Sony Ericsson C905 Review
Written October 25, 2008 and published in Gadgets | 0 Comments
esterday I received my new phone – the Sony Ericsson C905 Cybershot. Here are my thoughts after a day of use.
I love it. I really do. People were saying that the phone would be ungainly because it has an 8.1 megapixel camera on board but in fact it is only a few millimeters thicker than the phone I was upgrading from – the Sony Ericsson K810i.
It’s my first slider phone so I have no experience with consistent slider usage but the motion seems solid. The only problem with the slider is that is doesn’t slide the keypad out far enough so there is very little space between the main phone and the first row of keys leading to pressing the ‘1′ and ‘4′ keys at the same time but I have no doubt I will get use to it.
The features list is quite extensive even though it isn’t a smartphone.
- 8.1 MP Camera
- Xenon Flash
- AF Assist Light (Which doubles as a torch when recording video in low light)
- Face Detection
- WI-FI
- GPS (Real not pseudo)
- HSDPA
- 3G
- GPRS
- WAP
- Accellerometer
- M2 Memory Card Slot (2GB Supplied)
The most important change in this phone for me is the inclusion of a ‘D-pad’ instead of the dreaded joystick that Sony Ericsson seem so fond of. They seem to randomly include either so I am glad this phone has been chosen for the ‘D-pad’.
All in all I am very impressed with the amount of technology that has been packed into this phone considering that 18 months ago my previous phone was the pinnacle of mobile camera technology. Imagine what will be available in another 18 months. Samsung have already hinted at a 12MP camera phone in 2009 that occupies less space than their existing 8MP sensor.
Here are some pictures taken from my window. The first with my old Sony Ericsson K810i and the second with my new Sony Ericsson C905. Click to see the full size images.
