More details have leaked online of the Sony Xperia i1, also known as the ‘Honami’, which is expected to be Sony’s next smartphone flagship.
The leak comes via svartling.net and the main thrust of said leak is a picture alleged to be of the Xperia i1, however, it’s ridiculously blurry, to the point where we’re wondering about the authenticity of the leak as a whole. The specs leaked alongside it are believable though.
According to the source the Xperia i1 will be the first handset officially under the ‘One Sony’ ethos the company is taking with its new products – the idea that there is a unified design style and a set of complimentary functionalities across its product portfolio.
The report claims it will feature a 5-inch Triluminos display with a 1920x1080 pixel Full HD resolution, as well as OptiContrast and X-Reality Engine technologies, the latter of which is the successor to Sony’s Mobile Bravia Engine 2.
Allegedly, the front will be coated with a layer of shatter proof glass which is ‘toucher than Xperia Z Dragontrail glass’.
For the processor we’re told it’ll have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core chip (MSM8974) clocked at 2.3GHz with 2GB of RAM and an Adreno 330 graphics processing uni (GPU). Onboard storage will be 32GB and there will be a microSD slot for expansion – no word on the maximum capacity but we’d guess 64GB.
The camera is listed a little strangely as a 20/13-megapixel setup, suggesting the tipster does not have a completely accurate set of information on this subject. It’s also said to have a 2/3-inch Exmor RS back-illuminated (BSI) sensor with a ‘Sony G’ lens.
We’ve heard talk of the Honami being associated with CyberShot before and the spec sheet says there will be a ‘Cybershot Camera UI’ as well as a camera shutter key (not sure if just a dedicated camera button or a mechanical shutter) and, oddly, ‘interchangeable lenses’.
The camera flash setup gets its own bullet point as it has both Xenon and dual-LED setups with Mobile BIONZ image processing.
A front-facing secondary camera is listed as a 1080p Exmor R sensor rated at 2.2-megpixels.
Moving away from the impressive camera specs, connectivity includes NFC (with facilities for ‘one touch sharing’, Wi-Fi, Miracast, Infrared blaster, Bluetooth and 4G LTE.
The handset also has an S-Master MX Mobile Audio Amplifier and dual stereo speakers, while the battery pack is rated at 3,000mAh and is said to feature an improved stamina mode.
Android 4.2.2 is the operating system of choice here and it is layered with a custom Sony UI. Previously Sony re-branded its UI from TimeScape to simply ‘Sony UI’ but now this report cites it as a new ‘Xperia UI’.
The body shell will be a mixture of glass, metal and carbon fibre and it’ll be IP55 and IP58 certified for dust, water and impact resistance, allegedly there won’t be a flap on the audio jack.
Many of these specs sound like what we’ve heard before, but do go into more detail. We think something close to this setup is quite likely given the correlation between leaks and the fact that it’s a broadly similar sounding spec to what has repeatedly leaked regarding the Xperia Z Ultra phablet.
Obviously certain aspects do raise eyebrows – the blurriness of the photos and the impreciseness of listing both 13-megapixel and 20-megapixel sensor options suggests to us this may just be elaborating on previous leaks, rather than someone having ‘exclusive access’ to the device.
If that were the case we’d expect pictures which could at least be positively identified as a Sony device.
For now we’re taking this with a pinch of salt, but as we said, it’s close to what we’ve seen before and even if the fine detail turns out to be wrong you can likely expect the Xperia i1 to be similar to this line-up.
Here's the full spec in bullet-point form:
- 5.0-inch 1920x1080 Triluminos, OptiContrast, X-Reality Engine, 2000:1 + Contrast Ratio
- Snapdragon MSM8974 2.3 ghz, Adreno 330
- 2 GB RAM
- 32 GB Internal, microSD expansion
- 2/3" 20/13 MP Exmor RS camera with Sony G lens, Cybershot Camera UI, Camera shutter key, Interchangeable lenses
- Xenon + Dual LED Flash, Mobile BIONZ Image processing
- NFC, One Touch Sharing, WIFI Miracast
- BlueTooth 4.0
- S-Master MX Mobile Audio Amplifier
- 1080p Exmor R front camera 2.2 Megapixel
- Dual Stereo speakers
- Android 4.2.2, new Xperia UI
- 4G LTE
- Tough Shatter proof Glass on front ( Tougher than Xperia Z Dragontrail glass)
- 3000mAh battery, new improved STAMINA mode
- Glass + Metal/Carbon Fiber body
- IP 55/58 dust, water resistance, shock resistance. No flap on audio jack
- IR Remote
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