Currently the Sony Xperia Z is the latest flagship device from the company, but Sony has been busy expanding its product range with a number of slightly lower spec devices, and one such device is the Xperia SP that is now seeing UK carrier availability that reaffirms the handsets release date.

The Sony Xperia SP along with the Xperia L were made official back in March, and more recently it seemed that both handsets could be hitting shelves in the UK at some point this month. Now a couple of UK carriers have made some of their plans known about the Sony Xperia SP with one stating April availability.

O2 has the handset as coming soon and has listed the availability as April while not nailing down an exact date for the device, and not providing any information on that all important contract pricing. Rival carrier Three are even more secretive about the handset and only have it down as coming soon along with some information about the handset along with the fact that it will support its Ultrafast network.

It is believed the Sony Xperia SP will cost around the £300 SIM free when it is released, so monthly contracts could come in at around £25 per month, which is not bad when you consider the specifications of the device.

To recap the Sony Xperia SP features a 4.7-inch HD touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720, and this is powered by a quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.7GHz. There is also 1GB of RAM, 8GB of expandable storage, 8-megapixel rear camera, and a VGA front facer.

Do you like the look of the Sony Xperia SP?