Sony Vaio UX around the world
Keeping track of all of the new micro PCs joining Sony’s UX lineup is no easy task, particularly because the company has a nasty habit of assigning different model numbers to what is essentially the same device. Depending on which country you call home, the exact numbers and letters following the standard "VGN-UX" label in other parts of the world matter very little. In fact, they may not matter at all. Maybe it is only in my quest to create a basic yet comprehensive chart of all the UXs ever made that they actually matter a whole lot.
While trying to pinpoint the release date of the UX27GN tonight, I came across VAIO Online, which is a portal to official Vaio sites/pages from around the world that helped me make the following table.
The specs will be in my chart-in-progress (UPDATE 2/21: View the completed chart here), but for now here’s a list of the models currently available worldwide (excluding the U.S., Europe, and Japan). Sony may have other headquarters, but nowhere else is listed at VAIO Online. Note: U.S. prices provided by this currency calculator.
| Model Number | Market | Price (USD) |
| VGN-UX17GP | Australia | $1,888 |
| VGN-UX27CN | China | $2,194 |
| VGN-UX27GN | Hong Kong | $1,907 |
| VGN-UX17GP | India | $2,277 |
| Not available | Indonesia | N/A |
| VGN-UX17LP | Korea | $2,243 |
| VGN-UX17GP | Malaysia | $2,173 |
| VGN-UX17GP | New Zealand | $2,092 |
| VGN-UX17GP | Saudi Arabia | Unknown |
| VGN-UX27GN | Singapore | $2,285 |
| Not available | South Africa | N/A |
| VGN-UX17TP | Taiwan | $1,664 |
| VGN-UX27SN | Thailand | $2,107 |
| VGN-UX17GP | United Arab Emirates |
Unknown |
You can see that there are basically just two models: the UX17 (Windows XP) and the UX27 (Windows Vista). What do the last two letters mean? Sometimes they seem to indicate the country ("CN," for example, obviously means China), but for the most part they’re rather arbitrary. For example, what’s the significance of "GP" in Australia, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE?
Hi,
The UX-27SN will be available in Thailand from 28th Feb (according to Sony Store)
Price will be THB69,990 which equates to approximately USD1970
I’m hoping that unlike most Vaio’s in Thailand, the keyboard WON’T have Thai characters as well as English…
Thanks for the info, Malcolm.
I’m curious about the current exchange rate, though, because I’m getting conflicting figures: $1950 from coinmill.com, $2107 from x-rates.com, $2102 from xe.com, and $2080 from Yahoo Finance.
Hi Jenn,
I used the “buy” rates available on http://www.bangkokbank.com – and of course the baht/usd rate is fairly volatile at the moment. There is also typically a 3-4% spread between buy and sell rates which could well account for the variations.
And of course if x-rates.com happens to gets its baht/usd rate from the 7th National Redneck Bank and Pet Hotel of Alabama, for example, I guess they’re not going to be real-world….
Anyway, I guess if we said “about $2k” we’d be pretty close – and still a good buy.
The letter designations should be the language of the OS.
GP is English. (A lot of the sites say English with traditional Chinese but my understanding is that this is because the original HK info was used without an edit.)
CN is Simplified Chinese.
GN is English and Traditional Chinese.
LP is Korean.
TP is Traditional Chinese.
SN is Thai and English?
Here’s one for your charts.
UX-380CN. It’s the Canadian model of the UX-380N (Canada does not have the UX-390). All the specs are similar to that of the 380N, except that the CN does NOT have the EDGE modem – it has a CompactFlash slot instead.
In this case, the base model number is “UX-380N”, and the Canadian variant is UX-380CN, with the C standing for Canada. I don’t want to know what the French variant is… oi vey.
Price is $2500 Canadian, which means it varies between $1950-$2050 US, depending on the exchange rate. Even more fun. I think right now it’s an even $2000.
Thanks, Worf!
I’ve added it to the “real” chart here: http://pocketables.com/2007/02/sony_vaio_ux_se_1.html
Can u guys plz put this model price in Australia and India Sony VAIO UX Micro PC with Vista