Sony Ericsson W910i
In the 'The Forgotten Phone' section, we discuss many different devices and models. This week, it is the turn of a walkman-phone from Sony; the Sony Ericsson W910i. This so-called slider phone appeared in 2007 and was a must-have for music lovers. It also sold quite a lot in the Netherlands at the time. The W910i was feature-packed and came in brown, black and red. More colours became available later.
On the front of the Ericsson we saw a 2.4-inch display with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. In addition, the phone was equipped with a navigation key, which also served as control for the music player. The W910i further offered hotkeys and the call buttons, among others. Above the screen was a camera for video calling. Photography was possible with the 2MP rear camera, which unfortunately did not have autofocus. With that, you could only film in 320p quality (QVGA) at 15 frames per second. On the side, we found the familiar physical shutter button for capturing your moment. We still see this physical shutter button on Sony smartphones!
The Sony Ericsson W910i was further equipped with around 40MB of storage, which could be expanded with a memory card of up to 4GB. By the way, this had to be a dedicated Memory Stick Micro M2 memory card. In addition, the phone offered support for the HSDPA network, there was an FM radio and 930 mAh battery. The various walkman tools like SenseMe and TrackID could also be found on the W910i.
Although popular, the Sony Ericsson was not a trouble-free device. A common complaint was about the phone constantly dropping out. It was a complaint that affected a lot of users of the W910i. The price of the phone released in 2007 was around 350-400 euros.
Sony Ericsson W910i summarised in 3 points:
- Walkman-phone
- 2.4-inch display
- 40MB of storage space
