Mobile Phones

The Sony Ericsson Z555i is a budget phone featuring tri-band GSM with EDGE and GPRS. It is a small & light weight phone. Users have different views on its diamond cut front fascia.

The number pad has well spaced keys and are large enough for easy to use. Same is true with the entire keypad.

Z555i sports a 1.9 inches screen display with 176 x 220 pixels. It may disappoint you but considering it a budget phone makes up to it.

A unique feature is a light on the front fascia just beneath the camera lens, which is activated when someone tries to call you or an alarm goes off. And, when the light blazes, it is far flung to enable you to reject a call and even discontinue an alarm.

Despite the fact that this is a budget handset, features like slight vibrations when making menu selections is really useful and an FM radio bulking out music playback too is also nice to have.

The Sony Ericsson’s Activity Menu is here and must be praised. You tap a key above the number pad and up pops a set of tabbed screens you can use to flick between alerts and notifications, running applications, Web bookmarks and a set of shortcuts.

With only 1.3-megapixels of max resolution, no flash and few software features, the camera is not up to the mark. The image quality diminishes indoors in compare to those taken in the bright light.

Z555i has a basic music player. The built in memory is only 12 MB and Memory Stick Micro can be used for expansion.

It has powered with excellent battery life offering 5-6 hrs of talk time and 10 hrs of music listening.

To conclude, the Sony Ericsson Z555i comes with basic features but reasonable for a budget handset, and even the poor resolution camera did itself fairly proud.

Zylo of Sony Ericsson is a phone of walkman series which is specially designed for music lovers. The main feature that makes it different from other mobile phone is that this phone includes walkman player which has features to include personalized playlist and you can change the song only by shaking the handset. It also has a TrackID technology which tells the title of song, artist and album only by recording the song of few seconds.

This phone also has Youtube support which allows users to see the videos anywhere. Zylo also has ability to support Twitter, the most popular bogging website and Facebook, the most popular social networking website.

This phone also provides FM radio for the people who love listening songs on radio. The phone has camera of 3.2 megapixel resolution with 2x digital zoom. But it has no facility of video recording and you are not able to adjust contrast and light balance of the image.

There are so many other features in this phone like clock, notepad, calculator, Google maps, Bluetooth connectivity, smart dialing, etc.

It has some disadvantages like the absence of document viewer, lack of standard USB port and the missing camera lens cover. It also don’t have bundled data cable or memory card which is the main disadvantage. It has no features like Wi-Fi and GPS.

Zylo is a cheap and stylish slider phone which is not perfect but good to buy for music lovers and people like to do lot of social networking. This phone is available at the price of around Rs. 8000.

The latest handset in the range of walkman devices is the Sony Ericsson Yendro. It is a first full touch walkman phone launched by Sony Ericsson. It impresses people at first glance because of its standby touch screen having four shortcuts, one in each corner. Its dimensions are 94 x 52 x 16 and its weight is just 81 grams. Because of its weight and dimensions, this phone is easy to handle and user feels very pleasant by holding it or by putting it in pocket. The screen has a QVGA resolution and supports around 256000 colors.

Internal memory available in this phone is just 5MB which is expandable to 16GB with the use of micro SD memory card. Another disadvantage is that the Wi-Fi functionality is not available in this phone because of which high speed internet access is not possible. GPRS is available for data transfers and Bluetooth 2.1 is also available for short range information transfer.

A micro USB connector is and 3.5 mm audio jack is also available in this phone for the people who prefer to listen to music with wired headphone. As it is a walkman device, so music is the focus point of the phone. It has latest version of walkman music software which gives facility to sort the music into variety of playlists. You can also sort the music according to generation and artist. You can easily switch to the next song by just shaking the phone and the phone also has Track ID music recognition application. The phone also supports stereo FM radio with RDS support.

The handset is equipped with 2 mega pixel camera which allows you to click a good quality photo. There is access to several applications like Facebook and Twitter from where you can download games and wallpapers.

Wide range of colors are available in this phone including black, blue, while, yellow, orange, pink, etc. The phone will get launch soon in the market and will available at the price of around Rs. 17000 depending on different cities.

Xperia X10 mini pro by Sony Ericsson is a smaller version of Xperia X10 and have almost same features of Xperia X10. But the main difference is that this handset comes with a full QWERTY keyboard. Dimensions of the phone are 92 x 52 x 17 mm and its weight is 120 grams. So, the handset is little bit heavy.

2.5 inch TFT touch screen is available which provides the resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and supports 16million colors. Keys of the keyboard are good in size and are well spaced, so it is easy to work on. The phone works on Android 1.6 operating system and has so many built-in applications and software. It has good user interface and is very easy to download wallpapers, themes and applications. The handset has connectivity to all the famous social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter, etc and also comes with many Google applications.

Lithium ion battery is available in the phone which provides back up of 4 hours on a 2G network and it gives a standby time of 285 hours on a 2G network. So, battery backup is little bit less. The phone has impressive internal memory of 128GB and a microSD slot to connect a memory card of 16GB.

