Tesco has announced that the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is now available to pre-order from their phone shop.

Additionally, Tesco have made the deal £5 cheaper per month than from Vodafone. The Tesco deal is also on the Vodafone network so in theory it would seem like a much better deal which would save you £120 over the length of the contract.

However, things are often not as they seem because even though the Tesco deal offers the same 300 minutes and unlimted texts you get 500 MB of data instead of 750MB per month. Additionally, the Tesco deal doesnt give you the free docking station that Vodafone provides.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is due to launch on the 31st March. 

You can buy your Sony Ericsson Xperia Play by clicking here.