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Rumor has it that the upcoming Paris P5 and BeiBei G702 handsets have been terminated and will no longer be manufactured. The Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog is reporting that the cancellation of these phones is due in part to a large amount of “criticism from reviewers and other industry watchers.“ While that may be at least partially true; what handset, especially those in the development stage does not receive criticism?

While neither may have had the highest of specs, they both shared in a fairly decent amount of hype, both the Paris and Bei Bei each had numerous leaked images and leaked videos.

While this is still unconfirmed from the Sony Ericsson camp, the story does have one additional twist as they both may still potentially be released, but only in the Asian market.

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Back in early April, a set of images of the Sony Ericsson Paris were being leaked. These images were taken as screen captures from the original promo video for the phone, which up till now has remained under wraps. Well now we have the complete video for your enjoyment. Of course, at this point we have already learned most of the details that are shown off in the video, but given the lead up with the previous images, it seemed only fitting to show this as well. In the meantime Sony Ericsson is expected to be officially announcing the Paris on June 17.

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While the latest round of details to surface for the Paris are not exactly as flattering as the rest, this should still prove to be a worthy handset. The new details that have come to light reveal a solid offering coming from SE. The P5 is a slider style phone with a QWERTY keyboard and will be UIQ based.

The handset also offers a touch sensitive display with one-touch screen rotation, the ability to browse or view bookmarks without sliding the handset open and one-touch zoom in/out navigation.

The Samsung based camera with auto-focus comes in at a nice 5-megapixels, and we can also expect to find Wi-Fi, an FM radio and standard Walkman player. The included GPS will default to Google Maps, however WayFinder 7 will also be installed as a trial option. Finally there will be support for Microsoft Office documents.

We also now know that the Paris is expected to retail for 400 Euros and is rumored to include UIQ 3.3 and Opera 9.5 at the time it ships. As of now it is expected to be available in early September.

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We have seen lots of leaked images for Sony Ericsson’s P5 Paris, ranging from some that were nothing more than a screenshot from a video and some that were true live pics, however this latest group is a nice and clear set of a prototype handset.

As for the specs, we can now confirm that the P5 will feature a 2.6-inch display, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 5-megapixel camera, a-GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a 960mAH battery and comes pre-installed with Google Maps as well as a newer UIQ version.

Keep reading to check out a few more images below…

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We have already seen those leaked images of the Sony Ericsson P5 Paris, that were recently leaked, however the images were simply screenshots that came from a promo video. Until now the “real-life” images have not surfaced. The P5 Paris is expected to become available later in the year and be available through Vodafone. Keep reading for a few more images of the P5…

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Well the folks over at se-nse have released the sixth, and final image of the Sony Ericsson P5 Paris. While its not as exciting as the rest of the images, it seems to be a fitting end to the series and it does reveal/confirm some good information. As you can see the back has a nice aluminum color as well as a 5-megapixel camera and stylus on the top right hand corner.

Well the images are over, now its time to see Paris in action. Just in case you missed any of the other images you can check out the complete collection in our previous P5 Paris post.

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In what now seems like either something that Sony Ericsson is loving or frantically trying to find a way to stop, the folks over at se-nse have leaked yet another image of the P5 Paris.

The latest image is the first without any hands in the picture and offers up a nice show of the keypad, which is illuminated blue. All I can think now, it stop teasing us and show the video. Keep reading for a wrap up of the images we have seen up till now…

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In keeping with the recent trend of the Sony Ericsson P5 Paris leaks, we have yet another image courtesy of se-nse. This time we are getting a glimpse of the slide-out QWERTY keyboard and the phone is still looking good. Although we are still waiting for the video so we can see it in action.

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The folks over at the se-nse blog have leaked yet another image of the sweet looking Paris handset from Sony Ericsson. The latest image comes as a follow-up to the original two leaked images and shows off a video being played in landscape mode. Just to recap the details that we know so far, the P5 will feature:

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A few images have recently turned up, courtesy of the se-nse blog showing off what they are claiming to be the highly anticipated Sony Ericsson P5, which is also know as Paris. The images are said to be screenshots taken from the official press video, but we will have to “wait two weeks” to get a glimpse of the video in action.

The P5, Paris will be running UIQ 3.3 and feature a full keyboard that will slide-out below the display. Other features include a large touchscreen display, 3G support, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth, USB and built-in GPS. The handset also has two cameras; a 5-megapixel camera on the back with a second front camera for video calling. Other items worth mentioning is the P5 will come with Opera Mobile 9.5, Google Maps and possibly WayFinder 7.0 pre-installed.

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