Are you ready to forget the Xperia X1? Probably not, but listen up here: Sony Ericsson is getting ready to release a new touchscreen handset that will bring 8GB of internal memory and an 8 Megapixel camera.
This handset’s codename is Sony Ericsson Hikaru and, according to the SEMC Blog, it will be the next high-end slider of the Swedish-Japanese manufacturer.
For the moment, it’s not clear where Hikaru will fit into Sony Ericsson’s range of products. Will it be a Walkman, a Cyber-shot, or perhaps a G-series? Who knows?
Also, it’s not clear if it will have an alphanumeric or a QWERTY keyboard, but I guess any of these two would be nice to have, together with the phone’s supposedly large touchscreen display.
Since there’s no image with the real Sony Ericsson Hikaru, I’ve played around a bit and made a mockup of it, based on SE’s W960 model. Here it is:
The official Hikaru most probably doesn’t look like this. Let’s hope it will actually look better. Apart from Hikaru, a Sony Ericsson Twiggy is also said to come next year. It will be the successor of W350, thus it’s a Walkman phone.
Sony Ericsson Twiggy will have a 240 x 320 pixels display, a 3 MP camera and two color versions. It should be on sale starting the second quarter of 2009. No image with it yet.
We’re still not quite what the Hikaru will come packed with, but for now, the only thing certain is that it’ll feature an 8-megapixel camera and 8GB of internal storage. The image you see here is only a mock up so don’t get too carried away with it. However, if this is any indication of what we can expect the Sony Ericsson Hikaru will look like, we might be looking at the next model in the XPERIA line of phones. Why the assumption? The huge touchscreen and possibly a hidden QWERTY keypad underneath the display, all of these are trademarks of the X1, but hey, we might just be getting ahead of ourselves on this one.
There’s still no clear indication that this will be what it will look like so it’s best to cool our heels before getting too excited. Nevertheless, I must admit that the mock-up image of the Hikaru is enough to get us interested to put it on our to-watch-out-for list. For now, let’s just imagine what other features this phone will come with and drool over the provided mock up image.
