Sony Ericsson K530i
Discontinued 16th June 2007, Updated 7th October 2007
What's in a name? People who know Sony
Ericsson devices well might see the "K530"
designation and assume that this is going to be a fairly
standard midrange phone. However, the Sony Ericsson
K530i is quite surprising - this is a lightweight
3G phone with a 176x220 pixel display, 2 megapixel camera and
expandable memory. Plus, the K530i is the first Sony
Ericsson handset to work with the HGE-100 GPS Enabler
(you can read more here).
Weighing just 92 grams and coming in
at 14mm thick, the K530i is certainly lighter and slimmer
than most 3G handsets. At the same time the K530i doesn't
skimp on the specifications - in addition to everything
that we've already mentioned, it has stereo Bluetooth,
an FM radio, video calling, a multimedia player, email
client and web browser.
There
are a few compromises - in particular the camera doesn't
have a flash and appears to lack autofocus. Internal
memory is a little limited at 16MB so you really will
rely on the Memory Stick Micro slot.. but remember that
the K500 series has always offered good value in the
past and this is likely to be the case with the K530i.
The screen is a little limited compared to the QVGA
displays often found on 3G phones too.
One thing that the Sony Ericsson K530i
does have it style - it borrows the typically understated
styling from many other Sony Ericsson devices to create
a device that is smart but not overly showy. It's the
type of device that would be equally suited for personal
or business use.
Sony Ericsson say that the K530i should
be available during Q3 2007 in "Warm Silver"
and "Thunder Black" colour combinations.
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Sony
Ericsson K530i at a glance
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Available:
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Q3
2007
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Network:
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GSM
900/1800/1900 + UMTS 2100
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Data:
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GPRS
+ UMTS (3G)
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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 / 92 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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Battery
life:
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9
hours talk / 16 days standby
(GSM) 3 hours talk /
16 days standby (3G)
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