (PSP) - is extremely popular world wide. Recently, Sony incorporated PSP capabilities into its Xperia range of mobiles to create the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. This strategic move has significant implication into the future of mobile gaming industry. A cell phone and a gaming device all in one, appears tempting. Read the complete review before you jump for Sony Ericsson Xperia Play deals.

The Xperia Play is an Android driven smartphone with full phone capabilities. It has a landscape oriented spring loaded slide-out gamepad, a 5.1 Mp camera, 4 inch touchscreen display, and other common features like GPS etc. The overall build quality is average, the slider system feels sturdy and works with no glitch. It weighs 175 grams and is 16mm thick. The mobile phone also features a set of stereo speakers for superior in game audio experience.

The Xperia Play definitely seems to be well thought out - design wise, memory card and SIM slots are easily accessible. It's powered by a 1 Ghz Qualcomm processor which has a dedicated GPU - absolutely essential for graphics and games. The screen resolution is a more-than-sufficient 854 by 480 pixels, but has very low brightness making it all but impossible to see in sunlight. The camera is present on the back, has an accompanying LED flash, and takes decent pictures.

A vey important question is: Does the Xperia Play gives nearly as good a performance as the PSP? In a word -no. Not in its present iteration. The hardware is fine but the software simply leaves a lot to be desired. It seems Sony forgot to polish and personalize the gaming software to fit the Xperia Play. The gamepad is fine but not as good as the PSP's. Then there's the problem of fragmented gaming stores.

There isn't any single store to buy your games from and the games are priced extremely high. Overall, the Xperial play appears to be great on paper but doesn't deliver in practice. Nevertheless, Sony may issue a software update to rectify the issues, until then Sony Ericsson Xperia Play deals aren't as attractive as other mobile phone deals.




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