Leaked Pictures: New Sony Ericsson Android XPERIA

Posted by Tanya Hall

July 6, 2009

Danish site Mobil has spilled the beans on Sony Ericsson jumping on the Android bandwagon with its new handset codenamed Rachael. sony_ericsson_rachael

The phone which looks set to use Android 2.0 software, is expected to be officially be announced later this year and will join the high-end XPERIA family. It’s thought though that Rachael won’t actually be launched until next year.

The new Android handset will will come with MicroSD compatibility rather than M2, and will be equipped with a mini USB port.

It is also believed that the phone be powered by the Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset that runs at 1GHz, and will have 3D graphics capabilities. This means the phone will be even faster than the iPhone 3G S.

The leaked pictures also hint at the phone coming with an 8.1-megapixel camera with the now standard autofocus and flash.

Looking at the specs so far, Rachael seems to be lauding it over the the iPhone 3G S with its 3-megapixel camera, and even puts Sony Ericsson above the recently released HTC Hero and Samsung Galaxy, which both come with 5-megapixel cameras.

Music-wise, there will thankfully be a standard 3.5mm headphone jack positioned at the top of the phone.

Being a high-end smartphone, the new Android handset will have the obligatory touchscreen, but there’s nothing certain on whether there will also be access to a standard keyboard as per the XPERIA X1. The general consensus is that the phone itself is too thin to incorporate a slider keyboard.

The screen itself looks to be a sizey 4 inches and will have a screen res of 800 x 480 pixels, making it quite movie-friendly.

We’re liking the sound of the new SE Android handset and will keep you up to date with more news on its release.

Source: Danish Mobil Magazine (via IT Pro Portal)

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