UK430(Including 20% VAT) = RM16XX(Excluding VAT)
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yeaah my heart lifted a little after seeing this. High chances xperia s is going to be cheap.

And about the non removable battery, i see its the trend nowdays. Almost all manufacturers coming up with new phones with non removable batteries. Save space prbably?

improve waterproof, or so i heard..

maybe the reason the phone is releasing after WMC is because of the logo then ... or the brand. Since they just acquire the company...

i dont see the problem with the non removable batteries, unless the phone gets jam frequently and theres no way to restart it like the old phones.

the same with me I just hope to have the option for external memory... =,=

yeah but many ppl make it a big fuss. but as far as i can see almost all new phones come with non removable battery? times are changing, people should change perspective also.

on the other hand. i want this phone to be released faaast. can't wait to see how the camera performs.

that's the point.. not like we like taking battery off because it's fun, just to force off on restart..(yea i'm tech-noob like that)
memory card is veeeery convenient also.. haihh.

Sometimes if the custom Android ROM u use is not stable how? Can't remove battery lol.. stuck forever

then the beauty of battery sucking android comes to play

Awesomeeee!
I guess it will be RetailPrice RM1699!
But just for realistic, RM1799 should be much closer.

and easier for designers in making the thickness smaller

Correct, whats the point of removable battery? Its not like we are going to remove and slot it back everyday at least once right. I personally felt designers are not stupid so trust them Sony's R&D might just discover the extreme LOW probability of end users to remove the battery. Maybe its time to change.

Custom rom it is always at our own risk right. They dont encourage end users to do so too btw.

Well, I've decided I'm getting this no matter what the price. Was struggling with the fact that I'd have to get a Samsung till this was announced.

I won't be getting the Vita till it's released officially in MY so that's one thing off my mind.

Then we'll see what comes out in July and September. If there's a flagship release, then I'll get that too and sell this one off.

Now just waiting till March is going to kill me!

I don't trust the designer that well.. I still see there will be times, at least once, one will be taking the battery off to force switch off. Otherwise, what? Get stuck/hang, leave it till morning next day, then have to take to service centre or something? Well, I dunno, correct me if i'm wrong..

Very likely I will get this as my first smartphone too, despite that I hated irremovable batt, & no card slot (one of the reason I like Ion more! >_< ..I'd trade transparent strip to card slot/removable batt any day).. but may take sometime to read reviews and study android/smartphone stuff first.

Then comes the iOS debate of stability

is the bootloader for this gonna be unlocked? hehe

1 more month of waiting ... =,=

Arghhh im totally sold for this xperia S... Cant wait till it launch in malaysia. I will totally sell of my moto razr to fund for this.

http://dl-www.sonyericsson.com/cws/downloa...eria_S_WP_2.pdf

according to this white paper from the dev., the


Memory
Internal phone storage Up to 1.8 GB
RAM 1 GB
Flash memory 32 GB eMM

anyone can explain to me, what's the different between "internal phone storage" and "flash memory"?

in which memory the apps are default install into?

If it gets hung up, then its bad.
Just hope that there will be a hard reset button?

Well, i guess the phone would be 2 months or so before it reaches to Malaysia market right?
Correct me if i am wrong.

just take my money already!