Sony Ericsson Cedar Review
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Design:
Shipped in a teeny tiny box and you recognize that the green starts before you even switch on the phone. Open the box and it's pretty barren, there is none of the superficiality or grandeur as found in other handset boxes, just the Sony Ericsson Cedar, a wall-charger and some papers. The phone itself is markedly plastic (recycled plastic at that), with three core elements: the phone body, the battery and the silver-coloured battery cover which takes up the entirety of the back of the phone along with a fair amount of the sides. On the top is a 3.5mm headphone jack, on the left a microUSB port and on the right a volume rocker. The fascia is home to the numeric pad, a menu, clear, call, end buttons and two soft keys as well as a four way d-pad and the 2.2-inch screen.
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The Sony Ericsson Cedar screen is a non-touch-screen TFT measuring in at 2.2 inches with a resolution of 240x320 pixels. While viewing angles are good up, down and left, tilting the phone right will unfortunately blow out the contrast very quickly. Nothing is particularly sharp, however brightness levels are on the whole good and we didn't have trouble viewing it outdoors.
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The phone has a 2.2 inch display |
The keys are all heavily raised at the bottom, semi-rubberised and very grippy and tactile. This means they are easily distinguishable up and down though left to right they are completely flush with one another which is a shame. They do provide a good click feedback though and are clearly labelled. Text entry is comfortable, and while the handset does feel very plastic, we’ll attribute this to the green theme and give an overall thumbs up to the design of the Greenheart phone based on its usability.
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The Sony Ericsson Cedar has a 2-megapixel camera |
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24 Comments
1. Xoi (unregistered) posted on 06 Feb 2011, 19:09 0 0
This is a good phone... i think it's much better compared to x2 my own opinion fast and stable UI... keep up the good work SE... :)
2. lokesh venkat (unregistered) posted on 17 Feb 2011, 07:07 0 3
how could u say that.... say me how cedor better than x2
15. ulluboy.l posted on 27 Aug 2011, 05:58 0 0
1. x2 camera is 5mp but doesn't have any quality of photo. cedar 2mp camera is better than that.
2. x2 is loud but through headphone not sweet like cedar.
3. x2 has no 3G that cedar have.
4. x2 doesn't support YouTube that cedar can.
Need More? x2 is a city-gold, Cedar is a gold of low price.
16. anupam (unregistered) posted on 29 Aug 2011, 23:53 0 0
perfect said bro.
i have a no-kia X2.
have a horrendous exprience with it .
now i thinking of buying SE-Cadar.
3. Henry Sy (unregistered) posted on 28 Feb 2011, 04:34 1 1
Obviously, Nokia X2 is better than Sony Ericsson Cedar. I considered buying SE Spiro and SE Cedar but Nokia wins my decision. I compared their specs, and Nokia X2 managed to top any of the phones I considered. Nokia looks great, has 5-MP camera, better-looking UI, more customizable, etc. I love SE too but for now I think I'll have to go with Nokia X2.
4. ip (unregistered) posted on 21 Mar 2011, 02:23 0 0
The only and that Makes great difference is having 3G in Cedar
5. Kevinb (unregistered) posted on 09 Apr 2011, 13:20 1 0
I have this phone recently and I'm very satisfied about it. Offcourse it is a basic phone but it does its job very good. I cannot really say anything bad about this phone.
The buttons feel good, they give enough feedback and the screen is clear.
Advantages are the standard connections (micro-usb and 3.5" audio jack), and the battery life, it lasts at least 8 days with normal use.
6. tianpru posted on 11 May 2011, 05:31 0 0
I think you should use MyPhoneExplorer while reviewing Sony Ericsson's phone (non-OS) to take hi-res screen shoot.
7. Chazzenjade (unregistered) posted on 14 May 2011, 09:19 0 0
hi...my friend is planning to buy this phone. but i am not convinced of it's features. i think it lacks a lot. but if the battery lasts 8days with normal use according to kevinb, then maybe my friend would really be happy to buy this one. please help me with your feedbacks.thanks.
8. damean (unregistered) posted on 19 May 2011, 10:07 0 0
I bought this phone weeks ago. It's a pretty sweet phone. In the Cedar vs X2 issue, well it just depends on what you need really. I too had the dilemma of which to pick. But since I'm too sick of qwerty, and I have a smartphone that pretty much does it all, I chose Cedar over X2 because my main reason for getting it was I'll be using it to call and just send short messages-- mostly calls though. One noticeable defect(?) is that when music volume is maxed on loudspeaker, the sound gets too cracky and sounds very bad. Some of my music files won't play the last 5 seconds.. Anyhow, as I've said, it all just depends on what you need. As to the battery life, as I'm a frequent caller, my battery lasts to 2-3 days. Overall, I love Cedar :)
9. billy19 (unregistered) posted on 24 Jul 2011, 11:38 0 0
im plannin to buy a phone, i came across dis one. looks r fine. i want to know hw the is t worth buyin dis phone.?? im not worried bout music player. hw is camera clarity ?? n hw is 3g ?? internet?? call clarity?? can sum1 help?? pls
10. Püñk (unregistered) posted on 29 Jul 2011, 05:55 0 0
Im gonna buy this phone.what is the price?can any1 tell me
11. Buddy (unregistered) posted on 15 Aug 2011, 07:39 0 0
Hello All,
Its price is about Rs. 4500/- in Market as well as Mobile store. Some coupon scheme is also available and one year extended warranty is available for Rs. 99/-
12. nikhil.nickboyz (unregistered) posted on 19 Aug 2011, 20:43 0 0
Hey frnds, plz help me...
I'm thinking to buy this phone...
Plz tel me that does it supports .jar and .jad file formats?
And, downloadable themes???
Plz help me...
13. logu (unregistered) posted on 24 Aug 2011, 00:16 0 0
every thing is nice ... i bought it for 5000 rs....
the only problem in this phone is sound ...
all ringtons not having sound in this model...
even if v want to hear a song we couldn't hear through speaker...
only throgh ear phone we can hear music
14. buy provera online (unregistered) posted on 25 Aug 2011, 10:26 0 0
Really great article with very interesting information. You might want to follow up to this topic!?! 2012
17. ARViE (unregistered) posted on 31 Aug 2011, 20:42 0 0
Does this unit support .jad ang .jar java apps?? can run themes??
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19. SAINATH (unregistered) posted on 02 Sep 2011, 10:16 0 0
1)No zooming of images.....2)The Quality of sound SUCKSSS!!. There is a option in equilizer (MEGA BASS), don get impressed with that. so those who like Sony Ericsson for music dont buy... just waste of money
