Android-Based Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 Full Specs And Large Images

@QamarAgrippa: Bull.

Not the exclusivity part. I agree with that part. I disagree with the consumers don't want these phones part. People are eating smartphones up left and right. They don't even know what they're doing with the smartphone but they still buy them. Blackberries haven't been just for enterprise for awhile.

Touchscreens are obviously hot. I don't know about you but I see enough dares, voyagers, instincts, storms, and the such out there that I can say people don't just want phones like this (or N97 5800 since I included them in my original post I think you're referring to) they're hungry for phones like this. I'll admit with as much as I read this and other tech sites I sometimes get those confused with the real world and that there are people who just want a phone but for the most part there is a huge opening to sell a bunch of these.

@tande04 mile island in the sun: I'll be keeping an eye out for 'em. I'd be thrilled if something with competitive specs and a slider qwerty was released stateside before the end of the year. Enough to change carriers- my Sprint Vogue first-gen is showing its age.

Bogus83

@Bogus83: The only HTC slider in the works that we know about is the lancaster. HTC looks like they're pulling out a number of phones that we didn't see on the roadmap so there could be more.

There are numerious others out there coming with full QWERTYs. Samsung has two in the works and LG's first is supposed to be a full QWERTY.

It's the other way around. Exclusivity means more money for the manufacturer.

The problem is that US carriers don't want these phones because the consumers don't want these phones, not that the manufacturers wouldn't LOVE to do a deal.

The only way a phone like this got mass marketed to the US was by putting an Apple logo on it. Otherwise, people either use a blackberry (business) or a simple phone.

QamarAgrippa

@Kayno:

Lupus_Yonderboy

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! What part of "Phone with decent specs AND QWERTY" don't manufacturers understand?

Sorry, it's just been driving me crazy. The only real qwerty-slider in the works is the Lancaster, and that's a drop in specs. Just give me something like the Touch Pro2, or even the X2, with 'droid.

Bogus83

@met2art: I don't know if carrier exclusivity is really the issue at hand.

For the most part thats a recent development. The big name exclusive handsets have just come around in the last year or so. Secondly its really a non issue for the US carriers. Exclusivity is built into the system just with how the carriers are. Your two big GSM carriers use different 3G bands and the other two are completely different technology.

Even then that goes back to my "bite the bullet" statement. Who cares if they make 100% profit on each phone with their current system. 100% of 0 is still 0.

@met2art: I was thinking the same but I just couldn't justify using the word raw to describe donkey cock. I feel it is more in line with processed donkey cock.

edison234footWaveDude

@Kayno: Another guy with an Apple logo for an avatar making fanboy comments about Apple products...What a shocker!

Kakkoister

full specs? where's the processor? memory?

willyolio

@Bertone Zero77: Apparently you dont follow tech news if you think a new iphone comes out every 3 months, or your that guy from that Time Machine movie.

Dillinger23

@tande04 mile island in the sun: Also, to Gizmodo, this new commenting system sucks raw donkey cock through a silly straw. Whoever implemented it ought to have their testicles removed through their nostrils while receiving a dry colonoscopy, without the benefit of anaesthesia.

@tande04 mile island in the sun: Zing! (+1)

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@tande04 mile island in the sun: Zing! (+1)

@tande04 mile island in the sun: They got horribly raped by US carriers. Carriers want exclusivity, which means decreased sales.

Decreased sales means the carrier wants a larger percentage of the retail price (in order to offer loyalty incentives, rebates, etc), which further lowers the manufacturer's profit margin. Given the the "life span" of a cell phone is so short, by the time the exclusivity period is up, the phone is already outdated and barely worth half its original retail price, as far as other vendors would be concerned. Hence why last-gen phones get relegated to Wal-Mart and Pay as You Go plans.

Excluvity contracting is the bane of the American cellphone market, both from a consumer standpoint, as well as that of manufacturers. The only ones who benefit are the carriers.

i've no faith in sony products or their ability to deliver a timely phone to market at a reasonable price.

SuramaAte

@ByronBorus: It is. Most of the snapdragon phones are that big. The toshiba one is 4.1 and no one is complaining there.

I've never heard anyone complain about the size of the iPhone screen as too big.

I am definitely getting this when it comes out. No question.

There is no way that screen size is right, it would be enormous. The iPhone has a 3.5" screen, and it gets size complaints. This phone looks amazing, but there is now way that spec is accurate.

ByronBorus

@pz:
No this uses microSDHC (see the "messaging" section above).

Looks great and all but really...no carrier is gonna subsidize this phone.

ok_go

@Kayno: Nope, this phone.

