I emailed the SE shop in the UK. They told me it will be released "towards the end of February". According to Play.com they will have it in on the 19th.
We'll see....I'm prepared to wait for this as other Android phones are still lacking in areas like the camera etc and this fills that gap nicely.
I won't be able to get it though :/ since I still have over 2 years on my 3 years contract (damn Rogers and its eternity contract). But I want to see if SE delivers on the X10. I am hoping the delay is due to SE upgrading the OS to 2.0 XD [am I hoping for too much?].
Signing off
-Roze-
Last edited by Roze; January 20th, 2010 at 12:25 AM.
Reason: Edit error
Dear David, Thank you for contacting the Sony Ericsson support centre. We regret to inform you that we have yet to be supplied with a definate date for the release of the Sony Ericsson X10 handset. It is beleived to be released within the next 4-6 weeks but this will also depend on when networks choose to take the handset. With regards to the Android version supplied, it is currently being decided whether to release it with Version 1.6 and supply an update, or wait and release it with version 2.0/2.1. It will definately have Android 2.0/2.1 at some point.
Kind Regards, Liam Wardley Sony Ericsson UK Customer Services
I'm completely torn between this and the Nexus One; I love the voice search and Live Wallpapers of the Nexus (presumably this is down to Android 2.1, and could show up on the X10), but the camera, Time/Mediascape on the X10 seem superb. Decision, decisions.
Last edited by daviddakota; January 21st, 2010 at 01:41 PM.
Are all saying back end of March, that was last week
All these will be on contract and will allow time for carriers to apply their own branded ROM's.....SIM free models should be available earlier with the stock ROM.
I too mulled over the Nexus one as it looks quite snazzy, but the very average camera (with typical HTC pink hue issues) and iffy support (many people have complained about being passed back and forth between Google and HTC although admittedly SE are not exactly brilliant in this regard either) were negatives for me.
You can import it from the states right now but the US model is missing multitouch although spied shots of the yet to be announced European model did have it. Fingers crossed when the X10 gets Android 2.0+ they'll include the pinching gestures as it's very handy and intuitive.
Hopefully AT&T snatches this one up for a U.S. release soon! I just got an early out of my Verizon contract due to horrible coverage and a ton of service problems over the last month. (sometimes taking 15-20 tries to get a call to go through without a message saying "We're sorry, all circuits are busy at this time.....". ) I REALLY want to pick up this phone, but looks like it may be difficult to do so...
I think this is going to be on Tmobile for the USA as it has the same operating freq as the Tmobile 3G network. That is all I can attest for as I dont have AT&T.
Last edited by funeral; January 25th, 2010 at 01:45 AM.
I think this is going to be on Tmobile for the USA as it has the same operating freq as the Tmobile 3G network. That is all I can attest for as I dont have AT&T.
Unless you're living under a rock you would know that the phone doesn't just have tmobile frequency support, but also At&t 3G bands. According to their own site, SE insists that the only USA released X10 will support At&t 3G bands, though they are pretty notorious for never updating information on their own site.
It's like you'll be able to buy an unlocked version of the phone and use it with Tmobile 3G, but I find it difficult to believe that T-Mobile would subsidize the phone along with the large assortment of Android phones it already has in the pipe-line.
On the other hand, a few accounts with no real evidence to back them up have spoken of the X10 in fact being one of the 2 android phone At&t is releasing in upcoming months. Right now we know of Dell Mini 3, Motorola Backflip, and HTC phone (likely the Bravo).
Several corporate employees have discussed recent meetings at the HQ discussing upcoming changes to their networks, new phones etc. All people that have mentioned the meeting have said they played with 2 of the upcoming Android phones that At&t will be carrying. Included in those 2 was the Xperia X10, and backflip. A few even mentioned possible X10 variation for different price points. i.e. dumbed down OS etc for cheaper etc.
Unless you're living under a rock you would know that the phone doesn't just have tmobile frequency support, but also At&t 3G bands. According to their own site, SE insists that the only USA released X10 will support At&t 3G bands, though they are pretty notorious for never updating information on their own site.
It's like you'll be able to buy an unlocked version of the phone and use it with Tmobile 3G, but I find it difficult to believe that T-Mobile would subsidize the phone along with the large assortment of Android phones it already has in the pipe-line.
On the other hand, a few accounts with no real evidence to back them up have spoken of the X10 in fact being one of the 2 android phone At&t is releasing in upcoming months. Right now we know of Dell Mini 3, Motorola Backflip, and HTC phone (likely the Bravo).
Several corporate employees have discussed recent meetings at the HQ discussing upcoming changes to their networks, new phones etc. All people that have mentioned the meeting have said they played with 2 of the upcoming Android phones that At&t will be carrying. Included in those 2 was the Xperia X10, and backflip. A few even mentioned possible X10 variation for different price points. i.e. dumbed down OS etc for cheaper etc.
