Sony Ericsson U5 Review:
Wonderful a Sony Ericsson mobile phone! Eight megapixel camera and 720p video with continuous auto focus make the Sony Ericsson U5 a predator of point-and-shoot cameras. The Sony Ericsson Vivaz U5 is not just a cameraphone, it’s also a smartphone - a tricked out Symbian running on a 720MHz CPU with a 3.2” nHD display to show it all off. GPS with A-GPS support is available and there is Wisepilot navigation for the phone.
Sony Ericsson U5 Key features:
•3.2" 16M-color resistive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
•8 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, face and smile detection, geotagging and touch focus
•HD 720p video recording @ 24fps with continuous auto focus
•Symbian OS 9.4 S60 5th, topped with a custom-brewed homescreen and media menu
•720 MHz CPU, PowerVR SGX dedicated graphics accelerator
•Quad-band GSM support
•3G with HSDPA 10.2Mbps and HSUPA 2Mbps support
•Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
•microSD card slot (up to 16GB, 8GB card in the box)
•Built-in accelerometer
•Turn-to-mute
•TV out
•Stereo FM Radio
•microUSB and stereo Bluetooth v2.0
•Web browser has full Flash support
•Preinstalled Wisepilot navigation software
•Office document viewer
•Decent audio quality
Sony Ericsson U5 Specifications:
General:
OS: Symbian Series 60, 5th edition
CPU: 720 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics
2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Announced: 2010, January
Status: Available. Released 2010, March
Display:
Dimensions: 107 x 51.7 x 12.5 mm
Weight: 97 g
Screen Typee: TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
Screen Size: 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches
Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
Scratch-resistant surface
Turn-to-mute and snoozing alarms
Handwriting recognition
Features:
Alert types: Vibration; MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone: Yes
3.5 mm audio jack
GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE: Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G: HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth: Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0
Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Browser: WAP 2.0 / xHTML (NetFront)
Radio: Stereo FM radio
Games: Yes
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support; Wisepilot navigation
Java: Yes, MIDP 2.1
- Google maps
- Facebook and Twitter apps
- YouTube and Picasa integration
- WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player
- MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player
- TrackID music recognition
- TV out (VGA resolution)
- Organizer
- QuickOffice document reader
- Gesture control
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input
Colors: Pink, Silver Moon, Cosmic Black, Galaxy Blue, Venus Ruby
Multimedia:
Primary: 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features: Video calling, touch focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Video: Yes, 720p@24fps, continuous autofocus, video light
Memory:
Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records: Practically unlimited
Internal: 75 MB storage
Card slot: microSD, up to 32 GB, 8GB included
Battery:
Standard battery: Li-Po 1200 mAh
Stand-by: Up to 430 h (2G) / Up to 440 h (3G)
Talk time: Up to 13 h (2G) / Up to 5 h 20 min (3G)