Xperia Play shipment to New Zealand stolen, Vodafone launch delayed (update: fake)

As if Sony Ericsson hasn’t already had enough headaches with the Xperia Play . here comes Vodafone New Zealand with the announcement that its launch shipment of the gamer-friendly smartphone has been… stolen! We don’t know how many Xperia Plays were in those crates, but it must take a pretty sophisticated operation to snatch up all of Voda’s supply for an entire country. This slight hitch in transportation blatant lie follows an unexplained delay in shipments reaching the UK last month, and will compound shortages already caused by limited production capacity in Japan. Man, imagine how terrible this news might have been if the Play actually had any games worth playing. Update: It’s all fake. Vodafone recently released some “security footage” of the “theft” in action, which only served to immediately incite outrage in viewers of the clip, and a Vodafone New Zealand spokesperson admitted to The Australian that the company made up the whole thing . For shame. Xperia Play shipment to New Zealand stolen, Vodafone launch delayed (update: fake) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 May 2011 22:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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