Ok, you shouldn’t take this with a grain of salt, but a handful of them. Get ready, cause this is quite a bizarre concept. Engadget just got handed imagery and specs of a possible HTC device in the works codenamed the Zeta. It’s a quad-core handset, much like the Edge that was leaked last week, but it has a much faster 2.5GHz APQ8064 CPU along with 1GB of RAM running the show, on a 4.5-inch 720p HD display.

According to their source, the uniquely shaped smartphone will come with Ice Cream Sandwich pre-installed with Sense UI (version 4.0 wasn’t specified, but we’d be surprised to see it any lower on an ICS device) and have 32GB of internal storage space, an 1,830mAh battery, Beats Audio, Bluetooth 4.0, an 8MP rear camera with dual LED flash, 1080p video capture and a 1.3MP front-facing cam.

What about size? The Zeta is said to measure at 109.8 x 60.9 x 9.8mm (4.32 x 2.4 x 0.39 inches) and weigh 5.15 ounces (146g). It certainly has an intriguing look; the sharp corners would be a huge departure from HTC’s recent designs choices, though it appears to have HTC’s signature unibody build in the back.

And just when you say “meh so fake”, a check at Qualcomm’s site does show that the APQ8064 really exist, and will arrive in products in early 2012. Yes, 2.5GHz quad-core superphones are that close!

SOURCE via Engadget