Coming to T-Mobile? Would be sweet since I'm thinking of switching from at&t. Their new no contract/actually own the phone plan is really tempting.
Hope Sony/T-Mob get it out quickly.
On a more general note.
I was talking to a few people on my flight yesterday we all agreed that there was a rare opportunity at the beginning of the year for Sony and HTC to overhaul Samsung as the market leader for premium devices.
I really believe if Sony had nailed the execution with Z and not bothered with ZL until August/Sept Samsung would be in deep trouble. I was looking at some survey data over the weekend, the number one reason people aren't buying Xperia Z is screen quality, as we've discovered in this thread it's a combination of poor early panels and a grey UI which has given the phone a reputation for having a middling screen when in fact it has a great one (industry leading contrast ratio and colour reproduction when properly calibrated).
Again, if Sony had nailed the screen (no grey UI, Sharp panels from the off) and turned GPU rendering on for eDream, all lingering doubts over the phone would not exist and people would have little reason to wait for GS4 so they would get a much better foothold in the top end market than they have (though they are doing well).
It's that last 5% that Sony failed on which has lost them the chance to overhaul Samsung, launching early was the right thing to do, in their place I would have got the phone out in early Feb with a worldwide launch on GSM carriers in the US by the end of March with SD600 on board. Sony should have paid whatever it took to get SD600 in and for exclusive supply of Sharp's 5" 1080p screen. That last 5% stopped Sony this time around, and chances like these come very rarely indeed with HTC fucking up with delivery and Samsung not getting GS4 out as early as possible.
Hopefully going to grab a Z tonight!
