Not to panic anyone looking to purchase an Xperia Play but, US carrier Verizon are offering the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play handset for free to customers who sign up for a new 2 year contract before October 6th, yes that’s tomorrow in the States!

Initially the handset was available on Verizon for $199.99 but, the company has been reducing the Xperia Play steadily over the past eight months since it was released to $99.99 and then more recently to $49.99  to match the price of the deal offered by rival carrier AT&T. Now however, Verizon are offering a $49.99 discount on the handset along with a $50 online discount which means buyers can pick up the Xperia Play for free when signing up for a new contract online. The link to the sales page is below for interested readers:

We’ve seen a few deals pop up for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Ray which was recently released in the UK. The majority of the mobile phone contract deals involved a 24 month contract commitment, taking the total price well over the £300 that the Xperia Ray is available for sim free. UK network operator Talk Mobile however, have a very interesting offer available.

Talk Mobile are offering the handset for free on a £25 a month contract and the commitment is only 12 months. This will make the total cost over the year only £300, the same as getting a sim free Xperia Ray, which essentially makes the contract free. Instead of paying £300 upfront, you could spread the cost over 12 months and get 300 minutes, 1GB of mobile data and 1000 texts.

Ending on the 30th of September, O2 currently have one of their ‘flash sales’ running and up for grabs this time round are both the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Xperia Arc handsets.

The cheapest price offered for the Xperia Play, to receive a free handset, is a £24 a month contract which includes a £3 a month data bundle which can be removed after the first month leaving £21 a month to pay that way. The Arc is priced fantastically, being available with a free handset on a £13.50 a month contract and the same data bundle applies which means buyers can pick up the Xperia Arc for just £10.50 a month over 24 months, after the first month at £13.50.

UK network Orange are the latest UK mobile network to announce that they will be selling the upcoming Xperia Ray handset from Sony Ericsson.

There should be pay as you go and contract deals on offer from Orange and both the white and black models are due to be available. It will be possible to pick up the handset with no up front cost if paying by monthly contract although, exact launch prices, contract details and release dates are unconfirmed as yet, however release of the Xperia Ray is expected by Sony Ericsson within this month on the major mobile networks in the UK.

The sale page on the Orange website can be found here: Orange Xperia Ray

O2 have a fantastic offer this weekend on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc where you can grab the handset for free on a 24 month contract, costing as little as £13.50 per month.

For £13.50 a month, the O2 mobile deal gives you 50 minutes, 250 texts and 100MB of data. For £3 more a month you can up your data to 500MB with the All Rounder data plan. All of O2′s tariffs come with a minimum of 100MB data costing £3 which is already included in the monthly cost. The 500MB data package is £6 but, is only an extra £3 on top of the lowest monthly price.  The same is true for the 1GB deal, it’s priced at £10 but, is an extra £7 on top of the minimum price.