Sony Xperia S

billbond4 · 06-03-2012 5:09pm

Official prices from O2

Prepay: €429.99
Silver upgrade: €129
Gold upgrade: €99
Platinum upgrade: €49

On All In 250 plan with 18m contract: €129
On All In 400 plan with 18m contract: €99

yomamasflavour · 07-03-2012 3:21am

I'd be surprised if it was that cheap, it's €560 on expansys.

billbond4 · 07-03-2012 10:20am

I know, but the above are confirmed from o2
Will get them all on Friday

chris_john_lane · 07-03-2012 2:04pm

Phoned Three as I am due upgrade. Still no word on this phone seemed confused I asked about it then said it could be another month maybe before they got it ?!

chris_john_lane · 07-03-2012 2:10pm

If upgrading your phone with Three would you get phone cheaper than someone going into shop who is not upgrading ?

IncognitoMan · 07-03-2012 6:23pm

Three employees never seem to have a clue about upcoming phones, any time I have ever asked about a phone before I have found it next to imposable to get a straight answer

killabban182 · 09-03-2012 12:02pm

Anyone get one yet?

CraigSmith_IO · 09-03-2012 2:39pm

Delayed until next week.

IncognitoMan · 10-03-2012 2:31am

CraigSmith_IO wrote: »

Delayed until next week.

Is this in all shops? Was hoping to pick one up during the week

billbond4 · 10-03-2012 4:47pm

Cpw are saying Thursday and o2 online are saying Wednesday
Would ring up your local shop as they may have gotten early stock

killabban182 · 12-03-2012 5:16pm

I rang Meteor they said this week, but I don't if that is for online sales or in the shops, they could not give me any prices so I doubt it will be in this week anyway.

drunkmonkey · 12-03-2012 6:52pm

jayjay2010 wrote: »

Here is the link to my video comparison of the Sony Xperia S white & Black:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siUjG5pYt3w&feature=youtu.be

Enjoy!!

I'll give you 10 out of 10 for trying, but reviewing 2 dummy phones was pointless. Entertaining none the less, keep up the good work.

Walkman · 12-03-2012 7:44pm

Was told Thursday or Friday in the Three shop on Grafton St today

Am I Evil? · 13-03-2012 5:49am

I was waiting for one of the Quad core phones, One X or S3 but I'm really liking the look of this, and if those are the real prices €420-450 payg then I'm seriously tempted by it. Quad core will probably be overkill for another while to come yet anyway.
And the screen is amazing

Looks fantastic. How do Meteor have it for such a low price . I just moved from Meteor to Three at the start of the summer and have no interest in going back right now ha

CraigSmith_IO · 13-03-2012 11:44am

killabban182 wrote: »

I rang Meteor they said this week, but I don't if that is for online sales or in the shops, they could not give me any prices so I doubt it will be in this week anyway.

I have prices here. It should be Wednesday or Thursday as far as I'm aware.

mal1 · 13-03-2012 1:43pm

Saw a meteor advert on adverts.ie showing the xperia s and saying 'get it in white only on meteor'. I click on the link but couldn't find it on the website.

CraigSmith_IO · 13-03-2012 4:03pm

mal1 wrote: »

Saw a meteor advert on adverts.ie showing the xperia s and saying 'get it in white only on meteor'. I click on the link but couldn't find it on the website.

White is slightly delayed. Black launches on Meteor tomorrow.

ThunbergsAreGo · 14-03-2012 1:40pm

Anyone know if this is out of stck already or if it still hasnt been shipped in?

MiCr0 · 14-03-2012 2:42pm

Carphone Warehouse Ireland's Twitter wrote:

The much awaited Sony Xperia S has landed in Carphone Warehouse Stores nationwide, limited stock available so don't delay Guys! Please RT!

https://twitter.com/#!/CarphoneIE/status/179920643234603008
http://www.carphonewarehouse.ie/Product/strong-Sony-strongXperia-S-Black/238503/1_1

Am I Evil? · 14-03-2012 9:02pm

Yeah was in carphone warehouse today in Limerick and they had them in stock just not for Three.

Looks as though Three don't even know when they'll have it in. All they know is sometime this month.Also no idea how they're going to get away with charging €40 more than everyone else

flazio · 14-03-2012 10:25pm

Had a quick look in the box today, There are 4 NFC tags in the box, (some review packs I've seen online only had 2) and looks to be quite nifty.
CPW only have them on the Eircom networks at the moment but the Xperia Plays we had before christmas worked with any sim so you never know. Matching Meteor with a Prepay price just shy of €410.

gpjordanf1 · 14-03-2012 10:29pm

Am I Evil? wrote: »

Yeah was in carphone warehouse today in Limerick and they had them in stock just not for Three.

