Thread: The newest Sony Ericsson W980

What is your opinion about the newest Sony Ericsson W980? I've checked all the specifications on the Sony Ericsson W980 - GSM PRESS and it seems very good, don't you think?

Phone looks the biz generally, however the flat edges & block corners are a bit rubbish, why don't they change it to make it look more like the W300i?

The features are good, however it lacks infra-red, however am getting a W580i in few weeks, it is impossible to send stuff directly from their old phone to their new one via IR, so it has to be sent to a phone with IR capabilities (I've had to borrow my dad's Nokia for a text alert) then sent on via Bluetooth from there, why not have all Sony Ericsson phones with IR & Bluetooth, like they used to, & have been doing until quite recently? Cut out the middle man as it were.

Overall, it looks good, & has good features in spite of the IR lack, & what with each button being individual unlike the W300i when they were in row of overlapping circular buttons, touch texting has also been made easier, a VERY good phone.

Specification

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
Announced 2008, February
Available. Released 2008, July
Dimensions 92 x 46 x 16.9 mm
Weight 100 g
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
Second external TFT display, 256K colors (176 x 176 pixels)
Wallpapers, screensavers
Ringtones Type Polyphonic, MP3, AAC
Customization Download, order now
Vibration Yes
Stereo speakers
Phonebook 1000 x 20 fields, Photo call
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Card slot No
8 GB shared memory
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
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
Features Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (NetFront), RSS reader
Games Yes + downloadable, order now
Colors Piano Black, Opera Brown, Violin Red
Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, video; secondary videocall camera
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Walkman player
- FM transmitter
- FM radio with RDS
- TrackID music recognition
- Shake control
- T9
- Image viewer
- Picture editor
- Organiser
- Built-in handsfree
- Voice memo
- Up to 20 hours music playback
Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 930 mAh (BST-38)
Stand-by Up to 370 h
Talk time Up to 9 h