Sony’s Xperia S made a splash a CES in January, but as with most high-profile phones, it took a while for Canadian carriers to get on the trolley. That trends may or may not continue, but it looks like either way Canadians will get a crack at the company’s new flagship. Earlier today MobileSyrup reported that Sony’s official Facebook page posted the new that the Xperia S was headed to Canadian carrier Rogers. Hours later the Facebook update had vanished, and Rogers contacted the blog to deny the news.
It looks like Sony will instead be selling the phone unlocked, as it does with most of its smartphones. “I can confirm that while this device will work on the Rogers network, we will not be selling it directly,” A Rogers representative told MobileSyrup. Sounds like an unlocked phone to me. That’s a shame for Canadians who want the high-end phone with a subsidy, since the unlocked version will surely be in the $500-600 range. On the plus side, it’ll mean that Canadians (and maybe even Americans!) will have easy access to a carrier-agnostic version of the Xperia S. There was no mention of a price or date on Sony’s Facebook page.
The S is the largest and most advanced phone that Sony’s produced to date, with a 4.3-inch 720p screen (an impressive 341 PPI) a dual-core 1.5Ghz processor, NFC capability with an included set of tags, and a jaw-dropping 12.1 megapixel camera. Unfortunately it’s running Android 2.3, but Sony has (say it with me, kids) promised an Ice Cream Sandwich update some time in the future. The phone has already made its way to the UK and greater Europe, and will be making it here to the US at AT&T’s Xperia Ion, minus the swanky transparent menu buttons. For a review of the British version, check out our sister site SlashGear.
Great-great-great! Let’s hope it’ll go to the rest of the world very soon, too! 🙂
LOL!!! Sony, you’re hilarious. You release this stupid phone to Canada, YET YOU STILL IGNORE the XPERIA ION! What a piece of shit company. I hope the phone fails.
Rogers customers in Canada had a big android release debacle with the Xperia X10… their “promise” sounds like there’s a good possibility of history repeating itself… don’t rely on manufacturers and carriers to get updates out to you.. they will take forever if at all. Buy a phone that already has the OS on it.
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Get the Ion from ATT it will work on Rogers
wow no ICS on the new phone. What’s wrong with these companies not releasing ICS on their new phones. BTW sony sucks with phones i rather wait for samsung galaxy S III.