This phone won't be out until later in 2008, and unlocked, it's going to be a small fortune. But I guess that's what you pay to get Sony quality with all these features crammed into one device. Online retailers are estimating almost $1000.00 for this sucker when it comes out. Of course, then you have to buy a microSD (or Sony M2 - whichever the phone uses) memory card for it, too...
Which leads me to ask, why doesn't a phone this expensive already have between 8GB and 16GB integrated into it? This would be my primary complaint. $1000 for a phone and all the storage memory that comes with it is 400MB? That's just COMPLETELY unacceptable! WM phone manufacturers have to wake up. At the very least, they should include 8GB memory cards in the box.
As I mentioned before, we still don't know if it uses microSD or Sony M2 cards. If Sony has any kind of sense regarding this, they'll have gone with microSD.
The last question I have is, what kind of GPS does it have? All they talk about is A-GPS. What does that mean? I know what A-GPS technology is, but it doesn't indicate anything about what the phone truly has. Because devices with true GPS chipsets in them will sometimes offer A-GPS in addition, as an added benefit. While other devices fail to integrate an actual GPS chipset, but instead offer only A-GPS which utilizes a WiFi connection to gather locational info. The latter, of course, is incredibly lame. So if they're going to charge a grand for this thing, at that price, it better have a great GPS chipset inside, or it's a no go for me. One little missing component like that will spoil the whole thing. A-GPS isn't good enough. I want to see SiRFstar III GPS in this thing, but I'm certain that won't happen, otherwise, they would've mentioned it by now. Qualcomm GPS would be better than nothing - that's what the HTC Tytn II (HTC Tilt) has. But on the bright side, the fact that the Xperia will offer an FM radio tells me that it very well may have a true GPS chipset inside, so there's still hope. They better make it clear, though, and soon.
A lot of us have big expectations for the X1 - so Sony, you better not let us down.
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This phone won't be out until later in 2008, and unlocked, it's going to be a small fortune. But I guess that's what you pay to get Sony quality with all these features crammed into one device. Online retailers are estimating almost $1000.00 for this sucker when it comes out. Of course, then you have to buy a microSD (or Sony M2 - whichever the phone uses) memory card for it, too...
Which leads me to ask, why doesn't a phone this expensive already have between 8GB and 16GB integrated into it? This would be my primary complaint. $1000 for a phone and all the storage memory that comes with it is 400MB? That's just COMPLETELY unacceptable! WM phone manufacturers have to wake up. At the very least, they should include 8GB memory cards in the box.
As I mentioned before, we still don't know if it uses microSD or Sony M2 cards. If Sony has any kind of sense regarding this, they'll have gone with microSD.
The last question I have is, what kind of GPS does it have? All they talk about is A-GPS. What does that mean? I know what A-GPS technology is, but it doesn't indicate anything about what the phone truly has. Because devices with true GPS chipsets in them will sometimes offer A-GPS in addition, as an added benefit. While other devices fail to integrate an actual GPS chipset, but instead offer only A-GPS which utilizes a WiFi connection to gather locational info. The latter, of course, is incredibly lame. So if they're going to charge a grand for this thing, at that price, it better have a great GPS chipset inside, or it's a no go for me. One little missing component like that will spoil the whole thing. A-GPS isn't good enough. I want to see SiRFstar III GPS in this thing, but I'm certain that won't happen, otherwise, they would've mentioned it by now. Qualcomm GPS would be better than nothing - that's what the HTC Tytn II (HTC Tilt) has. But on the bright side, the fact that the Xperia will offer an FM radio tells me that it very well may have a true GPS chipset inside, so there's still hope. They better make it clear, though, and soon.
A lot of us have big expectations for the X1 - so Sony, you better not let us down.