| Sony Ericsson W705 | Sony Ericsson Xperia Play |
| Manufacture | Sony Ericsson | Sony Ericsson |
| Model | W705 | Xperia Play |
| Form factor | Block | Slider |
| Weight | 98 gram | 175.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 95 x 48 x 14 | 119.00 x 62.00 x 16.00 |
| Operating System | Other | Android |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 900/2100 | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 800/850/900/1900/2100/CDMA2000 1xEV-DO |
| HSCSD |  | |
| GPRS |  | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
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| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 3.2 megapixels, 3x digital zoom | 5.1 megapixel, autofocus, geo tagging |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | Yes | VGA (640 x 480) |
| Display size | 2.4 inches | 4.00 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 262144 | 16777216 |
| Display width | 240 | 480 |
| Display height | 320 | 854 |
| PPI | 166.67 | 244.91 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | 1 GHz Scorpion ARMv7 |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 128MB. Expandable with Memory Stick Micro (M2) card | 400 MB. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card. 8 GB card included |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic, MP3, AAC | MP3 |
| Java | | |
| Games | Yes | Yes. PlayStation games |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | NA | 1500 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 400 | 425 |
| Talktime (m) | 600 | 505 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 XHTML, HTML | Android HTML Webkit |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | NA | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |