Update on Ice Cream Sandwich rollout for Xperia™ smartphones

If you a Sony Ericsson  Mobile handset owner of the 2011 edition then you must have bee waiting for the rollout of the ICS updated which has take a while to land. Well, the wait is over and the for as it is right now, the rollout plans for the Xperia NXT series (Xperia S, Xperia P and Xperia U) are progressing as planned. The first smartphone to be upgraded will be Xperia S, starting from the end of June. Then Xperia P will follow, whilst Xperia U will receive it a little later in Q3.

The 2011 Xperia line-up will see the Android ICS release on schedule. The good news is that this will start from next week. The update rolling out will be Android 4.0.4 and this will also hit the previous handsets (Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and the Xperia ray) that had already updated to version 4.0.3 of Ice Cream Sandwich.

However, the gaming phone Xperia Play will not not be receiving an updated just as it had been speculated and this is due to some technical factors that might affetct the optimum performance of the phone.

Vindicating its decision on why it canned the Xperia PLAY ICS update, here’s what Sony Mobile had to say in full:

This decision (to cancel ICS for the Xperia PLAY) was also verified when we received similar feedback from the developer community; both experienced developers and advanced users, along with game content providers following our ICS beta ROM for unlocked Xperia PLAY smartphones.Our priority has and always will be, to provide the best possible user experience on Xperia smartphones. In this instance the ICS upgrade would have compromised stability, where we look to ensure a quality gaming experience with games optimized and developed for Xperia PLAY.

Via Sony Mobile Blog.