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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play: Playstation Plus A Touch Screen Phone Combined

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By Rushikesh Kamzini


The Playstation line of gaming consoles such as mobile version - PlayStation Portable (PSP) - is extremely popular world wide. Recently, Sony integrated 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 phone and a gaming device all in one, appears tempting. Read the complete review before you decide to jump for Sony Ericsson Xperia Play deals.

The Xperia Play is an Android powered smartphone with complete phone capabilities. It features a landscape oriented spring loaded slide-out gamepad, a 5.1 Mp camera, 4 inch touchscreen display, and also other common features such as GPS etc. The all round build quality is average, the slider system feels sturdy and works with no glitch. It weighs 175 grams and is 16mm thick. The 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 with a dedicated GPU - a necessity for graphics and games. The screen resolution is a more-than-sufficient 854 by 480 pixels, but has very low brightness which makes it all but difficult to see in direct sunlight. The camera is present on the rear, has an accompanying LED flash, and takes good pictures.

The most important question is: Does the Xperia Play gives nearly as good a performance as the PSP? In a word -no. Not in its present version. The hardware is fine but the software leaves a lot to be desired. It seems Sony did not remember to polish and customize the gaming software to suit the Xperia Play. The gamepad is fine although not as good as the PSP's. Then there is the issue of fragmented gaming stores.

There isn't any single store to purchase your games from and the games cost quite high. Overall, the Xperial play looks good on paper but doesn't deliver in practice. Nevertheless, Sony might issue a software update to rectify the issues, until then Sony Ericsson Xperia Play deals are not as attractive as some other mobile phone deals.




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