Sony Ericsson Xperia send the play into the race finally. With the mix of full-fledged smart phone and game console manufacturers wants to revolutionize the market. In our test, we tell whether the balancing act was successful.

The Xperia Play looks at first glance like a typical smartphone with full keyboard: It is a massive 16 mm thick and weighs 175 grams, which can be felt clearly in the pocket. That would be bearable if the manufacturer would have used high quality materials for the housing, but the gamer cell phone is made entirely of plastic.

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But does the processing.*Gaps are hardly visible, the battery cover is rock solid in place.*To remove it, you need some force, then he turns out to be thin and Labbe stiff necked piece of plastic.*Praise has earned the manufacturer for the slider mechanism.*Flaw: It is to hear a grinding noise discreet in fact we were able to discover after a few attempts superficial scratch marks on the centrally located gaming keys of the base.

Gaming keyboard?*Right, because where else at sliders hides a full keyboard, you can find a gamepad with the directional pad and four action buttons on the Playstation game console.*In between, there are two sensor fields to replace the mini-joystick to the console controller.*They are used to precisely control the digital pad is responsible for the rough.*Special keys that are labeled Select, and Start menu, and 2 shoulder buttons complete the small Playstation controller.