The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play: Playstation And A Smartphone Combined



The Playstation line of gaming consoles such as mobile version - PlayStation Portable (PSP) - is very popular world wide. Recently, Sony incorporated PSP capabilities into its Xperia range of mobiles to make 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, sounds tempting. Read the full review before you decide to jump for Sony Ericsson Xperia Play deals.

The Xperia Play is an Android powered smartphone with full phone capabilities. It features a landscape oriented spring loaded slide-out gamepad, a 5.1 Mp camera, 4 inch touchscreen display, and other common features such as GPS etc. The overall build quality is average, the slider mechanism feels sturdy and functions without a glitch. It weighs 175 grams and it is 16mm thick. The mobile phone also features a set of stereo speakers for enhanced in game audio experience.

The Xperia Play appears to be well thought out - design wise, memory card and SIM slots are easily accessible. It is 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 low brightness making it all but difficult to view in direct sunlight. The camera is present on the back, has an accompanying LED flash, and takes good pictures.

The most important question is: Does the Xperia Play delivers as good a performance as the PSP? In a word -no. Not in its present iteration. The hardware is okay but the software 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 okay but not as effective as the PSP's. Then there is the issue of fragmented gaming stores. There is no single store to buy your games from and the games are priced quite 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 fix the problems, until thenSony Ericsson Xperia Play dealsaren't as interesting as some other mobile phone deals.



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