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The Stylish Music Phone - Sony Ericsson W595 Unboxing Mini Review |
Plemix.com
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Since the stylish-and-functional Sony Ericsson W580 was so successful, the announcement of W595 didn’t really surprise me at all. The new model is built around the success-formula of the W580 with new things such as the HSDPA connection added. Can it continue the legend? Read on.
The package is rather typical: a phone, a battery, a charger, a handsfree, a User’s guide with CD-Rom.
I like the Indigo Blue color very much. Frankly there are too many black models and the new color is quite refreshing.
The phone is not terribly elongated when slid up, so you can still hold it securely with one hand.
That’s a family of keys packed in that tiny space! Despite the over-crowdedness the keys are easy to access and have a nice, tactile feeling.
The keypad is nicely spaced and has a very stylish design. I have seen countless models ruined by bold, innovative but dysfunctional keypads, Sony Ericsson was clever enough to avoid that mistake by sticking to the truly usable design.
The speaker is on the bottom side of the phone with good exposure. You can listen to the ringtone and music clearly through the speaker.
The 3.2MP camera should be more than adequate for casual shooting. It would be nice to have a self-portrait mirror but I guess that might damage the design of the phone.
The only lamentable thing about the W595 is the M2 card (not included). M2 cards are pricey, small in capacity, and they have only a fraction of the market. When will Sony Ericsson ditch them and adopt the smaller but better microSD cards? You need to remove the cover (luckily, not the battery) to change card.
In the Walkman player, songs can be grouped according to artists, albums…etc. The horizontal view has an eye-candy design that matches the exterior design of the phone nicely. To qualify for the “W” prefix, the W595 has a load of music features including MegaBass and album art support. Undoubtedly, music quality is great on the W595!
All the usual software is here. Operation is fluid and the icon layout is intuitive. The bundled Netfront browser, coupled with the HSDPA connection, make a very joyous and speedy Internet browsing experience.
The W595 has a nicer design, more megapixel and a faster 3.5G connection than its predecessor (W580). The W595 is a very nice music phone that is easy and convenient to operate.
[ This Message was edited by: Plemix.com on 2008-10-10 05:25 ]
[ This Message was edited by: Plemix.com on 2008-10-10 05:31 ] |
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Muhammad-Oli
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Nice pictures! 
Great update to the W580i in my opinion.
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ive got one on the way 
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totalgsm
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Looks very nice.
Looks like it will be easier to type using this keypad.
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adnansanni
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Honestly it doesn’t look to me stylish but looks good. |
c96sthl
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Eldar used to report as if W595 going to repea W580 and S500 problem for keypad crack
I hope no one complain this and it just show to us how biased and unprofessional Mobile-review writer have became now.
I don't care they showing us all the java performance and acoustic db rating etc. Assumption W595 going to have same problem in the title give me impression they just want to assume things
overall i don't like the outlook on W595 hehe.... but do hope it continue the stellar performance in sales like W580
i prefer W760 which have similar spec |
ocean21
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Can anyone confirm that W595s will be released globally or just limited to orange?
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vortix
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Hi all:
I've read in many webpages with specification of w595, but only in some of that they talk about videoCall. I'm not pretty sure about that (i'd really like it, btw), because i can't see any camera in front side (only a little hole in top-rigth corner).
Do you know something about that.
I really enjoy this review..and i really like this phone
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NightBlade
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Yep, there is video call. Only thing is, you'll only be able to see who's on the other side (they won't see you).
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gola
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Whoa, that's quite clever 
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On 2008-10-11 10:50:51, gola wrote:
Whoa, that's quite clever
Better than not having at all. Besides, you can use the W595's main (and only) camera if you want. |
not_me
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On 2008-10-10 07:18:59, c96sthl wrote:
Eldar used to report as if W595 going to repeat W580 and S500 problem for keypad crack
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I think in a way, he was right, the keys themselves don't seem to crack in the middle like with the W580, but here the problem seems to be with the keypad plate which is just stuck on top and tends to get loose. I also have seen already the border of the keypad gravely scratched by the sliding mechanism, though I guess that was on a prototype and may actually not happen with retail versions.
Keypad is half-detached on a prototype
http://www.se-community.com/alben/1351/643/08_7_7_29.jpg
keypad becomes loose on the middle right side, retail version
http://www.plemix.com/photo/phone/sonyericsson/w595_ref_5.jpg
Frame scratched by slider-mechanism :
http://www.se-community.com/alben/1351/643/08_7_7_29.jpg
I hope this issues are only single cases and that most retail devices won't have problems. I prefer the W580s and W760s designs over this one, and from the available color schemes the Grey/Turquoise looks best IMO.
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gola
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I guess you are right...Either way, it's just a dumb system all together, if a phone is going to have 3g then it might as well have a videocall camera. imo.
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groovepeppy
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almost all se's phone have a minus point at build quality.
why don't they made a good one like K750i again?
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On 2008-10-11 13:44:22, groovepeppy wrote:
almost all se's phone have a minus point at build quality.
why don't they made a good one like K750i again?
K750i is a rock .
Dropped it 2 times from the bus lol , still working.
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