Since we first saw the Xperia Play pictures last week showing the handset connected up to a HD TV, there’s been a lot of questions surrounding it. Firstly whether the pictures were real, which was confirmed by video and photo coverage from E3. The second being, what are they, or rather how did they come about and will they be released onto the market for consumers. It appears that the handsets won’t be. So we won’t be seeing a HDMI equipped Xperia Play any time soon, not until the Xperia Play 2 at least any way.

Last week we saw a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play connected up to a TV via HDMI. At the time the pictures could have been a fake, or the cable connecting the handset to the TV could have been a micro USB to HDMI, or another, reworked Xperia Play.

One of the most disappointing things about the Xperia Play is that, unlike the other handsets announced by Sony Ericsson at MWC, the Xperia play would not feature HDMI output. Many, myself included were disappointed to find that the slimmest handset announced, the Xperia Arc had this feature where as the Xperia Play did not and would have greatly benefitted from having this.