Sony Ericsson C702
Discontinued 12th February 2008
More than just a cut down version of
the new C902,
the Sony Ericsson C702 is a Cyber-shot branded
phone with a 3.2 megapixel camera and inbuilt GPS.
GPS is all the rage at the moment with
several manufacturers adding GPS receivers into their
handsets. But with the Sony Ericsson C702, GPS is used
for geotagging as well as navigation.
In case you're not familiar with geotagging,
then it is very simple. Most JPEG images include hidden
information, called the metadata or EXIF information.
The metadata includes all sorts of details, such as
the camera used to take the shot, date and time of the
picture, and if there is a GPS receiver in the camera,
then it can record the exact location that the camera
was in when the picture was taken. This geotagging is
available in the Sony Ericsson C702, and it's a nice
feature to have.
The Sony Ericsson C702 can also help
users navigate using Google
Maps for Mobile and Sony Ericsson's Wayfinder application,
giving turn-by-turn directions. In addition, the GPS
receiver is enhanced to A-GPS (advanced GPS) allowing
a much quicker time to fix the handset's location.
Don't
forget that this is a Cyber-shot branded phone, so the
digital camera is also very important. In this case,
it is a 3.2 megapixel unit with autofocus and flash.
It isn't as advanced as some Cyber-shot phones, but
it should be pretty good nonetheless.
Other features on the Sony Ericsson
C702 are a QVGA (240 x 320 pixel display), 150MB of
phone memory expandable using Memory Stick Micro cards,
a web browser, email client and RSS reader.
There are a few different variants of
the C702 - the C702 itself (without a suffix)
is a quad-band GSM phone with UMTS/HSDPA 2100 (3G) support
- in previous versions of Sony Ericsson handsets, this
would be called the C702i. Then, the C702a
and C702c handsets are quad-band GSM only (although
they do support EDGE data) aimed at the North American
and Chinese markets respectively.
Sony Ericsson say that the C702 should
be available during the second quarter of 2008 in Cool
Cyan and Speed Black colour combinations.
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Sony
Ericsson C702 (C702i, C702a
, C702c) at a glance
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Available:
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Q2
2008
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Network:
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GSM
850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
(all models) plus UMTS
2100 (C702 / C702i only)
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE plus UMTS (3G)
+ HSDPA (C702 / C702i)
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Screen:
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240
x 320 pixels, 262k colours
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Camera:
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3.2
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
monoblock 106 x 48 x
16mm / 105 grams
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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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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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GPS:
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Yes
(aGPS)
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Battery
life:
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7 hours talk / 12 days standby
(GSM)
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