The handset should be an affordable member of the Xperia family

Jan 21, 2012 09:34 GMT  ·  By

Sony has unveiled two high-end smartphones at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and has some more of them in the pipeline for the rest of the year.

Among them, we can count the Sony Ericsson ST25i ‘Kumquat,’ a handset that made it to the headlines before, and which can now be admired in what is said to be the first leaked photo of it.

At the first glance, the smartphone appears to be similar with the Sony Xperia S that made an official appearance at the said fair.

The mobile phone sports the same Iconic Identity design, the guys over at XperiaBlog note. It also got the transparent notification strip at the bottom.

In fact, the new smartphone also appears to be very similar with the LT22i Nypon that it might be mistaken for this device.

XperiaBlog notes that, despite the striking resemblance, the two devices are different. The screen resolution of ST25i Kumquat is one of the main differences between the two.

They note that the three icons on the top right of the handset take up more space when compared to the Sony Ericsson logo on the top of the device.

This is so due to the fact that LT22i Nypon is expected to arrive on shelves with a screen boasting a qHD resolution (540 x 960) resolution, while ST25i Kumquat will actually feature a FWGA resolution (480 x 854).

Sony is expected to unveil some more info on the upcoming members of the Xperia family as soon as next month, during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The handset vendor already unveiled plans to make an announcement at the event, but it did not offer info on the devices that will be launched.

Hopefully, the Sony ST25i ‘Kumquat’ will be unveiled in the next several weeks. By the looks of it, it will prove a highly appealing device, though it should sport an affordable price tag.