HTC Firestone possibly rendered again, less blurry this time

Thai site Sanook has what appears to be the first decent render of HTC's mighty Firestone, the yet-to-be-announced heir apparent to last year's Touch HD. Of course, following up a device of the Touch HD's stature is no simple task; for starters, the Firestone tops up with Windows Mobile 6.5, but the big news might be that the Firestone's rumored to be coming out of the gate with an 8 megapixel camera -- a move that would likely put it head-to-head in some respects with Sony Ericsson's rumored XPERIA X2, and at that point, the only question might be how badly you need QWERTY. The Firestone's rumored for an August release, so we could end up with an epic battle on our hands here through the latter half of the year.

[Thanks, Josh]

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 3:36AM]

Yay more underperforming WinMo phones with pretentious codenames, keep em coming, HTC!

[slamEVIL Posted Jun 23rd 2009 3:40PM]

so i take it you've used this phone and that's what you're basing your comment on? or maybe you already used winmo 6.5 on a snapdragon proc? or you used the 8mp camera already?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 4:58AM]

I am sure that is fake. The back part is just like the Max 4. Also if you see the screen in the bottom is not real, i will take a screen shot and i ll mark it to see it.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 4:58AM]

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2689/12626002.jpg
See it. Just zoom to see it clear that is not true

P.S Sorry for my bad english!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 9:01AM]

I don't get it, why is fake. I am not a HTC fan, just I don't get it.:(

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 9:21AM]

It is a render, you can't use that kind of proof to say a render is fake. It isn't an actual picture.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 5:20AM]

8mPx camera without a flash ? Is that a joke ?

I vote Fake.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 9:05AM]

Well HTC don't want to put flash in their models, look at their newest models top see it! HTC is weak in camera quality!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 7:11AM]

ugly photoshop. nice try web scammarz.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 8:37AM]

fake, 2009 htc phones have the zoombar, mainly because the newer version of the htc photoviewer software requires it aswell...

plus htc does not use the arrow logo on the newer phones...

[slamEVIL Posted Jun 23rd 2009 3:21PM]

it could be an old render

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 10:00AM]

It's fake... agreed! It's not just the zoombar...Where's the Windows logo button? Wasn't it suppose to be a Microsoft requirement on devices with Windows 6.5 and up?

[slamEVIL Posted Jun 23rd 2009 3:36PM]

i believe i read somewhere that the windows flag could be in the form of a soft key.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 10:59AM]

it looks like a HTC 4G back with a diamond 2 on the front. probably fake.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 4:16PM]

FAKE... i cant believe that so many sites have that "news"

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 8:26PM]

That is obviously fake.
It's a Fuze front where they photoshopped out the dpad and shrunk down the buttons.
And if it's shipping with 6.5 it has to have a Windows logo.