AT&T’s HTC Revolver could bring Honeycomb to smartphones

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Curious… very curious. A render of a supposed HTC smartphone headed to AT&T this year leaked on Tuesday, and beneath the device is a list of specs that seem believable enough. Among them are a 4.3-inch display, 16GB of internal storage, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 3-megapixel front-facing camera. Also included, however, is the OS, which is noted as “Android Honeycomb.” Honeycomb is currently a tablet-only version of Google’s mobile OS and there’s no official word that will change — in fact, it has been rumored that smartphones might not get Honeycomb’s features or UI enhancements until the next version of Android, Ice Cream. Google hasn’t said one way or the other, however, so it’s entirely possible that Honeycomb could eventually make it to smartphones; maybe even by the third quarter of this year, when the HTC Revolver is rumored to launch with AT&T. Hit the jump for a larger shot that includes the aforementioned specs that reference Honeycomb.

UPDATE: As several readers have pointed out via email, it turns out the Revolver is fake.

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13 Comments
  • Jwerg

    Nice specs, but several Android websites have already confirmed that the picture above and the phone = FAKE. Shame though, looks nice…

  • http://twitter.com/homescrub homescrub

    Haha, BGR posting fake pics. Stop wasting blog space.

  • Tim242

    It’s a fake. As if that isn’t painfully obvious. A 4.3″ screen phone with those huge margins? Google said no Honeycomb for phones. They actually said today that the next version for phones would combine Gingerbread with some Honeycomb features. You guys should know better. BGR FAIL

  • WTF

    Bgr fail. I might start my own tech blog based purely on speculation. Oh wait… I’ll be like all the other ones. *smh*

  • RH

    AT&T won’t release it, heck, they haven’t upgraded the few android phones they do have, past 1.6 LOL
    Other than the iPhone, if you want your phone updated and you are on at&t, you are pretty much on your own.

    • Allen Walker

      Lol where have you been the past couple of months? Wake up, read some news, then re-post.

    • guest

      rh u have absolutely no clue what u r talkin about. u must be one of the people who was under a rock in that new geico commercial because the aria,captivate, flipout,flipside,captivate, bravo, inspire, and atrix all have android version 2.1 or higher. gtfoh

    • Writchix

      My wifes SE X10 finally got updated a month ago, and my Moto Bravo got updated the end of January, both AT&T.

  • KCRic

    Why not get your shit straight before writing an article. Honeycomb is not ‘tablet only’. Not only has google itself said it’s multi-platform but there was a system dump released which has been picked through and wouldn’t you know – it has all the files and icon DPI folders to allow it to run on a phone are in it. Albeit a faster processor will be needed but with dual, triple, and quad core processors hitting the market soon, it won’t be long. Some phones already out there could even run it. They may need to be oc’d but hell – we already do that.

    • Tim242

      Google said at its press conference that Honeycomb is for phones only, but some Honeycomb features would eventually come. They said at MWC yesterday that the next version for phones will combine Gingerbread with some Honeycomb features. You need to get your facts str8.

  • http://evanjacobs.net/ Evan Jacobs

    Actually, Eric Schmidt said yesterday that Honeycomb is tablet-only, and Ice Cream will be merging the Gingerbread and Honeycomb user experiences into a unified platform. So, this phone will not be honeycomb-based unless HTC decides to deeply customize HC for a smaller form factor..

  • Schmidtsf49er

    Android has a lot of amazing phones with eye popping specs but… What makes a phone great is the apps and android is severely lacking quality apps.

  • Anonymous

    That’s a ugly POS. Why can’t they just give me the Desire or something. But everything is nice. But I’m still getting my Atrix no telling when this ugly thing comes out every other carrier HTC phones looks pretty but this one is horrific

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