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The 'huge' rumour thread about next year's portfolio will begin later this year. It will start sometime in October or November.

Click the names for spy photos and 'more' for follow up photos.
To view information on past true, cancelled, and false rumours, scroll down or click here.
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Recent updates:
26/9/07



Added more W890 photos. (scroll down to phone list)


25/9/07



The gaming phone will have dedicated gaming buttons and motion sensors. It may be announced on the 11th of February, 2008.

There may be an announcement on the 11th of February, 2008.

The SO905i will not have a 2 step slider design. That was only a concept.


24/9/07



The P3 will be announced in November and released in 2008.

Mooi will have six keys plus a navigation pad and no keypad with a similar form factor to the Motorola E6.

A phone/s with optical zoom will be released by Q2 of 2008.

Symbian Cyber-shot phone planned for the near future.

Movement to Windows Mobile OS (to be released by the second half of 200 perhaps alongside with their UIQ phones.

Severine is the Cyber-shot with 3x optical zoom. Cancelled because Sofia was so badly delayed.

Jie
To be named V640. Vodafone exclusive candybar. 2 megapixel camera, 176x220px screen, and about 16-17mm thick. Successor to the V630. Will come in three colours: brown/gold, black/orange, and white/orange. Very much like a K530 with JP-8 and HSDPA.

Slim Walkman Phone
Could be named W770. Could be a Walkman version of the K770. No visible frontal camera, 2.2" QVGA screen, non-AF camera, and made of plastic. Could be like a W580 in a candybar form.

W890
W880 successor. 3.2MP camera with AF but no flash, 2" QVGA screen, light sensor and made of metal. Will come in at least 2 colours. Will be JP-8. Should be available soon after announcement (to make the Christmas rush).

The low end candybar is the K205a for the American market. Looks to be a redesigned K200.

MBS-100
A bluetooth speaker system shaped as a ball.

There may be an announcement on the 15th of November, 2007. The P3, Mooi, Akiko, and Lena may be announced.

The W54S is for AU KDDI. It may not be Cyber-shot branded, and if so, another one will come out with Cyber-shot branding.

The SO905i is not Cyber-shot, although there is a phone codenamed SO905iCs, which is Cyber-shot, and may or may not be announced in November.




Walkman phones



W350
Low end clamshell. Walkman version of the Z350. 1.3 megapixel camera. Could be W350.

Slim Walkman Phone
To be named W770. Mid range candybar. Could be a Walkman version of the K770. No visible frontal camera, 2.2" QVGA screen, non-AF camera, and made of plastic. Could be like a W580 in a candybar form.

W890 (more)
A W890 successor. Mid-high end candybar. It will have a 3.2MP camera with AF but no flash, 2" QVGA screen, light sensor and made of metal. Will come in at least 2 colours. Will be JP-8. Should be available soon after announcement (to make the Christmas rush). To be released in 7-8 months (as of Feb 2007).

W750
Walkman version of Irina. High end flip phone. Very similar spec wise to the recent Japanese SO903i. May have UIQ. Silver and stylish. Will come in green. Special music dial. Long battery life. Stereo speakers.

True W950 successor
A true W950 successor.

Mooi
High end candybar. A direct competitor to the iPhone. It will have a d-pad, and six buttons and no keypad, with a touchscreen for most functions. Similarly or more highly spec'd than Maria. To be announced on November 15th and released in week 9 of 2008.


Cyber-shot phones



Cyber-shot Slider (more)
Cyber-shot phone. No info. Could be rumoured K800 slider?

Cyber-shot clamshell
A clamshell phone with a 5 megapixel camera. Black design. True Z800 successor.

K860
High end candybar. A redesigned K850 with a sliding lens cover, DVB-H (mobile TV), and GPS.

Optical Zoom Cyber-shot
A phone with optical zoom will be released by Q2 of 2008.

K850 successor
The next flagship Cyber-shot for 2008. High end candybar.

Symbian Cyber-shot
A UIQ smartphone will be branded Cyber-shot in 2008.


