Sony Ericsson Jalou Preview

Introduction and design:

It´s been just a few days since the dainty Sony Ericsson Jalou and its golden, twin version Jalou by Dolce&Gabbana got in the spotlight. With its compact size, eye-riveting overall look and built-in mirror the tiny jewel seems aimed for ladies. Well, we have just got our anxious hands on one of these gems and of course, we want to share our first impression.

The first thing about the phone that gripped our attention was its overall size. The device is extremely compact and will certainly not take up much of what´s usually considered quite precious in a ladies´ handbag, i.e. space. Its design reminds of a lapidary gem with beautifully polished, shiny surfaces. The 1.3-inch outer display is located right in the middle of the concave upper panel and notifies you of incoming calls, received messages or you can just take a look and what time it is. In addition, it shows information about the song that´s being played. The 3.2-megapixel camera that features the same overall design as the rest of the phone is located right below the display.

You will be greeted by even more elements with gem-like design on opening the shell of the Jalou (in our case its color is Deep Amethyst, but it also comes in Onyx black and Aquamarine blue versions). Despite the size of the miniature keypad buttons, they feel easy and handy to press and we didn’t encounter any issues with the navigational keys below the screen either.



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The main 2-inch screen is on the upper part of the phone. It perfectly goes with the overall size of the phone and there is something quite interesting about it. The display is transformed into a mirror at the touch of single button, but unfortunately, the option doesn’t seem to be functioning on our prototype, so we couldn’t give it a go.


It seems the interface of the Sony Ericsson Jalou won´t be much different from the one that other feature phones by the same manufacturer feature.


Expectations:

The Sony Ericsson Jalou might turn out to be the best present for your other half. It looks elegant and definitely different, plus women will just fall in love with its compact size. The option to use the phone as a mirror is an extra function that will probably appeal to the fairer part of humanity. As a whole, the handset looks promising indeed and we hope Sony Ericsson manages to roll it out by Christmas.