Sony Ericsson Rachael Confirmed

on 07/21/2009, filed in Home > CellPhones

Earlier this month, the first photos of the Rachael touch phone from Sony Ericsson surfaced. Expansys has published detailed (but partial) specifications of the handset under the XPERIA name, but with the photo of the device known as Rachael. Here are the highlights:

Android OS
800×400 touch display
3.5G (10Mbps)
8 Megapixel camera with autofocus
AGPS
Link to full specifications + pre-order info

The specification don’t mention the CPU speed, although it is believed that Sony Ericsson will use a 1Ghz SnapDragon processor. There’s no word on things like graphics acceleration, but there’s probably an OpenGL-compliant GPU in there. At this point, the price and release date are unknown, but the fact that one can pre-order it would indicate that it is coming “soon” (within the next 3 months).

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