The Sony Ericsson P5i has become something of a myth, elusive, unicorn-like and as such, the subject of intense speculative tongue wagging. But now the USEB has managed to get hold of some advance details and, lo and behold, a pic of the fabled device (or the Paris as some are calling it) causing Sony Ericsson obsessives the length and breadth of the internet to overheat and faint.
According to the USEB, the phone will be announced in May, with a release planed for as early as September. Not only that but apparently the device will run UIQ 3.3, have a 5 megapixel camera, built in GPS and will run the Opera Mobile 9 browser straight out of the box.
It certainly all sounds believable, but obviously, we aren’t going to be holding our breath until Sony Ericsson quit with the cloak and dagger stuff and fess up with an official press release. Until that fateful day, feast your eyes on the pic on the right.
(Via Unwired View)
One of Sony Ericsson’s beta testers has leaked a picture of the delayed Sony Ericsson P5i smartphone. Admittedly it’s not a great shot but these days we have to take what we can get until Sony Ericsson officially unveils it.
The picture was leaked onto an Esato forum and shows a phone looking very heavily influenced by Apple’s iPhone.
According to the posting, the P5i is a slider handset running Symbian 9.1 on a UIQ 3.2 or UIQ 4 platform. The hi-res screen’s 2.8-inches, there’s GPS and of course, Wi-Fi built-in.
The phone also has a quite powerful 360Mhz processor and 160MB of internal memory, which can be expanded with both Memory Stick Micro (M2) and MicroSD cards.
It sounds and (we think) looks better and better every time details are leaked about this device, but we’ll have to wait until mid-2008 to see it.
[Via Symbian Freak]
Sony Ericsson’s the P5i won’t be publicly unveiled until the middle of next year. At least that’s what forums on the normally reliable Esato are saying.
The P5i has long been the subject of intense speculation that Sony Ericsson was working on touchscreen smartphone to end all, well, touch-screen smartphones.
The slimline slider will feature a 2.5-inch screen, a five-megapixel camera, built-in GPS and wi-fi, HSUPA (Better than HSDPA), 128MB of RAM, a 360MHz processor and a Memory Stick Micro (M2) card slot. The most interesting feature could be the rumoured Symbian 9.3 OS and UIQ 3.2 interface that it runs on.
A post on Esato’s forums is now claiming that the P5i has been sent ‘back to the shop for retooling’.
Regardless of the expected specs, we have to say the device (if real) looks gorgeous. Sadly we’ll have to wait six months before we get more of a look at it.
[Via Esato]
Although Sony Ericsson has always been vanguards of touchscreens in mobile phones, the release of the iPhone has put them in the unique position of playing catch up. The long rumoured P5i touchscreen wunderkind is looking ever more tangible and many are expecting an official announcement for the handset as soon as next week.
No actual spy shots of the device have emerged yet but the ever dependable Esato forums has a very nice looking render of the device as well as a run down of what are rumoured to be the finished specs.
Besides the 2.5 inch VGA touchscreen, the P5i is also said to sport a 5 MP camera with auto focus and flash, built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, 160 MB ROM, 128 MB SDRAM, a 360 MHz CPU, HSDPA/HSUPA connectivity and a MicroSD/Memory Stick M2 card slot. Most interesting of all however is the Symbian 9.3 OS, UIQ 3.2 touchscreen UI that runs on the device, something we have already been hearing murmurs about.
If these specs turn out to be accurate, this could be one serious touchscreen contender. As soon as we get the concrete details we’ll print them here.
(Via Esato forums)
