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JB Hi-Fi: Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini X10 Pro Prepaid @ 99 Telstra Locked

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Sony Xperia X10 Mini pro prepaid @ 99 Telstra branded Available at JB Hi-fi, Max limit 1 per customer
Android
Size 90.0 × 52.0 × 17.0 mm / 3.5 × 2.0 × 0.7 inches
Weight 120.0 g / 4.2 oz Memory MicroSD™ support (up to 16 GB)
Phone memory up to 128MB

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  • Mikinoz on 07/07/2011 - 19:10
    +1

    @JB Hifi

  • scrimshaw on 07/07/2011 - 19:11
    +2

    This is not the large size X10, this is the "Mini" version by the way.

    Might want to edit title and description.

    • savara on 07/07/2011 - 19:15

      Thanks updated.

  • KnowingNothing on 07/07/2011 - 19:15

    Yeah, there's three versions:

    Xperia X10
    Xperia X10 Mini
    Xperia X10 Mini Pro (Which is this one)

    Aside from that, it's a great little phone and for $99, great price! Shame about the Telstra part though ;)

    • Smigit on 07/07/2011 - 21:12
      +2

      IMHO the Telstra parts a plus…I'd personally prefer them to Voda or Optus. They have some good prepaid plans too.

      • zeomega on 08/07/2011 - 11:46
        +1

        Great network, not so great price. You get what you pay for anyway. :) Excellent network will demand a premium.

  • Save Medicare on 07/07/2011 - 19:18
    +7

    i was all holy shit and then i saw locked to telstra

    • themonty on 07/07/2011 - 20:35
      +2

      i was all that when i saw 3.5 hr talk time!

  • dyziplen on 07/07/2011 - 19:26

    no froyo :(

    • PainToad on 07/07/2011 - 22:26
      +3

      Why would you be lusting over froyo? Gingerbread!

      • dyziplen on 08/07/2011 - 05:55
        +1

        True, but seeing its Sony, it will be an achievement just to jump to froyo from eclair.

        • A Banana4scale on 08/07/2011 - 08:42
          +1

          Sony has said it will be releasing Gingerbread for the X10 series in Mid august. Depending on the network testing time, you might have 2.3 by years end

        • ESEMCE on 08/07/2011 - 09:06
          +1

          x10 series or x10 only?
          I thought x10 only, being the only phone in the x10 series with a 1GHz processor…

        • A Banana4scale on 08/07/2011 - 10:54

          X10 is the one they released in the press but have read on whirlpool that someone called SE and they said they would have it for the mini/pro as well.

          Personally I'll wait it out or get custom rom since I hate timescape

  • dragong87 on 07/07/2011 - 19:27

    any way to unlock this to use with optus?

    • savara on 07/07/2011 - 19:31

      Remember T-touch was also locked with Telstra. just doing some research on this :-)

    • ESEMCE on 08/07/2011 - 09:07

      Why would you want to?
      It's a Telstra specific model… as soon as you leave the metro are it'll be useful for calls only.

      • camelgrass on 08/07/2011 - 12:46

        Can still use data on the 2G frequencies. Slower of course.

        • ESEMCE on 08/07/2011 - 12:57

          yeah, but Optus have a great range of android handsets including a few at this pricepoint. Why buy something that you know is going to bye gimped by the network you choose to run it on?

        • camelgrass on 08/07/2011 - 15:04

          That is true. Though some people rarely venture outside the city and those who prefer hardware keyboard may find this phone suits them at this price point (from pictures the keyboard looks quite usable although I have never physically tried it). But yes, I wouldn't buy it myself if I was on Optus network. At $99 I would get the new Huawei X1 from Optus store.

          My original point was that you can use this phone outside the metro areas other than for just calls if you are in an Optus GSM coverage area and have an Optus SIM (that is if you can unlock the phone).

