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Fido Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro to be priced at $50 on a 3-year

By on August 7, 2011 at 10:53am in Fido News, Mobile News


The next Android device that Fido has on tap is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro (Rogers will be releasing the Mini Pro). From the internal doc that surfaced last week it showed this has an “mid-August” release date and will come with OS 2.3. Just like the LG Optimus 2X that recently launched the Xperia Pro has an 8 megapixel camera but has a 3.7-inch screen, 4-row QWERTY slider and a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. As for pricing, Best Buy has revealed that this will come in at a $49.99 3-year term price tag. No word yet on the no-contract price will most likely be around the $400 – $450 mark.

(Thanks Jason!)

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  3. Fido Optimus 2X, Xperia Pro and Galaxy Q all launching in August
  4. Rogers on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 OS 2.3.3 upgrade: “We will support the update… We don’t have timing yet”

Discussion

21 comments for “Fido Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro to be priced at $50 on a 3-year”

  1. On the fence with this one. We’ll just have to wait and see how it does.

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    Posted by jaylen | August 7, 2011, 10:59 am
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    • @jaylen same here. the phone looks good but i am not too fond of the xperia brand. I think i might as well just go with the droid/milestone 3

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      Posted by Lucas | August 8, 2011, 12:09 am

  2. That’s actually a really good price for a gingerbread Device!

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    Posted by Marc | August 7, 2011, 11:02 am
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  3. Great replacement for Vivaz Pro.

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    Posted by TomatoGuy | August 7, 2011, 11:23 am
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  4. Lol the vivaz pro was a complete epic failure! Tired of these companies slackin and makin shitty phones like that..

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    Posted by jaylen | August 7, 2011, 11:53 am
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    • Vivaz Pro was pre-Android and runs on Symbian.

      SE’s android phones are pretty solid.

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      Posted by bummy | August 7, 2011, 3:14 pm

  5. Looks like good pricing, but my faith is not yet restaured in the Xperia series .

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    Posted by raz | August 7, 2011, 12:14 pm
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  6. Xperia Pro 400-450$? and the Xperia mini Pro is 275$… Why the Xperia pro is more expenseive than LG optimus 2X?

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    Posted by Terry | August 7, 2011, 12:38 pm
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    • coz other than lacking of the duel core
      it’s relatively comparable to lg
      you are also buying the brand sony (ericsson) <–key reason
      and their camera is better than the lg as well
      also with the display

      as you might know, just brand itself is expensive =\
      example: samsung netbook ~350; acer netbook ~250; lg netbook ~200

      but i am not saying lg is bad ah… don't get me wrong

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      Posted by Cadet | August 7, 2011, 3:30 pm

  7. I just sent my vivaz pro for repairs xD but I think my next phone will be the xperia duo, hopefully it’s real :s

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    Posted by Marc | August 7, 2011, 12:38 pm
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  8. Lol. Everyone with a vivaz pro will end up having to repair, if they haven’t already. Phone sucks harddd!!

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    Posted by jaylen | August 7, 2011, 5:19 pm
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  9. I thought this phone would be coming out in Q4 due to production delays from the tsunami/earthquake.

    If it goes Fido and not also to Rogers, I’ll be upset. It’s one I had my eye one cause of the Qwerty KB.

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    Posted by Clockwork | August 7, 2011, 6:12 pm
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    • of course they are uanfficiol. but Google already released the 2.3.5 code, and DEVS are already making ROMS based on that build. I thought SE will try to keep up with the latest android builds? by October, or very soon after October, there will be definitely a new android build. If gingerbread is still the latest android (mobile) OS by that time.

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      Posted by Julia | March 23, 2012, 2:38 pm

  10. phone is priced at $350 no contract
    i work at fido

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    Posted by Calvin | August 7, 2011, 10:43 pm
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    • Wow, I hope this is accurate! That would be an awesome no contract price! Do you know when it’s going on sale?

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      Posted by Max | August 7, 2011, 11:01 pm

  11. you need a data plan for this right?

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    Posted by jon | August 7, 2011, 11:09 pm
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  12. it should come sometime in august for back to school
    we already have the posters up in our store

    @jon yea you need a data plan

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    Posted by Calvin | August 7, 2011, 11:15 pm
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  13. It’s been 6 months since it has been announced. I’m glad to finally see it released. There aren’t that many phones with qwerty sliders. I’m thinking it will be a little outclassed by the Motorola XT860 4G.

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    Posted by Stuntman | August 7, 2011, 11:26 pm
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  14. Motorola can’t outclass anything. Everything they’ve ever made in the past 10 years (with the exception of the razr) is GARBAGE! Garbage, garbage!

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    Posted by Zeake | August 8, 2011, 8:55 am
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  15. it’s actually gonna be $350 without a contract; visited several fido stores to confirm

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    Posted by Micheal | August 8, 2011, 10:37 am
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