Smartphones



P3
The P990 successor with a flip and will slimmer and lighter (approximately 125g) than the P990. It will have a 2.8" VGA screen, GPS, wi-fi 802.11b/g, Symbian OS 9.1,160MB internal memory, wap 2.0 support, C++ support, a 5 megapixel camera (with AF and flash), HSDPA/HSUPA, 128MB RAM, and will run UIQ 3.2 or 4. P3 to be announced in November.

Windows Mobiles phone
A phone running Windows Mobile. To be released in the second half of 2008.

Mooi
See Walkman phones^


Emotional Design phones



Low end clamshell
A new low end clamshell. 1.3 megapixel camera, bluetooth, and gesture control (something to do with accelerometer perhaps). A geometric design (criss-crossing lines in the shape of rhombuses), with the camera area integrated into the geometric design. It'll have a hidden external display and it is part of the emotional design series. Could be Z350. Should be approximately €150.

Premium slider
Competitor to Nokia's 8xxx series. To be released in Spring (Q2) 2008.


Generic phones



K205a
Low end candybar. It will have a VGA camera, and no radio. K200 for the US market.

Akiko (Wakabayashi)
To be announced on November 15th and released in week 9 of 2008.

Lena
To be announced on November 15th and released in week 8 of 2008.

Veronica
No other information.

Lin
No other information.

Erika (Sawajiri)
No other information.

Emma (Laine)
No other information.

Serena (Williams)
No other information.

Nathalie
No other information.

Anabel (Medina Garrigues)
No other information.

Filipa
No other information.

K630
A generic version of the V640. Low-mid range candybar. It will have a 2 megapixel camera, 176x220px screen, and about 16-17mm thick. Will come in three colours: brown/gold, black/orange, and white/orange. Very much like a K530 with JP-8 and HSDPA. Specifications are very similar to the K530.

Irina
A clamshell which will come in both black or white. Large screen. Looks similar to this phone

VGA screen phone
A phone with a VGA screen (not P3).

T920
High end UMTS phone.

T921
High end UMTS phone (probable variation on T920).


Vodafone phones



Jie (more)
To be named V640. Low-mid range Vodafone exclusive candybar version of the K640 and successor to the V630. It will have a 2 megapixel camera, 176x220px screen, and about 16-17mm thick. Will come in three colours: brown/gold, black/orange, and white/orange. Very much like a K530 with JP-8 and HSDPA. Specifications are very similar to the K530.


Gaming phones



Gaming mobile
A gaming orientated phone will be released with a dedicated graphics chip in 2008. It will have dedicated gaming buttons and motion sensors. It may be announced on the 11th of February, 2008.


Japanese Phones



W54S
Designed for the AU KDDI Autumn collection. First CDMA EVDO rev.A phone from Sony Ericsson. 4 megapixel camera (CMOS) with AF, one-seg DMB, digital radio, 2GB internal flash memory, 3" WVGA screen. Cyber-shot branded (first ever). Although if it is not Cyber-shot branded, a version with Cyber-shot branding will eventually be released.

SO905i
SO905i will have a 3" WVGA (800x480) screen, one-seg BRAVIA branded,, 3 speakers, 50 hours of DMB battery life, 3.2 megapixel camera (CMOS) with AF and anti-shake, and a jog dial. SO905i to be announced during late Q3 (about now), and should be ready for sale by Q4. SO905i may have a asymmetrical design.

SO905iCs
Code named Cyber-shot SO905i.


Accessories



Rotating Desk Stand
A rotating desk stand to take advantage of new phones' accelerometers, i.e. watch movies horizontally.

HCB-105
An upgraded in-car bluetooth handsfree speaker. To be announced on October 11th.

MBS-100
A bluetooth speaker system shaped as a ball. To be announced on October 11th.

Upgraded MMV-220
A more poweful version of the MMV-220.

GPS handsfree
Another handsfree intergrated with GPS.

GPS bluetooth watch
Eldar stated that the size of the MWB-100 is because "it’s a reserve for the future release of a watch model armed with GPS-receiver". Nice.


Announcements



There may be an announced on the 11th of October for new accessories.

There may be an announcement on the 15th of November. This will be the last announcement for the year. Mooi, Lena, the P3, and Akiko may be announced along with Play Now v5.0.

There may be an announcement on the 11th of February, 2008. The gaming phone may be announced.


