Sony Ericsson W595 Phone Review

The New Sony Ericsson Series

Sony Ericsson has been naming its phones by their features, like the Cybershot or the Walkman range. They've just introduced the newest model — the W595, so let's take a look at it.

The W595 has a nice metallic steel border which gives it an oh-so-sleek look. There are stereo speakers at the top and bottom of the phone. The connection for USE and headphones for the phone is on the left, while the volume and the 'walkman' button is on the right. The phone feels pretty sturdy, but let's see if it really is.

The 2.2-inch QVGA display supports 262k colors. The miniature light sensor can be found over it. On the D-Pad, there are markings of the functions it has in the musical player as well as a camera shortcut. The keyboard has an interesting shape as if carved out. On the right side, we have the volume rocker and the Walkman player short cut. The opposite side houses only the charger connector.

Each of the buttons has a subtle, yet noticeable outline of a reflective turquoise blue colour. The distance between the buttons are enough to get used to, but you need to put in a little effort into pushing the buttons to use the phone. Opening the back was a little troublesome with it refusing to come off easily.

This phone has features like YouTube streaming, RSS feed reader, Opera browser, but sadly no WiFi. Even so it has WAP, GPRS and EDGE support. Many of the applications use the shake feature as an accelerometer. There is a bobble head wallpaper which on swaying the phone, moves in the opposite direction while bobbing. There is also an application called WalkMate, which is good for the fitness fanatics out there. The sound quality on the headphones is better than the speaker. The call quality is pretty decent and we had no issues with the reception.