If I had said "this phone looks exactly like the one they released last year" you would of known I was talking about the iPhone.

+ 1 Do Want. I've always like the UI of Sony Ericsson phones and I have been holding off buying a iPhone because they seem to be coming out with a new one every three months that has features that the original should have had in the first place.

Rachel UI+those specs+Sony= Sold!

Bertone Zero77

@tande04 mile island in the sun: I think u were looking at a pic of the iPhone

Kayno

@pz: All their newer phones are using SD.
They've got 3.5mm jacks too.

Its right there in the specs too. SDHC.

So since this is Sony, it'll use craptastic memory sticks?

/never used a sony phone, so I dont' know if they actually use SD or not.

@speaknspell23: Like I said, I don't get it.

I don't understand why SE and Nokia are so afraid of US carriers. Are they really getting that bad of a deal on it? I find it hard to believe that if they were shopping this phone (or in Nokia's case the N97 or 5800) around that no US carrier was interested in it. Both companies US market share sucks so why not bite the bullet a bit, take a carrier deal that might not be ideal (I have a hard time believing they couldn't get a decent one though) and sell some phones.

@PhineasJW: Probably not very good. The Xperia X1 never had a US subsidized carrier. My guess is that this will probably run $600+.

speaknspell23

@PhineasJW: Uh slim to none.

I really don't get it. Maybe I'm missing something but how hard is it to shop these phones to US carriers?

Finally, the first of the next gen Android phones...

Considering it's Sony, and we're dealing with U.S. carriers ... what are the chances this appears *before* Dec. 31st for $199 or less (w/contract)?

Damnit! No NAM 3G frequencies according to this list.

I hope they give us a break and don't release the NAM version AFTER they've already released its successor in Europe.

@tande04 mile island in the sun: ah, bravo you are right! that's a little better. still seems weird that its right in the middle

@royoftroy: It is supposedly snapdragon.

Speaking of that the TG01 recently passed the FCC with CDMA. Cool.

@tande04 mile island in the sun: That is 100% their standard MO. I doubt anything will change any time soon.

conception

@da-vid: Eh, aesthetics are, as always, subjective.

I think it looks stunning. Sleek, simple, and smooth.

if you look at the silver lining of the snapshot with the camera, the lining is at the bottom, while in the other snapshots, the lining was at the top. they prob just flipped it upside down so that the sony ericsson logo and name can be more prominently displayed

ZamirBoreas

@Voohoo: well when holding in landscape mode with the lens right in the middle (instead of toward the top of the side that would be up) i would think a knuckle from your bent fingers would get in the way since the shutter button appears to be on the side there. I dunno, just my opinion.

With the lens on my g1 even off center a bit I still manage to get a hand in the way sometimes. Just seems like a design flaw to me IMHO

@royoftroy:

that's the potential dealbreaker here. What's under the hood? If it ain't fast, that screen res is going to make it all chug.

@switchblade saints: Huh. That is kinda weird.

Looking at it though I don't think it would be an issue. The more that I look at it I think that back shot is not just turned but flipped. Look at the button positions on the first shot and then in the second shot. Better yet look at the chrome accent on the side shots and compare it with the back shot. The camera would be at the top.

@switchblade saints: i'm sure it's meant to be held landscape like you said. but i don't see why it's so awkward to have the camera along the middle.

Voohoo

Sony Ericsson has some nice hardware, but why do they insist on making their phones look so ugly? This phone looks like it came from 2005. Many people I know have Sony Ericsson phones and they all look like a toy phone for little kids, tbh.

da-vid

LED flash????

lupin_iii

if they release it soon, it will be awesome

fleebailey33

They can go ahead and release this phone at any point.

I'm still worried it going to follow SE's standard release pattern and be outdated by the time they actually get around to shipping it.

@Nick: My island name is Nicko: id imagine blueteeth 3.0 was not polished when this phone was being completed

SE needs to start serving up some US 3G bands on their handsets!

too bad Sony makes craptacular phones.

glamajamma

is the camera at the bottom in back? and even if you hold it landscape style its in the middle. hmmm seems awkward to me

doesn't this kind of negate the Xperia "2" post below? Especially if the 3 is that thin and all 'droided.

tazm0n

at this point i only have faith in apple, htc, and palm in cell phones but hopefully if this has some decent multitouch and that android skin that can only be described as pure sex so sony ericsson can be added to that list as well.

when is the new blueteef gonna hit phones? and when can i expect WeeFee n speeds? every new phone i see just leads to disappointment.

Snapdragon?

royoftroy

daddy wants!

dugpol

I think I will have to save my pennies from now. That just looks down right sexy.

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