Xperia 1 hits pre-order in United States for $999.99

Sony’s newest flagship, the Xperia 1, recently hit pre-order in the UK for £849. It is now available to pre-order for our US friends too, as Amazon.com has the handset listed for $999.99. Only the Black colour is listed at the moment, but we would expect other colours to be available in due course. The listing may be a bit premature, as Amazon’s listing states a release date of 31 December 2019! This is no doubt an error, with the handset expected to launch in late May/June.

If you are in the United States do you plan to pre-order? If not, what other handsets would you consider at this price? We’d love to hear your thoughts below.

Update: The Purple version of the Xperia 1 is also now available to pre-order on Amazon.com.