Kyocera is back? The first flagship smartphone in 8 years is on the way

An entry has appeared in the Bluetooth SIG database about a Kyocera mobile phone with the index PC9367, which has passed certification

about a week ago.Unfortunately, the organization is not too generous with the specifications: only the Bluetooth version is listed - 5.3. However, this is already quite interesting, because 5.3 is the latest version of Bluetooth technology, and its implementation requires a top-end chipset inside the smartphone. For example, of all Snapdragon platforms, Bluetooth 5.3 support is announced only for 8 Gen 1, 8+ Gen 1 and 8 Gen 2. MediaTek has a slightly wider range (Dimensity 8000, 8100, 8200, 9000, 9000+, 9200), but Kyocera has never before did not use Dimensity chipsets.



Kyocera Urbano V01, 2014

Thus, in front of us, most likely, a smartphoneKyocera flagship level. And this is surprising, because the company has not released such devices since 2014, when Urbano V01 was released. Since then, the company's most advanced smartphones have been armored cars of the Torque series for the Japanese operator au, as well as their modifications for the American market, produced as part of the DuraForce line. However, it is unlikely that we have another Torque or DuraForce in front of us.

The new index is very unusual: PC9367.Kyocera used a similar index only once: the Digno Keitai 4 push-button clamshell in the version for the SoftBank operator has the index PC9359. It is unlikely that Kyocera is going to combine a push-button clamshell and a flagship into one line; most likely, the letters PC indicate the SoftBank operator. However, he never sold either Torque or DuraForce. However, it was SoftBank that was the main seller of the Balmuda Phone, which was produced by Kyocera; however, it passed all certifications as a Balmuda product, with no mention of Kyocera. We are waiting for more details about the mysterious flagship Kyocera (but, most likely, we will not know anything until it is announced).

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