Vodafone puts the 4G ready Sony Xperia Z up for preorder

CRIMSON COLOURED NETWORK Vodafone put the Sony Xperia Z up for preorder today, which it claims will work with its 4G network when it arrives later this year.

The Sony Xperia Z is available to order now from the Vodafone website in both black and white, and can also be picked up from the mobile operator's UK stores. If you're after a free Sony Xperia Z, Vodafone is offering the handset on a 24 month £42 tariff, complete with unlimited texts, unlimited minutes and 2GB of monthly data.

Alternatively the Sony Xperia Z can be picked up on cheaper £29, £33 and £37 tariffs, although you'll have to fork out £149, £99 or £49 for the handset, respectively. Vodafone isn't selling the handset on pay as you go price plans yet.

Although Vodafone's pricing isn't quite as cheap as that of its rival Three, which is offering the Xperia Z for free on a £36 per month tariff, the network is offering punters the same attractive headphone deal, under which the first 1,000 Xperia Z customers get a free pair of cans worth £299.

It remains unclear whether Vodafone will charge more to those who sign up for the 4G version of the handset once its LTE network launches later this year, but we've asked it for more information. µ