Review Sony Ericsson W980

Advanced features provide a folding mobile phone Sony Ericsson W980. Clear audio sound that became one of its flagship.

Sony Ericsson mobile phone products drove the music. This time, the vendor based in London is launching a series of W980. Sony Ericsson to equip this series with some advanced features such as 8Gb of internal memory, 3 Mpix camera, HSDPA access, an FM transmitter, and an accelerometer. As a result, with this support includes W980 Walkman phone series that presents the latest technological sensation a la Sony Ericsson.

Appearance of this phone looks elegant with a touch of glossy design. For enthusiasts clamshell phone (clamshell) W980 includes a unique treat. There's a burning light effect white and orange when we put on some music from the Walkman feature. Moreover, for connoisseurs of music, the W980 offers audio clarity resulting from clear stereo and clear bass. This effect would be maximized if listening to music via the stereo headset. For other features, the test team MOBILE following:

SCREEN
Naturally, when the clamshell phone, W980 has two screens, external and internal. Both color screen, for internal measuring approximately 54 x 47 mm 262 thousand color TFT QVGA (240 x 320 pixels), and on the outside of the TFT 176 x 176 pixels. The screen looks pretty good in to accommodate the menu icons are available, including outside the room (outdoor).
Testing: Exploring the menu in the room and outdoors.
Value: 3
Note: We can adjust brightness and contrast levels display

AUDIO
This is the ammunition that is thy W980 hero. If you want to listen to music, available Walkman player 3.0 is equipped with facilities such as storage SenseMe albums and to customize the user's feelings with the title song playing. Just like the other Walkman phone, audio player facilities such as shuffle, equalizer, and MegaBass as characteristic of the Walkman phone available. In addition to the music player, there are also features FM radio which can be accessed by plugging a headset as an antenna. If still not, this phone can be used as an FM transmitter and enjoy other audio devices via use an FM transmitter facility.
Testing: Listening to music files via the stereo headset and external speakers.
Value: 3.2
Note: clear voice quality and clarity can be obtained from the stereo headset and A2DP bluetooth stereo headset. There's a shake control feature to move to the next track list.

KAMERA
The phone is equipped with a camera flash 3Mpix but minus. Some features such as photography available resolution settings, effects, to editing photos. If we want to enjoy a range of images that have dijepret, we can go into the media center menu and select the latest photo.
Testing: Take a picture in the room and outside the room for the highest resolution
Value: 3
Note: Slide show images can be customized with the selected background music, including types of transitions are used.

INTERNET
Surfing into the virtual world is easy with this phone. Support to the HSDPA network enables us to freely access various Internet sites. Though minus the WiFi, we can surf the internet thanks to the NetFront browser from Access. To take advantage of this access, make sure the Internet and WAP settings are cards support this service.
Tests: Go to the site Cellular (www.selular.co.id). Within 23 seconds, this site's home page presented
Value: 3
Note: In testing, the existing automatic settings to GSM network operator data

Messaging
For text messaging business, including a complete W980. There are SMS, MMS, and e-mail or electronic mail. Especially for email, we have to install a variety of parameters and ensure appropriate access to the data network operator could be used. Email the W980 can store data in various forms of attachment files, whether text or image files
Testing: Exploring messaging feature
Value: 3
Note: W980 does not provide the reader or editing application such as Word documents, Excel, or Pdf.

Connectivity
Facilities associated with other digital devices are available via bluetooth and USB cable. W980 Bluetooth performance including both proven when sending and receiving music files to your computer bluetooth. With Bluetooth 2.0 standard, this phone adopts A2DP technology for listening to music wirelessly to a Bluetooth stereo headset.
Testing: Sending and receiving music files. One World Poison music files, sent to the phone in less than a minute.
Value: 3
Note: After bluetooth data transfer should be switched off so as not to drain the battery and measures just the data.

GOOGLE MAPS
This is one of the latest applications in Sony Ericsson mobile phones. With connection to the operator HSDPA network and the Google 3D digital map, we can determine the location of where we are. This feature can function only when the phone is already accessible on the network to service data
Testing: Determining the location of the phone is switched
Value: 3.5
Note: due to appear three-dimensional, this service includes data for each of our drains zoom in the 3D map presented.

FINAL SCORE: 3.1

Performance
This phone's performance, including both for business telephone and data access. As for the camera, W980 includes ordinary full though can be used for photos and video. Specifically to put on some music, this phone indicates the quality okay. Moreover when using it via a stereo headset.

Battery Performance
Data Vendors
The battery used is 930 mAh Lithium Polymer. With this battery, this phone can last up to 9 hours of talk time or 370 hours standby time.