Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play 4G hitting AT&T on September 18th for $50 on contract

***wraggster*** · September 8th, 2011, 20:56

We knew good and well it was coming, and come it has. Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play has made the natural GSM shift in the States in order to grace Ma Bell's airwaves, and despite the "4G" naming convention, this fellow will be topping out at HSPA+. In other words, LTE lovers will need to look elsewhere. This marks the first launch of a PlayStation-certified smartphone for AT&T, and given that it's been around the block a time or two, the carrier is (smartly) pricing it at just $49.99 on a two-year contract -- a buck-fifty less than what it launched for on Verizon Wireless. As we'd heard, it'll ship with Android 2.3.3, a 1GHz CPU, Adreno 205 GPU, a 4-inch display (854 x 480) and will arrive in an exclusive 'stealth blue' hue. AT&T customers will also be blessed with a gratis Multimedia Dock (DK300) and MC100 music cable, not to mention seven pre-loaded games at no charge. Full details on that are hosted up after the break, and interested consumers can line up to grab their own on September 18th.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/08/x...0-on-contract/

**mike_jmg** · September 9th, 2011, 14:17

Mine arrives tomorrow but it's not from AT&T, can't hardly wait

I couldn't miss the opportunity to brag

**Fonixx** · September 9th, 2011, 15:47

I was considering an Xperia Play, but come on, a Snapdragon & Adreno 205? in Smartphone terms they belong with the Dinosaurs, so i'm gonna wait for a gaming phone that isn't already outdated 6 months before it's released because most games released on that thing are also released for normal Android anyway.

**mike_jmg** · September 11th, 2011, 15:04

I know it's outdated but I got it for a fairly good price, it's not like I could get some dual core monster atm. In the end this thing is all about the gaming controls and emus hehe. I also like the word snapdragon for some reason

**Fonixx** · September 11th, 2011, 17:00

It's just that extortionate £500 release price for something that's cobbled together from the X10 and other cheaper phones with a cheap plastic game controller replacing a keyboard that put me off, i mean i realised it probably doesn't have the spec to be upgraded to many future Android OS's & struggle to get much further with emulation, so just realised the temptation of game controls isn't enough to carry around a mediocre Smartphone.