Earlier today I asked Aldo Ligouri, Head of Global Communications & PR at Sony Ericsson, about the upcoming (or not?) announcement on the 15th. As far as he knew, nothing was planned.

- I’m not aware of any announcement on the 15th of November. I’ll double check and let you know, he said.

I’ll update this post as soon as I get a reply from him again - and if there’s something happening, I’ve asked for a comment on what it’ll be, so stay tuned!

[The Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog]

Now, that's bad news when it is true

domipost wrote:

Now, that's bad news when it is true

I still haven't heard anything from Aldo, so I can't say if it's true or not. What do you mean by "when it is true"?

Sorry, had to be if it is true. My english is not verry good

No problem

Guys, I'm afraid there won't be any announcement on the 15th. I got the reply from Aldo saying this:

Aldo Ligouri wrote:

Thanks for the additional information, but I’ve done a search and can confirm that we have no plans to make any new product announcement in November. What we announced last week, on the 6th, is the last product announcement we’ll be making this year. All Sony Ericsson product announcements, regardless of their nature, are handled and co-ordinated by my group in London. I don’t know where your source has heard this information but it’s not true.

Hm, pity.

But we may see some pics in the meantime, hopefully.

I guess we've to wait and see what's gonna happen on the 15th.
There's no need to judge overhasty. This is still an official source.
Nice - but who want's to risk his job by telling internals outside of the company.
This would be simply stupid.

As far as I know my source will participate in an info-event about a week later than he
first thought. This will be around the 20th. Anyways it is sure that the P5i is existing.
Sooner or later it must be announced since it's going to hit the shelves in the Mid 2008.

You're absolutely right @m-one.

I am desperately hoping that he's 'lying' to me, as I really would like for SE to announce it quick! And if it's going to hit the market in a reasonable time next year, it should be announced pretty soon (expect 4 - 6 months after announcement before it's released).