The phone is equipped with great multimedia player that can play audio files of different formats like MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, etc. It also supports so many different video formats. FM radio with RDS feature is also available and it comes with optional portable stereo speakers. So, user can experience very good music quality.

The phone comes with 5MP built-in camera which provides resolution of 2560 x 1920 pixels. The camera also has advanced features like auto focus, LED flash, digital zoom, geo-tagging, etc. Video camera is also available with which you can record video at the rate of 30 frames per second.

So, the handset has so many good features and is available at the price of approximately 17,000 INR.

Xperia 10 is the first phone in the assembly of Sony Ericsson which works on Android platform of version 1.6. It is different from other phones as it has 4” touch screen of WVGA (480 x 854 pixel) resolution with scratch resistant surface. This enables us to see the picture and icons very clearly. It is a thin phone which looks very beautiful in hands of user.

It provides good space to save your data as it has 1GB internal storage and 8GB memory card and it can be expandable to 16GB for users require more space. So, you can save any of your files like songs, pictures, etc in this phone.

It has 8mbps auto focus camera having the features like LED flash, image stabilization, smile detection, etc. Video recording can also be done on WVGA resolution @30fps.

This phone has GPS and Wi-Fi connectivity. Besides these entire features camera provide microUSB port, stereo Bluetooth v2.1, document viewer, good audio quality, and so many other common features.

But there is nothing perfect in this world, so this phone also has some disadvantages. Not having the FM radio is the biggest disadvantage of this phone. On the system partition, only 512 MB is available to install apps. No feature of smart dialing because of which user has to search for all the numbers in the phone book. GPS navigation is not available for free so it is hard for the users to use this feature. . It don’t have multi touch support. The phone features a 1500 mAh Li-Poly battery which provides back up for only 2 days of normal use.

In end it is to say that the Xperia 10 has good overall performance and you can get it in the price range of 35000 to 36000 depends on availability in different cities.

Xperia 10 is the first phone in the assembly of Sony Ericsson which works on Android platform of version 1.6. It is different from other phones as it has 4” touch screen of WVGA (480 x 854 pixel) resolution with scratch resistant surface. This enables us to see the picture and icons very clearly. It is a thin phone which looks very beautiful in hands of user.

It provides good space to save your data as it has 1GB internal storage and 8GB memory card and it can be expandable to 16GB for users require more space. So, you can save any of your files like songs, pictures, etc in this phone.

It has 8mbps auto focus camera having the features like LED flash, image stabilization, smile detection, etc. Video recording can also be done on WVGA resolution @30fps.

This phone has GPS and Wi-Fi connectivity. Besides these entire features, the handset provides microUSB port, stereo Bluetooth v2.1, document viewer, good audio quality, and so many other common features.

But there is nothing perfect in this world, so this phone also has some disadvantages. Not having the FM radio is the biggest disadvantage of this phone. On the system partition, only 512 MB is available to install apps. No feature of smart dialing because of which user has to search for all the numbers in the phone book. GPS navigation is not available for free so it is hard for the users to use this feature. . It doesn’t have multi touch support. The phone features a 1500 mAh Li-Poly battery which provides back up for only 2 days of normal use.

In end it is to say that the Xperias 10 has good overall performance and you can get it in the price range of 35000 to 36000 depends on availability in different cities.

Xperia x8 is a latest inclusion of in the list of smart phones based on Android, launched by Sony Ericsson. Android phones are little bit costly and many people can’t afford it, so Xperia x8 which is available in mid range is best choice for those people.

This mobile has attractive look and the main feature is its 3 inch TFT capacitive touch screen with HVGA (320 x 480) resolution. Screen sensitivity is excellent and a small touch is enough to work with it. User can check his twitter updates, emails and missed calls without pressing another menu. You can easily access entertainment websites like Facebook and Youtube.

You can access high speed internet due to availability of HSDPA and the availability of Wi-Fi makes the internet access easy. The phone also has features like micro USB and Bluetooth that helps in transferring data from other compatible device.

The phone has camera of 3.15 mega pixel with which provides good picture quality. You can also do video recording at the speed of 30fps. It also has GPS receiver, digital compass and 3.5 mm audio jack. God music player is available in this phone which is capable of playing MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ files. Stereo FM radio with RDS facility is also available.

Memory storage is also good as 2GB memory card is available to the user with phone and the memory is expandable to 16 GB. So, you can easily save your files, songs, videos, etc.

This phone weighs 104 grams and has measurement of 99 x 54 x 15 mm which is easy to handle in hand but is little bit heavy to put it in pocket.

So, this phone is a good option to buy for the people who have low budget and you will get this smart phone in just Rs 15000.

Price Range : Rs. 16162

Sony Ericsson is designed to turn many views upside down like handsets, on one side offering entertaining functions and comfy interface, and lack mediocre video playback options.