Looks as though Three don't even know when they'll have it in. All they know is sometime this month.Also no idea how they're going to get away with charging €40 more than everyone else

It's are available on their website, ya didn't look too hard......

Am I Evil? · 14-03-2012 10:59pm

gpjordanf1 wrote: »

It's are available on their website, ya didn't look too hard......

........Yeah it's after coming on tonight. Wasn't there a few hours ago

CraigSmith_IO · 15-03-2012 11:15am

Integrated with the PS Store, perfect. This is going to be big.

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_s_granted_access_to_the_playstation_store-news-3976.php

Am I Evil? · 15-03-2012 4:01pm

Been ringing around and found a place that has one in stock and on Three :pac:
So I'll be picking that up in a while :cool:

CraigSmith_IO · 15-03-2012 6:20pm

Limited stock absolutely everywhere. Don't you just love delays.:rolleyes:

Am I Evil? · 15-03-2012 6:26pm

Just back with mine giving it a good charge

Had a mess about with it. The screen is insane :eek:
Phone is massive though and will take me a while to get used to

flazio · 15-03-2012 10:56pm

Am I Evil? wrote: »

Just back with mine giving it a good charge

Had a mess about with it. The screen is insane :eek:
Phone is massive though and will take me a while to get used to

Where did you get it? (Network store, CPW)
What network?
Bill or prepay upgrade/new connection?
Price?

marcbrophy · 15-03-2012 11:53pm

On o2.ie it comes up as €279 for prepay, but when you select it and try to buy it, the price magically changes to €429

IncognitoMan · 16-03-2012 8:25am

Am I Evil? wrote: »

Just back with mine giving it a good charge

Had a mess about with it. The screen is insane :eek:
Phone is massive though and will take me a while to get used to

What are your first impressions of the phone?

Also did you get a micro hdmi to hdmi cable?

opus · 16-03-2012 11:59am

Am I Evil? wrote: »

Been ringing around and found a place that has one in stock and on Three :pac:
So I'll be picking that up in a while :cool:

Would be interested to hear if it's got the 3 crap stuff on it or if it's it's stock Sony s/w as well as your impressions.

I'm on 3 already but think I'd rather buy a simfree phone rather than be tied to 3's s/w.

Am I Evil? · 16-03-2012 7:41pm

I got the phone in carphone warehouse in limerick. on 3 pre pay, the phone has zero 3 branding on it I'm sort of convinced the phone could well be sim free so might check that out. Impressions so far are excellent. Really am dead happy with it. I heard bad things about the touch buttons the bottom but it's perfect I've had no problems yet. I hit them just above the dots. The screen as I said earlier is incredible and the camera is excellent. got a good go of that last night. Flash does well too.

regarding the video recording same as the still images. very impressive .
Phone is fast. I've had no sluggishness and I wouldn't worry about the 32gb storage as you get a free 50gb cloud storage account with box. So far probably my only worry would be battery life but there's no escaping that on these sort of phones. Needs a good few charges to even out anyway. Apologies for the rubbish way this is written out but I'm using the phone haha :pac: and also before forget In the box I got the 4 smart tags and a hdmi cable

ED E · 17-03-2012 4:46pm

After a review like that I really want to upgrade my X10 now

Birthday is the end of the month

Alanstrainor · 17-03-2012 7:52pm

Hmmm, tempted by this phone all of a sudden.

What's the return policy in car phone warehouse and the likes? Want to buy one for 409 on meteor or any network to see if it's sim free.

evolutionqy7 · 18-03-2012 12:12am

Played around with the other day. First boot takes ages. Couldn't say the performance was great either. A lot of sluggishness between screen transitions. Screen camera is as good as its gets, but still can't match AMOLED I think.

Weird boxing

not like what everyone else is doing. Extra accessories bundled in too.

Phone itself seems huge though. Matches the height of my Titan yet it sports a smaller screen and its quite thick. Its a big phone for sure. Buttons are a bit confusing in the start, kept hitting the button and not the dot.

The transparent bar is sort of cool but I think they should have never put it there, would have shaved a few mm from top to bottom. Its cool for the first couple mins but then it turns sort of useless.

chrislad · 18-03-2012 12:30am

Very meh, the only thing that jumped out at me was the camera. It looks okay, bit too big, but that's a personal preference. Nothing that would pull me away from Windows or my Lumia.