Hopefully AT&T gets on the ball and picks this phone up. It would be horrible timing to release it the same time that the next gen iPhone is due for launch. The X10 would get no love then...
Hopefully AT&T gets on the ball and picks this phone up. It would be horrible timing to release it the same time that the next gen iPhone is due for launch. The X10 would get no love then...
If there even is a "new" iphone. Most of the rumors are around iphone for verizon. I mean, there isn't much else they can do to the phone after the 3GS other than increase the ram amount and cpu speed. MSNBC was saying earlier that Apple is definitely in talks with new carriers and At&t was definitely looking at new phone companies. Which makes sense since their exclusivity contract is up this year.
Device(s): HTC Flyer
with Android 2.3.3
HTC Desire
with Android 2.2
T-Mobile G1
with Android 1.6
Carrier: Not Provided
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
t-mob uk date.
I received an email from t-mobile loyalty team, stating that the X10 will be available through them on 29th March 2010, about 2 days earlier than Vodafone.
Would they still be able to do it i Q1 or would it be most likely Q2?
Well I don't work for SE but I'm going to venture a guess - probably Q2. Localising firmware updates usually takes 1 - 2 months (no idea why it takes so long) so I suppose it'll probably take an equal amount of time to get the phone out in HK and Asia
In my weekly trade brief. Im a t-mobile uk store manager.
Any others on the horizon? Full upgrade (my 17th month) due on the 28th March and wanting to go Android. Tempted by this but ideally want supersonic if not too far away as I love the HD2, nexus or bravo. Just wondering if you've heard whispers
Any others on the horizon? Full upgrade (my 17th month) due on the 28th March and wanting to go Android. Tempted by this but ideally want supersonic if not too far away as I love the HD2, nexus or bravo. Just wondering if you've heard whispers
Ill have another check next week when im back in store. The only other phone i noticed that stood out from the norm was the HTC Buzz but i think thats windows, not android. The bravo is due the same week as the xperia though. Ive been waiting to have a full play with both as my upgrade is due now and will be moving from the Hero. Ill only stay with android from now on, i love it.
Last edited by skimminstones; February 13th, 2010 at 12:38 PM.
Ill have another check next week when im back in store. The only other phone i noticed that stood out from the norm was the HTC Buzz but i think thats windows, not android. The bravo is due the same week as the xperia though. Ive been waiting to have a full play with both as my upgrade is due now and will be moving from the Hero. Ill only stay with android from now on, i love it.
Cheers for that. Yeah it's hard to know what to do. Narrowed it down to Bravo, X10, Nexus and ideally supersonic! We might find out more next week I guess. Happy to stay on T-Mob uk as their unlimited/3gb fair usage net allowance is awesome even if the signal is flakey on my train to work
Called O2 UK tonight about my upgrade. They have no release date for the X10 nor any confirmation that they will carry it........ (
If you look on the o2 uk website under smartphones the x10 is there.
I went to an O2 shop in Gateshead Metro Center on Tuesday 2nd March and asked about the X10. The guy I spoke to had been to some meeting when they had hands on and he said the phone is outstanding and will be on sale end of Marchbegining of April
asked about upgrade from my iphone he said come in sign new contract and walk away with shiney new phone. He also said that it will be available in both black and white
Only a couple of weeks to wait now
I emailed Sony in regards to the U.S. launch. The email I got back says that they don't know who will carry it, or when it will be released, but it is meant to be released in the U.S. Hopefully they tell us soon who is going to get the phone for U.S. sales....
I emailed Sony in regards to the U.S. launch. The email I got back says that they don't know who will carry it, or when it will be released, but it is meant to be released in the U.S. Hopefully they tell us soon who is going to get the phone for U.S. sales....
That's the typical SE attitude, more or less same as Nokia. They haven't caught on that the US market is a 'bit' different to our EU/Asian model
whatever happened to the indosat launch that was supposed to be on the 3d of this month? oh wait, SE postponed again. lame!!!! i hate SE and i hope that by the time this stupid phone comes to the u.s, no one will care. seriously, i hope other 4inch snapdragons come to the u.s and render this super delayed x10 totally obsolete..... SE is totally incompetent.
Just spoke to O2 uk upgrades and was told the phone would be released on the 29th March, 3 weeks then
Great news! Cheers for that! Hope I can get a white one off them pronto! In my experience, The Carphone Warehouse often gets phones in early, so worth a look there in a couple of weeks time!
Spoke to a sales person in an O2 shop last week and they said they woulb be getting the phone in both black and White.
Mine will be upgrade so will stay at O2 and not bother with carphone warehouse.
O2 also siad they hope the phone will be free on contrcts £30 and over
The Xperia X10 announced November 2009 was Sony Ericssons first flagship phone running the Android OS and at the time of announcement - the first Android handset to come with a 1 GHz Snapdragon Processor setting a path and standard for other 'h... Read More
Official phone release date & price thread
.....
(
