[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] simonlant:
I have had the device for 2 days, so not really got great usage stats yet, for reference I am coming to the Xperia P from an original Arc.

So, I am getting a morning to night usage from the device during the day, light browsing, several emails, facebook and whatsapp sessions. Also, lots of camera pics taken. Through the course of this week I will get a better feel for the battery. Only remark that is worth watching out for is the battery status shows the display as being highest on the consumption list (about 3 times higher than the next app down the list) My display is set using WhiteMagic auto brightness with the powersaving mode on.

As per another poster, I have not had any misses with the 'buttons', they are logical and in the right place. Having not used the Xperia S, I can't comment on the white dots, but this was one of my reasons for picking up the Xperia P and I haven't been dissapointed.

I have taken lots of photos during a hill walk and they appear nicely in bright sunshine conditions. The front camera appears much poorer and loses alot of detail in comparable conditions. I will try and upload some samples for you.

2 hours at a guess. Feels much quicker than the Arc. The box has a sticker saying 10 min charge = 60 min talk time, I can't really back that up just now though!

This is the UK SKU from Clove Technology.

-Xperia P in Black (incidentally, the feel is lovely, not cold metal and looks almost like plastic rather than metal, but nice to touch, not too slippy.

-New Sony branded fast charger (with the extendable UK Earth Pin) (EP850)

-USB Sync Charge Cable (EC480)

-HDMI High Speed cable (IM820)

-In Ear Headset (MH750) Worth a note, Sony have switched the headset connecter to the iPhone style configuration (I can't remember the technical name), so old Sony Ericsson headsets (with in-line mic) no longer work with this device (e.g. Arc stock headphones or Sony Smart Headset), it does mean you have a far greater selection of aftermarket headsets available now.

-Screen protector with cloth and applicator. There is one one applied to the phone already. I usually buy Zagg InvisibleShield protectors and may do the same here, will see how the stock one fares for a while though.

-Manuals (SAR, Start Up guide and Warranty Info)

-Stock Headphones seem to be quite good quality, certainly better than Arc and other stock ones that I have used before (Sony E and Blackberry). Lots of EQ and Surround Sound settings to configure on the device to customise the sound to your preferences.

-Speaker seems to be pretty good, a little distortion on music (e.g. Arcade Fire) about 85%+ but below this, seems decent. I wasn't too sure on the speaker being on the right and having the sound being biased to that side, but actually it isn't so bad, sound source doesn't seem to easily identifiable when the handset is on a desk, is a bit more obvious when in your hand looking at the screen, e.g. YouTube videos. Pretty happy with this, certainly not worth a negative point.

Not noticed any lag at all, I have 60 apps in total according to GPlay (I think there were 15 when the device was fresh out the box). 3 screens full of widgets. Coming from the Arc it is noticably faster as in more recent times the Arc was getting horribly laggy!

Point of note here, the screen resolution is slightly different aspect from the Arc (I don't know the technical specs here) but some screens in games get a black border around them rather than filling the screen width. This issue also appears in some widgets which have fixed dimensions and used to span an entire row now only fill 4 out of 5 columns available. I think that in ICS you can tweak the widgets better to fill the space, but that is just something a bit odd I have noticed.

Not really had enough experience here yet, initial thoughts, using browser (stock) and Draw Something, the phone seems to heat gently, but not significantly. On the Arc you got a really hot element (assume CPU) top right of the phone, on the Xperia P it seems to be all over the back of the phone, I *guess* that this is probably a property of Aluminium and heat exchanging of plastic vs metal

2 other points of note.

Death Grip: Not able to replicate any issues shown on youtube clips, so I guess my model doesn't show these issues.

Yellow Tint: If I set the brightness up to 90-100% the yellows become washed out and greenish, but other colours seem to be fine. I run the display around 30-40% brightness and this issue isn't present. I have WhiteMagic with Power Saving mode on and there isn't any problems here, I may switch this off and leave it at 40% to see the impact on the battery during this week.

Dimensions wise, the phone is comparable to that of the SE Xperia Arc and actually feels a little lighter in the hand. I was going to go for the Xperia S, but the size of that handset is just crazy and seems to be part of a mad trend to push the screen sizes up as far as possible, imho the Xperia P is just an all round fantastic handset, great size, speed and profile. My only concerns may be with the battery, but would need longer to test this and report back. I hope the ICS upgrade comes soon, but the Gingerbread version is more than capable here.