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The Xperia Play will be officially unveiled this weekend.(Credit:Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET)
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play--a combination smartphone/game player and one of the worst-kept secrets in tech circles--will apparently be coming to Verizon Wireless when it launches later this year.
Wirefly, a mobile phone and service retailer, recently posted a detailed comparison of the Xperia Play andiPhone 4 on its site. Although Wirefly didn't provide a launch date, the retailer specified that Sony Ericsson's device will be coming to Verizon Wireless.
For its part, Sony hasn't said which carrier it will use for the Xperia Play in the United States. It hasn't even confirmed that the smartphone will be coming to the U.S.
In an e-mailed statement to CNET, a Sony Ericsson representative declined to comment on Wirefly's assertion.
The Xperia Play has been one of the worst-kept secrets in the tech arena over the last several months. Images of the device started to leak last year, and videos of the smartphone in action continued to crop up.
According to Wirefly's comparison page, the device features Android 2.3, a 4-inch display, front- and rear-facing cameras, and a 1GHz processor. The smartphone is also designed to play video games, thanks to a slide-out keyboard that reveals a D-pad and the familiarPlayStation controller buttons.
Sony Ericsson plans to unveil the Xperia Play on Sunday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. However, several service providers in the U.K., including O2 and Three, jumped the gun and announced that they will be carrying the smartphone. U.K.-based Pocket-Lint reported earlier this week that Vodafone, T-Mobile U.K., and Orange will also be carrying the device.
So far, Verizon has been tight-lipped about the Xperia Play. The company did not immediately respond to request for comment.
(Via Engadget)
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