Sony Ericsson's first Bravia DVB-H phone, or bad fake?

It's been suggested that a couple Bravia-branded phones packing DVB-H tuners are in the works from the folks at Sony Ericsson, and a blurry picture floating around the 'nets the last couple days seems to back that up. After the introduction of the W44S on Sony's native soil, it seems like it'd make sense to expand the Bravia line, but hold the phones -- why does the top of the device look so heavily retouched? And don't the buttons look a little fakey? It's been suggested that this could be an official non-functional mockup of what such a handset might look like, but can't Sony Ericsson, with their fancy engineers, computers, and machinery, make something a little more realistic than this? If it's legit, we should hear more in early '07; if not, we suspect mobile TV fans of the world will be shedding a few tears.

[Via gearfuse]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 21st 2006 2:47PM]

Looks like crap, fake or real!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 21st 2006 6:13PM]

It just can't be real. There's too much space around the LCD. Or it's an awful Chocolate ripoff.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 21st 2006 11:10PM]

even if thats not the real thing, that would sure be sweet if sony-ericsson and Bravia hooked up and made a phone.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 22nd 2006 12:51AM]

this definitely looks suspicious, but who knows? this would be a sweet device if it actually came out. early 07 isn't for a while.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 22nd 2006 1:41AM]

They were developing a widescreen display for cells earlier on this year which could account for the space around the lcd. theres a good chance that they couldn't get the electronics to fit in the space provided by the 16:9 width but still had to mantain that width so it'd be 16:9.

I'm not so excited for this, but theres a good chance the same display if this is a real mockup will be used on the handycam series as well, which is something i'm looking forward to.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 22nd 2006 2:52AM]

I must admit...that's pretty ugly. Mobile TV is gonna bomb in my opinion.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 22nd 2006 3:02AM]

Just looks like a low quality picture to me with some bad focusing. It could still be authentic.