Unknown Sony Ericsson Kurara look-alike has QWERTY keyboard

04 January, 2010
A tipster sent us a photo of a Sony Ericsson phone we haven't seen before. It looks like a Sony Ericsson Kurara, it quacks like a Kurara, but has a QWERTY keyboard. Yep, this just might be... Updated 05 Jan!

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  • FireDragon
  • sUv
  • 04 Jan 2010

It does look like an Omnia if you see it from up front but this angle hides the details that makes this design very different from said handset. In Kurara there are brief curves on both sides (top and bottom) where Omnia is blockish.

I am not sure about the keyboard here, photoshopped or not but it doesn't look like SE's keyboard in shape where the keys arrangement are SE's. It is possible that they are making this set for Mid-end market.

We have seen what Sony Ericsson can do with the keyboards (X1 and X2).

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    • Anonymous
    • npQ
    • 04 Jan 2010

    its just like omnia hd huh?

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      • Ellis
      • Mx@
      • 04 Jan 2010

      Take a look at the way to screen is, its at an angle, and the keyboard looks flat, with no elevation, for me, this looks photoshopped.

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        • Anonymous
        • uSN
        • 04 Jan 2010

        I wouldn't be so sure about this photo. I remember the XPERIA X2 leak and it was hell ugly but when the phone was finally announced, WOW! It looked really sleek and sexy!

        Look at the leak photo:
        http://new-cell-phone.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sony-ericsson-xperia-x2-vulcan.jpg

        And the final photo:
        http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sony_ericsson_xperia_x2_video-540x343.jpg

        It had MAJOR improvements.

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          • Anonymous
          • t7K
          • 04 Jan 2010

          Actually it's not ugly..photoshopped or not.

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            • Anonymous
            • YeK
            • 04 Jan 2010

            Looks Ugly even Elthon John is more pretty!!

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              • Anonymous
              • n$e
              • 04 Jan 2010

              the Xperia X1 keyboard was near perfect, but this (If it isnt a design by a 10 year old using photoshop ) lacks a decent looking keyboard, it looks overly cheap but then again it might be very easy to use, but damn it does loook ugly! X10 FTW

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                • oubsty
                • 40D
                • 04 Jan 2010

                it looks pretty interesting to me and as i said be for SE will rise above the rest

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                  • Anonymous
                  • uSN
                  • 04 Jan 2010

                  Is it just me or does the phone really look photoshoped? The phone doesn't look Sony Ericsson-ish to me.

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                    • kulgan
                    • b$8
                    • 04 Jan 2010

                    [deleted post]yep

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                      • visi
                      • U27
                      • 04 Jan 2010

                      anon , 04 Jan 2010keypad looks cheaplooks like Photoshop magic!

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                        • Anonymous
                        • n7f
                        • 04 Jan 2010

                        Symbian is okay, but why the hell they make so childish like PlayStation look, it's ugly!

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                          • Anonymous
                          • PFx
                          • 04 Jan 2010

                          Symbian^1 a.k.a S60v5 still live?

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                            • Anonymous
                            • vGq
                            • 04 Jan 2010

                            Another failure of their business phone adventure !!!

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                              • paopy
                              • UD$
                              • 04 Jan 2010

                              The looks of the fone have similarities lyk the Samsung Omnia HD just take of the qwerty board and make it Winmo than symbian Os haha :D

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                                • anon
                                • 4Gv
                                • 04 Jan 2010

                                keypad looks cheap

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                                  • Rajeev
                                  • vGC
                                  • 04 Jan 2010

                                  LooK awesome

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                                    • Dee
                                    • tVH
                                    • 04 Jan 2010

                                    That's nice! Can't wait to see the full story.

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                                      • Matt
                                      • wrj
                                      • 04 Jan 2010

                                      Wow! looks amazing and it's a lot better than N97....the design is better... :)

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                                        • gamikzone
                                        • 0ZU
                                        • 04 Jan 2010

                                        nice but i prefer x2 cuz the display resolution and the os