Another USEB W890 Preview |
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Another USEB W890 Preview |
 2008-03-17 07:33
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 Best staff member of 2008 (apparently)  Group: Admins Posts: 2,888 Joined: 2008-01-18 From: Denmark Member No.: 102,800 Mobile: C901, C903, W995 and XPERIA X1 Tutorials Submitted: 2  |
 I received the W890 only a few days ago and it was love at first sight. I love the materials used and the colour variants look absolutely smashing. Build quality feels very good and phone is extremely sturdy. About 30 people have had a look at my W890 so far and all were impressed by the quality of it. W890 is really thin and has a nice format and weight. It's less than 80 grams and fits perfectly into any pocket. It feels nice to hold in your palm due to the rounded edges and the nice choice of materials (it's metal!). Its "wow"-factor beats just about everything else on the market and - in my opinion - it looks so much better than the W880.  This is a Walkman phone so it is of course marketed at music lovers. It comes with a 2 GB memory card which can hold about 500 songs in MP3 format or up to 1,000 - 2,000 songs in advanced AAC codec formats. The speaker isn't bad but it's not perfect. It lacks bass and depth. However, if you decide to listen to the music with the bundled earphones everything sounds excellent and the volume level is decent. The camera is a fixed focus camera with a resolution of 3.15 mega pixels. I'm finding it hard to see why Sony Ericsson had to up the ante on the amount of pixels. In my opinion they should have stuck with 2 mega pixels like on the W880, but again - it is a major selling point for unknowing consumers. The camera performs OK without being superb in any way whatsoever. Call quality seems pretty good. Volume might be a little low (I'm in doubt whether it's the phone or me) and the display seems a bit low on brightness (again, this might just be me). Speaking of the display, everything else about it is excellent! The colour saturation is very nice and it is unbelievably crisp. With regards to colour saturation I'd say that it's on par with the excellent display on the K850. However the K850's display has its pros and goes out as the winner in this small comparison.  Overall, W890 feels like a really neat phone. Personally, I feel like this is a must-have in my collection and I will now have to do a dig in my wallet to find some money to pay for one of these babies. Price is about £200 - £250, which isn't too bad. Expect an in-depth going review of W890 with lots of photos late this week. A gallery of the phone will come later today. -------------------- You can visit my website here, if you want. |
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2008-03-17 08:16
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 Makes Se-nse  Group: Members Posts: 479 Joined: 2007-01-27 From: God's own country Member No.: 15,216 Mobile: w810i, w580i,K810,w705 |
nice!!!.. the phone looks excellent.. wht abt the cid version??? hope u can understand the anxiety of a modder...
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2008-03-17 10:06
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Best staff member of 2008 (apparently) Group: Admins Posts: 2,888 Joined: 2008-01-18 From: Denmark Member No.: 102,800 Mobile: C901, C903, W995 and XPERIA X1 Tutorials Submitted: 2 |
Erm, I'm not sure about that, sorry
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2008-03-17 10:12
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 Laird Attwood  Group: Super Moderators Posts: 3,006 Joined: 2007-08-16 From: Staffordshire, UK Member No.: 60,397 Mobile: iPhone 2G, 3G 8GB Black 3G 16GB White |
It's a A2 platform handset so at least CID53
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2008-03-17 10:17
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Best staff member of 2008 (apparently) Group: Admins Posts: 2,888 Joined: 2008-01-18 From: Denmark Member No.: 102,800 Mobile: C901, C903, W995 and XPERIA X1 Tutorials Submitted: 2 |
Thanks, Mattwood, that's what I thought, but wasn't sure about the CID number.
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2008-03-17 11:34
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 Makes Se-nse Group: Members Posts: 445 Joined: 2006-05-23 From: Belfast, Northern Ireland Member No.: 3,081 Mobile: W890i (Vanilla UK Generic FW), K850i (CID52 APAC-ANZ), K800 |
As far as I know its CID 52 (at least thats what the generic FW I downloaded is labelled as). XS 3 doesnt recognize the phone YET.
Have a wee look at my RV HERE >>>> W890 RV Youre right about the volume mizzle. I have the same problem, and I thought that the bass was not prominent enough! -------------------- You must die! I alone am best!
