Verizon has now slashed the prices for the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play. The phone is now available at a price of 100 US$ on a 2 year contract.

Customers will have to subscribe to a Nationwide Talk and a smartphone package which starts at 39.99 US$ and 29.99 US$ respectively.

It is a part of the Back to School promotion which also has a buy one get one free offer for the Droid 3 and Droid X2.

The XPERIA Play comes pre-loaded with seven gaming titles including Madden NFL 11 (EA Sports), Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior (Digital Legends), Asphalt 6: Adrenaline (Gameloft), The Sims 3 (EA), Star Battalion (Gameloft), Crash Bandicoot (Sony Playstation) and Tetris.

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