Sony Ericsson XPeria X1 Price: Php42,500

In an email by Sony Ericsson today, the new Sony Ericsson XPeria X1 phone will be coming out to the public tomorrow in stores but people who made early reservations are supposed to get their own units today. The retail price — a cool Php42,500USD 724INR 61,396EUR 690CNY 5,274.

It took a while for Sony Ericsson to finally release the suggested retail price as there have been huge fluctuations in peso-dollar exchange rates in the past several weeks.

To those who made early reservations, you may proceed to the Sony Ericsson shop you selected during registration.

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See more unboxing photos here and our review of the XPeria X1 here.

Looking pretty expensive? Here are some of the other top phones to compare it with:

Nokia 8800 Sapphire – Php56,500USD 963INR 81,620EUR 917CNY 7,012
HTC Touch HD – Php55,900USD 953INR 80,753EUR 907CNY 6,937
HTC Touch Pro – Php51,200USD 872INR 73,964EUR 831CNY 6,354
Nokia 8800 Arte – Php47,500USD 809INR 68,619EUR 771CNY 5,895
iPhone 3G 16GB – Php43,799USD 746INR 63,272EUR 711CNY 5,435
HTC Touch Diamond – Php41,800USD 712INR 60,384EUR 678CNY 5,187
Samsung Omnia – Php38,000USD 648INR 54,895EUR 617CNY 4,716
Nokia N96 – Php37,850USD 645INR 54,678EUR 614CNY 4,697
iPhone 3G 8GB – Php37,599USD 641INR 54,316EUR 610CNY 4,666
Nokia E90 – Php35,500USD 605INR 51,283EUR 576CNY 4,406

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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18 Comments

dj_demonyito says:

16 years ago

ouch! i don’t know, but with that cash, i’ll rather buy a phone in the likes of Nokia E71 and a decent netbook. well, just my opinion… ;-)
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James Collins says:

16 years ago

ouch! i donâ€™t know, but with that cash, iâ€™ll rather buy a phone in the likes of Nokia E71 and a decent netbook. well, just my opinionâ€¦ ;-)

DJ – That is exactly (like really) what i have in mind! same E71 phone and a decent netbook! HAHAHA
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jhay says:

16 years ago

Whoah! I suppose my father would have second thoughts about getting this phone this Christmas now that it carries that price tag. ;)
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TechPinas says:

16 years ago

Wow! Isn’t that a bit too much?

That’s already a Thinkpad R-Series, brand new.

or two Neo Basic laptops. :)

or 4 Blue H1 Netbooks.

or 3 Acer Aspire Ones.

:)

But yeah, Sony Ericsson is Sony Ericsson.
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Dust says:

16 years ago

Got the same text message. I sent my regrets though – it’s too expensive for that phone. I’d rather get 2 blackberry phones! haha
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Oriental Artemis says:

16 years ago

DJ and James> And that’s exactly what I did. ;) I reserved an XPERIA X1 as well, but as soon as I caught wind that that it will be in the 45K range, I chose to go the other route. And it’s been worth it.
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Jam says:

16 years ago

Pretty expensive, but i still want it :)
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BrianB says:

16 years ago

Never a fan of SE.
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leanna says:

16 years ago

hmm.. for my debut, my dad’s askin me if what phone i would like, is this xperia good? i mean, is it not to complicated?
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ana says:

16 years ago

sony ericsson is sony ericsson.

thus, that price tag. the key is not to such a jerk with the sole objective of “being the first to own it!”

the key is to wait. wait for the right time when you can actually afford the phone, while it still hasn’t lost its “glamour” in owning one just yet. 2 or 3 months maybe?

and you don’t just “want” an expensive, full-featured business phone just like that. operative word: business.

i just got my Xperia this morning.
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jynx says:

16 years ago

i got my xperia this morning..hehehe
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tim says:

16 years ago

@jynx

Good for you! I’m thinking of getting one for my birthday. Where did you buy yours and how much did it cost you?
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cheche says:

16 years ago

bwahhhhhhh
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valee says:

15 years ago

i love this phone and i was looking for a phone a bit like this but when i saw this phone i knew this was the one for me. this phone is a lot more then what i was looking for a i love it. i know this is a good phone that coast a hell of a lot of money but i will get this after christmas for myself.
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Paul says:

15 years ago

Ouch! price tag for that device with so much flaws!? crack ang build quality issues? what a hell! youre jst wasting your money.
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