14 DAY TRIAL // Xperia X10, the first mobile phone Japanese-Swedish handset vendor Sony Ericsson delivered to the market with Google's Android operating system on board, is reportedly the best selling device at DoCoMo. The carrier made Xperia X10 available several weeks ago, and recent reports show that the phone's performance left behind previous records that HTC's Android-based devices held.
A series of figures from Barclays’ Capital note on NTT DoCoMo show that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 was sold in more than 120,000 units in about three weeks, much more than HTC's Android devices, which reached 80,000 units sold in 10 months. The sales represent a positive trend both for the wireless carrier and for the mobile phone maker, that's for sure.
According to a recent article on prlog.org, Barclays' Note reads: “Last week we upgraded DoCoMo to Buy to reflect our increasing optimism that the company could be the big beneficiary of smart phone proliferation in Japan, given their high quality network and evolving philosophy. DoCoMo's new smart phone, Sony Ericsson Xperia, has sold about 120,000 units within its first three weeks on sale; Tsusaka's data shows that the initial 100,000 unit shipment to distributors sold out in 10 says, but another 50,000 units delivered in mid-April, and a third set of 30,000 units is apparently scheduled for late April.”
Indeed, when compared to sales figures of other devices, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 holds the record. The phone is one of the hottest devices pushed to the market during the ongoing year, even if it lacks some features that other Android-based handsets praise a lot, such as the latest flavor of the operating system, or multi-touch capabilities. During April, the phone marked the highest level of sales at the wireless carrier, and it seems that it even managed to leave behind Apple's iPhone 3GS 32GB model. It remains to be seen whether the device will enjoy similar traction in other markets around the world.