AT&T launched the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY 4G on September 18th at $49.99 with a two-year agreement, their version of the PlayStation-certified gaming smartphone. The 4G designation referred to AT&T’s HSPA+ network, not LTE. Like the Verizon version, it ran Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread and featured a 4-inch 480×854 display, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5-megapixel rear camera, and a VGA front-facing camera. A slide-out controller provided a directional keypad, dual analog touch joysticks, two shoulder buttons, and the four PlayStation symbol keys.
The AT&T version came exclusively in “stealth blue” and included a Sony Ericsson Multimedia Dock and music cable in the box alongside seven preloaded games: Dungeon Defenders Second Wave, Asphalt 6 Adrenaline, Star Battalion, Madden NFL 11, The Sims 3, Tower Bloxx: My City, and Crash Bandicoot. Over 150 Xperia PLAY-optimized games were available through Android Market.
