Images Sony’s latest addition to its Xperia range have surfaced online, with the device formally known as the Kumquat being outed as the Sony Xperia U

Leaked by Xperiablog.net, the extensive set of pictures show the device next to big brother the Xperia S and confirm speculation suggesting that the Xperia U will share a lot of design elements with that particular handset.

Judging by the snaps, the Xperia U will feature the same slinky transparent bar housed at the bottom of the phone and the same Sony UI that showed up on the Xperia S.

With regards to innards, the specs will supposedly include a 1GHz dual-core processor, a 3.5-inch qHD or WVGA display and 512MB RAM, with a 5 megapixel camera on the back.

Unfortunately, the handset won’t come pre-loaded with Ice Cream Sandwich, and instead will run Android Gingerbread with the latest Xperia UI out of the box, but an upgrade is expected in due course.

Sony’s Mobile World Congress 2012 press conference on Sunday has been pegged as the day for the unveiling, so stay tuned for all the latest news from MWC right here on the blog,

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