Sony Xperia Honami with 20 megapixel camera to launch on 4 Sept

IFA is set to offer some big launches for tech enthusiasts. Samsung is expected to launch its Galaxy Note III and the Galaxy Gear smartwatch on 4 September at IFA and now Sony too is launching its new phone on the same day.

BusinessWeek has reported that Xperia Honami will be launched on 4 September at IFA in Berlin. The report has quoted two people familiar with the matter and says that, Sony’s new flagship has been developed under an internal code name of Honami, a Japanese hot-spring area. Sony has been using such names during the development of its handsets, including the Xperia Z, one of the two people said.

Pictures of the device were previously leaked by a blog called GadgetHelpline.

[caption id=“attachment_1043971” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] The initial leaked video of Sony Xperia Honami. Image by Gadget Helpline.[/caption]

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The upcoming smartphone is rumoured to have a 20 megapixel camera and is codenamed Honami’ or ‘Xperia i1’.

GadgetHelpline’s photos revealed the design of the smartphone as being similar to other Xperia models with its rectangular shape.

The report said the phone looks to be very slim and sports the same squared edges and corners, plus pop-up flaps to cover all card ports and sockets - minus the headphone jack, which is exposed.

GSM Arenamanaged to get its hands on the specs sheet for the smartphone. They are: 5-inch 1080p display, 2.2GHz quad-core Krait 400 CPU and 2GB of RAM on a Snapdragon 800 chipset. The battery remains non-removable and will be 3000mAh.