Sony Ericsson W300
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Posted: 28 Feb 2006 Announced: 28 Feb 2006
Market Status: Released
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US carrier availability: CellularOne / Dobson - Discontinued AT&T - Discontinued
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Sony Ericsson W300 is a quad-band walkman phone. It features 262k color TFT main display, Bluetooth, VGA camera with video capture, Memory Stick Micro (M2) memory expansion slot, MP3/AAC player and FM radio with RDS.

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Sony Ericsson W300 specifications

Pros

No pros

Cons

Slow data means slow Internet browsing (EDGE)
It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (1.00 inches)
Low resolution display (128 x 160 pixels)
Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
Low-resolution camera (0.3 megapixels VGA)
The camera lacks autofocus
Lacks microSD slot for storage expansion
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Clamshell
Dimensions:
- 3.50 x 1.80 x 1.00 (90 x 47 x 24 mm)
Weight:
- 3.30 oz (93 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Resolution:
- 128 x 160 pixels
Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 262 144
Additional display:
Additional display - Shows specs of the phone's additional display
- - Yes
- Resolution:
  Resolution - Refers to the width and the length od the additional display
  - 101 x 80 pixels

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 9.50 hours
  the average is 8 h (497 min)
Stand-by time:
- 16.7 days (400 hours)
  the average is 21 days (496 h)
Capacity:
- 900 mAh

Hardware

Built-in storage:
- 20 MB
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - Memory Stick Micro (M2)

Camera

Camera:
- - 0.3 megapixels VGA
- Features:
  - Digital zoom, Night mode, Effects, Self-timer
Camcorder:
- - Yes

Multimedia

Radio:
- - FM, RDS

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - NetFront
- Supports:
  - WAP 2.0

Technology

GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed.
- 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- EDGE

Phone features

Phonebook:
- 1000 entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Calculator, Timer, Stopwatch, Notes
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS (T9), Predictive text input
E-mail:
- - IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Push e-mail

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - 2.0
USB:
- - USB 2.0
- Features:
  Features - Universal Serial Bus - is a plug-and-play interface for connection a computer and add-on devices such as joysticks, keyboards, wireless phones, scanner, cameras etc. USB supports hot-swap (ability to add a new device without having to reboot the computer). USB supports data speed of 12 megabits per second.
  - Mass storage device
- Computer sync, Infrared

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones (40 voices), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
- Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Availability

Officially announced:
- 28 Feb 2006

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