but that one blog said confirmed confirmed March?

"We have had inquiries over the weekend as some other online retailers have been promoting the release date of the Sony Xperia S as today’s date, Monday 30th January. This is incorrect and the release date for UK SIM-free stock remains the first week of March; we anticipate stock arriving on the 6th or 7th"

http://blog.clove.co.uk/2012/01/30/sony-xp...till-due-march/

yeah. that's the beauty of sony right? haha...AP set at least rm200 cheaper.
hopefully this continues on the xperia s.

depending on the location? phone services are cheap as well. The last time i went there almost everyone had a nice touchscreen phone and it was in pakkan kuttur. My nokia broke, lcd problem and it only cost me about rs600 to fix about rm50?, in malaysia it would have cost rm300.

How much of a difference are the price of the phones in india and malaysia?

i thought india ppl like to use low end nokias

u thought wrong.
just go to sony ericsson support forum.
a noticable people from india there.

hey the phone price will be around 1900-1800

says who?

same thought as u..

service for most of the low ends are cheap here. high end phones have very high risk sending to simple cheap shops anywhere. i'm studying here and been wanting a new phone. example like the droid razr. when it came out in msia how much was it? around rm2099? it was around rs35000, approx rm2.2-2.4k depending on what exchange rate u get. and all electronics are expensive in india. dont know why though.

and ppl dont use low end nokia phones here. all china brand mobile only. well majority of them. bcoz majority here can't afford expensive phones.

sorry for the off topic.

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_s_dela...e-news-3748.php

That means ... the retailer also don't know the price for the phone... Now I hope more phone are announced in WMC

Sure, but the only other Sony phones I want might be in July and September

theres one problem that will arise. the lame usb port flap! it would make cable data transfer, charging, in car charging pain in the ass. why not just a mini usb port at the bottom or at least make it open.

this phone will retail like the price of arc when released!

and the price will probably drop like the arc too. Anyway i heard this is the last phone under SE brand.

U heard wrong, xperia s and xperia ion wil be the first phone under Sony brand.

Yep xperia S is the first under Sony brand. you see SE name in CES is due to the naming change is still pending by FCC.

my only beef with the phone is the non removable battery and micro sim, sony's so stooooooopid it stupid

microsim i can still accept, as long as can convert from normal sim, if can't have to buy new number, then will be more foreveralone.
irremovable battery is lame, no card slot is lame. will crush me if price drop fast..