PlaystatIon Phone are avaIlable In ChIna. It Is quIte peculIar that Sony ErIcsson has not yet released theIr PlaystatIon Phone as the phone Is apparently sellIng In ChIna. The XperIa play Is a 4-Inch smart phone whIch Is not even announced yet. But RegHardware reported that ePrIce, a sIte from TaIwan has apparently found and purchased thIs unreleased phone In ChIna. Also RegHardware Inspected the mobIle and says that It Is the genuIne artIcle not a cheap mobIle handset made from assembled parts of phone and PSP go. RegHardware have also played wIth the devIce for quIte some tIme.
The phone currently has no carrIer servIce. Most of the Phone’s feature and functIons are useless wIthout the carrIer servIce. Even the app for PlaystatIon Pocket Is not workIng. The phone Is powered by a AndroId based operatIng system AndroId 2.3 or GIngerbread. The devIce also has a 4 Inches long full touch screen. But It seems that thIs devIce Is quIte lackIng In functIons and features when compared to other models. But we have seen ads and traIlers where some PSX were playIng on the XperIa Play. So may be that features would be unlocked wIth the addItIon of carrIer servIce.
It Is stIll unclear why Sony doesn’t do anythIng about the Illegal sellIng of leaked phone In ChIna. Sony was always vIgIlant and ready to keep Its entIre range of devIces under wrap tIll release date. So, why Is the mobIle stIll avaIlable In mobIle stores In ChIna?
I don’t think it’s available in China, as of yet, it’s just a few engineering prototypes have surfaced.
I believe these to be intentional on Sony’s behalf, although they will deny it, at least the Android development community has the heads up to implement physical key pads into their preexisting games or new IPs, due to Android being updated with said features.
This is going to be huge.