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My Sony Ericsson C905 review
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06-11-2008 12:13am#1Sorry for making it so long, got a bit carried away:o Bit of a life story...
I've had the SE c905 since last wednesday, was delighted to finally get my hands on it! Since I went from my Nokia 6680 to the SE k800i, I fell in love with SE. After a long and rewarding relationship with my k800i, fantastic pictures everytime, amazing flash, and the 4GB card made it even better for music and photos! The obvious step up after that for me was the k850i, but boy how I was disapointed with it. The xenon flash ruined night shots, quality on day time shot were fine, a bit of an improovement on the k800i, but nothing to rave about! The three touch sensitive buttons on the bottom of the screen were an absolute pain in the whole, but in time I became used to them. But the main advantage of upgrading to the k850i was that I could use the same memory card and keep all my files. And with the new media layout for ease of use, it should have been a lot more user friendly, but instead it was slow to react and slow to upload files, which is very iratating!
As well as these problems, the phone had a tendancy to freeze, turn itself off, and was slow in general to react to commands!
So with all this in mind, I was cautious of purchasing the C905, yet another SE phone packed with the infamous xenon flash, that ruined so many of my previous pictures! So I did a lot of research on the phone, reading review after review, endless amounts of demo footage on youtube, I finally made my mind up and said I'd buy it, as the k850i was annoying me at that stage!
First impressions, were that it was an extremely solid phone. I never owned a slide phone before, and wasn't too gone on the idea of it either! The slide was sturdy, but if it's open or closed, there is a little bit of play in the top section and can be pushed from side to side, a little bit irratating for someone like me, a fussy person, but barely noticable, maybe it was just the handset I received!?
Also, I complained about the slow reacting times of the k850i when uploading files, this has no such problems, uploaded my 1gb of music with ease and in seconds. The media section has been improoved dramatically, same layout, but a lot more responsive!
When I was looking for a new phone, here were the things I was looking for;
Compact
Not touch screen, I can't stand it personally!
Large memory, for mp3's and photo's!
WiFi
GPS
and the all important 8 megapixels!
This was because I am going traveling soon and require an mp3 player, digital camera, gps, and wifi all in one to keep me sane, and not have to carry/buy so many individual items! Ipod's/garmin's/camera's etc...
Compact:
Even though the phone is getting a lot of bad publicity for being a chunky phone, I think this is a little bit unfair, as the phone is pretty much the same size as the K770i (just happens to be at hand for me to compare), but the k770i is slimmer, and the c905 has a larger depth, but it's not as bad as people seem to be making it sound. It still fits well in the hand, and it isn't cumbersome in the pocket what so ever. One problem is that when the phone is open and I am texting with on hand, it is a little bit awkard as the phone is very unbalanced when open!
Memory:
Internal memory is shocking, something like 150mb, but the 2gb card that is supplied is handy, but isn't enough for someone like me who wants to take full advantage of it's features! Currently there is a 16gb m2 memory card available for around €65, but I think I'll wait until christmas for the 32gb card to be released, but either card option is a costly extra on top of an already expensive phone. When some of SE's competitors are offering 8gb's with their phones!
WiFi
Having never owned a phone with WiFi, I was excited by this feature! Webpages don't come up as they do normally, but they're not as bad as I thought they would have been. I'm no expert on this matter, but I think the phone handles well with the fast internet connection. Only problem I could find is with this feature was that if you were using the c905 on its side, and wanted to type sonething in, it was a pain to put the phone upright, and slide down the keypad, quite annoying!
GPS
Google maps is quite nifty. Basically like Google Earth, but smaller and more basic. Generally gets your location within 1klm if your out and about and have good signal, but in a bad area, or indoors, it either won't work or it could be maybe 5klms fromwhere you actually are!
I haven't given WayFinder a propper go yet, but from what I can see, it's only a very basic GPS, but that was to be expected. Must use this feature a little bit more to be able to give a fair review.
8 Megapixels
The important bit atw last you say! Without a doubt in this world SE have put a lot more effort into the c905 camera. Night photo's that turned out too bright with the k850i, turn out crystal clear with the c905! THe face detection hasn't come into play too much, but does seem to work, mainly for group photo's (3+ people). Viewing the pictures on the computer, they have turned out very clear, even when very large! I'll post up pictures tomorrow to show, as pictures will give ye all a better idea of what the quality is like! Hard to explain, but so far I'm impressed!:cool:
But wait there's more!
Jaybird JB 200
I've also been using the JB 200 wireless earphones since monday for listening to my mp3's/handsfree, and I have to say it complement's any A2DP phone! A must for anyone who listen's to music on the go using their phone! Worth every penny!
Anyway, I hope this gives people an idea of what the phone is like...
Alan3
Comments
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Nice little review
Personally, I'm sort of done with sliders after n95...they are just not for me...
I've heard good things about the 905's built and you seem to confirm that.
But what's with the gps? 3klm off with google maps? That's not right?!
I live in the sticks and it's usually spot on with 20 - 30 ft!!! What's 'klm' in your book?
Hey, lastly: could you post some pics? Maybe some taken with the c and the same with the k?
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