Sony Ericsson C902
Discontinued 12th February 2008
There seems to have been an outbreak
of sanity at Sony Ericsson. The new Sony Ericsson
C902 not only ditches the horrible keypad of the
K850,
but it also does away with the K-Series branding for
Cyber-shot branded phones. So, Cyber-shot handsets no
longer have to put up with the K for the Swedish
word Kamera, and have the C for Cyber-shot
instead. After all, jag pratar inte svenska
and probably neither do most
of Sony Ericsson's other customers.
So, what we have here is a smart and
sensible looking 3G phone with HSDPA support, a 5 megapixel
camera with autofocus and flash and a QVGA resolution
display.
The camera is the main selling feature
of the Sony Ericsson C902, and it seems to be essentially
the same camera found in the K850. Featuring the same
multishot capabilities of other recent Cyber-shot phones,
the C902 also comes with face detection, red-eye reduction
and image stabilisation. Sony Ericsson haven't stated
the video capture resolution of the C902, but the old
K850 was a little disappointing in this regard.. although
it does have a built-in image stabiliser.
When
not in use, the camera and flash are hidden behind a
protective panel, a nice feature that other handsets
would do well to emulate. Another notable feature are
the touch-sensitive image control keys that activate
around the main screen when the camera is in use, emphasising
that this is a phone worthy of the Cyber-shot
name.
As you might expect, the Sony Ericsson
C902 has a built-in MP3 player, and it also has an FM
radio. The usual Sony Ericsson applications are built
in - a web browser, email client, RSS reader and a bunch
of personal information management functions.
This
is a very elegant looking handset, measuring 108 x 49
x 11mm and weighing 107 grams. The Sony Ericsson C902
has quad-band GSM support plus UMTS 2100, comes with
stereo Bluetooth and has 160MB of internal memory, expandable
with Memory Stick Micro cards (256MB is included in
the standard sales package).
There's no built in GPS, unlike recent
offerings from Nokia and Samsung, and even the Sony
Ericsson C702. This means that photographs cannot be
geotagged with the location that they were taken. This
feature is all the rage at the moment, so presumably
Sony Ericsson have a future 5 megapixel device with
GPS in development.
Sony Ericsson say that the C902 will
be available during the second quarter of 2008 in "Luscious
Red" and "Swift Black" colour combinations,
although no pricing details are available.
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Sony
Ericsson C902 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
+ UMTS 2100
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE + UMTS (3G) + HSDPA
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Screen:
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240x320
pixels, 262k colours
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Camera:
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5
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
monoblock 108 x 49 x
11mm / 107 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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No
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Battery
life:
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Not
specified
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