With 24 Hours To Go Until The Official Announcement, The Facebook Phone's UI Leaks

With 24 hours to go until the official announcement, the Facebook Phone’s UI leaks

BY Stefan Constantinescu

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Published 3 Apr 2013

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Facebook is going to hold an event at 10:00 in the morning California time tomorrow. That’s a hair over 24 hours away according to my computer. Earlier today I published a piece compiling all the rumors about the “Facebook Phone” that will allegedly be unveiled at said event, but now there’s some new information that’s just plain over the top.

Thanks to the anonymous Twitter user @evleaks, the internet now has a couple of photos of the Facebook Phone’s user interface. It’s … pretty. A lot less cluttered than regular Android. And speaking about Android, it looks like the Facebook Phone will have access to the Google Play Store, meaning Facebook didn’t fork Android, they just skinned the bejesus out of it.

Hey, if Samsung and HTC can do it, then why not the world’s largest social network?