Windows Phone 7 leak mania continues with new Samsung prototype

Better bring an umbrella if you're going out, because the Windows Phone 7 hardware leaks are really starting to rain down. We've so far peeked pre-release handsets from ASUS, HTC (twice), and LG, and now Samsung is pitching in with what looks like a device fated to dance on retail shelves. Details are, as usual, scarce on the ground, but the angular aesthetics suggest it isn't the AT&T-bound Cetus that recently graced the FCC. Taken together with the physical separation of the Windows-branded Start key, however, they do rather resemble what we've seen on ASUS' hardware, which might suggest that there is some undercurrent of cohesive body design that Microsoft is pushing out to its hardware partners. Or maybe we're just grasping at straws to kill the time until this OS finally launches. One more pic after the break.

[zerotheloner Posted Aug 13th 2010 11:27PM]

It's looks so identical to a Zune HD...

[BucksterMcgee Posted Aug 14th 2010 10:34AM]

@zerotheloner That's exactly what I'm thinking! I want to see it from different angles but, man I'm really digging the simplistically of it. I swear i heard so many people go on about if only the Zune HD were a phone.... well guess what this may be it!

Now, if it feels like (or is) cheap plastic, or is fatter than all hell (which I think it looks pretty thing (hard to tell), or just has some poor specs, then i'll be put off, but at the moment, this is exactly what I'm looking for. :D

[timotim Posted Aug 14th 2010 1:20AM]

I love its clean design, and the screen looks like S AMOLED to me. Its no Dell Lighting but it will appeal to more business users.

[LOVEoo Posted Aug 14th 2010 1:47AM]

Closest yet to that MS demo unit they say they're never gonna put out that I wish they would....so far this and Lightning best looking leaks hopefully better comes though.

[bufbarnaby Posted Aug 14th 2010 3:04AM]

Better experience than android I bet.
I'm switching.

[bufbarnaby Posted Aug 14th 2010 3:10AM]

HTC Mozart FTW

[Bobot Posted Aug 14th 2010 7:16AM]

If there is no drag n drop for the embedded Zune, then, i will simply ignore it... I had a Zune HD and i'm fed up with closed ecosystems. I want to replace my mp3 player with a modern smartphone and if MS keep forcing me to follow their way i will simply go for an Android phone.

I still feel that WP7 will have a huge success, i just don't like that "ecosystem" part...

[mikedt Posted Aug 14th 2010 8:51AM]

Hopefully this is a huge improvement over windows mobile. I bought one as a replacement for my Palm and was very disappointed with the syncing software. It's pretty bad when Palm syncs better with Outlook than Microsoft product.

[Dolphineek Posted Aug 14th 2010 11:45AM]

You can transmit a lot of info on those large tiles...

[tonyprince Posted Aug 14th 2010 12:13PM]

i hope apps will make use of the hub. i like teh way u scroll sideways.

[bufbarnaby Posted Aug 14th 2010 3:47PM]

Want to see a great demo of WP7 ? Look here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlJ_fLPpmdM&feature=player_embedded#!

[jek Posted Aug 14th 2010 5:23PM]

Can someone please make one that looks like the Zune Hd. That hardware is amazing and would be a killer phone.