Sony Ericsson Ai pics? Looks like a cardboard box to us

by Chris Ziegler posted Nov 22nd 2006 at 2:40PM

Not long after word spread that Sony Ericsson wanted to get into the thinphone game with its "Ai" handset sometime next year, pictures are starting to circulate of something that is claiming to be a prototype of the device. Rumored to sport 3G data, a 2 megapixel cam, and a rubberized 9.4mm-thick body with aluminum keys (or foil-wrapped Chiclets -- same difference), we personally think these fuzzy shots look more like a poorly constructed joke than an actual phone, but who knows? Maybe these super-early concept phones painstakingly hand-built by Sony Ericsson's brightest and best look... well, hand-built.

[Via Slashphone]

Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS

Tags: ai, candybar, ericsson, prototype, sony, sony ericsson, SonyEricsson, thin

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Goodinfo @ Nov 22nd 2006 3:12PM

I´ve seen it. It´s hot!

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grizzle @ Nov 22nd 2006 6:03PM

guys, I've been playing with the Ai for a bit now, and I can assure you that that is definitely not it. It is much, much sexier than that!!! I will give him the fact that the connector is on the side

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exst @ Nov 22nd 2006 7:07PM

this looks just like the graphic of a phone that you get during a firmware upgrade

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JX @ Nov 23rd 2006 11:02AM

So, looks like there are a couple of people that have played with the Ai here. How would it compare to the SO903i ( http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/product/foma/903i/so903i/index.html )? I want a Sony Ericsson, but I'm not going for Memory Stick Duo (and certainly not that new one that's the size of a microSD card) so the inclusion of miniSD would be helpful. Otherwise I'll go with a phne that supports miniSD, but if this has it, I can wait (my current phone is more than enough for what it cost, but I'm a bit of a phone freak)

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greenlight @ Nov 24th 2006 5:04AM

A dead giveaway it's a fake is that they're using the old power connector, and not the new one with a throughput to a second accessory.

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raul @ Nov 23rd 2006 1:20PM

nobody beside me and and the guy who wrote this entry thinks this looks like a cardboard box with shiny paper for buttons?

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grizzle @ Nov 25th 2006 4:28PM

no, that's the right power connecter.. it's not in exactly the same place.
Yes I do think it looks like a cardboard box with aluminum foil...
the real ai will be well worth the wait.. I think it might just shock the world with it's sexy lines

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