Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 finally gets official in the US
At this point it’s been so long since we reviewed the X1, we almost forgot it existed. Thankfully, Sony Ericsson decided to refresh our collective memory yesterday evening with a press release detailing the X1’s long-awaited arrival stateside. It’s definitely safe to say we enjoyed the phone but it certainly didn’t knock our socks off like a, gulp, $800 handset should. That’s right people, just as we scooped a couple of days ago, the official US price from Sony for this bad boy will be a whopping $800. Sheesh. For those of you who will soon be deciding between the X1 and a well-specced laptop in the coming months, here’s a quick refresher course:
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 850/1900/2100
- Windows Mobile 6.1 Operating System
- Size: 110 x 53 x 16.7 mm, 145 grams
- Main screen: 3″ touchscreen, 800 x 480 pixels, 65,536 color TFT
- Slide-out QWERTY
- Phone memory: up to 400 MB, microSDHC support
- 3.2 megapixel camera, auto focus, video recording support
- Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
- Optical joystick navigation
- Xperia panels UI band-aid
Yeah, yeah - you know the rest. The X1 will be available through Sony stores on November 28th, though don’t expect any special Black Friday pricing. The Sony Style website will also begin taking pre-orders on November 13, you know, because there are going to be hoards of people pushing and shoving for the chance to drop $800 on a phone in this economy.
Tags: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, Windows Mobile, X1, xperia
But it has a resistive touchscreen.
So sad.
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Good lord $800? And I thought the N96 price point was obnoxious!
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Who are the idiots running Sony Erickson ? I was excited about this phone for a while but i coudnt wait and bought the G1 I am so happy I did its a great phone.
But at this price who is going to buy that phone ?? with Winmo on it? it didnt bother me too much since I was on winmo but now that I tried android I cant go back to winmo …impossible android applications work so fast compared to winmo very slow speed.
This was delayed and now its overpriced ?? a total disappointment! something is wrong with the people at Sony!!
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LOL $800 LOL.
This maybe woulda worked I dunno say…a year ago.
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yea i’ll pass
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No WIFI either, waste of nearly a grand. F that
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It has wifi
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This hasn’t already happened? I can buy a winmo phone grom a ne company for 800 or a netbook for less than half?
USA! USA!
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Agreed. 6-8 months ago, this was an interesting device. Now it’s just another $400 smartphone.
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That IS funny. Especially since the AT&T Fuze is, according to the BGR review, “the best Windows Mobile device available at this time”. And much cheaper, even at full price.
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no tmo g3? where’s the 1700 band?
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Seriously…I don’t mean to sound ignorant or mean, but realistically, how many devices do you expect that will sport the 1,700MHz band that all of ONE carrier uses, and that carrier being the smallest one at that!?!?
It’s already bad enough that device makers have to add the North American bands. And they sometimes don’t. See HTC Touch HD, a phone a lot of folks wanted, including myself.
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i been telling people no 3g for tmobile since this day one….
no X1 for 3g no no no…
never…
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Yea, I agree. The minute I heard about T-Mo’s 3G when it was announced, I thought Who’s gonna make phones for that? You got the G1, which is a beta at best, with all the problems that have been reported, and what, one other phone?
Nothing against T-Mobile, just the attitude of some people. “How dare not every phone includes quintuple 3G bands” lol…
Maybe T-Mobile can get on board with 4G/LTE? Like every other carrier will.
Anyway, anyone in this blog buying the X1? I was, but the price is inexcusable. The Touch HD would have been great! But guess what, HTC didn’t feel like making one for the U.S., or Canada, due to the Frequencies! They didn’t want to even deal w/ the 850/1900 bands, never mind 1700.
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geeze guys. the only reason i mentioned it was because it was supposed to be the first smart phone to support the 1700 band. It said so on the sony ericcson website months and months and months ago. i have not delusions as to how many phone makers will automatacally suppport the band. geeze.
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Actually, I pre-ordered one two days ago. I should be getting it hopefully Friday. The price is a bit high, I must admit. I was torn between this one or the Samsung Omnia i900. I’m moving to this from my Nokia n95 (which is a great phone). My biggest complaint about the n95 was no keyboard and poor support for office, and I thought the tie-ins for Exchange didn’t seem to work as nicely as with a Winmo device. I always felt more productive with a Winmo device ( I still have a Hitachi G1000 on my shelf, cringe! ), and I spent $600 on that hunk of junk when it came out. I’ll let people know about it when I get it.
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I agree $800 is a bit much, but seriously, the comparisons to netbooks need to stop. These devices are far superior to a netbook in my opinion. You don’t carry around a netbook in your pocket all day. You don’t use your notebook to make calls. You don’t use your netbook to listen to tunes and/or watch net videos. Oh yeah, your notebook is good for all of 2 hours!
My point is a powerful phone has long trampled upon the netbook and for very good reasons!
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