| Author |
W380i purple unboxed pictures |
Plemix.com
Joined: Apr 27, 2007
Posts: 138
PM, WWW
|
Not sure if there will be anything more to add on this W380i with photos, but since our guys had some unboxed pics prepare,d why not share with you all SE lovers at Esato.
Actually, when I play around with this low budget Walkman phone, it feels nice. The gesture control (turn off alarm and ring by just waving over the phone) worked very well and it is fun.
Here are some pics.
Strange form factor -> longer at the keypad side, make the phone feels like a barber shop hair trimmer.
Side photo. It is actually thin and not bulky.
Volume control on the side and nice glossy key designs
When you are using the Walkman feature, the RR, Play, and FF key grow with title of the song displayed on the outside. There is also a walkman control keylock at the back of the phone so that you do not need to open the phone to control the music functions.
Battery and time display. I think it is nicely done.
Low end Walkman model, so don't expect too much on the included earphones. Color matched though.
Finally, it is a triband phone, so if you are in the US, please make sure your operator supports the 1900 MHz. And the purple with pink buttons phone is so Girly.
[ This Message was edited by: Plemix.com on 2008-03-13 06:43 ] |
|
|
Muhammad-Oli
Joined: Jun 13, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: The NZ of L
PM |
It looks nice! I like the matte plastic used and the keypad is cool! Perhaps not in that colour, but maybe the blue one!
This message was posted in the mail
2008, 2009, 2010 Best Australasian Member. |
Pochi
Joined: Mar 06, 2008
Posts: 94
From: Saudi Arabia
PM |
At last,
A decent looking flip phone from  that actually looks awesome when opened (the buttons and the shape in general) really nice.  |
dentoters07
Joined: Jan 15, 2008
Posts: 285
From:
PM |
even if its a low-end walkman phone, i'd definitely get one! nice! |
PeterKay
Joined: Jul 08, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: The Ummah
PM, WWW
|
beautiful
|
korbindallis
Joined: Jun 18, 2004
Posts: > 500
PM |
I just want too see how it feels in the hand looks great
[addsig] |
Supa_Fly
Joined: Apr 16, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Toronto, Ontario
PM, WWW
|
informative mini-review. Much appreciated.
|AppleTV2|iPhone 12Mini 256GB|iPad Pro 256GB| Previously ...  K750|Z500|Z520|K700|K790i|K850i, :Ericsson: T18z|T28World|T36m x3|T68m (Ericsson, not the rebranded T68i). |
Pochi
Joined: Mar 06, 2008
Posts: 94
From: Saudi Arabia
PM |
There's an awesome feature in this phone which is (from GSMarena.com):
" The secret behind the gesture control magic of the device is this. Once you get a call or your alarm sounds, the Sony Ericsson W380 activates the camera and uses it for motion detection - something even cheap webcams can do nowadays. Then you just wave your hand in front of the camera and the call or alarm gets silenced. According to Sony Ericsson you have to wave twice in front of the camera to accept your gesture, however as you can see from our video, even a single wave would do it. Unfortunately there are no advanced settings for this feature so you can't use it for other purposes or applications, nor does it understand other gestures besides waving.
In order for the feature to work, Sony Ericsson has equipped the camera with a really small LED (strangely enough it can't be used as LED flash for the camera). When there's an incoming call and the light is not enough for the camera to "see" you waving, the LED turns on in order to assist it. " |
Plemix.com
Joined: Apr 27, 2007
Posts: 138
PM, WWW
|
BTW, black is available now as well. |
max_wedge
Joined: Aug 29, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Australia
PM, WWW
|
very nice handset. I don't like clamshells, but still this is a very stylish handset. Whoever reckons SE handsets are boring needs their head read 
|
mobse
Joined: Nov 11, 2006
Posts: 305
PM |
@max_wedge
Same thoughts here clamshells and design wise, except maybe the diagnosis |
PeterKay
Joined: Jul 08, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: The Ummah
PM, WWW
|
On 2008-03-14 08:39:01, Kurayami wrote:
There's an awesome feature in this phone which is (from GSMarena.com):
" The secret behind the gesture control magic of the device is this. Once you get a call or your alarm sounds, the Sony Ericsson W380 activates the camera and uses it for motion detection - something even cheap webcams can do nowadays. Then you just wave your hand in front of the camera and the call or alarm gets silenced. According to Sony Ericsson you have to wave twice in front of the camera to accept your gesture, however as you can see from our video, even a single wave would do it. Unfortunately there are no advanced settings for this feature so you can't use it for other purposes or applications, nor does it understand other gestures besides waving.
In order for the feature to work, Sony Ericsson has equipped the camera with a really small LED (strangely enough it can't be used as LED flash for the camera). When there's an incoming call and the light is not enough for the camera to "see" you waving, the LED turns on in order to assist it. "
This feature is really quite brilliant, hope they implement it in more models.
|
ros-mari
Joined: Feb 04, 2007
Posts: > 500
From: Barcelona
PM |
I love this ohone, and purple is my favourite colour......always have dreant of having a purple SE...I will start saving... |
tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
PM |
the close-up pic to the buttons are so nice. looks so futuristic 
|
Pochi
Joined: Mar 06, 2008
Posts: 94
From: Saudi Arabia
PM |
@PeterKay
But this feature have also increased the price of the phone slightly, so it might increase the prices of any future phones that have this feature. |
|
|
Posted: 2008-03-13 07:12
K750|Z500|Z520|K700|K790i|K850i, :Ericsson: T18z|T28World|T36m x3|T68m (Ericsson, not the rebranded 
