Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 will go on sale in the U.S. the day after Thanksgiving, but at US$800 the touch-screen phone may be a tough sell, particularly because it will most likely be used on AT&T's network, the exclusive distributor of the popular and far less-expensive iPhone.
The Windows Pay as you go Mobile Phones come with the high price tag in part because it will be unlocked, which in theory gives buyers the freedom to use it on the carrier network of their choice and without signing a multiyear subscription.
However, in this case, buyers are unlikely to use the monthly mobile phone on any network but AT&T's. That's because the phone runs on GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), making AT&T and T-Mobile the only options in the U.S. In addition, it does not include the capability to run on the wireless frequencies that T-Mobile's 3G network uses. The phone could run on T-Mobile's slower data network, but many of the data-centric features of the phone would be unusable or at least unsatisfying.
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