hopefully it will beat N8 for camera smartphone king.

Yeah, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and will be upgraded to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) later on.

Will be available globally 1st quarter 2012, so I'm guessing by March.

i think it will be in current xperia arc price range. 1899.

if they price more than 2k, it will be slaughtered by samsung S3.

how many people would use the hdmi port? it just waste of space.. make it as usb port and make an external adaptor can do the job already..

Well,its time for upgrade..now,need to sell off my arc lol

ya, that the thing now smartphone must have with 30fps

Nope, it's different. Xperia ION and S. Different size: 4.6inch and 4.3inch.

Looks elegant... Foresee Sony will be next close contender in Android smartphone realm after Samsung and HTC

Apart from Xperia S and Xperia ION, another two models was announced today; Xperia NX and Xperia acro HD. But these two models only for Japan market.

(Xperia acro HD) The Xperia acro HD has a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 4.3-inch HD resolution display (720 x 1280 pixels) and a 12.1MP Exmor R camera sensor. It also comes with micro HDMI, 16GB of internal storage and a 1840mAh battery. Unusually this handset will also be waterproof to depths of 1m. The Xperia acro will be available in four colours (Aqua Blue, Black, Sakura Pink, Ceramic White). It will also have Japanese specific features such as infrared port, NFC mobile wallet and a TV tuner and is a follow-up from last year’s best-selling Xperia acro.



(Xperia NX) The Xperia NX (SO-02D) is basically a Japanese version of the Xperia S.

Officially announced TODAY - 4 models. The Sony Nyphon and Aoba not officially announced yet.

Yeah, so total 4 models - Xperia S, ION, NX, Acro HD.

Wow Sony did not disappoint! Xperia S looks great and I bet it will look nicer on the actual unit.

No need to choose.
Xperia S is the only one we can use
ION is US based LTE devices, cannot use here
NX & Acro HD is Japan Exclusive.