A Walkman device finally comes with a 3.5mm jack. Although, the earphones are still sharing its plug with cable & charger, a 3.5mm adapter is provided with the set. A good thing in offering here is the 8GB expansion card.

With its 2.6 inches display, Sony Ericsson has definitely improved on alongside of the previous models. Resolution and screen pixels remain the same, but the image quality is really good.

Although, navigational buttons are well-placed and easy to use, send and end buttons are a bit harder to press, because they have small travel. The Lighting effects that Sony Ericsson have integrated is impressive – starting the phone audio player makes controls light up in orange, while camera shutter begins to glow in white when you get down to taking pictures.

The users will come across two big loudspeakers on the top and bottom of the handset so that sound quality is good. And in the back there is an 8.1-megapixel camera with photo flash and expandable video stand with an M2 expansion card slot.

The Sony Ericsson W995’s interface is comfy and can be heavily personalized with phone themes. Unfortunately, the preloaded themes are not innovative.

The internet browser is lightening fast and the app comes with a pan option to make your navigation even easier. It delivers excellent connectivity options – HSDPA 7.2Mbit/s and Wi-Fi with DLNA support (for wireless connections).

While outdoor picture quality is very good, pictures taken indoors are mediocre, due to the badly performing camera flash.

With Walkman v4.0, it shows multimedia menu against the main menu background. The audio player features equalizer with quite many presets, plus you can fine tune its settings to your own taste and save them.

W995 is not a proper video player even by today’s standards. The obvious solution to the problem with codec support is called MediaGo.

The other piece good thing in W995 is Wayfinder – software for navigation that tells you where to take a turn and is much better than Google Maps.

Voice clarity & speakers are really good and battery life is better if compared with other walkman handsets.

Price Range :Rs. 10,706 

The Sony Ericsson W980 is an excellent choice for a music lover as it is packed with whole lot of features to make it a perfect music phone. The design definitely has and edge and feels as a combination of retro elements and extravagant charm. However, the material used gives a cheap feels; unbecoming for a high-class phone.

There are three oval buttons below for music control which is very receptive and create the illusion of being embossed but in fact, only the middle one is concave.

W980 sports a 2.2” QVGA display and has 262K colors and looking at it in direct sunlight the picture fades just slightly, but everything is clearly seen and using it in such conditions is not a problem.

The handset has 3.2-megapixel camera that completely lacks auto focus skills and is very awkwardly fitted on the back side and you should make sure you don’t block it with your finger when taking pictures.

W980 runs on SE’s A200 interface, like the other high-end Sony devices. There are some incremental improvements that simply infuse some freshness into a familiar OS.

W980 is a global GSM quad band device with the support of UMTS/HSDPA that lets you make fast 3G connection, but unfortunately you can make use of this feature only in Europe and Asia.

It comes with an HTML browser for PC-like page viewing and has no problems viewing a complex site. The available RSS reader, like a widget can retrieve the latest news faultlessly.

Like in other W series phones, W980 uses the third version of Walkman player, equipped with the preset equalizer. It plays H.264 and H.263 encoded videos very well. As all stress has been put on the music phone features, a 3.2 mega pixel camera is not bad, but it doesn’t give more than basic features. It has 8GB of internal memory and although is sufficient for extensive usage, but unfortunately you cannot extend it due to the lack of a slot.

Price Range ; Rs.11088

Yari is Sony Ericsson’s next gaming handset after F305 featuring a QVGA display, 5 megapixel camera and GPS.

Although Sony Ericsson Yari is not a gamer’s phone, it gives an extra edge to mobile gaming for sure. Buttons and accelerometer given for game controls and the phone camera can be used as a motion detection device for tracking the moves of the player.

The best feature is the 2.4-inch screen with QVGA resolution that offers high image quality with really saturated colors and remains totally usable in direct sunlight.

No issues with the buttons on the front side, because they have proper travel. And above the screen buttons are used to call up the game menu and as game controls. Unfortunately, some of them require that you use the keyboard and its keys are almost flush with the surface, so you can easily press the wrong one.
The camera shutter is very discouraging; hard to press hence prevents you from getting nice pictures.

One of the best things is threaded messaging. It offers automated email setup for accounts registered with popular service providers.

The Game Carousel is another attractive feature that provides access to all titles directly from the home screen. D-Pad can be used to move between icons or the built-in accelerometer that sports proper sensitivity and can be used to control the game play in several titles.

Unfortunately, Fitness & Tennis are the only two games controllable via the video call camera. Sony Ericsson Yari lacks games, just have nine pre-loaded games.

Its 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus and small LED flash offers ample options like face and smile detection, effects, white balance and various presets with surprisingly good snapshot quality.

Has excellent audio playback facility, despite the lack of 3.5mm jack.

Sony Ericsson Yari comes with built-in GPS and preinstalled navigational software – Wisepilot. Unfortunately, you would have to buy the program if you like it once the trial has ended.