HTC Eternity Rumored, Pictured, Spec'd, and Drooled Over

German site HTCInside has managed upon two very important sets of photos of a new, unannounced Windows Phone called the HTC Eternity. The first is the one above featuring a shot of the device itself, which is pretty much an exact replica of the Desire HD except for the always-there Windows Phone hardware buttons. But the more interesting part is the second photo (past the break), which includes a spec sheet containing all of the goodies you can't see in the first. Let's take a look shall we?

• 1.5 GHz Qualcomm MSM 8255 SoC (system-on-a-chip)
• Windows Phone Mango
• HSDPA 14.4 Mbps
• 4.7" WVGA (800x480) Super LCD
• 8-megapixel auto-focus camera with dual-LED flash
• 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera
• Records up to 720p HD video
• 16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
• 1650 mAh battery
• DLNA support

Sounds pretty cool right? There's just one thing: we don't buy it. First of all, it's 2011 and HTC knows that it cannot come out with a replica of the Desire HD for Windows Phone and call it "new", even if it does have that gargantuan 4.7" screen. Second of all, the software on the phone does not look like Mango from what we can see. We know that most of Microsoft's press photos showing the Mango software usually displays a Linked Inbox tile in place of the typical Outlook one, and would also likely include the new People tile. Third of all, the specs are just a little too outlandish for us to really believe. A 4.7-inch screen? Probably won't happen. A 1.5 GHz MSM 8255 chip? Would be nice, but the 8255 can only go up to 1.4 GHz.

So you should join us as we take a spoonful of salt with this rumor. Yet despite our skepticism, we still hope we won't be waiting an eternity to see this one come out.

Via: PocketNow
Source: HTCInside