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Sony Ericsson W350 is an entry-level phone and by that, I mean it is very simple, but after all it is a real Walkman. The phone was designed to look like an MP3 player, and this is reflected by the dedicated buttons it has. You should not expect things unseen from this phone, because, again, is only an entry level.

Here is the Sony Ericsson W350 review.

The phone measures 104 x 43 x 10.5 mm and weighs 80 grams, and that means it is a compact phone. It is a candybar phone, but with a flap, giving it a retro air. But this flap is something more special because it's not just decorative.

Being a candybar, the phones front is occupied by the screen and keyboard, which, in the case of the clamshell W350, is hidden above the flap mentioned above. The terminal is covered in quality plastic. Sony Ericsson W350's screen is 1.9 inches and has 256,000 colors and the 176 x 220 pixels resolution. Above it we have the Sony Ericsson logo and the speaker, and under it the light sensor. The flap covering the keyboard has specific controls for a music player, Play / Stop, Fast Forward and Fast Backward, which is one of the features of an MP3 player that we discussed earlier.

Under the clamshell, we find the D-pad and the standard alphanumeric keypad. The D-pad is composed of four buttons plus the navigation key in the middle. The first two buttons below the display correspond to Calls Menu and Main Menu, but according to navigation menu it can change its functions. Under these, we have the Return button and the C (Cancel) button, which is also used to turn on/off the phone. The keyboard is quite usable but it has little inconveniences. Even if the keys are quite flat, the flap makes writing a message to be a little bit more difficult. The sides of Sony Ericsson W350 do not have many buttons. The left one presents the dedicated Walkman button and peripheral attachment slot, headphones, USB cable and charger. The right side has just the volume control buttons and the top presents a hole for attaching the safety strap and a key lock button, another feature of an MP3 player. The lower side does not present any button. It has just the Walkman logo.

The backside of the phone is somehow more generous. Here we find a 1.3 MP camera, a player speakerphone and a cap that covers the standard battery Lithium-Po 780 mAh, which can hold up to 300 hours in standby mode and up to 7 hours talk time. I found out that the standby time and the talk time Sony Ericsson gave are correct. Also under the cap we find the microSD card slot and the SIM card slot. The annoying part is the removal of the battery system that requires shakes when it moves away from its place.

As I said earlier, Sony Ericsson W350 is an entry level. In this case, his brain will not be super-functional. In standby mode, the screen displays the signal, the battery status, the mobile phone operator and the menus. Once we are in the menu, we see that this is the standard Sony Ericsson style with icons placed in 4 x 3 matrixes. Even though newer walkman models have flash interface and come with File Manager submenu removed, in this model, it is still present, but this may be good news.

The phone can be customized with different themes or wallpapers, but according to this, the menu could not react very well, and by that, I mean that the menu navigation could be followed by a slight vibration when one of the submenus is selected

Even if it is a small phone, Sony Ericsson W350 supports SMS, EMS, MMS, E-mail and IM. As we have already got used to it, SMS, MMS and EMS share a mailbox, e-mails having a separate inbox. E-mail can support standard protocols POP3, IMAP4 and SPTM.



As I said earlier, this phone was designed to be a true MP3 player. So far, we have seen that the terminal has dedicated buttons for all this, but let's see how things are inside. Sony Ericsson W350 comes equipped with the latest version of the Walkman, and that is 3.0. Unfortunately, the phone has an internal memory of only 14 MB and it does not come with a too generous microSD card, but only 512 MB one. You can always make an upgrade up to 2 GB.

But let us focus on the sound quality for a moment. W350 comes with its own headphones in the package, which is good, but they are not the Walkman headphones that the most of us love, those "caps", and this time we have to deal with those normal headphones, still they are much more convenient than other versions from other companies. The phone offers an external speaker. The speaker as well as the headphones offers a good sound quality. Sony Ericsson W350 does not lack the TrackID function, which allows identifying any songs by recording them, and then sending them into a database and the Sony Ericsson MegaBass equalizer. In addition, the terminal will always enter into the music player mode when it is closed, because this is the phone's default standby mode.



It is no longer necessary to repeat what this phone is and why it has such a modest camera. The terminal is equipped with a 1.3 megapixel camera without autofocus and without flash. The images are captured at a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels, so you have to find the perfect light, because otherwise you will have problems in this chapter. However, even in these conditions, the phone supports picture effects such as negative or black and white. Here another thing should be mentioned, and that is the video capture capabilities.

The Sony Ericsson W350 phone has the GPRS and EDGE technology, (both Class 10) that are more than sufficient. The screen is quite small and surfing on the internet with such a display would let the nerves heavy. The good news is that the navigation is using the WAP 2.0 XHTML and HTML (NetFront) technology. Checking e-mails or quick searching on the internet is an easy task for W350, but that is it.



An entry-level will always remain an entry-level. From this Sony Ericsson W350 review I know that those of you who want more will never be satisfied with a 1.3 megapixel camera or a memory of 14 MB. Those who want a standard phone, Sony Ericsson W350 could be one of the phones on their list, especially in the music chapter W350 is one of the best MP3 players on the market today. And besides, the quality-price is ideal.