Sony Ericsson unveils new S312 phone and W205 Walkman phone
The joint venture between Sony and Ericsson – Sony Ericsson has unveiled new S312 phone and W205 phone from its Walkman series mobile phones. According to Sony Ericsson, the new S312 phone is a stylish entry level camera phone and the new W205 is a sleek slider phone.
Sony Ericsson S312 phone features a 2 megapixel camera including features, such as Photo fix, Photo light, 2.5x digital zoom and video recording. The phone allows users to share pictures with friends and family through picture blogging or via posting images directly from the phone.
Commenting on the camera phone S312, Quentin Cordier, Marketing business manager at Sony Ericsson, said, “Capture life’s spontaneous moments the easy way with the S312 and its instant video recording. The S312 also allows you to get organised and keep track of your hectic lifestyle by ensuring that you never miss another birthday or appointment again – store all you important dates, add reminders – then sit back and relax.”
Sony Ericsson S312 phone also features a 2.0 inch TFT, and 100mm x 46mm x 12.5mm scratch resistant screen. The phone offers the internal memory of 15 MB, but the memory can be expanded via a microSD card slot. It comes with a powerful battery, with talktime of upto 8 hours and a standby time of upto 400 hours. The other features of the phone include FM radio with RDS, 3D games, Email, Sound recorder, media player, Bluetooth connectivity, and ultra discreet reversible clip-on.
Sony Ericsson has reported that the swish S312 phone will be released in two colors – Dawn Blue and Honey Silver. The S312 phone will be available in selected markets in the second quarter of this year. However, the company has not disclosed the price of the phone.
Let’s now check out Sony Ericsson’s new elegant looking W205 slider phone. The W205 is the latest phone from the Sony Ericsson’s Walkman series mobile phones. The 96 grams W205 phone features MP3 with a playlist function, FM radio with RDS support, TrackID, and torch functionality, speaker phone, 1.3 megapixel camera with 2x digital zoom, with video recording option, and a 1.8-inch 128 x 160 pixel TFT display.The W205 offers 5MB internal memory, but offers memory card support for up to 2GB with Memory Stick M2 cards.
Sony Ericsson has stated that the phone supports GSM/GPRS/850/1900, but the international version of Sony Ericsson W205 will support GSM/GPRS/900/1800. The phone is expected to be available in this quarter, but the company has not disclosed price of the phone yet.