Sony Ericsson C902 Mobile Phone

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Introduction

For around 300 EUR is the Sony Ericsson C902, which is also available in a 007-silver-colored version is available. The "normal Candybar phone is in" Swift Black "and in the colors" Luscious Red "and" Cinnamon Bronze available. This classical-style device has the usual class-transmit and receive features such as HSDPA / UMTS and EDGE. MORE features include a radio with TrackID, a comprehensive organizer and a 5 MP camera with digital zoom, as well as diverse settings - our test clarifies the question of whether the ordinary mobile users with "007's Choice" will be happy.

Sony Ericsson C902 - Cybershot mobile phone with 5 megapixel camera

Processing

The battery compartment cover, stainless steel is very easy to open and sits perfect fit


The integrated loudspeaker

Processing Characteristics
1. First optical impression / special features to support the design - Stylish design from all sides. Piano keyboard, matte chrome elements and back and result in a timelessly beautiful combination.

2. Housing material / surface quality - Smooth plastic with a matte and high gloss combined.

3. Housing dimensions - With a weight of 107 grams and dimensions of 108.0 x 48.0 x 10.5 mm, it is very good in the hand and fits easily into any pocket.

4. Quality of the keys - Glossy plastic keyboard with smooth, but somewhat intense pressure point. By not entirely practical design of the buttons can be a slip on adjacent keys, unfortunately, sometimes not prevent.

5. Goodness (sharpness / resolution) of the display - TFT display with 262,144 colors and a resolution of 240x320 pixels. This is a very good condition, where, photos and videos, with the powerful photo and video camera were made in an attractive quality to be considered.

6. Implementation of the folding or sliding mechanism - //NA//

7. Quality of the battery compartment lid - The battery compartment cover is made of stainless steel, it is easy to open, close, and is fit.

8. Quality and volume of the supplied accessories - USB cable, software, user manual, headset, battery charger - the usual, in good-quality execution.

9. Result of processing - The optical in timeless style phone is a nice combi of matte and high gloss plastic and with its dimensions and its weight very acceptable in his hand. The keys are disappointing with the intense pressure point and the slight slippage on adjacent keys. 262,144 colors are displayed on the display clearly shown. The fit-seated the battery compartment cover, stainless steel scores for the C902. The equipment is standard.

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Business Features
1. Supported networks - Triband, GSM: 900, 1800, 1900, EDGE, UMTS 2100, GPRS, HSDPA.

2. Reception and voice quality - Even with only sufficient network coverage scores the C902 with a good reception quality. The vocal sounds playing at normal volume minimally overcast, but still natural.

3. Voice quality of the speaker - At low LS still acceptable, but at a higher rather scratchy playback of the voice.

4. Battery life (under normal use) - until 3-4 days.

5. Storage Contacts - Name, New Number, New email, web address, picture, ringtone, message alert, voice command, office: title, company, street, additional info, city, state, zip code, country, private: street, additional info, city, state, ZIP, country info, Birthday.

6. Profiles - Normal, Meeting, Vehicle Operations, Outdoor, headset, home, office, all profiles are preset and can be easily customized.

7. Calendar settings - Week view, New date: Theme, flag as: date, birthday, holiday, Other, start time, duration, alarm: no, when turning, 5, 10, 15, 30 minutes earlier, another reminder, start date, details: location, description, Full day: on / off; repeat: no repeat daily, weekly, monthly, annually repeated, date change; Advanced: Find, standard view, memories, start, delete: 1 day old, 1 week old, all; Help.

8. Notes feature - Adding symbol, writing options: Writing language: English, German, French, Croatian, Italian, Romanian, Greek, Bulgarian, Russian, Standard ABC, 123; Dictionary: T9 on / off; My Words, Dictionary, proposals, direct entry, copying and pasting : all copy, highlight and copy, paste; Info: T9 help, writing tips, saved notes: In the standby display, edit, send SMS, MMS, Email, Bluetooth, delete, no character limit.

9. Built in voice recorder (dictaphone) - The playback sound quite real, but it has a light in the background noise. By and large, you can use the host happy. Recorded message: Display in portrait or landscape; Settings: Play mode, equalizer, stereo simulation; File: Sending information: name, created / um, size, length, position, passing, playlist, delete.

10. E-mail functionality - Connection type: POP3 or IMAP4. Setting the email account is done in a few steps. The downloading of the settings takes little time. There are quite fast Accessed emails and downloading.

11. Internet functionality - The loading of Web pages takes only minimal time. Even with more complex pages succeeds the C902 a good view presented. This is clear and well-read - depending on the setting of font and image downloads, however, depending on the need of the volume data set, a little more time.

