Sony ericsson w350i

October 12, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment

The Sony Ericsson W350i is a slimline ultra-lightweight Walkman phone. The phone is strong in some areas and weak in others, but at under £50 you can’t expect much more. If it ticks your boxes, then you’ll like this phone.

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The main purpose of the W350i (apart from making calls and sending texts!) is to play music, and it does this very well. You could use this as an iPod Nano replacement, as it’s super-compact and lightweight, comes with Sony Ericsson’s renowned Walkman player, and has an FM radio too. Stereo earphones are included in the sales package, or you could use a wireless Bluetooth headset instead. Our one complaint about the music capabilities of the phone is the small amount of built-in memory: just 14 Mbytes, which is enough to store a few MP3 tracks only. However, with a Memory Stick Micro added, you can store hundreds of tracks.

The phone looks smart. It’s available in a choice of colours: Electric Black (Orange & Black), Hypnotic Black (Purple & Black), Ice Blue and Graphite White (pictured), and looks good in every colour. The phone is a flip design, although not a conventional clamshell, as the flip covers the keypad only. The display is visible when the flip is opened or closed, and the music functions are available too. Flip open the lower flip, and you’ll find a good conventional keypad with nicely sized keys.

The W350i has a camera, but it’s just about the worst camera you can find in a phone in 2009. Rated at just 1.3 megapixels, with no flash no autofocus and no video recorder, it’s just a toy camera. This is the phone’s worst feature. But if you can get over this, you’ll find the W350i to be very good in its niche – a compact, lightweight, entry-level music phone.

Features of the Sony Ericsson W350i include: