FCC greenlights the Sony Ericsson W995
Despite the recent wave of ho-hum handsets, Sony Ericsson’s W995 is one of a select few feature phones we’ve been secretly lusting after since it was announced back in February. Once known as the Hikaru, the W995 will be SE’s first Walkman phone to get in on the 8 megapixel action. The specs as you may recall, are pretty respectable — highlighted by the 8.1 megapixel shooter, 8GB of internal memory, 2.6-inch QVGA scratch-resistant screen, aGPS, Wi-Fi, stereo speakers and Walkman player 4.0 accompanied by dedicated media buttons. There is some bad news in all this however; this FCC approval makes no mention of the 850/1800/1900 MHz WCDMA bands we’re all looking forward to in the North American W995a. In fact, it doesn’t mention any WCDMA testing, though it does list the phone as HSPA-capable. As such, we’ll have to assume this is the Euro variant and we’ve got a bit more waiting to do before the North American version finally makes its way through the approval process. Hit the jump for a few more shots.
[Via Engadget]
Talk about a brick! I will pass.
you know, in these modern times of technological breakthroughs, and innovations spurring the market forward, I’m glad to see there is still one company out there that is comfortable putting out new products in the same style as the last 12 models they’ve released. It’s refreshing.
Dammit SE get with the program already..
Whos going in the tank first? Moto or S.E.? My bets are on Sony.
It’s hard to say… I know Moto has some phones coming out this year that should give them a boost in sales. Sony has a strong following in Europe, so they should be able to make something happen. I’d like to hope so anyways. But I think Sony is digging their own grave at this point with their obvious lack of innovation in the feature phone department. You can put 8 meg camera in a phone all you want, but if all the phones look the same, it’s still falling short. Most consumers want style and functionality.
Holy soapbox….
My goodness that thing is hideous!!!!!!!!!!!
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