Am I Evil? · 18-03-2012 7:09am

The first boot does infact take ages also the phone chugged a bit when first booted up. It all went away when the phone was shut off and on again. Just a case of the os and everything else installing and getting booted up and ready.It only ever happens on the very first boot up of the phone when its setting up android. The phone is as fast as they come. Infact the current fastest phone you can buy.obviously to be topped by the one x next month. The screen has the highest pixel density of any phone out there. Including the 4s. Also with the Sonybravia engine. Everything in perfect 720p. It is definitely however not for everyone if you like your smaller phones definitely go have a play around with one.everyone that's seen my Xperia s has been loving the screen and the camera. Top phone and it's the best android phone out at the moment but of course it'l be dropped off that fair fast with the way android moves.

one fairly annoying issue I have though is not all head phones work. They've changed it to some headphone recommended standard which rules out a surprising amount of options. You just have to make sure. Can't think of the name off the top of my head though. an old Sony pair I have don't even work. Luckily the boxed earphones seem to be of a good quality. And my sennheisers work so it's grand

As with all phones though It really boils down to personal preference, Go give it a test if you're unsure
If anyone interested in the phone has any questions or anything about it just send me a message.Would be happy to answer

Oafley Jones · 18-03-2012 12:25pm

Am I Evil? wrote: »

The first boot does infact take ages also the phone chugged a bit when first booted up. It all went away when the phone was shut off and on again. Just a case of the os and everything else installing and getting booted up and ready.It only ever happens on the very first boot up of the phone when its setting up android. The phone is as fast as they come. Infact the current fastest phone you can buy.obviously to be topped by the one x next month. The screen has the highest pixel density of any phone out there. Including the 4s. Also with the Sonybravia engine. Everything in perfect 720p. It is definitely however not for everyone if you like your smaller phones definitely go have a play around with one.everyone that's seen my Xperia s has been loving the screen and the camera. Top phone and it's the best android phone out at the moment but of course it'l be dropped off that fair fast with the way android moves.

one fairly annoying issue I have though is not all head phones work. They've changed it to some headphone recommended standard which rules out a surprising amount of options. You just have to make sure. Can't think of the name off the top of my head though. an old Sony pair I have don't even work. Luckily the boxed earphones seem to be of a good quality. And my sennheisers work so it's grand

As with all phones though It really boils down to personal preference, Go give it a test if you're unsure
If anyone interested in the phone has any questions or anything about it just send me a message.Would be happy to answer

The headphone standard is CTIA and it's the most common out there owing to Apple. I was termpted by this when it was first announced and still like the look of it but i've a few concerns. Nearly everyone has mentioned that the capacitive buttons can sometimes be fairly unresponsive, that the new skin seems a lot heavier that what SE used in the past and there seems to be a good few people complained about a yellow stains under the screen.

evolutionqy7 · 18-03-2012 7:01pm

I did reboot it. I know previously SE phones used to need a restart and a little time to settle down after the first initial boot.

But even after that it still wasn't as smooth as I would have expected it to be, its not completely jerky as it was on the first boot, but I can still see lag and jerkiness between transitions. My mums Xperia Play still seems to run hell of a lot smoother on its small and nippy 1 Ghz engine.

On personal preference not something you want to see on a high end phone

ED E · 18-03-2012 11:23pm

Any ETA on ICS for it?

pigeon999 · 19-03-2012 12:10am

ED E wrote: »

Any ETA on ICS for it?

April. Just April.

Stupendousman · 21-03-2012 12:57pm

So, now that everyone has had a good play with the phone, is it worth the money?

BionicRasher · 21-03-2012 1:02pm

Stupendousman wrote: »

So, now that everyone has had a good play with the phone, is it worth the money?

Yes would love to know how its going

Whats the UI like?
Anyone on Meteor - is it locked to Meteor network? (some previous Androids have been unlocked)
What are the home/menu buttons like?

IncognitoMan · 21-03-2012 7:16pm

Is the package you get in the carphone warehouse (nfc tags and hdmi cable) on 3 pre pay the same deal you would get if you order on the 3 website?

evolutionqy7 · 21-03-2012 7:36pm

Yes, if you hurry up you might also score a sim free model too, since eventually most handsets get locked and you get different variants for each network

IncognitoMan · 21-03-2012 7:38pm

Ya i ordered the sim free there about 20 min ago from 3. Ill have it by friday

Oafley Jones · 21-03-2012 7:42pm

IncognitoMan wrote: »

Ya i ordered the sim free there about 20 min ago from 3. Ill have it by friday

I'd be surprised if that's sim-free. You'll have an initial batch of common stock for the likes of Carphonewarehouse etc. but a phone ordered directly from three should be locked and branded.

IncognitoMan · 21-03-2012 7:49pm

Oafley Jones wrote: »

I'd be surprised if that's sim-free. You'll have an initial batch of common stock for the likes of Carphonewarehouse etc. but a phone ordered directly from three should be locked and branded.

O fair enough. I wasnt planing on changing from 3 anyway. Just wanted to know would I get the tags and hdmi cable

ED E · 23-03-2012 6:51pm

You cant remove the battery? Are they for real? Perfect phone, RUINED

billbond4 · 23-03-2012 7:55pm

It is possible, but it's a bit of work to do it

Sony Xperia S

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