  • CatseyeHardcast on 07/07/2011 - 19:50

    Android is fantastic…so easy to unlock, oops, I mean customise. ;)

    • pharm86 on 07/07/2011 - 19:56

      How do you unlock android phones? I thought Flashing the rom did not unlock the phones?

  • marquise on 07/07/2011 - 20:17

    How would this compare to the HTC Dream/G1 (the first Android phone)? Screen smaller?

    • cuteseal on 07/07/2011 - 22:12

      Screen is much smaller - 240 x 320 so a few apps won't run on it, and the screen real estate is quite limited. For example if you pull up the on screen keyboard, you'll basically see 1 line of the input box and the rest of the screen is the keyboard.

      Also, it comes with Android 1.6 which is quite old now and you'll miss some functionality that the newer versions have. (Not sure how far you can update it to)

      Apart from that it's a really compact, useful phone, especially for the physical keyboard. Very handy to just keep in your pocket and pull out and quickly tap out a text message

      • May4th on 07/07/2011 - 22:15

        i believe update is capped at 2.1 eclair

      • marquise on 08/07/2011 - 07:03

        Thanks. Might just wait for the next iphone then. Was considering this for a cheap short term replacement of my wife's crappy HTC Dream (that doesn't ring when I call)

        • jacklynhydejr on 08/07/2011 - 09:37
          +3

          Did you ever consider that your wife may have made this convenient alteration herself :P

        • marquise on 09/07/2011 - 10:30

          Of course, that's naturally the first thing to suspect. But seriously, her phone is screwed.

      • ESEMCE on 08/07/2011 - 09:09

        the mini pro if this is indeed the pro version has a hardware keyboard, so less to worry about with the screen size…

  • ilostnemo on 07/07/2011 - 20:32

    The online code providers seem to want around the $30.00, I haven't got the tool to unlock Sony Ericsson but from memory even after you buy the tool you have to buy credits/logs to unlock the phones, so this won't be a cheap unlock. Hopefully someone finds a Free one.

    Good Price OP

    • savara on 12/07/2011 - 18:24

      Just talked to Telstra. Guess what? unlock code for this is provided free of cost. very happy using unlocked phone with Gingerbread installed on it.

      • ozbpro10 on 14/07/2011 - 15:06

        Thanks savara. My daughter is very happy with her new 'unlocked' phone. Now it would be fantastic if you could show us steps to upgrade the OS to Gingerbread. :)

  • Wiser on 07/07/2011 - 20:52

    Will it support Optus 3G (900 MHz)?

    • martyn on 07/07/2011 - 21:03

      I doubt it, likely to be 850…

      • ilostnemo on 07/07/2011 - 21:43

        General

        2G Network

        GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

        3G Network

        HSDPA 900 / 2100

        HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

  • sanj on 07/07/2011 - 21:50

    http://www.mobileunlockstore.com/ says its $7 to unlock.. would it work?

    • Save Medicare on 07/07/2011 - 22:25

      The lack of a dropdown to choose phone model is slightly disturbing.

    • EnALup on 07/07/2011 - 22:26

      Has anyone used this store for unlocking?

      • savara on 12/07/2011 - 18:26
        +1

        Telstra gave the code for Free :-)

        • EnALup on 17/07/2011 - 05:08

          thanks :)

    • savara on 12/07/2011 - 18:25

      Just talked to Telstra. Guess what? unlock code for this is provided free of cost. very happy using unlocked phone with Gingerbread installed on it.

  • May4th on 07/07/2011 - 21:54

    which jb? not in the online catalogue

    • savara on 07/07/2011 - 22:56

      deal is mentioned on the last page of today's Mx in Sydney. Checked & confirmed the deal @ JB hi-fi in westfield Parramatta NSW

  • mrbombastic on 07/07/2011 - 22:29

    Has anybody had any experience with this phone? I'm tempted after using android on the MyTab I want to upgrade my e72

    Is the screen multitouch?

    • May4th on 07/07/2011 - 22:51
      -3

      yes

      • bigosmallo on 08/07/2011 - 01:25
        +1

        No it's not.

