Nokia Ace 4.3-inch Windows Phone

Details purportedly concerning a third Nokia Windows Phone set for release later this month, the Nokia Ace, have leaked, suggesting a 4.3-inch AMOLED device packing HSPA+ connectivity. According to The Nokia Blog‘s source, the Ace will be headed to AT&T in Q1 2012, with an 8-megapixel autofocus camera using Carl Zeiss optics. The rumor fits with information previously passed to SlashGear that Nokia would initially reveal three Windows Phone handsets at Nokia World 2011 in late October, though our source declined to detail the devices.

That means it’s impossible to be sure that the third Nokia device – after the Searay Nokia CEO Stephen Elop confirmed earlier in the year, and the Nokia Sabre that Microsoft Canada inadvertently named last week – is this rumored Ace. We can’t help but wish that the leaked specs are authentic, however: the smartphone is said to have a 1,800 mAh battery, a 1.4GHz processor and 16GB of internal storage, along with Mango and that sizable 4.3-inch screen using ClearBlack Display (CBD), Nokia’s contrast and color boosting technology.

As a note of caution, TNB’s tipster apparently confuses HSPA+ and LTE in their original tip, suggesting that the two terms are interchangeable when it comes to AT&T’s network. That could be a mistake based on AT&T’s already confusing use of “4G” for both its existing HSPA+ system and its recently launched LTE coverage, or a sign that these Ace specs are more wishful thinking than anything else.

Nokia World 2011 kicks off on Wednesday, October 26, and promises to be the first official sighting of the devices the Finnish company is hoping will turn around its fortunes. Nokia recently announced that it was shuttering one of its factories as well as downsizing other departments, adding a further 3,500 redundancies to those 4,000 job losses already announced in April.

Apple's cheaper iPhone 4

See that? That just might be the cheaper iPhone that Apple's rumored to formally unveil on Tuesday.Gizmodo Brazil managed to get a hold of a purported iPhone 4s from within a Brazilian Foxconn factory, and while the hardware itself looks just about identical to the iPhone 4 that exists today, there's a new SKU that's leading to understandable speculation. The N90A model number that popped up has certainly emerged before, but where things really get interesting is the "reprovado" ("disqualified") labeling. Is this batch an early set of prototypes that didn't quite pass QA? Will the eventual iPhone 4s even look anything like the iPhone 4 that's on shelves today? You can bet we'll be on hand in Cupertinoto find out, and there's no time like the present to clear out your Tuesday morning / afternoon / evening schedule (depending on time zone, of course) to find out with us.

Disney Mobile 

Disney, which has been doing business as an MVNO in Japan (Disney Mobile) since 2008, took the wraps off two new Android phones [JP] yesterday. The DM010SH will be rolled out in Japan in October, followed by the DM011SH in December (prices tbd).

Technically, the DM010SH is based on the Sharp’s AQUOS 009SH [JP] and features Android 2.3, a 4-inch LCD with QHD resolution, an 8MP CMOS camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a microSDHC slot, a digital TV tuner, an e-wallet function, infrared communication, etc.

The DM011SH is based on Sharp’s AQUOS 007SH, that pretty weird mix between feature phone and smartphone. Specs: Android 2.3, waterproof body, 3.4-inch LCD touchscreen with 854×480 resolution, 16MP CCD camera with 1,280×720 HD video recording, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, digital TV tuner, e-wallet function, etc. (there’s also a Hello Kitty phone based on this model).

Disney Mobile will offer special content with the phones, for example home screens showing Disney characters and icons, a Disney-themed calculator, calendar, alarm clock, and other apps (see below).

The company is already selling a Disney Android phone in Japan.