The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, unboxed at last

by Chris Ziegler, posted Oct 10th 2008 at 8:28PM

Wow, that was one hell of a wait, wasn't it? Some eight months after its February announcement, X1s are finally available for sale in some parts of the world -- and naturally, any retail availability comes with the distinct possibility of a properly-documented unboxing. The packing materials don't look like they're anything terribly special, but to the Windows Mobile faithful of the world, the contents certainly are. Ain't that black, brushed metal casing awfully purdy?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, HSUPA

Tags: ericsson, sony, sony ericsson, SonyEricsson, windows mobile, windows mobile 6.1, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6.1, winmo, wm6.1, x1, xperia

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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kai312 @ Oct 10th 2008 9:23PM

mmm....... purdy......

(must... resist... urge to throw old phone in toilet...)

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boolean22 @ Oct 10th 2008 9:40PM

Now THAT's a lot of lens distortion. What the hell did they used to take those pics? A disposable Kodak?

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Madison @ Oct 11th 2008 3:53AM

Maybe a T610...

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boolean22 @ Oct 11th 2008 1:36PM

Hahahaha, I tried to say something like that, but forgot the model of that phone... It's hilarious I thought that phone was the Sh*t when it came out!

But then again, I think many of us did.

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blake @ Oct 10th 2008 11:11PM

hope this phone is easily portable to android.. now that would be called a DREAM phone.

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Dylan @ Oct 10th 2008 11:12PM

its purdy but nobody's going to buy it. It could be jesus himself in a mobile phone but SE waited to long to introduce something like this. It doesn't compete with the blackberry or iphone, its bigger than both and will probably be more expensive, do less and won't have some sort of store which seems to be the popular thing. SE's goin down, I'd shed a tear but i'm guessing their marketing people will do that for me.

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Madison @ Oct 11th 2008 3:53AM

But it's not meant to be an iPhone killer. It's supposed to be WinMo done right...

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Nippero @ Oct 10th 2008 11:23PM

How does it do LESS o_o than those other phones?
ANY smart phone will do more than the iphone lol. I'd say the X1 would be about even with the high end blackberries in terms of what they can do.
Oh wait, I guess the iphone does have the advantage of a accelerometer... but then the X1 has the better camera, hardware, build quality, actual keyboard, better screen, MMS capability, full bluetooth functionality, and hopefully good signal :P

Last I checked, the X1 isnt much thicker than the iphone, and probably the same thickness as the storm from pics ive seen. I'm just guessing though, I havent looked at dimension specs.

Im not so sure bout the app store thing.. Android is the only one doing it properly anyway. SE's success in this area will be based on how many devs bother to make panels and then if SE decides to centralize them in a more integrated way (right now, all of the panels are just available for DL on SE's site, or will be soon anyway).

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Dylan @ Oct 11th 2008 1:04AM

Ok here's the thing Nipple, none, of that matters. It may have a better camera (which it doesn't cuz its an htc cam not a carl zeis) it may be within millimeters in thickness, it could have better hardware or worse, or candy drops instead, none of it matters. They waited to late. The mobile phone marked has nothing to do with who's phones the thinest anymore, who's is faster, who's has a better camera, whos can stand up and line dance, its all marketing as illustrated by the iPhone. there were many other phones out when the iphone originally came out that were better than it and yet, it triumphed over them. There are still many good smart phones out there, most of them by htc (which is of course the same as the x1) yet the blackberry and the iphone are the top two that people buy.

Do you see what I'm saying, I don't have anything against the X1, i actually like SE as a company and their products, but they waited to long, they no longer can gain a place worthy, in the market. Even that new google phone with its mass number of early adopters and os 3 years in the making will have trouble gaining market share. Do you get it? you don't do you?

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Erum @ Oct 11th 2008 1:58AM

Dylan, how can you speak for everyone? Personally for me the
situation is reversed. I waited for 1 and a half year for Iphone to
be released in my country and I have finally gotten sick of it.
Xperia looks great on paper and the reviews so far are great. It has
way more features than the Iphone. And I am so over the Iphone now.
Even though I can most probably get an unlocked Iphone from HongKong
for about the same price as Xperia now, I am not going to.

I know way too many who have been waiting for Xperia - they had the
option to get the Iphone but they didn't. So don't base your
arguments on how you feel about something. You can't speak for
everyone.

