Even though it was just announced at the CES in Las Vegas, Sony has already managed to secure distribution for its Xperia S smartphone in the UK, where 3 of the leading mobile operators will offer the powerful device. Telefónica’s O2, Orange and Hutchison’s Three are all on board, while Vodafone said it “has no plans” to list Sony’s baby.
Although we’ve no idea how much each carrier will ask for the Sony Xperia S, it’s safe to bet all of ’em will give away the device, while requiring users’ signature on a two-year 30+ GBP per month contract.
As a reminder, the new Sony smartphone sports a 4.3-inch 720p (1280×720 pixels) Reality Display, 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 12-megapixel camera on the back, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, HSPA+ and Wi-Fi connectivity, 1GB of RAM and 32GB of built-in memory. Android 2.3 Gingerbread will initially run the show with Ice Cream Sandwich update launching soon afterwards…
[Via: Unwired View]