Sony Ericsson W890i Specifications  Editors' choice

By Joseph Hanlon on 14/03/2008

More Sony Ericsson reviews , RRP: AU$899.00

The good:

  • Beautifully designed
  • Excellent music player
  • RSS feeds ticker
  • 2GB bundled memory

The bad:

  • Headphone port on side of phone
  • Keypad still quite small
  • Poor quality camera

The bottomline:

If you like the W880i, you'll love this newer model. The larger keypad and 2GB memory make this slimline Walkman phone a real winner.

Editors' rating:

8.4/10

Users' rating:

8.1/10

Battery

  • Talk time
  • 4.5 hours
  • Standby time
  • 310 hours

Camera

  • Camera resolution
  • 3-megapixel
  • Video capture
  • Yes

Connectivity

  • Networks
  • GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, UMTS 2100
  • Connectivity
  • Bluetooth, 3G, HSDPA
  • Data services
  • 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
  • Ringtone options
  • Polyphonic
  • Java
  • Yes
  • Operating system
  • Unknown/proprietary
  • Supported audio file formats
  • AAC, MP3
  • Supported video file formats
  • MPEG-4
  • Video calls
  • Yes
  • Web browser
  • Yes

General

  • Phone type
  • 3G, Multimedia, Music, Imaging
  • Form factor
  • Candybar
  • Availability
  • Optus, Vodafone, 3 Mobile, Virgin
  • Dimensions (W x D x H)
  • 104 x 47 x 10 mm
  • Weight
  • 78 g

Memory

  • Internal memory
  • 26 MB
  • Memory card included
  • 2GB
  • Expansion slot
  • Memory Stick Micro

Messaging

  • Messaging options
  • SMS, MMS, E-mail
  • E-mail protocols
  • POP3, IMAP4

Physical features

  • Available colours
  • Silver, Brown
  • Included accessories
  • Manual, Software (Windows), Charger, Stereo headset, USB cable, Memory card
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