Mobile-Review: Sony Ericsson W580i review

Mobile-Review has posted a review of the new Walkman clamshell handset. Sony Ericsson W580i is music phone that was announced on March 26th. It has 2 megapixel camera, Walkman 2.0 player and build-in sport applications to make your training even more fun.

Mobile-Review thinks W580i will find its audience:

"The device starts shipping in August at the watermark of 340 Euro, and this way it will be a relatively steep solution, which won’t allow considering it a mass-market offering. At the same time, thinking of the Sony Ericsson W710i and the Sony Ericsson W850i sales, it is safe to say that the W580i will have an audience of its own. Some will fall for its pedometer, but they will make the minority, and others might like it as a quite cheap Sony Ericsson-branded slider."

Reception is good but the loudspeaker could be better:

"Despite the polyphony being 72-tone, the handset does not provide a breakthrough in sounding of mp3 tunes as compared to other Sony Ericsson branded phones. The loudspeaker is average volume-wise and has a great deal of basses in its sounding, so the call is easily heard even on the streets. The silent alert is of moderate power or even slightly higher than this, but even this admission isn’t an excuse for the cases when it proves too weak to be felt. The reception part is in line with other products by the company – in other words, it’s very fine."

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10.07.2007. 11:18