12. PC synchronization - The needed USB cable and software are included. As usual, Sony Ericsson, the synchronization completely smooth and error free.

13. Other Features - TrackID, location based services: Google Maps, My Favorites, status info, log book, settings: units (Metric, Imperial), VideoDJ, MusicDJ, PhotoDJ, remote control (Presenter, Media Player, Desktop), Games: Pro Speed, Solitaire, Play Now.

14. Conclusion - The tri-band mobile phone delivers UMTS, HSDPA and Bluetooth for fast data transfer. 3 days battery life for mobile phones with this equipment completely in order. The organizer functions (calendar, notes and contact storage facilities) are integrated to meet practical needs. The voice recorder is in the background while a slight noise heard, but like with good results in the form of a natural sound quality. The email account is set up and easy retrieval of messages is very fast. The rapid opening of the selected web sites and good presentation are also advantages of the C902.

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Multimedia Functions

5 MP camera


Simple touch operation (blue symbols) for setting functions

Multimedia Feature
1. Camera equipment - 5 megapixel camera with digital zoom times, recording mode: Normal, BestPic, panorama, frames; Scenes: auto, night scene, landscape, portrait, beach / snow, sports, document, image size: 5 MP, 3 MP, 1 MP, VGA; Auto: Automatic face recognition, macro, infinity; flash: Auto, Off, Self-timer: on / off; measurement: Normal, Spot, White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent; Effects: Off, Black & White, Negative, Sepia, Solarize; settings: Picture quality: Fine, Normal, BestPic: Fast, Slow, Review: on / off; Stabilizer: On / Off, heading add: on / off; target memory: memory card, phone card, Auto Rotate: On / Off, Shutter: 1, 2, 3, 4, Off; vibration: on / off, reset settings, reset counter, finishing with the PhotoDJ options: auto-leveling, light balance, brightness / contrast, color balance, rotate, add effect: color, sepia, black & white, Solarize, Negative, Cartoon, paintings, object: clipart, add frame, text.

2. Photo of Camera quality - In daylight and normal lighting conditions, the camera has the C902 quite pleasing results. Colors are lifelike and vivid presented. Objects appear in a natural focus. In the darkness, the camera can also score points. The presentation of the motif is in color toned down version, but still managed to call. The camera tends to only low image noise.

3. Video-equipment - Playable formats: MPEG4, Video Length: Normal, for MMS, night mode, self timer, white balance, effects, settings, such as camera settings, microphone: on / off; postprocessing options: Play, Insert: picture, multiple pictures, video, text, camera, store , send as MMS, e-mail as to Bolger, via Bluetooth, soundtrack, special effects: transitions, image effects, cut, add text, delete, move, copy, video clip: portrait or landscape; Video Size: Original, auto-scaling, fullscreen; Save image, zoom, play mode: Play, Continuous; information: name, created: am / um, size, length, video size, audio codec, file type, heading, passing, finishing with the VideoDJ options: Play, Insert Image, Multiple Images , video, text, camera, store, send as MMS than email, to blog, via Bluetooth, a new video, soundtrack: no, select Sound, Effects: Transitions: From, overlapping, fade, curtain, pushing, Cross Slide ; Image Effects: Off, Pan + Zoom, Pro Clip Set Cutting, text to add, delete, move, copy.

4. Video quality - Under normal lighting conditions, colors shown true. Make faster movements, but are clearly visible pixels veil. But no one hears in the background of the recording, which for most competitors do. In the total darkness can be no useful results - that is on mobile phones but also not to be expected. There is less light, are outlines, and a weaker coloration visible.

5. Facilities of the built-in Music Player - Format: MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV, AMR, XMF, MIDI, artists, albums, titles, playlists, audiobooks, podcast, My Music, Settings: Play Mode: Shuffle: on / off, loop: on / off, EQ: Normal , Bass, Mega Bass (TM), voice, height increase, stereo-simulation: on / off, Auto rotate; file: send as MMS, email, via Bluetooth; information: Name, Created: am / um, length, size, artist, title, file type, location, delete, playlist, minimize.

6. Sound quality of music player - The quality of the MP3 player is good. It is true that the speaker is positioned on the back, but the songs you want the balance sheet still pleasing play. In the mid-range and bass playing is harmonious, but at high tones is the sound a bit harsh. With the built-EQ can be fine-tuning the songs and give them enhanced by, or on its own needs.

