Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY vs Motorola DROID 4 XT894

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Sony Ericsson Motorola
Announced June 2010 February 2011 January 2012
Status Available - June 2010 Available - March 2011 Available - February 2012
Colors Black, White Black, White, Stealth Blue (for Play 4G), Orange Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
119 x 62 x 16 mm
(4.69 x 2.44 x 0.63 in )
127 x 67.3 x 12.7 mm
(5 x 2.65 x 0.5 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz) 178.9 g (6.28.0.32 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 700
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 205 PowerVR SGX540
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 400 MB 16 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.0 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (275 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 59.72% 51.74%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + downloadable Yes
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Class 12
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with LE+EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 400 MB, 512 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1420 mAh 1500 mAh 1785 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
Up to 425 h (2G)
Up to 413 h (3G)
Up to 204 h
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 8 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 12 h 30 min