Sony Ericsson’s updated version to their flagship phone of 2011, the Xperia Arc S has now been released in the UK. A little later than expected but, here none the less. The handset is available through Clove who received stock of the handset on Friday but, began shipping orders today.

Vodafone also have the handset available on a 24 month contract. Vodafone are offering the handset free when taking out a £31 a month plan, which gives you 600 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of mobile data. UK retailer Carphone Warehouse is also reported to have stock of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S in stores now.

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Ray recently went on sale in the UK through online retailers. The handset is now available through Vodafone on contract.

You can pick up the handset for free on a 24 month plan with 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB data which has a monthly cost of £26. The Xperia Ray is also free on 18 month contracts although the monthly cost is slightly more. On a 18 month contract you get the same amount of minutes, data and texts but, with a monthly cost of £31 which over the course of the contract works out to be a lower price than the 24 month option.

Yesterday we learned that UK network Three had delayed the release of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. At the time we didn’t know if this was down to them finding any bugs in the software, like O2 had or if it was due to stock issues. We can now confirm that it is down to stock, or rather freight issues. Both Three and Vodafone are experiencing a delay in releasing the Xperia gaming handset. Vodafone are also having stock issues with the Xperia Arc.

MWC isn’t even here yet and there’s more news regarding the Xperia Play from Sony Ericsson. O2 UK have confirmed via a Tweet that the network will be selling the upcoming gaming Android handset, the Xperia Play when it launches in the UK. Vodafone have also confirmed to TechRadar that they will also be releasing the handset on their network. When or how much it will cost though, is currently unknown.

Also, despite being revealed during the Super Bowl yesterday, official specifications of the handset are still unknown however they likely won’t differ too much from the leaked specifications we’ve seen previously. That is something Sony Ericsson may be keeping to themselves until MWC.

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A third UK carrier is set to carry the Xperia Arc and offer it to its subscribers. Vodafone has just posted on their Coming Soon section of their corporate website that the Xperia Arc will soon be available on their network. It will be available on a monthly pay plan however no exact details were released yet. No specific date was also mentioned on its release however it would probably be the same or close to the release date of O2 and Three.

The Xperia Arc will be one of the high end Xperia models to be released by Sony Ericsson this year. This model was officialy announced during the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2011 and is eagerly awaited by many people who wish to buy it.