The rest of the phone is made of glossy plastic, which not only gives a cheap feel to the PLAY, but is also a serious fingerprint magnet. The cheap chrome finish on them has got to go, though it looks bad now, and I imagine it will not wear well over time. The buttons themselves are small and a bit fiddly, though they did work when I needed them too. The display is also positioned off-center towards the bottom of the phone, which provided an awkward handling position when used in portrait orientation. It could stand to be a bit more responsive to my touch as well, as sometimes it would take multiple presses or swipes before the screen would register my input.
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The screen itself is not bad, though it definitely does not have the punch or wow factor of a Super AMOLED Plus or even a Super LCD display.
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The front of the PLAY sports a 4-inch, FWVGA (480 x 854 pixel) touchscreen above four physical keys for the standard Android functions of back, home, menu, and search. The tapered edges of the back cover do help the PLAY fit comfortably in the hand, but when I was using it as I would any other smartphone (read: not gaming), it just felt like it was bigger than it had to be for the task. While I understand that it facilitates the game pad, the Motorola DROID or DROID 2, both of which have slide-out physical keyboards, feel anorexic in comparison. The real problem for me was the thickness of the device. 63in) and 175g (6.17oz), the PLAY is no small phone in your hands. The first thing you notice when you pick up the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY is its size and heft. Read on for more details and watch MobileBurn's videos for some hands-on action with the Xperia PLAY. Is the Xperia PLAY the mobile gaming fanatic's dream phone? Maybe to an extent thanks to the gaming pad, but for the rest of us it's just an average Android phone which is both good and bad. has a basic version of Android 2.3 Gingerbread user interface, instead of the modified one that Sony Ericsson installs on the versions of the PLAY for the rest of the world. It's fast and responsive, and the version for Verizon Wireless in the U.S. In order to make good use of its PlayStation certification, the PLAY features a unique slide-out gaming pad with controls that mimic a PlayStation controller, including two touch-sensitive pads in place of the usual analog sticks.Īs far as its phone capabilities go, the PLAY is no slouch. This means that it has access to special ports of games from Sony's legacy of PlayStation titles, in addition to the growing number of games available to the Android platform. The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY is the first PlayStation certified mobile device to hit the market.
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