Motorola X Phone gets papped again

The Motorola X Phone seems to have been a long time coming; and it's still not here, emerging only as a spy shot as the handset is tested on the US network Sprint.

Running on the network's 4G network, the handset looks like a fairly standard Android affair, with the screen estimated to be around 4.7 inches.

Previous rumours have pegged its HD at 720p variety, with a 1.7GHz Snapdragon processor under the hood alongside 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage.

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The pictured device is referred to as the Motorola XT1056, which Phone Arena's source says is indeed the X Phone.

This anonymous figure also added that the handset shown is running Android 4.2.2, has the rumoured 16GB of storage and reckons the screen is around 4.5 or 4.6 inches - not too far off the expected 4.7-inch affair.

The handset has been tipped for a launch "by October", although more recent rumours suggest that it could be unveiled as early as August 1.

Motorola and its step-daddy Google are keeping quiet until then; but we'll bring you the news as it's announced, whenever that may be.

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