Sony Ericsson W610i
Discontinued 8th February 2007
In much the same way that the original
Sony
Ericsson W800i "Walkman" phone was a version
of the K750i
camera phone, the Sony Ericsson W610i is a "Walkmanised"
version of the K550i
Cyber-shot phone. And the similarities don't end there..
the W610i is a very close match for the original Walkman
phone, just in a sleeker - and cheaper - package.
The
Sony Ericsson W610i is a very slim monoblock phone with
a thickness of just 14mm, it comes with a 1.9"
176x220 pixel display, 2 megapixel digital camera, an
FM radio and expandable memory using Memory Stick Micro
cards. Sony Ericsson include a 512Mb card in the box
which is enough for about 8 albums worth of high-quality
MP3s.
As is the current fashion, the Sony
Ericsson W610i has gone a bit glossy, but it's not just
a slimmed-down version of the old W800i - the software
has been upgraded since the original incarnation of
the Walkman phone, making this a more polished device
underneath too.
Do we really need another Walkman phone?
We've begun to lose count of exactly how many W-series
devices that Sony Ericsson have come up with, but if
you regard the W610i as a more interesting replacement
for the less-than-successful W700i
then it makes a certain amount of sense.
One final oddity - Sony Ericsson are
making the W610i available in "Plush Orange"
and "Satin Black", these colours are on the
back of the phones. The Plush Orange is the black
phone in the picture, the Satin Black one is the white
one. Go figure. Sony Ericsson says that the W610i should
be available in certain markets during Q2 2007.
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Sony
Ericsson W610i at a glance
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Available:
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Q1
2007
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Network:
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GSM
850/900/1800/1900
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE
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Screen:
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176x220
pixels, 262k colours
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Camera:
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2
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
monoblock 102 x 46 x
14mm / weight tbc
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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Memory
Stick Micro
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Infra-red:
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Yes
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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7 hours talk / 14 days standby
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