Sony Ericsson Scarlett

Year: 2008
Prototype level: Cancelled
Codename: Scarlett

Overview

The Sony Ericsson Scarlett was an unreleased Cyber-shot smartphone developed during the company’s move towards more advanced devices. Very little information about the project has survived, but the prototype appears to run Symbian UIQ 3.3 and combines a large display, physical keypad and an unusual 5-megapixel camera with 3× optical zoom. The display appears to have been intended for touch input, although this remains unconfirmed.

The exact model number is unknown, with suggestions including K9xx or C9xx, but neither has been confirmed. Scarlett never reached commercial release, leaving it as one of the more mysterious and ambitious examples of Sony Ericsson’s Cyber-shot development.