The most awaited Android smartphone has reached T-Mobile under a host of 2-year plans which one can get it for free at 35 monthly. But the delay is well worth it as superlative features are everywhere with only some flaws its fans can live with. There really is no such thing as a perfect phone that Sony has aspired for its first Android to be. Never mind that it has no DivX/XviD video support, no secondary videocall camera and no FM stereo radio.

Now, with all the anticipation dying out and people are just saving up for it, the struggling Japanese handset maker is coming out with a Mini version this coming 2nd quarter which, by the looks of it on paper, is more perfect as an average handset that minimizes everything superlative about the X10 into everything average, with some below average, inside and out.

Welcome the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini. This time around, at least it has a stereo FM radio.

Minimizing the Superlatives

Sony Ericsson went overboard to minimize the superb features of the X10 to position the brand to a wider market. By the looks of it, the only way this Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini will ever take off is if it is offered by the carriers free for 18/month on a 2-year plan. Just about all the features that make the X10 stand out has been lopped off to make the X10 just another average Android handset on the market. From the outside, its full touchscreen monoblock body is 3mm thinner, 7mm narrower, 26mm shorter and weighs a considerable 47g lighter. That should endear the handset to a market that wants slim, compact and highly pocketable smartphones.

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