The Internet was abuzz this morning of a rumoured pair of new devices from Sony Ericsson. The most interesteing part is that these two devices, supposedly named the “X7″ and the “X7 mini,” run Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 OS. A video of two supposed specification sheets was uploaded to YouTube, prompting speculation from most major tech blogs. The X7 supposedly has a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen with 480×800-pixel WVGA resolution, a 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor, an 8.1 megapixel camera, a HDMI output, and Dolby Digital Plus surround sound. The X7 mini supposedly has a 3.5-inch touchscreen, a 1GHz processor, a 10.1-megapixel camera, 720p video recording, 3x optical zoom and a xenon flash. The video also mentions noise-cancellation headphones, to come bundled with the device (more on this statement later).
Some say it’s legit, mostly because back in February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Micrsoft announced their hardware partners for Windows Phone 7 – one of which being Sony Ericsson. There was also a rumour back in June that Sony Ericsson’s codename for their WP7 device was “Julie.” On the other side of the argument, there are some obvious discrepancies. First, the two images of the rumored devices look like mock-ups I could have made myself in Windows Paint. Secondly, Windows Phone 7 isn’t supposed to support HDMI, but yet the X7 lists it as a feature. Also, there is a glaring spelling mistake (“Noise cancellation headphones budled”) that is rare to find on internal corporate documents. So is it real or fake? I will leave it up to you to decide:
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