UK carrier O2 has confirmed that the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play will be delayed, after having “found some bugs in the software that, if they’re not fixed, means customers won’t have a great experience.” According to Stuart Hibberd, head of O2’s testing team, by the time Sony Ericsson has tweaked the firmware, the gaming smartphone will have missed its previously announced April 1 launch date.
What’s unclear is whether the same bugs will impact other carriers offering the XPERIA Play. O2 doesn’t specify what, exactly, the issues are, but it does claim they’re general flaws in the XPERIA Play’s firmware rather than something to do with a particular build for the O2 network.
For more on the XPERIA Play, check out our hands-on from CTIA 2011 last week.
[Thanks Toby!]
