Google XPhone: Long on Mystery, Short on Details

Google's newly-acquired Motorola division is working on a next-generation iPhone competitor known internally as the XPhone, according to one report.

But details are scant when it comes to what the device is, and what exactly makes it next generation.

The report, in the Wall Street Journal, suggests the previously undisclosed device is due for launch "sometime next year" and has already gone through a number of iterations.

A flexible screen has apparently been considered and abandoned on the XPhone, as have ceramic molds that would allow for unusual shapes and a panoramic camera with better color saturation. Some of the potential features were nixed as a drain on battery life. What…
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