Sony Ericsson W995 Review

Hard to call this one. Definitely not as good as many people are saying.



The Sony Ericsson w995 is technically a very good phone, yet here I am giving it just three stars. All of the features are there, and for the price it gives you a lot - wifi, video playback, excelled walkman software, 8mp camera, gps and 8gb memory card free with almost all deals. Its very pretty, and shiny and has a solid feel.



However the features do use up alot of battery power - and aren't as good as they might be.



Battery - I went to a party yesterday and took about 30 pics, used gps tracking to find my way on a few occasions, and 3g to check facebook etc, i made 20mins of calls and sent half a dozen texts. I would say that used up about 35% of the battery life.



Camera - it may have 8mp but the lens is average at best and the flash is very poor. I tried many times to take a pic of the cake in bad light but actually gave up in the end. In good light the pics came out ok, though nothing like as good as a digital camera would take.



Music - very good. The best out there probably. 8gb memory card and easy to use media software (though mostly i just use windows and transfer files with explorer).



Video - a good feature, but keep an eye on your battery. It will playback ipod sized video formats in "decent" quality.



Headphones - Its personal preference, but I dont like the Sony earphones. However the 3.5mm jack for headphones is a brilliant feature that i hope more phones take up.



Style - again its a personal thing, but i like it. Its my first slide phone, but i think its a good one. Solid feel, and shiny exterior. Excellent screen quality.



All in all its not bad, but i'm left thinking it wouldn't have been very hard to make it alot better...