o2 XDA Zest – Specs Revealed

Way back on the 6th of October we told you that the XDA Zest was about to make an Entrance however at that time we were unable to really tell you anything about the handset as o2 were restricting the information. We still do not have a price as yet.

Small photo of XDA Zest

Today we can now tell you the specs ahead of a press release later today:

Lets start with what o2 lists are the handsets top features:

• High Resolution 2.8 inch VGA Screen
• Runs Windows Mobile 6.1
• Built-in GPS Receiver
• Expandable Memory Up To 32GB
• Free Two Week Trial of Co Pilot Sat Nav Software

Now lets look at the actual specs:

• 2.8 inch Touchscreen with 65k Colours
• 3 MP Camera with Auto Focus & Zoom
• Video Streaming Support
• Video Types: WMV, MPEG4
• Audio Types: WMA, MP3, AAC
• GPS (Integrated)
• Wi-Fi Class 802.11 b/g
• Stereo Bluetooth/A2DP Bluetooth Compatibility File Sharing & Headset
• microSD HC up to 32Gb
• Memory Size (up to) 128Mb
• Instant Messaging
• Integrated RSS feed application
• Picture Messaging (MMS)
• Supported Email Types: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, Push
• XHTML Browser
• 3G
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• WAP
• GPRS
• SAR value 0.754 W/kg @10g
• 3G Standby Time (up to) 220 hours
• 3G Talk Time (up to) 3 hours
• Standby Time (up to) 260 hours
• Talk Time (up to) 5 hours
• Battery Type Lithium ion
• Weight 120g
• Dimensions (H/W/D) 120 x 60.5 x 16.5 mm

Admittedly these aren’t the most comprehensive and finely tuned specs we have ever shown but we do hope to have more on these later today and thought these would be a great start. Still there are no really good hi def photos so we need to make do with the one above for the time being.

If you have a PDF Viewer then you can see the online user manual which is already live on the o2 site.

Posted by: John