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Published:: 4 Oct 2007
Market Status:: Released
Links:: Sony Ericsson W890 Official Page; Sony Ericsson W890 Preview; Sony Ericsson W890 Review
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Sony Ericsson W890 is the successor of the W880 and improves on the functionality but gets slightly thicker. The camera resolution grows from 2 to 3.2 megapixels but still lacks auto-focus and flash. The Walkman player is now version 3.0 and the phone features stereo speakers for music playback.

User rating: Good; 8.4; out of 10; based on 3 reviews

Editor's rating: Excellent; 9; out of 10; How do we rate?

Sony Ericsson W890 specifications

Announced
- Date
  - 6 Nov 2007
Network
- Type
  - GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
    UMTS European/Asian 3G (2100 MHz)
    W898c does not support UMTS
- Data
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    GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA 1.8 Mbit/s/HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s
- 3G Capable
  - Yes
Size
- Dimensions
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    4.10 x 1.83 x 0.38 inches (104 x 46.5 x 9.9 mm) Size Compare
- Weight
  - 2.75 oz (78 g)
Battery
- Type
  - Li - Polymer, 950 mAh
- Talk
  - 9.5 hours (570 mins) of Talk time
- Standby
  - 360 hours (15 days) of Stand-by time
Main Display
- Resolution
  - 240 x 320 pixels
- Type
  - 262 144 colors, TFT
- Physical Size
  - 2.00 inches
Camera
- Resolution
  - 3.2 megapixels Resolution
- Video
  - Yes
- Features
  - Digital zoom, Additional camera for video calls
Multimedia
- Video Playback
  - MPEG4, 3GPP, RealVideo 8, WMV, H.263, H.264 , Video player
- Music Player
  - MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WAV, RA, M4A, MP4, AMR, 3GPP , Walkman player 3.0
- FM Radio
  - FM Radio with RDS
Memory
- Memory Slot
  - Memory Stick Micro (M2)
- Built-in
  - 28 MB
Connectivity
- Internet
  - WAP 2.0, XHTML, Access NetFront Browser, RSS Feeds
- USB
  - USB 2.0
- Bluetooth
  - 2.0, Stereo Bluetooth
Other Features
- PhoneBook
  - Caller groups supported, 1000 -names capacity, Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
- PIM
  - Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, TO-DO, Stopwatch, Timer, Notes, Code Memo
- Voice
  - Dialing, Commands, Recording, Speaker Phone
- Email
  - IMAP/POP3/SMTP
- FCC Approved
  - Yes

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Good but it reboots!

17 Feb 2009 Zee

6.7 out of 10

Have had this phone for nearly a year now. SonyEricsson need to sort out their phone software issues because on numerous occasions this phone has rebooted. There was a time when all it would do was reboot every 5 seconds after coming back on again, like it was having an epileptic fit.

Apparently it's a known issue with SonyEricsson handsets, which they don't seem to fix.

Battery life.. isn't great. Having said that it is quite a thin phone so it is to be expected.

Talk/sound quality... During a telephone call, it seems Sony phones tend to pick up all the noise in the environment that you are in rather than your voice.. which means that quite often you have to speak loudly to the other person on the line. I hate that! So if you are on a busy street with loads of cars, or in a department store which is noisy then it doesn't really pick up your voice.

Nokia seemed to perform better in those scenarios.

Calendar - very basic. Personally I tend to prefer having an active standby screen that displays all your appointments for the given day. This one only pops up to what you set the reminder to be.

PC Suite - has improved with an update. Synchronisation with Outlook tends to be temperamental. Therefore it may hang, or never complete.. in which case you need to unplug the phone and try and sync again.

Walkman software - is excellent. Cannot fault.

Camera - cannot zoom when using highest quality picture at 3.2 Megapixel. Tut!

Ringing/Alert quality - Well let's just say that sometimes I have missed calls because I didn't hear it.

After reading this, you might be under the correct assumption that I should have really got a smart phone! :-)

Pros

Excellent Design
Brilliant Walkman Software
Improved PC Suite - but still buggy.

Cons

Reboots - A standard thing with Sony handsets
Battery not that great
Camera pretty average
Poor talk/sound quality
Calendar pretty average
Poor synchronisation with Outlook
Ringing/Alert quality

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W890

2 Jun 2008 Kamol Kieawsrikul

9.6 out of 10

I read >100 reviews on mobile phone in this price range. W890 get the best comment from most users & editors. I finally decide to change from Nokia (after being Nokia fan for 13 years) to this SE W890. After get the phone and play for several days. I really happy with the phone, feature, easy to use and software that SE provided. Excellent design with nice sound quality.

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Nice

13 May 2008 Riverholder

8.8 out of 10

It`s a very very nice phone! Well designed! The corrections made after his brother ( W880) made this phone a perfect one! Great job!

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