| Manufacture | Sony Ericsson | Motorola |
| Model | Xperia Play | MPx |
| Form factor | Slider | Clamshell/fold |
| Weight | 175 gram | 174.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 119 x 62 x 16 | 100.00 x 61.00 x 24.00 |
| Operating System | Android | Other |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900
3G - 800/850/900/1900/2100/CDMA2000 1xEV-DO | 2G - 900/1800/1900
|
| HSCSD |  | NA |
| GPRS |  | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Email | | |
| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 5.1 megapixel, autofocus, geo tagging | 1.3 megapixels |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | VGA (640 x 480) | NA |
| Display size | 4 inches | 2.80 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16777216 | 65 |
| Display width | 480 | 240 |
| Display height | 854 | 320 |
| PPI | 244.91 | 142.86 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | 1 GHz Scorpion ARMv7 | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 400 MB. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card. 8 GB card included | NA |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | MP3 | NA |
| Java | | NA |
| Games | Yes. PlayStation games | NA |
| FM Radio | | NA |
| Battery | 1500 mAh | NA |
| Standby time (h) | 425 | 140 |
| Talktime (m) | 505 | 180 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | Android HTML Webkit | NA |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | NA |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | NA |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | NA |
| PC Synchronization | | NA |
| SyncML | | NA |
| Website | Website | Website |
