The phablet world is just about to get a little more exciting — we’ve got images of what is rumored to be the Sony Odin, the Japane’s company’s 5-inch, 1080p challenger to the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 for the phone/tablet hybrid crown.
Previously,we reported that Sony is planning to launch the Sony Odin as their flagship Android device for 2013. Rumor has it that the device will come in two flavors — one with a 5-inch screen and another with a 6-inch screen that easily dwarfs that of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Today, we’ve got out first look at the 5-inch variant and boy, does it make us wish the device was already in stores:
There’s not a lot to go on right now in terms of official specs but the Sony Odin will supposedly have a full HD display and the 5-inch version of the device is rumored to have a resolution of 1920 x 1080 at 441 ppi, higher than the iPhone 5’s 326 ppi. It will also have a 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor and 2 GB of RAM. Specs-wise, it sounds a lot like the recently unveiled HTC J Butterfly that’s headed to the Japanese market.
As with all leaks, we were reading this with one eyebrow raised but everything seems legit at first glance. Android Police did a little investigating though and found out that the picture was opened several times on Photoshop. And while that doesn’t necessarily mean that changes were done, it does make us a little bit more skeptical.
What do you think of the Sony Odin? Does Sony have a potential Samsung Galaxy Note 2 killer in their hands? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!