2008 has been the year of great mobile phones battles. We witnessed advent of latest and the most expensive phone intermittently this year. The launch of 8 megapixel camera enabled phones raised the benchmark and that how Sony Ericsson seems to be aspired on building 12MP camera phone. Sony Ericsson's motto seems to be, "Let the Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones do the talking". 

In this way you can bet on the most promising deals in 2009. The phone that is said to be under development is touted to be the successor of Sony Ericsson C905 which interesting has a codenamed Shiho. It is equipped with an 8.1 MP camera along with best features indispensable for quality photography.

The next 12MP Sony Ericsson phone is codenamed as Kokura and no information available on its official name. The design is expected to be very much like Sony Ericsson C905 and as per the fashion trend it will be thinner and sleek.

Technical specifications (based on assumptions and rumours)

• TI3240 chipset

• Symbian 9.4 S60 OS

• Touchscreen interface akin to iPhone and the Tube

• 800 x 480 WVGA display support

• CD quality audio performance

• High resolution video support including Mobile TV

Although this news sounds more like a rumor as for now, but with all technologies the parent company, Sony is geared up and very optimistic on its materialization.

Pricing and availability: obviously when the phone is still under development, so idea on cost incurred however as far as availability is concerned it will roll on the market by the 2nd half of 2009.