It was only two days ago that we saw the first photos of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Rachael and now we can already confirm that it is really in the works. What's more we just received a brief video demonstrating the UI of the Android-powered handset.

We got another load of official Sony Ericsson photos of the new XPERIA member. The Rachel is this time dressed in snow-white and it looks a whole lot better this way, we might add.

What is even more exciting is that along with the official shots that have obviously popped up a little prematurely, we also received a short video-demo of the Sony Ericsson Rachael UI.

The original resolution of the video is 852 x 480 pixels, which suggests that this will also be the resolution of the Rachael display. Coming with the sweet 16:9 aspect ratio this is the highest resolution screen we have seen so far on a mobile phone.


It seems that Sony Ericsson have put some extra hard work in customizing the Android UI, adding some nice touches of their own. Messaging and social-network integration is pretty duly covered, as suits a full QWERTY-enabled handset.

In case you need a quick memory refresh of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Rachael features known so far, here it goes. The phone is based on the Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon platform that provides a 1GHz CPU and dedicated graphics acceleration. The connectivity options of the chipset are also top-notch with Wi-Fi, GPS and 3G with HSDPA all onboard.

The fully-touch operated phone comes complete with an 8-megapixel autofocus camera, a 3.5 mm jack and a standard miniUSB jack. Probably the best part of the Sony Ericsson Rachael is its 4" touchscreen.




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This post has been edited by twinkles: Jul 10 2009, 01:43 PM

the video recording is going to take up alot of spacce

the UI looks cool though . i like the white colour design plus it has 8mp camera

ya.. Important is 4' screen

and also the 16:9 aspect ratio. gosh great phone

Sony Ericsson please please please don't mess this one up like what you did with the X1. I'm desperately trying to dump my N73

The phone is based on the Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon platform that provides a 1GHz CPU and dedicated graphics acceleration.

This is gonna be blazing fast...

very good specs for this phone...

good specs and nice design..
but no qwerty right??

it has. it is stated clearly at first post.
touch screen phone nowadays mostly qwerty. even the cookie from LG.

It seems that Sony Ericsson have put some extra hard work in customizing the Android UI, adding some nice touches of their own. Messaging and social-network integration is pretty duly covered, as suits a full QWERTY-enabled handset.

it doesnt look like its having qwerty le

ya , still cant view his Qwerty keypad now...

slim~

ok how bout from now we use "software" qwerty n "hardware" qwerty to avoid confusion

as a touch screen phone i bet there will be a software one , rite?
but as for hardware qwerty, if this phone got em, it will be the slimmest sliding qwerty ever?

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Added on July 16, 2009, 1:35 pm.. and good gawd it look awsome in black..



This post has been edited by Revamperz: Jul 16 2009, 01:38 PM

such a sexy phone!!! but the missing physical qwerty is a turn off..

The white is sexy, the black is devlish!

I doubt this phone has QWERTY hardware keyboard

Just not sure when this " Baby " will launch ?

End of 2009 ? hehe

Wonder if this will have root access?

Haih spoiled for choices with android os phone nowadays.
Hope the price is right, if not i would just screw this and go for Hero.

i like black ~~

3 more days till SE officially announce Rachael!!!

anyway, i think this treat should be moved to Android section?



This post has been edited by cheebc: Oct 31 2009, 05:59 PM

Sony Ericsson Rachael

[URL=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd1OPwfXnK

This post has been edited by alfredtwl: Oct 31 2009, 06:02 PM

yea 3 more days to launch, TADASH! ( japs for dramatic "but!!" )i wonder when will it actually on sale here

keep playing the waiting game?

January? 3rd is the announcement of this phone right? earlier are all rumours lolz

Looks alot like satio, but only bigger

You mean from the front? The side doesn't seem the same at all

But the camera look so like HTC..damn small hole behind and hope the body look more solid...

i wonder if this phone is full metal body casing or plastic casing.

A new video of another part of rachael's ui, the mediascape:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvsl5IBSZh0

Looks good. But UI interface is a bit too cramp & complex to use.

shudnt this be in android section? i was lookin for it there tat day. =p
anyways, rumors says tat it will be launched at 1st quarter of 2010...
by tat time...time to change phone!!! yeay!! XD

another nice phone to opt for.... hopefully it wont be delay like SE use to be

sony ericsson rachael X10 finally announce !!!

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Added on November 3, 2009, 2:52 pm

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Added on November 3, 2009, 2:54 pmGeneral 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 900
Announced 2009, November
Status Coming soon. 2010, Q1
Size Dimensions 119 x 63 x 13 mm
Weight 135 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 262K colors
Size 854 x 480 pixels, 4.0 inches
- Timescape/Mediascape UI
- Accelerometer sensor
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones, composer
Speakerphone Yes, with stereo speakers
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 1 GB storage, 256 MB RAM
Card slot microSD (TransFlash) up to 16GB, 8GB card included
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 miniUSB
Camera Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Image stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Video Yes
Secondary Yes
Features OS Android OS 1.6
CPU Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio
Games Yes
Colors Sensous Black, Luster White
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java
- MP4/ H.263/ H.264/ WMV player
- MP3/ e-AAC+/ WMA/ RA player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Voice memo
Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41)

This post has been edited by alfredtwl: Nov 3 2009, 02:54 PM

not forgettin the promo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPw-yKyxAuU

any predicted price??

the price dont know yet , available Q1 2009 at '' selected market '' , i think is february .....

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Added on November 3, 2009, 6:22 pmvery nice !!! but if you watch hands-on video , very lagging !! hope its not the final version .....

This post has been edited by alfredtwl: Nov 3 2009, 06:22 PM

base on the prototype hands on video, seems it still half baked phone. i wonder within 3 months, SE will manage to make it smooth and fluid or not. or perhaps the normal habit of SE to delay the phone will happen again.
the leaked version already flotted way back since june/july, but i wonder why SE still slow in making it ready for the mass. summore still stuck at Donut 1.6.
they should learn from nokia with their n900, announce n available for testing with near finalize firmware already

earlier this year?

welcome to the era of snapdragon. Arm Kotex can keep skin. Anyhow there's definitely alot of eyecandy involve. hope it won't turn out to be the same as X1.

oops ... sorry is Q1 2010~

Giving off the same bluetooth headphone similar to aino?

Why is it running Android 1.6 and not the latest 2.0? Good gift for CNY 2010, hopefully it is out by then. Probably skip the long awaited Satio for this. Seems like a better phone.

Yea, this should be in the Android section and wondering what is the price gonna be like, not scary I hope.

Jennifer Aniston keeps coming to mind when I see this thread...I wonder why

i think after cny .....

why there is two thread for this phone??

hoping the price would not be too high as its an open platform

Wa...1ghz CPU same with toshiba tg101

i think mod should close one thread, or merge the two

Definitely gonna touch RM3k again if coming to Malaysia.

SE never learn one lah

Now Satio and Aino both also got problem.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/26/sony-er...issues-on-aino/

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/sony-er...ugs-discovered/

Last time Xperia X1 got build issue. Seriously doubt SE will launch another good phone. Last time spend 1.6k for W850i and the keypad crack.

sony always comes with problem

Preview By GSMArena

Phonearena's Preview

Specs looks very promising! Hope it can deliver well.

it will official release when 18th january 2010 .....

copy from : phonearena.com

woohoo can buy be4 chinese new year!!
that's if it reaches here la

this phone got equalizer or not?