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Originally Posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker
What in the hell are you talking about? sony releases 90% of there phones in the US. If your provider doesn't offer it that is not sony's problem. Not to mention some of the phones sony doesn't come out with is because they are 3G phones which American providers haven't pushed yet.
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Correct.
Don't blame Sony Ericsson. Blame Cingular (and Rogers) and the goverments which have built everything around 850. These companies thus much prefer phones that support 850, and will only select a subgroup of phones from Sony Ericsson to support this.
Most of the rest of the (non-3G UTMS) phones are available in North America, but are not sold (and thus not discounted) by Cingular or Rogers.
BTW, This is very annoying for me now. I am on Fido in Canada. Fido was strictly 1900, and had very good support of 1900. Rogers is on 850 and 1900, and their 1900 support is mediocre.
Rogers bought out Fido, and is now deactivating much of the Fido 1900 network. So, I'm stuck with Rogers 1900 with my Fido T610, and my reception has gotten noticeably worse in areas.
Because of this, I just bought a quad band phone for my GF (850/900/1800/1900), and should probably get an phone with 850 too for my next phone, which basically kills any chance I have of getting a K750 or W800 any time soon.