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January 9, 2012 07:45 am EDT

VIA Technologies Leo U8500 hands-on (video)

When stopping by the ST-Ericsson booth at CES Unveiled tonight, we weren't expecting to stumble upon a phone we'd never seen before. Fortunately we were treated to a splendid surprise, as a new device designed by was hanging out on the desk like a villain. The handset is designated as the "Leo U8500" and is touted as the first phone containing a full ST-Ericsson chipset. The yet-to-be-branded Gingerbread device sports the NovaThor U8500 smartphone platform, which rocks a 1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU, Mali 400 GPU and 14.4Mbps HSPA+ radio. Its chipset supports cameras with up to 20MP sensors and 1080p HD video capture. While the phone is production-ready, it appears that VIA is still shopping for potential suitors, and it's most likely China-bound when all is said and done. A few images and a video can be found below.


Myriam Joire contributed to this post.

originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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