The Perfect Multimedia Phone : SE W960i

[gxsaurav]

Surround sound on a phone! You might want to re-think that.

You had a SE W550i right? Ever tried reading the manual to find out what "Stereo Widening" in walkman phones is.

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[mediator]

^^ 6370 kya,,it also sounds cool..its a java phone tho

Yea, it has dual speakers. Great sound, but max. volume level isn't great!! Overall it is really cool.

 

[amitava82]

its nokia 6270... No a Symbian phone though.

 

[dreamcatcher]

welldude the w960 is suregonna rock...the w950 was pricedat 32000 at launched..this time sony shud go fr more ompetitiv pricingcos this is really out ofreacjh fr most peaple...but i think the k850 is a bttr choice cos it has dual card support-u can include voth m2 and sd cards in it....+it has music player 3..same as walkman 3 and sound quality also quite the same acc to sources....sony is probably trying ti keep the k850 as their benchmark phn and the release others phns to suit the customer needs..by the way sony has also released a gps enabler costing round rs 800 wch shall enable all sony phns with java support to accesss gps..great going sony....we love u..and the bluetooth watches declared that day can be used to remote control the se phones...increwsing lumes.skiptonxt track..etc..and ya...the k850 also has shake features..nt yet confirmed if they wud b of the same useas of the 910..i guess..it will hav sumthing to do with the cam...

 

[gxsaurav]

This just in, W960i is not exactly the real replacement of W950i. This is released as an upgrade to W950i. The real Next Gen Walkman phone is yet to come before the end of this year.

SE is reported to work on a new camera module too. The one used in K750i is getting old now. The next change could incorporate the Cybershot Image Processor used in Sony Digicams.

K series will be replaced with C Series (C for Cybershot)

(source : Esato )

I guess a keypad less screen which works with both stylus & fingers. Use fingers for normal usage & stylus if you need to write something. Coupled with 8 GB HD & a 3.2 MP Cameara....wow

 

[Ankur Gupta]

Yea, it has dual speakers. Great sound, but max. volume level isn't great!! Overall it is really cool.

Yeah the speakers are much better than other nokia phones and are comparable to some SE phones also...
N73 also has stereo widening feature...
IMO W960i will be worth buying if its atleast 5k cheaper than N95...

 

[goobimama]

Just let them make a good lens on those camera phones. Doesn't matter what megapixels, but I'm fed up of those tiny (and crappy) lenses...

 

[gxsaurav]

Just let them make a good lens on those camera phones. Doesn't matter what megapixels, but I'm fed up of those tiny (and crappy) lenses...

A very big lens is not always required in case of taking a high res pic.

 

[aryayush]

You had a SE W550i right? Ever tried reading the manual to find out what "Stereo Widening" in walkman phones is.

LOL! I know what Stereo Widening is and almost always had it turned on when I listened to music on my phone (which wasn't very often). But regardless of what companies might say as marketing gimmicks, it is completely impossible for the tiny speaker(s) of phones to give you surround sound quality. If you've ever been to a respectable cinema hall, you know what surround sound is. Try getting a phone, any phone, to give you that sort of audio quality. Sony Ericsson and Nokia will, of course, say that their phones are capable of emitting surround sound but you should use your head instead of believing whatever they feed you. It is I.M.P.O.S.S.I.B.L.E.

 

[infra_red_dude]

If you've ever been to a respectable cinema hall, you know what surround sound is. Try getting a phone, any phone, to give you that sort of audio quality.

expecting any "respectable" cinema hall quality sound on a phone is utter foolishness!!! come on man.. when we speak of surround quality sound it varies from context to context!

but the stereo widening feature is really nice and in that dept, 6270 and w550i are good!

 

[Pathik]

even 6233 has stereo speakers and stereo widening... the effect really rox..

 

[goobimama]

Stereo widening is not surround (descrete channels). It's just some kind of trick which gives a crappy impression of extra 'space'.

A very big lens is not always required in case of taking a high res pic.

If you go by resolution, then tiny lenses should do just fine. But when it comes to depth, colour among other things, the lense is the primary criterion to taking pics. Wonder why a 6megapixel DSLR takes better pics that those 10megapixel point and shoot cameras...

The lens has a big part to play in the quality of the picture apart from the CCD/CMOS censor itself. I can bet you that a nikon 2megapixel coolpix will give better PQ than a K790i 3.2MP...

 

[aryayush]

What you hear in a respectable cinema hall is what surround sound means and no phone in the world can give you that. That's all I am saying. I've no idea why everyone is keen to turn everything into a debate.

 

[cooldev007]

Thanks for the post. A Good phone Indeed

 

[gxsaurav]

Time to resurrect....

It seems like GSMArena got there hands on a review set of W960i, the review is up now.....all for buying it. This is the king of phones....

Key features:

• Walkman Touch music player
• Symbian OS 9.1 with UIQ 3.0
• 3G support with video calls
• Wi-Fi support
• 3 megapixel camera with autofocus
• 8GB of storage space
• Dedicated touch-sensitive player keys
• 262K color TFT touchscreen display
• FM radio
• Stereo Bluetooth (with 3.5 mm adapter included)

Main disadvantages:

• Not as impressive in life as in the promotional photos
• Slow interface response as storage gets nearly used up
• Back key location changed
• No memory card slot (yeah, we know it has 8GB of internal memory)
• Music player cannot sort tracks by filename
• No EDGE support

 

[goobimama]

Not as impressive in life as in the promotional photos

Hmm...I see...

 

[faraaz]

This phone has been dislodged from the top spot on my wishlist by the LG KU990 Viewty phone...

Here's why:
*www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone2=2008&idPhone1=2070

 

[desai_amogh]

hey !! tht seems cool LG has support for MP3/MPEG4/WMV/AAC/DivX and a 5 mp camera .. edge & 3G together .. i wish it was symbian & had one of those walkman logos on it

the screen of this pfone is too small.. or is it a sliding fone ?? as the review says the display is 240 x 400 pixels, 3 inches whick bigger than tht of w960 !

another gr8 thing it supports VGA 30fps, QVGA up to 120fps .. while w960i supports only video(QVGA 15fps) thts the same 'vold ishtayl' sony erricsson follows ..

only bad thing is tht LG doesnt have full support for HTML browsing ...
& can any one tel me what is the difference between FLASH ui & Symbian os .. i know how symbian os works .. is the FLASH UI same like my K750i UI ???

 

[goobimama]

^^ Isn't the numeric pad like digital? I think the screen is 3", that is, the full thing is a touch display...

 

[magneticme200]

just one ques guys..!!

WHEN IS IT COMING OUT IN INDIA.???????????????????????????