There have been reports in Europe that say the silver Sony Xperia X1 has cracks by the stylus holder. An XDA Developer's forum member found twenty-four other European owners who had the same crack. The American Sony Xperia X19(a), however, will be very hard to find with cracks in the United States. It has been recalled.
This is not the first report of problems with the Sony Xperia X1. In Howard Forums back on November 29 this was posted.
"I spoke to Sony Mobile Technical Support. The
girl said they only thing she has heard is some phones had a crack near
the stylus area and that could have been a reason for the partial
recall."
Wireless and Mobile News reported the recall in early December, when we researched holiday smartphone shortages. In fact, we found the story so compelling, we named it second top wireless and mobile story of 2008. The Sony Style Store online has the Xperia listed as back-ordered, today.
At the Sony Style Store Online a user Tanque from Napa CA wrote on December 22:
I Was Hoping it Had Been Tested
"Well,
I think I'm going to return mine. Too many issues and each time it
crashes or has one of its fits or issues I just keeping thinking of the
price tag. Aside from the fact that it crashes most (It crashed the
first day I got it when I switched a Panel and I had installed
nothing.) when switching Panels, the Panels themselves are bad. I have
found now after many (Why is the reset button under the battery cover?)
resets, that if I wait as long ten minutes it will sometimes come back
but that is not workable."
The user also noticed problems with the charger (sometime it loses charge instead of charges." The car charger is
extra odd in that the Xperia will start to charge did not let him him turn off the screen or go into standby. It's difficult to get to the reset button. The other reviews on the site were more favorable.
More Sony Xperia Articles from Wireless and Mobile News:
Sony Xperia X1 Shortage Due to Lack of Materials or Recall?
Sony Xperia X1 in Wireless and Mobile News Top Stories of 2008
Sony Xperia X1 Review of Reviews.