Sony: Xperia Play 'is cooler than iPhone, probably not as expensive'

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Garnett said:

Your saying a generic phone that is running generic android and looks like every other generic phone with a keyboard is cooler than a one of akind iphone? Bullshit...

YMMV but the fact android is open source and any phone maker can use it makes android much cooler than the iPhone OS. A totally locked down proprietary product, IMO, is the height of uncool. Now jailbreaking the iPhone, that's cool. Yep I said it, it's one thing that's uncool about all the consoles.

As to Xperia play being a generic phone, I'll refer you to the last word in your post. Unless of course you can find me another phone that has PSP-like controls on a slide out panel and can play PSOne and PSP (minis at least) games. Lack of PSP full game compatibility is distinctly uncool and is pretty much the reason I won't be getting it unless/until they announce that it is coming.

That's not to say the Xperia Play is cooler than the iPhone from the perspective of the market. But for myself there's a lot more in the Xperia Play that I find cool than in the iPhone.

As to the Sony Marketing people using the word "cool" and saying "cooler than the iphone" before the device goes on market. Well methinks whoever decided to go with that marketing strategy ought to be demoted to the mailroom. YOu can say the device is coolere than the iphone if it sells more than the iPhone within a certain time period (perhaps a quarter), other than that it's hot air.