Sony Ericsson W8 is another successful Walkman mobile from the Sony Ericsson Walkman series, but this times its also a android smartphone. Sony Ericsson W8 is 3.0 inch touchscreen enabled phone with 600MHz ARM 11 processor and 168MB inbuilt RAM memory. W8 is one of the basic smartphone avail at market and price range is affordable to all. Android 2.1 Eclair is the platform that specified and you can upgrade to Android 2.2 Froyo or even Android 2.3 GingerBread OS now. Screen format is TFT capacitive touchscreen, unfortunately its not a multi touch enabled. Quad band 2G GSM and dual band 3G network are the frequency that works. 320*480 pixels resolution visual is enough to play games and video playback.
It has 3.15 mega pixel sensor camera, it gives up to 2048*1536 resolution image and VGA video recording at 30 frames per second. Main feature in this phone is Walkman player, it supports almost all audio codec, and pretty impressive video codec. 128MB internal storage comes as default with device, but its not enough to store file so, W8 supports up to 32GB microSD card.
| Sony Ericsson W8 price | |
|---|---|
| Price in India | 9,200 INR |
| Price in America | $190 |
1200mAh lithium polymer battery belongs approximately 5 hours talk time. W8 has a lot of pre installed apps like Gmail, YouTube, Gtalk and more, Social networking service is pretty awesome in this smartphone. You will love this Assisted GPS tracking system, Android platform allows you to download much more apps from Google android marketplace. Get the detailed specification below.
| Sony Ericsson W8 phone specification | |
| Board | |
| Operating system | Android 2.1 Eclair OS |
| Processor | ARM 11 600MHz Processor |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset |
| RAM | 168 MB RAM |
| Display | |
| Screen | 3.0 inch capacitive TFT touchscreen |
| Resolution | 320*480 resolution, 16M colors |
| Touch features | Timescape UI |
| Sensors | Auto rotate, Auto turn off |
| Others | Scratch resistant glass |
| Network | |
| 2G network | Quad band 2G GSM frequency |
| 3G Network | Dual band 3G network |
| CDMA | No. |
| Camera | |
| Pixel | 3.15 mega pixel camera |
| Resolution | 2048*1536 resolution image |
| Video | VGA recording @ 30 FPS |
| Flash Light | No. |
| Front camera | No. |
| Others | Geo-Tagging, Auto focus |
| Audio | |
| Music payer | Walkman MP3, MP4 player |
| Radio | Stereo FM Radio with RDS |
| Audio jack | 3.5 mm audio jack |
| Storage | |
| Internal | 128 MB internal storage. |
| Upgrade | Support up to 32GB |
| Card slot | MicroSD card slot |
| Phone Book | Unlimited phonebook entries |
| Connectivity | |
| WiFi | WiFi 802.11 b/g, |
| Bluetooth | Yes, 3.0 version with A2DP |
| 3G | 3G HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps |
| Others | GPRS, EDGE |
| USB | MicroUSB 2.0 v |
| General | |
| JAVA | Yes, JAVA MIDP support |
| GPS | Yes, Assisted GPS with Maps |
| Flash Light | No. |
| SNS | Facebook, Twitter integrated apps |
| Google Apps | Gmail, Google search, YouTube, Gtalk |
| Games | Download from Android market place |
| Document | No. |
| Power | |
| Battery | 1200mAh Li-polymer battery |
| 2G Talk time | up to 4 hrs 45 mins |
| 3G Talk time | Up to 4 hrs talk time |
| Standby | 446 hrs standby, 24 hrs music play |
| Appearance | |
| Dimensions | 99x54x15 mm size |
| Weight | 104 gram |
| Colour | Orange, Red, Azure |
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WOW!! Sony Ericsson W8 is quite a phone buddy. I’m thinking to change my cell and planning to take this one. Because it’s specifications are well matching with my expectation. Thanks