Via the graphics benchmark Nenamark, details of the successor of Sony Ericssons flagship Xperia Arc. The Ayame gets a faster processor. There are also rumors about a Japanese device with a 720p screen.
The Ayame as type LT18, while the Arc LT15 as type number. The device has a screen of around 4,3″, with a resolution of 854×480 pixels. The device appeared on the benchmark Nenamark, with Adreno 205 as gpu is called. The Adreno 205 is also the gpu in the Xperia Arc. According to XperiaBlog is a Qualcomm MSM8655T with a clock speed of 1.4 Ghz. The Arc has a MSM8255 at 1GHz.
Except of the Ayame were also disclosed details of a device codenamed Nozomi. This is a device that is intended for the Japanese market and features a screen with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. In addition, the Nozomi is the first Sony Ericsson with socket for a microsim, the sim card, which is also used in Apple’s iPhone 4 and iPads. Other manufacturers have the micro-sim until now has not or barely used.
Both devices run on Android Gingerbread, which points to a quick release. Generally, it is expected that Google, even before the end of the year the successor of the Gingerbread release. Sony Ericsson was one of the first manufacturers that new devices with Gingerbread released.
Sony Ericsson still has a number of devices announced but not yet released. Below are the Xperia Mini, Xperia Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, Xperia Ray and Xperia Active. That should all be in the next few months on the market. The Xperia Arc, of which the Ayame, the successor should be, came at the end of march in the Netherlands.