Sony Ericsson K610

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Sony Ericsson K610i
Sony Ericsson K610i
Screen 176×220 pixels, 262,144 Colour TFT LCD
Camera 2 Mpx
Ringtone 72-voice polyphonic, MP3
Memory 16 MB
Memory card M2
Networks GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz
UMTS 2100 MHz
Connectivity Bluetooth, USB 2.0
Battery Li-polymer
Physical size 102 × 45.2 × 16.9 mm
Weight 92 grams
Form factor Candybar[1][2][3]

The Sony Ericsson K610i is a 3G phone that Sony Ericsson announced at the 3GSM World Congress on February 13, 2006.[4] It was promoted as the smallest and lightest 3G phone available.

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[edit] Features

The K610 is a successor to the recent K600/K608. Its features include a fixed-focus 2 megapixel digital camera with 2.5× digital zoom (zoom only available when set to the VGA quality setting), Bluetooth v2.0 and support of Sony's new proprietary memory card format, Memory Stick Micro (M2). It has a slightly bigger 1.9 inch, 262,000 colour, 176×220 pixel TFT LCD screen, built-in email client, WAP and HTML browser and a D-pad for navigation. The K610i also supports many music formats including MP3/AAC/M4A/WMA.[5][1][2]

[edit] Design

  • The K610 is a small candybar style phone which is comparable in size to the K750, which is only 2 mm shorter, 0.8 mm wider and 3.6 mm thicker. It features larger and more ergonomic buttons than the K600/K608. Comparing the phone to current 3G phones available these days, it seems that the K610 is far smaller and slimmer than even some recent 2G phones.
  • Navigation is provided by the central D-pad which is used for navigation of menus. The two soft keys provide greater flexibility whilst navigating and the popular activity button and web browser buttons are still included in the minimalist design.
  • The camera is located on the reverse side of the phone and in accordance to Sony Ericsson's dual front design philosophy, common to most Sony Ericsson camera phones, the phone is held in a horizontal position when taking pictures. In this position, a small button on the right bottom side of the phone functions as the shutter release.

[edit] Reviews

Although being relatively small for a phone of its features, the K610 has been criticized for not including several common features found in today's crop of mobile phones, namely; its lack of an FM radio, IrDA and LED lights for taking pictures in low lighting conditions, and also its sub-par photo quality.[6][7]

[edit] Variants

  • K610i - International Version
  • K610im - i-mode-enabled
  • V630i - Vodafone-exclusive, changed case, Vodafone menus and (not always available) RadioDJ.
  • K618i - V630i without the Vodafone branding.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Sony Ericsson K610i, review, Jeremy Roche, CNET Asia, September 25, 2006. Accessed on line December 11, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Sony Ericsson K610i Review, Andrew Lim, cnet.co.uk, December 21, 2006. Accessed on line December 11, 2007.
  3. ^ Specifications, K610i, Sony Ericsson. Accessed on line December 11, 2007.
  4. ^ Sony Ericsson Corporate Communications. The slender, stylish K610 gives 3G mass appeal. Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
  5. ^ Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. K610. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
  6. ^ GSMArena Team. Sony Ericsson K610 review: Sure 3G choice. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
  7. ^ Jeremy Roche. Sony Ericsson K610i. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.

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