Sony Xperia ST26i First Photos Leaked

There’s good news for all Xperia fans out there because Sony would be releasing another member of its Android lineup, the Sony Xperia ST26i. Didn’t we say that Sony has become aggressive in releasing new Android devices starting the first quarter of this year? In fact, we just reported yesterday the existence of LTE-capable Xperia GX and Xperia SX. What kno now is that Sony is currently working on another Android handset with model number LT29i whose photos have also been leaked yesterday before the formal announcement. But today, another leaked photos emerged which allegedly came from ‘a person close to the production line’ of the company. The leaked graphics were showing off another model that goes by the model number ST26i.

Fortunately, the tipster didn’t just leaked the photos, he had the specs go with them. So, we really have something to talk about here. Rumors prior to the leakage of the photos and specs suggested that Sony Xperia ST26i will not come with capacitive buttons in front of the screen, instead a green globe logo will be put in lieu of those buttons. The photos however, did not show the logo but the capacitive buttons so we can speculate that those rumors were false. But we’ll see about that if the company will make slight changes prior to the release. Meanwhile, below are the specs of Sony Xperia ST26i.
The leaked information indicated that Xony Xperia ST26i will come with ST-Ericsson U8500 chipset clocked at 1 GHz frequency with complementary DB8500 graphics processor. Since it is targeted to land on mid-level market, the handset was given 512MB of RAM which I believe is more than enough to make the operations smoother and faster. It has 8GB of built-in memory and does not support microSD card, but so far, these are the specs you can expect from a mid-level handset, although it has an almost impressive resolution at 540 x 960 pixels stretched on a 4-inch screen.
We haven’t got information about its camera but it seems to me that Sony would continue releasing devices that would also promote its digital camera technologies just like what it did with its Cybershot. So, we can almost expect we’d be getting high pixel camera in this handset. And considering it sports an L.E.D. flash it is almost tantamount to saying Sony Xperia ST26i has a camera with higher and better sensor. This device could actually become successful and be put in line with other success Xperia mobiles in the market today.
The downside that I can see in this handset, however, is the fact that Sony will be releasing it with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It seems to me that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is too much for Sony to give to its new devices. Basically, we wouldn’t be able to enjoy the full functionality of this phone if we cannot upgrade it to ICS. But we are hoping that update would soon be rolled out after the release. Otherwise, the company would lose the potential buyers of this device. Anyway, we didn’t get information whether or not this handset would be offered outside the Japanese market