Available for pre-order in the UK for quite a while, the Xperia mini pro has just been put on sale via several major retailers.

Currently, Android fans living in UK will be able to grab it for free on select plans from Carphone Warehouse and Mobiles.co.uk. Carphone Warehouse offers the Xperia mini pro for free from £20.42 per month, which will offer customers 300 minutes, 300 texts, and unlimited mobile data.

In addition, Mobiles.co.uk, a subsidiary of the Carphone Warehouse, is offering the Xperia mini pro for free from just £8.51 per month, including 300 minutes, 300 texts and 500MB of data.

Both online retailers are offering the Xperia mini pro with Orange, Vodafone and T-Mobile UK select plans.

The Xperia mini pro hits the UK market a few days after its Xperia mini sibling was officially launched by Sony Ericsson.

However, unlike the standard Xperia mini, the mini pro offers heavy texters and messaging fanatics a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

The Xperia mini pro is equipped with a 1 Ghz Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon processor, which is complemented by an Adreno 205 GPU (graphics processing unit).

Furthermore, the slider comes with a 3-inch LED-backlit LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors support and 320 x 480 pixels resolution, which is based on Sony's BRAVIA engine technology.

Among the strong points of the Xperia mini pro, Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread platform offers users the ultimate communication experience.

It is also worth mentioning that the Xperia mini pro sports a 5-megapixel camera on the back, allowing users to capture and record HD videos.

The phone's main camera features LED flash, autofocus, image stabilization, as well as smile and face detection.

Connectivity options include features such as HSDPA (7.2Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76Mbps), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP support and built-in GPS.

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