Sony Ericsson R300 Radio (R300i / R300a)
Discontinued 24th
January 2008
The Sony Ericsson R300 Radio is a smart
looking and inexpensive candy bar phone that doubles
as a very small portable FM/AM radio. One of a pair
of new "Radio" phones, along with the R306,
the R300 is aimed at those customers who either don't
want a phone with an MP3 player or can't afford one.
It's quite a simple phone, the Sony
Ericsson R300 has a basic 128 x 160 pixel display, a
0.3 megapixel resolution (VGA) camera, a WAP browser
and Bluetooth. A stereo wired headset is included in
the box (this also acts as the antenna), and the R300
radio has a large loudspeaker on the back along with
channel selector buttons.
It's a pretty simple handset, but as
well as keeping the price down, this does mean that
the R300 radio weighs only 75 grams, has 9 hours maximum
talktime and it has 16 days standby times.
There are two known variants - the R300i
is a tri-band GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz device for the
international market, the R300a is aimed at North America
and supports GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900 instead. Two colour
combinations have been mentioned, Antique Copper and
Steel Black.
Sony Ericsson say that the R300 should
be available during Q2 2008, but did not give any guidance
on price.
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Sony
Ericsson R300 (R300i / R300a)
at a glance
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Available:
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Q2
2008
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Network:
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GSM
900 / 1800 / 1900 (R300i) GSM
850 / 1800 / 1900 (R300a)
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Data:
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GPRS
/ EDGE / CDMA 1X
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Screen:
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128x160
pixels, 65K colours
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Camera:
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0.3
megapixels
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Size:
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Lightweight
monoblock 101 x 46 x
12mm / 75 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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No
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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
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