Excellent gamepad; Impressive sound quality; Rigid slider; Great battery performance.
Tacky looks; Unimpressive specs; Buggy software; Lacklustre display; No TV Out; Expensive.
The Xperia Play is the PSP phone we've been waiting for. Thanks to its brilliant gamepad, the product lives up to its name. Additionally, it doubles up as an excellent music player. However, it has many shortcomings, including lacklustre specs, a buggy...
My personal opinion is that this is a very good gaming handset; however it could have been better. A dual-core processor, more RAM and the most crucial feature that is missing is an HDMI-out port. It could have been the king of mobile-gaming handsets, but...
The Xperia Play is a good buy if you are looking for a phone which can double up as a gaming device. It is a smartphone worth having.Play is not just another smartphone; it is in a league of its own and in a gaming ecosystem, it's pretty unchallenged by o...
Gaming console capabilities are fun, Good display, Comfortable gaming pad, with good button placement, On-screen keypad is comfortable, Android 2.3 preinstalled; no pushing and shoving for upgrades
Extremely bulky form factor, No 720p HD video recording capability, Bad battery life
It works very well as a console and decently as a phone. But does that make the Xperia Play the perfect device for those wishing to get their gaming fix on their handsets? Our answer is in the negative. For, while there is no doubting that the Xperia Play...
Let's get one thing straight here. The XPERIA Play is a gaming droid and you shouldn't get hung up on the less than stellar video and single-core-only CPU. It wasn't meant to be the flagship in the XPERIA lineup – it's up to the Arc to shoulder the respon...
Sammanfattning: Mobile gaming is a big part of the smartphone agenda, or even the lower end segment. The Xperia Play was all set to revolutionize the mobile gaming industry and I was looking forward to it doing so. But I’m sure after the preview; most of you are p...
Many critics have been rather scathing of the Xperia Play’s smartphone credentials, citing underpowered hardware, a washed-out screen and a rather ugly case design as the reasons for their negative stance. However, as a gaming system the phone is a com...
This phone is a thing of beauty. Many have tried to merge the worlds of mobiles and gaming but this will be the first time that it's worked, and not as an after-thought like the iPhone or Android (harsh I know).The phone itself is fantastic and Sony Erics...
