Sony Ericsson W595 Walkman Phone Launch in India
The W595 is a Walkman phone but this time the focus is on sharing music with others. As a proof of this the W595 has powerful stereo speakers which can play your music loud and clear for others around you to enjoy.
The W595 is a Walkman phone but this time the focus is on sharing music with others. As a proof of this the W595 has powerful stereo speakers which can play your music loud and clear for others around you to enjoy. Also the headset has two 3.5mm jacks so now you can connect two pairs of headset to the same phone and share you music one one more person.
Sony Ericsson's new W595 is a slider handset with a 3.2-megapixel camera, and it replaces the popular W580i from last year.
Features
One big upgrade is the camera, which has jumped from 2 megapixels to an impressive 3.2 megapixels. It still lacks a flash, mind, so you can rule out good-looking photos under strobe or moonlight.
A 2GB proprietary Sony Memory Stick Micro card comes in the box, and M2 cards of up to 8GB were supported in our tests. Sadly it's inaccessible inside the handset, so you'll have to whip out the battery to get to it.
Accessing media on these cards requires a simple touch of a dedicated Walkman button, thrusting you into a clean media manager interface for browsing multimedia, Flash games and RSS feeds. They're intuitively laid out and fun to browse — plus, a built-in accelerometer automatically rotates pictures and videos depending on whether you hold the phone horizontally or vertically.
Supported music formats include MP3, AAC, WMA and WAV. Protected WMA files were supported in our tests as long as they were purchased (not subscribed to), but we had trouble playing any Napster To Go downloads.
Battery
- Talk time:9 hours
- Standby time:385 hours
Camera
- Camera resolution:3-megapixel
- Camera flash:none
Connectivity
- Networks:GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
- Connectivity:Bluetooth, 3G, HSDPA
- Data services:GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA
- USB connectivity:Yes
Display
- Main display: Screen resolution:240 x 320 pixels
- Main display: Number of colours:262K
Entertainment
- Video player:Yes
- Games:Yes
- FM radio:Yes
- Music player:Yes
Functionality
- Input method:Numerical keypad
- Voice recorder:Yes
- Ringtone options
olyphonic, MP3
- Java:Yes
- Supported audio file formats:AAC, MP3
- Video calls:Yes
- Web browser:Yes
General
- Phone type:Music
- Form factor:Slider
- Dimensions (W x D x H):47 x 14 x 100 mm
- Weight:104 g
Memory
- Internal memory:40 MB
- Memory card included:2GB
- Expansion slot:Memory Stick Micro
Messaging
- Messaging options:SMS, MMS, E-mail
Conclusion
With all this in mind, we're happy to conclude that this is a solid, fun phone — aside from its lack of a real headphone socket and its poor video functionality. But if you're expecting anything radically new, you might want to wait a little while for Sony Ericsson to start innovating.
Apart from that the W595 is basically same as the W580i. The W595 is selling at a much higher price compared to the W580i. In India it is Priced at Rs. 15495
