Android Police have secured a system dump of the software featured on the purported Facebook phone. This reveal implies that we may see this handset announced on Thursday, April 4 at the social networking giant’s Menlo Park, CA campus.

Screenshots reveal what appears to be a normal-looking Android user interface, though Android Police reports that not much is usable yet because it’s a pre-release build that only works for Facebook employee accounts. The team was able to go into the build.prop file, which offers up a listing of the specifications that the software works with. The build is meant for an HTC-manufactured phone with the model name “Myst_UL,” available on the AT&T network, with 1GB or RAM and Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The “Myst” also features a 4.3-inch display with a 720p resolution and a 1.5GHz MSM 8960 processor. It's the same SoC featured in phones like the Samsung Galaxy S III and BlackBerry Z10, giving the “Facebook phone” a bit of a mid-range feel.

The handset will reportedly use HTC’s Sense UI. Sense 4.5 will feature a special Facebook application that isn't available on other handsets. Android Police also reports that the “Myst” comes with what is called “Facebook home,” which falls in line with some previous reports that we’d be seeing a phone with a specialized Facebook skin overlay. It appears that HTC’s traditional home screen isn't a part of the package—instead, the Facebook app will have extra permissions that will allow it turn off a lock screen, control a Wi-Fi connection, and change system settings.

There’s a bit more to Android Police’s APK teardown, but much of it seems to fall in line with the rumors circulating last week. However, it's important to note that these things point toward a "Facebook phone" and not the Facebook phone. Facebook may ultimately just launch an altered version of the company's Android app—with deeper hooks into the OS, of course—on an HTC handset. In other words, while it appears to have an app launcher and a way to show notifications, there's nothing tying this to any particular phone. Feasibly, it could be the first wave of a series of Android phones integrated more tightly with Facebook.

It's all speculation for now. Whatever's coming, we'll be covering all the info on Ars this Thursday.