Posted by Plemix.com
Finally, I have got the Sony Ericsson G900 red on hand. I knew before the testing that the phone will be almost identical to the G700 which I have tested a week ago. The only differences for the G900 will be the 5 mega pixel camera, WiFi capability, and the touch to focus feature when taking pictures. Of course the external casing designs are different between the two phones. Which one do you do you like better?
In the package you will get a Battery, a Charger, two styluses, a USB cable, a handsfree, a CD and manual. Same standard stuff as all Sony Ericsson phones.
G900 is a touchscreen smartphone, of course it comes with a stylus. However, since the user interfaces are designed big enough for a thumb, it is not necessary to take out the stylus most of the time. Well, unless you need to hand write a note.
Interesting enough, the keypad layout has been changed in the G900. The upper menu keys have been replaced by a couple of notes and email keys. In the G700 layout, the conventional upper menu keys are kept with two additional round buttons on the sides for notes and email short cuts. I personally think the G700 layout fits someone used to the conventional Sony Ericsson layout like me.
Same user interface as the G700. You can touch the both ends of the bottom rolling bar to scroll the menu to the left or right very quickly.
G900 has WiFi! Yeah.
5 mega pixel camera with flash. Same as G700, no lens cover at all.
The back cover of the phone. The speaker holes has been designed more nicely comparing to the G700.
If you need to switch the M2 memory card from the G900, you need to take out the back cover first and slide out the memory tray on the side. Not sure why it is designed this way as you can just take out the M2 card anytime without opening the back cover in G700.
The Card slot is located under the headphone plug on the side.
Camera in action. You can touch to focus onto different spots for your photo shooting. It is quite handy.
Photo image quality. Again, no retouch, just resized to fit. Sony Ericsson has a tendency to take blurred images. The quality is not bad for this 5 MP camera, but just everything is not as sharp as the Nokia phones.
Shoot in a no light situation to test the flash quality. No bad at all.
Another shot for your reference.
For other features like the note creating and the user interface, since it is the same as the G700, we did not take them in this photo session. If interested, you can go to the G700 thread and compare. In general, both G900 and G700 are very good phone in a reasonable budget. Reaction on the user interface is quick as expected and the camera quality is reasonable. So it is really up to you on which one to choose from. Do you need WiFi? Do you need 5 mega pixel? But I think the “touch to focus” is quite handy for camera shooting. Or is it?
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Wow, it looks awesome! That colour looks so much better on the real thing... The official pictures don't do this red colour justice! I definitely like the G900 better than the G700, and not just feature-wise, but appearance as well.
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Posted by pavoo
damn
....this phone looks awesome
Posted by xell
This phone is awesome.
Red colour is fine but not the right for me.
Posted by iwantfatty
Looks epic in red - hot stuff
Posted by goldenface
Very nice, I can't wait to have a go at the new UI.
Posted by strizlow800
This is the phone I'm getting after my K800...
I think it will be good upgrade from K800 to G900
Posted by ares
On 2008-06-05 12:32:04, strizlow800 wrote:
This is the phone I'm getting after my K800...
I think it will be good upgrade from K800 to G900
See...this is why i think G900/G700 will be a success...alot of ex-users of the traditional feature phones line (t610-k700-k750-k800-k850) will finally make the jump to smartphones
Posted by bristol_lad
I notice the UK plug on the charger. Is there nobody selling this in the UK yet?
Posted by goldenface
Well its a touch screen smartphone that doesn't actually look like one and thats a huge selling point IMO.
Posted by carkitter
I like the colour and the spec but not the styling - it looks too K610 for me, not that the K610 is bad looking, its just that in Q2 2008 and at the price, I'd expect a bit more pizazz.
The touch to focus feature is a great idea! I love it and would use it with every photo, it'll help ensure better focused shots AND ALSO better exposed shots. The photo taken with in total darkness using the Flash was very impressive, well done SE!
I'm sure it'll be a hit but I'm still very keen to wait for the HSDPA equipped W980, a far more daring design which appeals to me more.
Posted by goldenface
I like the W980i design too but I'm afraid it will look too long when opened. Looks immense when closed though.
I would like to know what the media player is like on the G900 though, I'll have go search.
Posted by strizlow800
I have 1 question. Since you have the phone, can you tell us your opinion about the video recording od this phone? There were some people saying that it records only 15fps video...
P.s. If you can to upload a video sample recorded with the camera on maximum fps would be nice and very appreciated
Posted by xell
On 2008-06-05 13:27:32, goldenface wrote:
I would like to know what the media player is like on the G900 though, I'll have go search.
- Shuffle / Repeat
- Sort by Artist / Title / Album / Playlists
- Displays album covers, touch on it enlarges it in the main player
- red bubble visualization
- MegaBass available
- Sleep mode
Posted by borg_
On 2008-06-05 12:39:45, ares wrote:
On 2008-06-05 12:32:04, strizlow800 wrote:
This is the phone I'm getting after my K800...
I think it will be good upgrade from K800 to G900
See...this is why i think G900/G700 will be a success...alot of ex-users of the traditional feature phones line (t610-k700-k750-k800-k850) will finally make the jump to smartphones
I will do that jump for sure
Posted by pavlov's_dog
man, am i in love with the G900 or what? sure it's got antiquated hardware but i'm glad all of it is optimized to the fullest. despite being a direct descendant of P990, the G900 manages to distinguish itself completely in all aspects.
if there's a G902 version of beibei, that would be sweet, but for the mean time, it looks like this one is a winner.
Posted by goldenface
@xell
Thanks a lot, better than the one on my K850i by the sounds of things. Whats' red bubble visualisation?
Posted by xell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJcCVHDj4w8
(shot with K800, boy it took ages to focus -.- )
Posted by soulsaber
On 2008-06-05 12:43:31, bigyogamuffin wrote:
I notice the UK plug on the charger. Is there nobody selling this in the UK yet?
this charger is also used in HK...so maybe its from there instead