“We have never worked with Windows Mobile (earlier) and we wanted to be technology agnostic from the consumer demand perspective. We didn’t go for Android as we don’t see a big benefit in creating the base software. Moreover, we are not making a Windows Mobile device, it is a Sony Ericsson phone and is different from other Windows Mobile devices,” said Rikko Sakaguchi, senior vice president and head of portfolio and propositions, Sony Ericsson in an exclusive interaction with CellPassion.

Apart from the X1, Sony Ericsson also announced two Cyber-Shot phones – C702 and C902, a Walkman phone – W980, an internet-focussed phone – Z770, and two UIQ based smartphones – G700 and G900.