O2 has finally ironed out the problems it was having with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, and the exclusive white version of the gaming phone is now available from the network.
The so-called PlayStation phone launched on April 1st (at some retail outlets anyway), so O2 has fallen two months behind thanks to the software issues it encountered.
However, with these solved PAYG customers can now pick up the Xperia Play in white for £430. If you want the handset for free on a two year contract, you’ll have to stump up £37 per month for 900 minutes and unlimited texts.
However, the bad news is that no data allowance is included, so if you want the standard 500MB per month which would go with this sort of contract normally, that’ll be £6 extra, making for a total of £43 a month.
Which seems a bit out-of-whack given that the handset will cost you over a grand at the end of that fairly standard two year deal.
On top of that, the Xperia Play has rather fizzled since its launch, with some folks certainly not convinced that it makes a great gaming device. The PS1 classics available for the handset have been disappointing, too.
Still, if you were waiting for the white version, now’s your chance to bag it. At least the PAYG price tag on O2 is more competitive (it’s £470 sim-free on Play.com, for example).