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.

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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.

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While neither handset can be ordered online and is unlikely to be available in store, stores like Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U, which deal with all networks have had the stock in and are able to sell the handsets on the networks. Not only will you get your nice shiny handset now instead of waiting, the Xperia handsets in stock through these companies, tend to be unlocked and unbranded, meaning not only do you get a handset without the network specific software on it, when Sony Ericsson release a software update for the handset, there will be no waiting for the network to also approve the update before releasing is, which was an issue with the Xperia X10, Sony Ericsson’s first Android powered handset.

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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.

On its release date this model will already be running Android 2.3 which is a relief since the Xperia models released last year used outdated Android operating systems. Its key features include a slim profile which only measures 8.55 mm when taken at its thinnest point.

The Xperia Arc comes with several powerful hardware features which should make it one of the leading Android phones to hit the market this year.

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After many delays, the Xperia X10 now has a release date. The handset is due to hit the UK in April and will be available on Vodafone. Hopefully the company won’t drop the handset like it did the X2. Germany on the other hand, will see the X10 launch on T-Mobile.

As of yet, there’s no information regarding pricing and tariffs but, it’s likely the handset will be free on £45+ tariffs on Vodafone UK.

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The Xperia X2 release date has finally been updated on the Vodafone website, while the SE-Store retained it’s December release note. Now the SE-Store and the Vodafone website are both reporting the handset to be due January 2010. Hopefully this will be the last push back for the handset. Whether this will have any impact on the release of the Android powered X10 is unknown currently, but it’s likely that it will also be pushed back.

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