Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini & X10 Mini Pro Pricing Confirmed [Xperia X10 Mini & Mini Pro Phones Priced for European Market, Hardly Budget Handsets]

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If you’re based in the Euro zone and you’ve been anxiously awaiting news concerning the pricing of Sony Ericsson’s new compact versions of their flagship Xperia X10, namely the Xperia X10 Mini and the Xperia X10 Mini Pro – then we have some good news for you as we can now advise you as to just how much each will set you back.

Unfortunately, as is too often the case, good news often comes hand in hand with bad news and that’s very much the case here as the pricing of both the X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro (unlocked) is hardly what anyone would call especially pocket-friendly (though ironically, as devices, in terms of proportions, they are just about as pocket-friendly as a phone can get).

So, what’s the deal? Well, in terms of the Xperia X10 Mini you’re looking at some €300 (which equates to around $410 as at the time of writing) whilst the X10 Mini Pro, which distinguishes itself from its stable mate thanks to packing a slider QWERTY keyboard, comes in at €330 (circa $450).

Aside from the X10 Mini Pro’s slider QWERTY keyboard, both phones are powered by 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 CPUs, run Android 1.6 (which will be updated subsequent to release, though no specific timeframes have been supplied), come with 2.55” QVGA resolution touchscreens (capacitive, thankfully), HSPA, A-GPS and a 5 megapixel camera. Additionally, like with all of Sony Ericsson’s new range of handsets (inclusive of the Vivaz) you’ll be relieved to know that there’s a standard 3.5mm headphone socket (and none of that nonsense we’ve seen before – SE have obviously listened to their customers).

Set to become available in a range of fashion colors, and additionally set to be bundled with a 2GBmicroSD memory card, on reflection perhaps we were a little too harsh concerning their price points.

What do you think? Does the indicated retail pricing of the X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro seem reasonable? Would you fork out the necessary price of admission?

Of course, the pricing information supplied above is, we should stress, for unlocked handsets so it presently remains to be seen what offers (based on specific tariffs) the networks will settle on once they become available.