Strategies



One to three series will die. K series may be gone by mid 2007 and/or Z series. When the K series is retired, C may be the replacement. S Series reborn for sliders. P series reborn for smartphones with cameras. T series reborn for attractive candybars. The index G may be used for gaming phones.

The time between announcement and release date for UIQ phones will be very little from now on.

We may see BRAVIA branded phone screens next year if Sony Ericsson Japan is a representation of next year for Sony Ericsson. Sony Ericsson normally does follow the trends/strategies of their Japanese branch and this could mean that we already know some specs of upcoming phones, i.e. SO903i and W880. The BRAVIA brand could be used for branding DVB-H for mobile TV to promote the quality of the screens being used, which will be high resolution and widescreen (240x432). The index B or D will be used for BRAVIA branded phones.

Swivels are dead; at least for this year, meaning that the Adriana is either slider or fake.

Cut down in number of phones released (to avoid too many variations).

Beginings of 'designer' and 'premium' series. The T650 is an example of a designer model - a mobile which values form over function, although SE is trying to create a 'semi-premium' range which is set apart by its design.


Upcoming features



A new UIQ system is almost complete. Known as R6 or 9.3

Sony Ericsson is working on mobiles that will conform to the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) which is an alliance between major corporations (such as Sony, Microsoft and Nokia) which will allow seamless integration between different devices, eg. watching videos from your computer on your TV.
The method in which this could be applied to mobiles is through sharing of videos, i.e. one mobile can watch the video content of another mobile. And just as a side note, because all the major mobile companies are part of the DLNA, this will mean that they are also working on phones supporting DLNA, meaning that all mobiles will be able to interact seamlessly.
Sony Ericsson will have products supporting DLNA out to market by mid 2007, meaning that there will probably be even more video/TV centric devices to come in the second half of 2007.

The M series will continue to have QWERTY keypads.

The joint venture with Sagem could result in some new technologies being acquired by Sony Ericsson, eg. internal DVB-H antenna.

Brown will be another colour of choice from SE.

High quality LCD screens to be used in SE phones sooner rather than later. Will be ahead of the competition.

A new camera module is in development with better colour reproduction.

A number of applications may be introduced, including: PDF/Document viewers, karaoke, TV, maps, enhanced Cyber-shot imaging software.

We will see quite a few non-touchscreen UIQ phones this year.

In Q3 2007, the A100 platform (the default non-smartphone platform) functionality will be upgraded again. These changes include:
- Support for electronic transactions, mobile banking, etc.
- Mobile commerce
- GPS support, and programs associated with GPS.
- Supprt for VoIP
- 3D graphics
- Content hadler API
- Scalable 2D vector graphics API for JAVA ME
- Mobile internationalization API
- Support for OPEN GL
- Support for motion sensors (accelerometers). This means intergration of accelerometers and games (and other Java applications).

New interesting form factor concepts, eg. slide > keyboard > slide > screen here.

GPS is set to be included in mid-high end phones.

Sony Ericsson will move towards Windows Mobile, with a phone running Windows Mobile to be out by the second half of 2008. This will probably be alongside their UIQ phones.

Integrated graphics chips to be incorporated with the launch of gaming orientated mobiles (to be released in 200.

Continuing support for both M2 and MicroSD.

No inbuilt GPS for 2007-2008. Rather, it will continue to be intergrated in the handsfree kits. GPS applications will be bundled though.

2008 mid range will still be based on the non-smartphone A100 platform.

A couple of phones (music orientated) will have 3.5mm headphone jacks on the actual body of the mobile - music orientated meaning Walkman branded mobiles.

MicroUSB sockets could be intergrated in SE mobiles.

The K850 style touch sensitive softkeys will be further incoporated into the portfolio. They will eventually move ino the mid range.

QVGA screens are going to intergrated in the Sony Ericsson portfolio more readily in 2008. That means, that QVGA should finally become standard for the mid range.

Japanese phones will soon have wide-VGA screens which will be accompanied by a new UI.

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K860
High end candybar. A redesigned K850 with a sliding lens cover, DVB-H (mobile TV), and GPS.

Optical Zoom Cyber-shot
A phone with optical zoom will be released by Q2 of 2008.

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VGA UI for european market, will debut in new series, fast CPU, large screen. Mobile tv or gaming?