Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro launch date pushed back to late July

Although it was announced back with the Xperia Arc, Neo and PLAY, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro is yet to see a proper launch date. Although the pre-booking for the phone began in the UK at the start of this month the actual launch of the phone has been pushed back to sometime late next month.

An online store in UK is currently accepting pre-orders for the Xperia Pro, which has been priced at £349.99 ($568) and the availability is being displayed as "late July".

For those unaware, the Xperia Pro is virtually identical to the Xperia Neo, except for one thing. The Pro has a full sliding QWERTY keypad underneath the display. It also has a 3.7-inch, 854 x 480 display, 1GHz Snapdragon processor and 8 megapixel camera with 720p video recording and runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread.