Sony Ericsson XPERIA X12 Leaks (Spces, Photos)

The leak of the X12 from Sony Ericsson will no doubt have many of you a flutter with excitement for the new handset, which is supposed to be announced either late this year or possibly early next.

The device will hopefully be running Android 2.3, even though the leaked picture shows an Android 2.1 setup, but this is probably just for testing purposes. Whilst on the subject of the platform its worth pointing out that the X12 is being described as being in the same category as the PlayStation phone and given similarities in the screen/aspect ratios of the two handsets some are wondering whether or not the X12 may also share the Z-System gaming platform that Sony Ericsson are to launch alongside the PlayStation phone. This might give the handset a boost to help it stand out from the rest of the market.

However, our very own Eldar was not immediately thrilled at the prospects for the handset, or indeed for any of Sony Ericsson other handsets planned for early next year. He described most of them as running older versions of Android, just like the X10, which came in for a lot of criticism because of that, but he did express hope that the X12 would be running Gingerbread when launched.

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