Sony Ericsson C901

Sony Ericsson C901

At first, you might think that the Sony Ericsson C901 is just another 5-megapixel cameraphone. Well, that’s not terribly exciting in the current market bustling with 8-megapixel snappers, and probing the boundaries at 12. But you’d be wrong. Be it for the simple reason that the C901 is one of the few handsets out there sporting a Xenon flash. And the one on the C901 is special enough to help it stand above the crowd of cameraphones.

Another thing to note is the eco-friendly Green heart version which - interestingly enough - is the only C901 flavor currently available on the Sony Ericsson website.

The C901 GreenHeart is trendy for being partially made of recycled materials (though, technically both devices are identical).

Even after reading those lines many would say there is nothing so special about the C901, particularly as it’s not even selling worldwide! Well, we‘ve been inundated with requests that we review it and there’s nothing we like doing more than pleasing our loyal readers.

Details:

GENERAL:	2G Network-	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network-	HSDPA 900 / 2100
	Announced-	2009, February
	Status-	Available. Released 2009, May

SIZE:	Dimensions-	105 x 45 x 13 mm
	Weight-	107 g

DISPLAY:	Type-	TFT, 256K colors
	Size-	240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
		- Accelerometer sensor

SOUND:	Alert types-	Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ringtones
	Speakerphone-	Yes

MEMORY:	Phonebook-	1000 x 20 fields, Photo call
	Call records-	30 received, dialed and missed calls
	Internal-	110 MB
	Card slot-	Memory Stick Micro (M2), up to 8GB

DATA:	GPRS-	Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE-	Class 10, 236.8 kbps
	3G-	HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
	WLAN-	No
	Bluetooth-	Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
	Infrared port-	No
	USB-	Yes, v2.0

CAMERA	Primary-	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, xenon flash, LED flash
	Features-	Geo-tagging (cell-ID), face and smile detection
	Video-	Yes, QVGA
	Secondary-	No

FEATURES:	Messaging-	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
	Browser-	WAP 2.0/HTML (NetFront), RSS reader
	Radio-	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games-	Yes, incl. motion-based + downloadable
	Colors-	Noble Black, Sincere Silver, Precious Peach
	GPS-	No
	Java-	Yes, MIDP 2.0
		- Google maps - MP3/AAC/MP4 player - TrackID music recognition - Picture editor/blogging - YouTube application - Organizer - Voice memo/dial

BATTERY:		Standard battery
	Stand-by-	Up to 430 h
	Talk time-	Up to 9 h 30 min

MISC:	SAR EU-	1.57 W/kg (head)