Friday, June 20, 2008
Sony Ericsson G900 Product Review
Finally, I have got the Sony Ericsson G900 red on hand. I knew before the testing that the phone will be almost identical to the G700 which I have tested a week ago. The only differences for the G900 will be the 5 mega pixel camera, WiFi capability, and the touch to focus feature when taking pictures. Of course the external casing designs are different between the two phones. Which one do you do you like better?
In the package you will get a Battery, a Charger, two styluses, a USB cable, a
handsfree, a CD and manual. Same standard stuff as all Sony Ericsson phones.
G900 is a touchscreen smartphone, of course it comes with a stylus. However,
since the user interfaces are designed big enough for a thumb, it is not
necessary to take out the stylus most of the time. Well, unless you need to hand
write a note.
Interesting enough, the keypad layout has been changed in the G900. The upper
menu keys have been replaced by a couple of notes and email keys. In the G700
layout, the conventional upper menu keys are kept with two additional round
buttons on the sides for notes and email short cuts. I personally think the G700
layout fits someone used to the conventional Sony Ericsson layout like me.
Same user interface as the G700. You can touch the both ends of the bottom
rolling bar to scroll the menu to the left or right very quickly.
G900 has WiFi! Yeah.
5 mega pixel camera with flash. Same as G700, no lens cover at all.
The back cover of the phone. The speaker holes has been designed more nicely
comparing to the G700.
If you need to switch the M2 memory card from the G900, you need to take out the
back cover first and slide out the memory tray on the side. Not sure why it is designed this way as you can just take out the M2 card anytime without opening the back cover in G700.
The Card slot is located under the headphone plug on the side.
Camera in action. You can touch to focus onto different spots for your photo shooting. It is quite handy.
Photo image quality. Again, no retouch, just resized to fit. Sony Ericsson has a tendency to take blurred images. The quality is not bad for this 5 MP camera,
but just everything is not as sharp as the Nokia phones.
Shoot in a no light situation to test the flash quality. No bad at all.
Another shot for your reference.
For other features like the note creating and the user interface, since it is the same as the G700, we did not take them in this photo session. If interested, you can go to the G700 thread and compare. In general, both G900 and G700 are very good phone in a reasonable budget. Reaction on the user interface is quick as expected and the camera quality is reasonable. So it is really up to you on which one to choose from. Do you need WiFi? Do you need 5 mega pixel? But I think the “touch to focus” is quite handy for camera shooting. Or is it?
In the package you will get a Battery, a Charger, two styluses, a USB cable, a
handsfree, a CD and manual. Same standard stuff as all Sony Ericsson phones.
G900 is a touchscreen smartphone, of course it comes with a stylus. However,
since the user interfaces are designed big enough for a thumb, it is not
necessary to take out the stylus most of the time. Well, unless you need to hand
write a note.
Interesting enough, the keypad layout has been changed in the G900. The upper
menu keys have been replaced by a couple of notes and email keys. In the G700
layout, the conventional upper menu keys are kept with two additional round
buttons on the sides for notes and email short cuts. I personally think the G700
layout fits someone used to the conventional Sony Ericsson layout like me.
Same user interface as the G700. You can touch the both ends of the bottom
rolling bar to scroll the menu to the left or right very quickly.
G900 has WiFi! Yeah.
5 mega pixel camera with flash. Same as G700, no lens cover at all.
The back cover of the phone. The speaker holes has been designed more nicely
comparing to the G700.
If you need to switch the M2 memory card from the G900, you need to take out the
back cover first and slide out the memory tray on the side. Not sure why it is designed this way as you can just take out the M2 card anytime without opening the back cover in G700.
The Card slot is located under the headphone plug on the side.
Camera in action. You can touch to focus onto different spots for your photo shooting. It is quite handy.
Photo image quality. Again, no retouch, just resized to fit. Sony Ericsson has a tendency to take blurred images. The quality is not bad for this 5 MP camera,
but just everything is not as sharp as the Nokia phones.
Shoot in a no light situation to test the flash quality. No bad at all.
Another shot for your reference.
For other features like the note creating and the user interface, since it is the same as the G700, we did not take them in this photo session. If interested, you can go to the G700 thread and compare. In general, both G900 and G700 are very good phone in a reasonable budget. Reaction on the user interface is quick as expected and the camera quality is reasonable. So it is really up to you on which one to choose from. Do you need WiFi? Do you need 5 mega pixel? But I think the “touch to focus” is quite handy for camera shooting. Or is it?
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