Sony Ericsson P990i dropping this week in UK?

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jul 30th 2006 at 6:56PM

Yes, we know that Expansys' release dates tend to be, shall we say, moving targets. Call us optimistic, but their UK site's currently showing an estimated 4 days to availability, possibly putting units into the hands of patient British technophiles as early as this week. As a refresher, Sony Ericsson's latest top-of-the-range smartphone is currently in the process of pulling a BenQ P50, having been announced nearly ten excruciating months ago. Be that as it may, the P990i will still be the best way to get yourself to the tippy top of the UIQ hill and we don't put it past an American or two to import the thing -- despite lacking both GSM 850 and UMTS 850 / 1900.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, Symbian, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS

Tags: candybar, ericsson, expansys, p990i, smartphone, sony, sony ericsson, SonyEricsson, symbian, uiq

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Mike @ Jul 31st 2006 7:14AM

Does anybody know if this will have wi-fi?
Mike

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xbit @ Jul 31st 2006 7:37AM

It has WiFi, yes.

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LS @ Jul 31st 2006 7:46AM

I gave up waiting for this thing to replace my playschool p800 ages ago. nokia n73 will have to do til the htc meldoy is released (whenever the hell that might be)

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leon @ Jul 31st 2006 9:40AM

This phone looks very cool although the processor could be a little faster...

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unreal mccoy @ Jul 31st 2006 10:18AM

Does it really cost $1,000? That's outrageous!

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F. Villa @ Jul 31st 2006 11:00PM

Email conversation between one of our employees and two SE employees (names are changed). I was cc'ed.

Dr. Michael: Roger,
Before you run out and acquire the the P990i for us, can you give us a contact to determine if they have a US version?

Roger (SE): OK, Michael, I'll check for you at SonyEricsson in London. Meanwhile, check the website in the U.S. sonyericsson.com I guess you did that, anyway.

Roger: Hi David, I have a question that I can't seem to get answered on the sonyericsson website and don't know who else to ask. Is there a U.S. version of the P990I? Cheers, Roger

David (SE): No there is not.

Roger: David, You're quick! Cheers, Roger.

Roger: Hi Michael, This came back like a Farnsworth fastball from Sonyericsson's VP for Marketing. Sorry about this. Cheers, Roger.

Dr. Michael to me: Now what?

-the end-

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Gav @ Aug 1st 2006 7:25AM

Great, only 10 months late.

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Andy W @ Aug 1st 2006 3:46PM

dudes the date was known a great while back.

Go to www.widgx.net and it shows August 4th and the shipping date.

Widgx comparison is almost never wrong and usually has the dates.

They say the D900 is around August 3rd as well.

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