The Sony Ericsson C905 has an stunning design specification which makes it a high end mobile camera phone. The C905 slider phone is the successor to the popular 5-megapixel K800i but takes photo imagery to a different level.
It has a TFT display of 256k colours and is 240 x 320 pixels. Internal memory is clocked at 160MB with an additional M2 memory stick supporting up to 8GB. Battery life allows for stand-by up to 380h without re-charging and talk-time up to 9h. The phone is available in night black, copper gold, ice silver and tender rose colours.
The following are the key technical features of the C905:
* 8.1 MP autofocus camera with Xenon flash and active lens cover. Xenon flash – uses white LED for snapping high quality night time photos. Shoot well lit photos indoors or in dark environments.
* BestPic – press camera key fully down for 7 shots at once that range from before to after the key was pressed. Useful for shooting moving objects and helps make you look skilful with a lens.
* Dedicated camera mode switch, two camera/gaming keys over the display
* Face and Smile detection, smart contrast, image stabilizer, red-eye reduction
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and HSDPA (3.6 Mb) / tri-band HSDPA for US version
* Auto focus – provides sharper pictures by homing in on the subject. The phone features 16x digital zoom.
* Face detection – makes facial features the focus of your shot and includes red-eye reduction.
* Image stabiliser – reduces the chance of blurred images caused by hand movements during picture taking.
* Geo-tagging – applies a label to show where you took your photos.
* HSDPA – delivers broadband like speed of 3.5G for super fast downloads and streaming.
* Wi-Fi enabled – support for fast wireless Internet connectivity in hotspots. Wi-Fi b/g with DLNA and SIP VoIP support, Bluetooth (with A2DP), USB v2.0
* GPS with A-GPS function– built in satellite navigation with trial version of Wayfinder Navigator pre-installed.
* Scratch resistant mineral glass 2.4″ TFT 256K-color display
* Enhanced user interface with basic multi-tasking
* Media Center, Smart search, Manage Messages, extended TrackID
* FM radio with RDS and TrackID
* 160 MB built-in memory, M2 card support, 2GB included
Main disadvantages:
* Display is relatively small for a high-end device
* Video recording limited to QVGA resolution at 30fps
* No front facing video call camera
* No office document viewer
* Sliding lens cover of questionable durability
* Exposed connectivity port
* Fiddly battery cover
Full Specification
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 2100 | |
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| HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - C905a | |
| Announced | 2008, June | |
| Status | Available. Released 2008, October |
| Size | Dimensions | 104 x 49 x 18-19.5 mm |
| Weight | 136 g |
| Display | Type | TFT, 256K colors |
| Size | 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches | |
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| - Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate |
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones |
| Speakerphone | Yes |
| Memory | Phonebook | 1000 x 20 fields, Photo call |
| Call records | 30 received, dialed and missed calls | |
| Internal | 160 MB | |
| Card slot | Memory Stick Micro (M2), up to 8GB, 2GB card included |
| Data | GPRS | Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps |
| HSCSD | No | |
| EDGE | Class 10, 236.8 kbps | |
| 3G | HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v2.0 with A2DP | |
| Infrared port | No | |
| USB | Yes, v2.0 |
| Camera | Primary | 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, xenon flash |
| Features | Geo-tagging, face detection, smart contrast, image stabilization, smile detection (with update) | |
| Video | Yes, QVGA@30fps | |
| Secondary | Yes |
| Features | Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Instant Messaging |
| Browser | WAP 2.0/HTML (NetFront), RSS reader | |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS | |
| Games | Yes + downloadable | |
| Colors | Night Black, Ice Silver, Copper Gold, Tender Rose | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support; Wayfinder Navigator 7 | |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.0 | |
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| - MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player |
| Battery |
| Standard battery, Li-Po 930 mAh (BST-38) | |||
| Stand-by | Up to 380 h (2G) / Up to 360 h (3G) | ||||
| Talk time | Up to 9 h (2G) / Up to 4 h (3G) |
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