Sony Ericsson has also seen its music-enabled K750i fly off the shelves and is soon expected to launch a new phone under its famous "Walkman" brand.
Even if the sound quality remains inferior to the better portable music devices, the phones with the best music quality will undoubtedly do to low-end music devices what camera phones have done to low-end digital cameras: replace them.
Analysts said that while mobile music will be the hot new phone trend, their success may, however, not have a huge impact on sales.
"Prices can't be too high. Customers, especially the young, are not likely to pay a lot for new multimedia services," Enskilda Securities telecoms analyst Mats Nystroem said.
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