7. Radio yes / no, sound quality radio - TrackID, Memory, Channel: delete, replace, rename, delete all, Auto Save, speaker: on / off, frequency, RDS, mono / stereo; Minimize; The frequency is displayed and stored. With you can rename the channel name to add. However, it only 16 characters available. The reproduction of each transmitter is quite good, but needs some minimal scratching in the background be taken into account. Depending on the orientation of the antenna improves reception.

8. Storage Capacity - 160 MB internal - expandable to 8 GB.

9. Conclusion - The photo / video equipment, which by touch operation is easy to use, has additional useful settings. The quality of results are for the 5 MP camera is really good. Since a flash is integrated, can be achieved even in the darkness results. Very clear and easy it can be built in MP3 player use. Playlist are created quickly and easily. A radio with RDS, the Sony Ericsson C902 also. Like this with 20 transmitter sites, easier operation and almost rauschfreiem and good sound. The mobile phone has 160 MB internal memory and is expandable up to 8 GB.

The headset is also stable and sounds pretty good


Connector

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Handling / Menus

Regrettable: the keys are with a slight slippage on adjacent keys


Navigation unit and additional shortcut keys, which are simple to operate

Feature
1. One-hand operation for key functions - Yes.

2. Call execute (with the menu item "Contacts") - Easy Run a call and easy to find contacts .

3. Adding / Creating / editing contacts - Contacts can easily create, edit or add. The handling is very simple.

4. Readability of the display - On the day and at night, very good readability of the display. In direct sunlight or light users, the small restrictions on the readability of commands. It is also, like almost all other mobile phones, on the attitude of the subject and the background image.

5. Pressure point of the keys - Equal pressure point, but unfortunately, slipping slightly on adjacent keys.

6. Handling the navigation elements on the menus prospecting - Navigation unit with simple operation, but also easy slipping on neighboring keys.

7. Overview of the menus - The menu icons are easily recognizable. Moreover, the whole design clear and concise.

8. Scope of the menus - Sensible menu range with sufficient sub-menu items.

9. Graphic design of the menus - Modern graphic design with well-recognizable menu icons. The menu style is under Settings - Display, change. 3 designs (themes) are available for selection.

10. Opportunity for the assignment of shortcut keys - The navigation button with quick access documents. Laterally these additional notes are preprogrammed keys for quick access to the menu.

11. MMS and SMS handling - SMS: Adding Recipients to save drafts, Delete, Send as: fax; Edit: Select all text formatting, settings: Zustellbericht, Zoom, Text Options: Add symbol, change the input mode, setting: Abc, abc, ABC, 123; Spelling, words manage automatic capitalization, word suggestions, proposals next word. new words automatically save the 1st Language, 2nd Language proposed list: a list does not show; font size: Small, Medium, Large, insert: picture, sound, Smiley, drawing, handwriting recognition and Multitap; MMS: Choose a template, image, text, drawing, video, photo, sound recording, video capture, adding: image, music, video, document, further, save in drafts, as a template, Delete, Preview, film background, display time, news layout.

12. Service photo and video - Right simple and hassle-free meeting of the settings using touch-sensitive operation.

13. Operation of Music Player - The music player is clearly laid out, very easy to use and adjust. Creating a playlist should not overwhelm. The settings are easy to find and handle.

14. Reading Cards - Reading from Memory Stick Micro (M2) card will do it quickly and C902, the existing data; whereas those problems are automatically converted into eg photo, music, videos, etc. arranged.

15. File Management - Easy Creating folders and moving of data.

16. Conclusion - The handling of the C902 is on the whole relatively easy. The simple execution of a call to learn quickly add contacts, as well as the readability of the display speak for the Sony Ericsson C902. The straightforward, clearly designed menu has a meaningful and timeless designed menu size. The simple operation of the photo / video camera, MP3 player, and the simple handling when SMS / MMS to speak for the C902. Additionally, the Sony Ericsson memory cards quickly and get the data reflect.

Overall Conclusion
The Sony Ericsson C902 offers a high performance in a classic cell phone areas - here are the good battery life and excellent reception quality even when only sufficient network coverage to name - and in modern multimedia needs. They pay the outstanding Video-/Photo camera a significant part of. But the internal music player scores with a good sound (even to me one to the rear-positioned speakers) and easier to use. The radio is very commendable, because the playback is virtually noise-free. Internet pages are loaded quickly and well presented. Even emails can be downloaded very quickly. The keyboard can tolerate in our opinion, a little polish. In the price category in which the Sony Ericsson C902 is located, there must be no way to hide and is a pleasant companion for all situations. Thus, media data (video, photo, music), Internet and Office applications, powerful and easy to act.