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2008-03-17 12:23
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Laird Attwood Group: Super Moderators Posts: 3,006 Joined: 2007-08-16 From: Staffordshire, UK Member No.: 60,397 Mobile: iPhone 2G, 3G 8GB Black 3G 16GB White |
A2 started at CID53, maybe the flash files have been labelled wrong.
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2008-03-18 08:47
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 Se-nse-ible Group: Members Posts: 560 Joined: 2007-04-28 From: Bulgaria Member No.: 37,683 Mobile: Nokia E51 |
I'm really empress that they managed to put 3.2 mega pixel camera in such a slim device.
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2008-03-18 10:37
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 Avenger  Group: News Team Posts: 2,783 Joined: 2006-11-06 From: India Member No.: 7,441 Mobile: K750i, G700, W350, R300 |
without AF it won't be complete.....still nowadays a camera is one of the main selling points for a lot of people....
Agree with mizzle though.....does look like a great phone  @mizzle hope we see the complete review soon
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2008-03-18 10:48
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 Feel your SE-NSEs! Group: Super Moderators Posts: 6,164 Joined: 2007-06-03 From: El' Denmark'O! Member No.: 45,889 Mobile: Idou (iDoYou) Tutorials Submitted: -1 |
I don't like the W890, it doesn't even have a "back" button, it uses the right softkey to return (like NOKIA)
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2008-03-18 16:13
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Best staff member of 2008 (apparently) Group: Admins Posts: 2,888 Joined: 2008-01-18 From: Denmark Member No.: 102,800 Mobile: C901, C903, W995 and XPERIA X1 Tutorials Submitted: 2 |
@kurt_karun
End of this week We should also see a W380 review by scotsboyuk by then 
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2008-03-18 18:02
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 (/) SE-and-DROID [:] Group: Admins Posts: 12,229 Joined: 2005-03-23 From: Lancaster, UK Member No.: 152 Mobile: HTC Magic, W880i (silver), T610 (red), ///T68, CAR-100, VGC-V3S! |
@Mr T
like all A200 phones. having had a W910i for a short time now I can tell you it really is no loss, the new layout actually offers more --------------------   market: For Sale: Phones & Accessories; For Sale: Other; Wanted; Archive reference: A-Z of Trusted Traders; Leave Feedback; Market Rules other links: Useful Corporate Contacts |
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2008-03-18 19:45
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Feel your SE-NSEs! Group: Super Moderators Posts: 6,164 Joined: 2007-06-03 From: El' Denmark'O! Member No.: 45,889 Mobile: Idou (iDoYou) Tutorials Submitted: -1 |
@Mik
Alright then, I take your word for it.
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2008-03-18 22:35
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Best staff member of 2008 (apparently) Group: Admins Posts: 2,888 Joined: 2008-01-18 From: Denmark Member No.: 102,800 Mobile: C901, C903, W995 and XPERIA X1 Tutorials Submitted: 2 |
He's right
The new layout seems much better.On a side note, Sony Ericsson just told me that K660 & W380 are on their way. My God, this will be a busy week! -------------------- You can visit my website here, if you want. |
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2008-03-19 05:19
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Avenger Group: News Team Posts: 2,783 Joined: 2006-11-06 From: India Member No.: 7,441 Mobile: K750i, G700, W350, R300 |
QUOTE (Mizzle @ 2008-03-18 16:05)  @kurt_karun End of this week We should also see a W380 review by scotsboyuk by then great hope scots posts the same high quality photos this time too 
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2008-03-19 13:45
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Best staff member of 2008 (apparently) Group: Admins Posts: 2,888 Joined: 2008-01-18 From: Denmark Member No.: 102,800 Mobile: C901, C903, W995 and XPERIA X1 Tutorials Submitted: 2 |
I'll be taking care of some photos for that review
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2008-03-20 08:34
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Avenger Group: News Team Posts: 2,783 Joined: 2006-11-06 From: India Member No.: 7,441 Mobile: K750i, G700, W350, R300 |
lol yeah that'll be better!
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