[1] It was released on 7 October 2009 in the UK in 3 colour schemes: Black, Silver and Bordeaux (Red).

At the bottom of the touchscreen are three small buttons: green (left), white (centre), and red (right).

[4] It is Sony Ericsson's first non-UIQ Symbian device, after UIQ's development closed down earlier that year.

The phone was withdrawn from sale in November 2009 by two major British retailers due to complaints from customers.

The following software update released by Sony Ericsson provided a fix and the phone was back for sale at those two retailers.