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Palm was making smartphones earlier anyone cared nearly smartphones, just it didn't survive into the modern era. Its brusque-lived resurgence with the Pre concluded in failure when the firm was acquired and smothered by HP. The Palm name still carries some weight, and manufacturer TCL is planning to launch a new Palm-branded Android device. The latest leak includes all the important details about this telephone, which is codenamed Pepito. It's pretty weird.

The Pepito is not a flagship phone or even a premium mid-ranger like TCL'due south BlackBerry products. It runs a Snapdragon 425 SoC, 3GB of RAM, and has 32GB of storage. It'southward rumored to be a Verizon device, and it has a limited set of radio bands to support only that network. This device will run Android Oreo at launch, then it could be quite behind the times by the time it launches. Google released the final version of Android nine Pie several days ago. At that place'southward no mention of Android Go, and then this device volition probably run the full version.

There'south only one prototype of the device, and it has a placeholder home screen. The hardware looks similar a stretched out Apple Watch with aggressively curved glass that blends smoothly into the chassis. It'due south not much larger than an Apple Watch, either. The phone allegedly has a tiny three.3-inch LCD. Many phones today are more than 6 inches, and even the beginning Android phones (like the T-Mobile G1) had a 3.2-inch screen. The original iPhone was three.5-inches. One potential upshot: the 720p resolution should expect quite nice on that small panel.

The tiny battery.

With the modest specs and pocket-size screen, y'all'd probably wait a small-ish bombardment, merely Pepito goes really, really small. The phone is rumored to have a mere 800mAh of battery chapters. The Galaxy Note 9 has been appear with 4,000mAh, and many other phones take at least three,000mAh. In that location's not a lot of infinite in such a tiny phone for the battery, but this is even smaller than the original batch of Android phones that sported around 1,000mAh.

Pepito has a truly bizarre mix of specs. The SoC, RAM, and storage are all typical of inexpensive phones. However, the tiny screen and battery make it a niche device. Nigh no one wants a phone with a screen in the sub-4-inch space at present. Still, this phone is undeniably interesting . It'south a different accept on upkeep Android hardware. I can't wait to see how Verizon markets this weird little telephone.

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