        • ESEMCE on 08/07/2011 - 09:10

          I'm not 100% sure that it doesn't have multitouch.. the x10 (big one) has multitouch despite not being on Froyo..

        • A Banana4scale on 08/07/2011 - 10:56

          but they haven't properly released multitouch
          it's more like dual touch rather than multitouch ie only pinchzoom works but not three finger dragging etc

  • Dbuiz on 07/07/2011 - 22:38

    Looks interesting, one thing to note is that in any Android version <2.2 you are restricted to installing apps on internal memory (unless you root and install apps like a2sd). According to users this means the 128Mb internal memory makes the phone almost unusable.

    However found the following quote from google-ing

    Down in the comments
    http://androidcommunity.com/no-android-updates-for-sony-eric…
    "…Sony has reconsidered its stance and said it will upgrade the Xperia X10 to Android 2.3. According to a company blog posted in late March, Android 2.3" Though this may be limited to some networks/phones.

    Any hints/ideas for which stores this deal is at?

    • May4th on 07/07/2011 - 22:44

      i think there's an app for app to sd

      • LittleMiss on 09/07/2011 - 00:32

        no apps for app2sd are compatible with the mini pro, unless someone can prove to me otherwise.

        love this phone to bits but the memory thing is annoying!!!

        also, words with friends is also incompatible with this phone :(

        • Tetsuo on 10/07/2011 - 16:19

          You need to get the phone upgraded to Android 2.2 for App2SD, it's not too hard to do for somebody good with computers.

        • LittleMiss on 12/07/2011 - 11:41

          @Tetsuo. Hmm, guessing this doesn't come through the usual update channel then? I'm on 2.1 and haven't had any thing pop up to update! I will look into it…do you have any good blog links with instructions? :)

        • savara on 12/07/2011 - 11:46
          +3

          Last night I updated my mini Pro to Gingerbread. now it is very fast & no bloatware. it was technical but not that diffcult. Will try to put the instructions soon & share the link.

        • savara on 19/07/2011 - 20:13

          Sorry for delay in responding.

          Please see following url for a very good tutorial for making your X10 mini pro Gingerbread with multitouch :-)

          Caution : CM 7 MiniCM-v15.0 is a custom rom which is still under development.

          http://www.omni-medical.co.uk/articles.php?article_id=4

    • pao2x on 07/07/2011 - 22:50

      thats for X10 not X10 mini

    • savara on 07/07/2011 - 22:55
      +1

      Checked & confirmed the deal @ JB hi-fi in westfield Parramatta NSW

  • mrak on 07/07/2011 - 23:26

    crap phone , but considering the price , its a good deal.

    • Tetsuo on 08/07/2011 - 14:19

      It's far from crap, it's the best Android phone under $200. Perfect as a second phone if you already have a HTC Desire ;)

  • miq on 07/07/2011 - 23:41
    +16

    these are not the droids you are looking for

    • marquise on 08/07/2011 - 07:02

      LOL

    • m0nkeycheese on 08/07/2011 - 08:43

      Absolute GOLD!

    • themonty on 08/07/2011 - 14:22

      yeah, I think 'mini' is Sony Ericsson's way of saying 'practically useless'

  • Jaxx on 08/07/2011 - 10:04

    does it come with a prepaid SIM? any calls/data included?

    • savara on 08/07/2011 - 13:10

      Yes it comes with Telstra sim, credit is for 14 days. may be $10.

  • Rohana on 08/07/2011 - 11:27

    My phone is X8. Very nice, I think.

    • bragains on 08/07/2011 - 13:16
      +2

      I can bet with you this is a spam account building up its street cred.

      • Save Medicare on 08/07/2011 - 16:42

        surely you jest!

        With comments like these

        "Very cheap! Has anyone bought one? It seems to be too cheap."
        "Thanks."
        "It looks very nice. Thanks."
        "Has anybody bought one? Does it work well?"
        "Has anyone bought one?""

        who could doubt their integrity?

