HTC Omega to come with front facing camera, coming September 1?

Following the recent leak on HTC Eternity – rumored to be sporting a front facing camera and a large 4.7” screen, details about another lower-end HTC Windows Phone 7.5 device had surfaced today. The new device is said to be called HTC Omega, and is rumored to sport a 3.8” Super LCD display, 1.5GHz processor, 16GB of storage, 8MP camera, as well as a 1.3MP front facing camera. There is proof of the device’s existence via Occasional Gamer’s game stats, and today a press image of the actual device was leaked by Pocketnow.com, shown below:

HTC Omega 

The press image of the device confirms that this device will feature a front facing camera, which was also promised recently during a TechEd New Zealand presentation. The presenter mentioned that apps such as Skype and Lync Mobile will be able to take advantage of the front facing camera, and there are plans to integrate these right into the Messaging hub in the future. We’ve also seen a new front/back camera switch button in Windows Phone “Mango” recently, confirming that upcoming phones will support a front facing camera. Check out the screenshot below:

Camera Switch

So when will we see both the HTC Eternity and HTC Omega? Rumor has it that HTC will announce these new phones during their September 1st event to be held in London, Madrid, Berlin, and Paris (thanks WPCentral), which is only less than a week away! There are also reports that Samsung is due to make some “big announcements” on the same day, although we’re inclined to think that it’ll be Android-related. But hey, we don’t mind a few surprises here!

Comments

  • Anonymous

    So, what I want to know is….why is this considered a “lower end” device?…it has the same specs as the Eternity, except it has a 3.8″ display instead of a massive 4.7″. They probably will have the same resolution, so what does the screen size matter? It’s the guts that power the device that matters…I don’t think this should be labled as “lower end”. Just my 2 cents

  • Webguy

    The screen size matters friend, even if it had the same resolution I’d much prefer the larger size.  Guess I am spoiled because I am used to looging at  my 30″ Dell monitor all day.   Having to look at the tiny Arrive screen is quite a strain.  I’d love to see the 4.7″ screen.  But hope the do increase the screen resolution as well.

  • J A

    This is great and all but even if MS is not requiring OEMs to have a uniform placement for the micro-USB port at the bottom of the phones so that peripherals can start to come to market for Windows Phones, the OEMs are not even smart enough to initiate such standardizations to engage such a market. This is another reason the iPhone is successful because you can find all kinds of stereo docks for them, even in cars.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=551119507 Brent Vermilyea

    This white version is pretty. I think it looks like HTC finally cares about Windows Phone. A 4 to 4.1″ screen would be preferable, but the HTC Trophy I have is also 3.8″, and it’s perfectly fine.

  • http://twitter.com/AsTh11 Alessandro Grua

    Windows Phone 7.5 Overview: http://wp.me/p1fstf-1k