I don't see why they still can't get a market share. I have looked at
all the smart phones ... coming out this year and Xperia beats them
all with its specs IMO. And for me it is the specs that are important
as I am just sick of getting phones that lack one or the other feature
that I want.

Stuff that Iphone does not have and Xperia does:
1. Bluetooth
2. Video Recording
3. Battery Replacement Option
4. Physical Keyboard
5. 800x600 resolution
6. MMS
7. Memory expansion slot

and I'm sure there are more but some of the above are just so basic.
How can you have a phone without MMS capability? Even the crappiest
models have bluetooth inbuilt nowadays. IPhone looks amazing but
lacks some very basic feature not to mention as far as I am concerned
they are way too late and way too closed with their carrier policy.

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gfxmaven @ Oct 11th 2008 10:15AM

Dylan, you're obviously NOT a power user and obviously have little to no experience with Windows Mobile. No one in their right mind would ever compare an iPhone to a Windows Mobile Professional device, feature for feature...it makes no sense. The iPhone is a fashion statement, a gimmick. I was one person hoping that the iPhone 3G would address the plethora of shortcomings on the iphone as I love the iPhone UI...and it didn't. From it's comparitively weak application set to good hardware hobbled by Apple's restricive licensing and software application, once you get past the fancy UI you cannot on any level compare an iPhone to a WinMo device. I've had 3 business partners take the iPhone plunge and return their units within months (okay,one gave his iPhone to his wife instead of return it) and get Blackberry (1 guy) and WinMobile (2 guys). Enterprise users would rather use a Blackberry or WinMo over an iPhone anyday. Techies (especially those in networking and tech-admin) would use a WinMobile device over an iPhone anyday.

Want to know what I did with my Kaiser (WinMobile) a week or so ago? Client called to say he needed a quick change to a button graphic on his website but I was not at my desk but in a hotel lobby. He emailed me the server info, I quickly fired up and downloaded the necessary files via Resco FTP, made the quick change using Pocket Artist 3 (good photoshop clone) and because I was having trouble reconnecting with the server I emailed him the necessary file to upload. From network admin to quickly editing a small website graphic, these are things a power-user uses his device for, not just pinching the screen to make it zoom in and out (and even THAT isn't an Apple innovation...the Safari browser's zoom feature set was first flawlessly impemented YEARS ago on a Windows Mobile browser: anyone remember Picsel?).

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Christian Walters @ Oct 11th 2008 12:46PM

@gfxmaven, YES! I DO remember Picsel! Its good people like you my friend that know how it is in the smarphone world!

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Nippero @ Oct 10th 2008 11:25PM

Does anyone else find that site's gallery software extremely annoying.. Click once to go to a med sized pic, click again to get to the full sized pic...

Anyway, nice to see an unboxing shot... Although I'm annoyed they didnt say what was included.

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daniel @ Oct 11th 2008 2:25AM

thats how the wordpress gallery works =)

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Aaron @ Oct 10th 2008 11:47PM

Sorry cellular phone manufacturers. I'm not buying any "smartphone" with Windows Mobile as the OS. I love my SonyEricsson phones -- I've owned 7 different models -- but I'm not going to spend money on a buggy OS that won't sync up with anything but Windows.

Give me a K850i or C902 any day over this Micro$oft-infused phone, even if it IS a SonyEricsson.

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t-pain @ Oct 11th 2008 12:39AM

Am I the only one that thinks this phone is fugly? Those buttons are hard on the eyes.

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NightBlade @ Oct 11th 2008 5:06AM

Yes, yes you are.

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Nippero @ Oct 11th 2008 11:49AM

I will admit.. now that I look at it more, the buttons on the front do stick out a bit much.

Its probably just because every other part of the phone is metallic lol.

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Gib @ Oct 11th 2008 12:14PM

Man I was so excited to hear about this phone earlier this year (Was it this year or last?) but its been so dam long that I honestly just gave up on this phone and moved on. It's nice to finally see it out but my zeal for the X1 already died.

What's next?

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Christian Walters @ Oct 11th 2008 12:43PM

Alright people at XDA, lets get on the panel interface! I want it ported to every touch screen touting device made within the last 5 years! Seriously folks, 2 weeks after this device is released world-wide, the panels interface ain't gonna be a Sony exclusive anymore!

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