  • Tetsuo on 08/07/2011 - 14:16

    Picked up one from Jb HiFi West Lakes last night, they had 16 in stock, been playing with it today, VERY impressed, super fast for a 600mhz phone, just learning how to unlock it from Telstra now :)

    • Saj on 10/07/2011 - 09:28

      Hi mate, any luck in finding cheap unlock for this phone? I went to a mobile repair place at the shopping center and they said it will cost $79. Please post if you could find something better.

      • savara on 12/07/2011 - 18:28

        Just talked to Telstra. Guess what? unlock code for this is provided free of cost. very happy using unlocked phone with Gingerbread installed on it.

        • Al-Melbs on 12/07/2011 - 20:18

          WEll, its definitely not fee, i have just got off the phone, and they have quoted me $100 for it!!!

      • savara on 12/07/2011 - 20:31
        +2

        try 1300720179 number, provide your IMEI number. they will come back and tell you that it is free to unlock.

        • Al-Melbs on 13/07/2011 - 18:44

          Thanks it works!!!

        • Saj on 16/07/2011 - 23:58

          I Just bought one today. To unlock it from Telstra, should I say some specific reason or do they unlock it straightaway when I give the IMEI no?

        • Save Medicare on 18/07/2011 - 12:40

          I just called that number and the woman who picked up asked for $100. What is this even I don't.

          EDIT: I just called them up again, got a different person and they gave me the code for free.

  • tron07 on 08/07/2011 - 16:47

    how is the camera on this phone, tempted to get one to replace my dino K810

    • Josh81 on 09/07/2011 - 05:49

      I assume it's pretty good, most SonyE phone's have good cameras, cause Sony make stand alone digital cameras.

      I saw this deal in the paper, awesome price (if you're happy with Telstra). The specs on this phone are fantstic, for a $99 smart phone. Wifi, GPS, 5mp cam, qwerty keyboard, android. Nice little package.

  • gettehlife on 11/07/2011 - 16:59

    does anyone know when the deal ends?

    • savara on 12/07/2011 - 18:29

      Till the stock ends :-)

  • ozbpro10 on 16/07/2011 - 20:02

    Hi savara, how do you find Gingerbread on the X10 mini pro? Does it add multi-touch and flash capability as well as the ability to install apps onto the memory card? Can you share the download links and the steps of updating to Gingerbread. Thanks

    • savara on 16/07/2011 - 23:15

      Hi Max,

      Gingerbread is thrugh a custm rom, & yes multitouch, flash ans app2sd is supported. I will share the link soon.

      • bennib0i on 18/07/2011 - 11:56

        Great waiting on your reply!

        • savara on 19/07/2011 - 20:12
          +2

          Sorry for delay in responding.

          Please see following url for a very good tutorial for making your X10 mini pro Gingerbread with multitouch :-)

          Caution : CM 7 MiniCM-v15.0 is a custom rom which is still under development.

          http://www.omni-medical.co.uk/articles.php?article_id=4

      • ozbpro10 on 21/07/2011 - 20:58

        Thanks savara, the instructions look straight forward I'll give it a try when I got time. BTW, do you know any standalone GPS software that runs on the X10 mini pro?

        PS: Are you running miniCM v15 or miniCM v14 OC/UV?

        • savara on 24/07/2011 - 12:39

          Hi I am running on miniCM v15

  • croc76 on 24/07/2011 - 11:39

    So when i called telstra I was told it was a $100 fee. How did you guys end up getting it unlocked for free?
    Thanks guys

    • savara on 24/07/2011 - 12:40

      try again, it happened with some people. another time people able to get the code

    • Saj on 24/07/2011 - 20:49

      I had the same issue, but I tried again next day and got the code for free.

    • croc76 on 25/07/2011 - 00:19

      Ok thanks guys :) Will try it out tomorrow

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