Sony Ericsson "Reese" flip QWERTY smartphone leaked?

If the above picture is to be believed, Sony Ericsson's looking to release a new swivel-based QWERTY called the "Reese" that boasts one-click access to "your favorite networking sites." Details beyond this ad are pretty light, and we're not ruling out the possibility that this might be a fan render (as SE aficionados are fond of). Furthermore, the original poster told forum members at Esato that this device "will not be announced soon," which makes the appearance of an advertisement even more perplexing. Regardless, we'll know one way or another soon, as the company is just about to start its MWC press conference... and we'll be there live.

[Via Boy Genius Report; Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[slmblck Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:16PM]

Looks like the G1 but the screen flips into a vertical position.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 15th 2009 1:25PM]

It looks NOTHING like the G1! Lol what are you smoking?

[hilofi Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:19PM]

Is that "release" in engrish?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:22PM]

New technology ★ ★ ★ ★

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:42PM]

It looks like the concept G1 before they made it look better than that, but not by much. Very boring, way to show us that you really suck at making good smartphones sony.

[LAY Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:34PM]

"way to show us that you really suck at making good smartphones sony. "

So why do you assume it's a bad phone?

And please make it better than "it doesn't look like phone (x)".

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:53PM]

"So why do you assume it's a bad phone?

And please make it better than "it doesn't look like phone (x)".

Oh, sorry... I ment "still suck at making smartphones!" As in they suck at making smartphones. What the hell happened to the Experia X1... promised to be the greatest device ever... came out and nobody cared... ever! So to sum it up for the sony lover above... THEY ARE NOT GOOD AT MAKING SMARTPHONES.

PS I also ment that the design couldn't be more boring and that they ripped it off from a G1. Why?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:42PM]

It looks like the concept G1 before they made it look better than that, but not by much. Very boring, way to show us that you really suck at making good smartphones sony.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:37PM]

No thanks.

[oldmanhorton Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:38PM]

it isnt coming to america, thats for sure
above the QWERTY to the left of the screen is a front facing camera
dealbreaker

[piginabox1 Posted Feb 15th 2009 5:56PM]

why a dealbreaker? the extra camera is needed for videocalling.

[RobMikh Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:40PM]

No, just no...

[bessmilda Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:42PM]

I can't believe Sony-Ericsson is still making phones...who buys these things?

[shadymilkman Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:42PM]

late pass, get on wit IDOU the 12.1 mpix monstrosity from SE .. CMON ENGADGET gimme a job you all are late!

[iDavey Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:44PM]

It resembles the Acer swivel phone that was blurrily poseted sometime ago.

[cherrybomb88 Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:45PM]

This makes my G1 look like the greatest Qwerty smartphone ever...... :-p

[Spencer Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:48PM]

I want to snap the screen off just looking at it!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 15th 2009 12:52PM]

I saw this, and I lol'd.

[superhobo Posted Feb 15th 2009 1:55PM]

Increasingly advanced technology that allows you to be shallow and overly talkative anywhere!

Still, like the tech...

[BigD145 Posted Feb 15th 2009 5:07PM]

I can see this snapping in half if you drop it.