Sony Ericsson W302
Discontinued 22nd July 2008
It has been three years since the launch
of the first Sony Ericsson Walkman phone, the W800.
Since then there have been almost 30 different Walkman
branded handsets, usually adding new and exciting features
as technology progresses.
But the original W800 was a pretty good
phone, and quite a lot of them are still around today.
Certainly, compared to a modern handset the original
W800 looks fairly modest, but it certainly still
does what it was designed to do. So perhaps it is unsurprising
to see the new Sony Ericsson W302, a device that
matches the old W800 very closely in terms of basic
specifications.
This
is a quad-band GSM phone with GPRS and EDGE data, a
2" 176 x 220 pixel display, a basic 2 megapixel
camera, Memory Stick Micro expandable memory (with 512MB
in the standard sales package) and an FM radio. It is
much more compact than the original W800 - measuring
100 x 46 x 10.5 mm and weighing 78 grams - which means
that the W302 is about half the thickness of the W800
and is 21 grams lighter. The W302 also supports stereo
Bluetooth, track identification, comes with a web browser
and email client and a USB cable so that it can be connected
to a PC.
Sony Ericsson gave no guidance on price,
but the W302 is likely to be very inexpensive when it
hits the shops in Q4 2008. Two colour combinations will
be available: Midnight Black and Sparkling White.
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Sony
Ericsson W302 at a glance
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Available:
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Q4
2008
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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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176
x 220 pixels, 262k colours
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Camera:
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2
megpixels
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Size:
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Lightweight
monoblock 100 x 46 x
11mm / 78 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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7 hours talk / 12 days standby
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