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Our hope for the recently leaked Anzu (likely to be known as the
Xperia X12 at retail) handset from Sony Ericsson was that it'd be the
company's Android Gingerbread flagship, but here comes international
super-reviewer Eldar Murtazin popping that bubble for us. The good man
from Russia has a preview unit in his secret lab and reports that it
currently only runs Android 2.1, with the intention being that launch
devices in early 2011 will start off with Android 2.2 before getting
their Gingerbread (2.3) fix in a later update. He also notes a 4.3-
inch display with 854 x 480 resolution (just an LCD, nothing
exciting), an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230 (same as in the T-Mobile G2 /
Desire Z) powering things inside, and a 12 megapixel imager mounted on
the back. The latter is naturally capable of recording 720p video,
while early performance impressions are that the stock Android
interface flies. Alas, Eldar expects SE to layer its own
customizations on top, which adds to his disappointment with the
general build quality of this device -- it's thinner and lighter than
the X10, but apparently feels cheaper to the touch. Hit the source
link for his comprehensive preview.
Let's also not forget Eldar's tweet from the weekend when he said he
was playing with the Anzu and the Galaxy 2 (aka Samsung i9100,
according to him). Given that the first of those devices has now
indeed made its way onto Mobile-review, the veracity of his second
claim -- that the upcoming Samsung handset would be a dual-core
beastie -- now seems a lot less questionable.
[Thanks, Momchil]
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