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Rogers releases Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

By on April 15, 2010 at 8:14am in Mobile News, Rogers Wireless News, Sony Ericsson, Various News

The day has finally arrived – April 15th, 2010. You can now officially purchase your Android-powered Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 exclusively from Rogers in either Sensuous Black or Luster White.

This can be yours on the following price plans:
3-year contract: $149.99 (Promotional price)
2-year contract: $449.99
1-year contract: $499.99
No contract: $549.99

The X10 runs Android OS 1.6 and has Sony Ericsson’s Timescape, Mediascape and Infinity button. Other key features are the 4-inch LCD capacitive touchscreen display (resolution is 480×854), 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 1GB of ROM/512MB of RAM, 3.5mm headset jack, an 8.1 megapixel camera with LED flash, auto-focus, face detection, video capabilities, will ship with a 16GB microSD card and can hold up to 32GB. Overall dimensions are 119 x 63 x 13mm with a weight of 135 grams.

More here at Rogers

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Discussion

14 comments for “Rogers releases Sony Ericsson Xperia X10”

  1. Still says pre-order on the site, but I did notice this:
    “Platform / Operating System:
    Google™ Android (ver. TBA)”

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    Posted by Erik Berkun-Drevnig | April 15, 2010, 9:05 am
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  2. such a nice device, why only run 1.6?

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    Posted by Preacher | April 15, 2010, 9:05 am
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  3. Meh.

    The first time I saw this phone, its appearance and industrial design caught my attention. Specs leaked in, 1GHz snapdragon, 8MP camera, 4″ LED backlit screen, capacitive touch. Then as more news came in about how the phone would be limited in certain ways (you can Google this I’m sure), phone became less appealing.

    So… average phone for exorbitant price off-contract, with a really bad provider… no thanks.

    You’d be much better off buying a Nexus One from Google and going Wind instead.

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    Posted by James Lui | April 15, 2010, 9:06 am
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  4. @James Lui

    The Rogers/Bell/Telus/AT&T version of the Nexus One is available on Google’s website.

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    Posted by Mark Skerritt | April 15, 2010, 9:09 am
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  5. I work for Rogers and asked the 1.6 question to a Sony rep and he said it’s only temporarily running 1.6. They said it was currently more stable to release it with 1.6 and do some rigorous testing with Android 2. They said they’re trying to avoid any problems with it right off the bat like the Nexus One had. Because of timescape, mediascape, and the infinite features they want to go with a earlier version of the operating system. He said that, for sure, it is going to be updated, especially since it’s their flagship device.

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    Posted by Tim | April 15, 2010, 9:34 am
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  6. I am using the nexus one (Rogers compatible edition) Sold my Motorola Milestone(no way to fully root the phone)

    Nexus one rocks, already using the htc Desire rom…i love open source!

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    Posted by Bong Sniffer | April 15, 2010, 9:34 am
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  7. I managed to pick one of these up on Tuesday, April 13th. I happened to be in a Rogers Plus store and they had just received their inventory of phones. I asked if I could do a phone upgrade and to my surpise they did it.

    The phone certain looks nice, but there are a few things I noticed which could/will get annoying.

    1. The screen smudges very easily and I am always cleaning it.

    2. You CANNOT use VOICE DIALLING to initiate a call from your Bluetooth earpiece. If you use the phone to initiate the call then you can listen/talk via bluetooth, but you cannot use voice commands to say “Call name…” from the bluetooth device. This apparently is a problem with all Android phones which I was not aware of so I was rather disappointed when I found that out after I purchased the phone. I am surprise that Google would not have implemented this feature and was something I just assume worked given that it is a pretty standard feature on any phone.

    3. Would have preferred that the USB port was placed on the bottom of the phone. Makes it easier to use while charging.

    4. It doesn’t appear that this phone will have any sort of Car dock like the Milestone has given that there is no port that it could plug into.

    5. Sony does not sell any sort of protective case for the phone yet, but I am sure it is just a metter of time.

    As I get more time to play with the phone, I will be in a beetter position to judge the whole Timescape thing. Seems like a pretty slick feature.

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    Posted by Jason | April 15, 2010, 9:39 am
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  8. A phone with limits

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    Posted by David | April 15, 2010, 9:45 am
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  9. If there’s one thing I learned from my HTC Hero days…. NEVER buy a non-Google branded Android phone. They are always horribly lagging behind in the OS.

    My N1 is running 2.1update1 and the Hero is still running 1.5! Ridiculous!!

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    Posted by Jim | April 15, 2010, 10:04 am
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  10. Um Jim, you understand the N1 is manufactured by HTC and that as soon as Google sells their next OS to another hardware manufacturer (perhaps back to motorola in advance like the Droid before N1) your N1 will be as dated as the Hero.

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    Posted by Ian Small | April 15, 2010, 12:19 pm
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  11. Somewhat interested in the phone, but definitely not the price (and the fact that it’s on Rogers). Maybe Sony will do better next time…. In the meantime, though, I’ll be going with an N1, rooting it, and throwing the Desire ROM on it. Like Bong Sniffer already said, open source is the shizzle :P

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    Posted by phuzzykiller | April 15, 2010, 3:26 pm
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  12. @ Ian Small

    Unlike all other Android phones made by HTC, the Nexus One is sold exclusively by Google, and is branded as the Google Nexus One, not HTC Nexus one. Is the droid called the Google Droid? No, it’s the Motorola Droid, and for that reason Google will be supporting the Nexus One before all other handsets.

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    Posted by Jordan | April 16, 2010, 8:25 am
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  13. one of my friends got this phone and it looks like even though they say it has a good processor.. the android on it is even faster for the phone so everytime u tap a screen.. it takes about 3 to 5 seconds for the application to start loading and thats not when ur driving and using its navigation gsp.. u cant drive and wait 5 secs after every tap on the screen..

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    Posted by Ali | April 17, 2010, 11:02 pm
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  14. I gave it back.

    The X10 has some serious issues. The crapware Sony put on it is really dragging the CPU down. Linpack benchmarks are down some 50% compared to the Nexus One. The performance and battery life of this phone are both terrible!

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    Posted by xaueious | June 16, 2010, 11:56 am
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