Sony Ericsson G705 Review

The last line of apparatus, G705 - a step toward a real convenience, an attempt to match the name, position. The phone has a built module Wi-Fi, a number of interesting modes, a special add-profile search for buttons to uphold the quick access to frequently used functions of the browser.G705 is optimal, if you're looking for a small, stylish and balanced solution to the current set of functions, of which the camera does not play an important role.

Design

Design - is a strong feature of most phones of Sony Ericsson. There was an exception and G705, it looks great. Rectangular body looks fresh and original rounded corners on the background of many other vehicles on the market. There are no experiments with the form of buttons, design, it is strict, but a modern, stylish. Color G705 will be two, so even and gold. In both cases, except the color of the rear panel, the front has always glossy, black.

Size and weight slider standard, it is not too thin, but at the same time, miniature, perfectly balanced. The quality of build and materials corps is very high, glossy plastic front panel (true mark), rear panel - matt soft-touch. On the side chrome strip runs, an exciting side keys. Using metal minimal, in contrast to the same W595, but the G705 and more lightweight, small.
On the right end of the phone are shooting button and volume keys, as if they were written in the chrome strip runs along the perimeter of Staff. On the left is only the connector Fast-Port to connect headset cable. Lateral location - not the most ergonomic solution, but at least pleased with what he did not at the keyboard, but closer to the upper face. In his pocket plug the headset would interfere in any case. Memory card slot format M2 is on the same side but under the rear panel.

The bar is mounted very securely on the lower end of the catch is, a kind of zamochek. Thanks to this design gap completely deleted. Also at the bottom there is a hole for mounting strap. The upper end of a very curious return keys Play / Pause, it was a small but convex, it is easy to click. On the back surface of the lens is built-in camera, then - diode flash. Toward the bottom is polyphonic speaker. The back plate is made of plastic with soft-touch surface, it is practical, not to slide in his hand. The reverse of the slider to open equipped with bitmaps. Ornament in this place - it is the visiting card of many phones Sony Ericsson.

Keyboard traditionally recalls S905. The buttons do not have a clear separation is a solid plastic sheet. Thin silver strips - this decorative elements are keys are between the stripes. The keyboard is not satisfactory, work with it comfortably. Lights are not too bright, light-green, and a browser unit highlighted the keys sirenevym color becomes visible symbol labels rapid access to the right row. Recruitment Governing buttons traditionally, they are large, erroneous operations there.

Battery

The battery models traditionally, this BST-38 capacity of 930 mAh. Manufacturer states up to 10 hours talk and up to 400 hours standby. When the average load (about an hour talking, and two hours listening to MP3 and work with the camera, time to work with other functions and menus) device works for about three days, the result is adequate for most users and a standard for virtually every phone from Sony Ericsson. Indicators of the work virtually unchanged from model to model, the company reached a certain peak, a further reduction in energy use, perhaps non-trivial task. Either it is certainly not in priority.

Communications

Sony Ericsson G705 has the support of four bands GSM (850/900/1800/1900), as well as HSDPA 2100 (3.6 Mb / s). This is one of the few machines third-generation company, which retained front camera for video calls. In the flagship, S905, it decided to refuse. There is support, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR.

Mode Flight Mode is available only with the active SIM-card in her absence could include phone, but the functionality is not dependent on network functions (player, camera) will not be available. This is a big minus all the devices of Sony Ericsson (even smartphones), compared with competing proposals.

Wired connection traditionally sold to corporate interface. Declared support for USB2.0, but in practice the speed below about 800 kb / sec. It supports both dial-up connection, and Mass Storage and PictBridge. Le mode can be selected in the menu. Connecting to Mass Storage in this case worked quite correctly identifies the two disk (the phone and memory card). You can also synchronize with the help of Sony Ericsson PC Suite, which comes on the disc included with the device

A key function of Sony Ericsson G705 is the presence of Wi-Fi, this is the second phone company with such a module. First, S905 has already appeared on the market, but the price of Staff zashkalivaet, it looks overvalued. On the other hand G705 - a balanced solution, the phone has the same opportunities, minus the camera (in the G705 it without a 3.2 megapixel auto focus).Sony Ericsson G705 is a line Generalization WEB, so that the unit has several additional options with a browser. This is, firstly, the labels rapid access to the most frequently used functions. The icon marked on the right number of keys, they are highlighted in purple. In the setting chosen functioning keyboard - active or shortcuts, either traditional labels assigned to them.

Also available annex Search, the default is caused by the left soft key in standby mode. Unlike Nokia smartphones can not carry out local search on the device only on the Internet. Search String standard, just below the list of recent queries, visited pages.

Multimedia capabilities

The menu item Media traditional for all new devices based on the platform A200, is essentially familiar viewer, but with the interface in the spirit of Sony PSP and involved motion sensor, which changes the orientation of the screen. There are items Photo, Music, Video and Settings. Purpose appropriate. The very excellent interface, an animation as you move from item to item, also at the speed of the altitude. Registration interface does not depend on the positioning system, it is exactly the same and the new smartphone based on UIQ, it becomes a calling card of all devices from Sony Ericsson.

The interface standard player for Sony Ericsson, of the settings are repeating songs play in random order, sorted by artist, genre, enhanced stereo (though the inclusion of the value subjectively does not affect the sound quality), a progressive move songs. There is a function Album Arts, a display of pictures album. The principal difference interface player of the latest generation of products Nokia is to support the latest full-scale themes (skins), which are not interesting example.

The system playlists good songs can be added as one or all at once (opposite each has a check box). Playlists does unlimited number of songs. In S905 equalizers 9 pieces: from ordinary Rock and Pop to their original settings Mega Bass. Unlike smartphones based on UIQ (for example, G700/G900, W960i) lacks an interesting system Auto Playlists, which includes credit rating of the most popular, the latter added, as well as less loses and the last Playable tracks, sort of a period of time.

Fully implemented service TrackID. It lets you record some songs (including radio), it is transmitted on the Internet. Information on the title song and artist name, if any, can be found, returned to you as a message. In the latter case, the composition is in the database, and, accordingly, you can buy it. Service is interesting for a large number of users, most of whom are young people. Interesting opportunity for docking with a built-FM-tuner.

Sony-Ericsson G705 Technical Specifications
General
Status Available
Introduced November 2008
Announced September 2008
Network (2G) GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 / GSM 850
Network (3G) HSDPA 2100
Form factor Slider
Antenna type Internal
SAR Value 1.050 W/Kg
Size
Weight 98 g (with battery)
Dimensions 95 x 47 x 14 mm
Display
Type Graphical
Coloured Yes, TFT, 262K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Wallpapers, screensavers
Memory
Numbers in phone 2000
Received calls 30
Outgoing calls 30
Lost calls 30
Shared memory 120 MB
- Photocall
- Memory Stick Micro (M2), 1 GB card included
Ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones Yes
Ringtone profiles Yes
- MP3
Networking
HSDPA speed 3.6 Mbps
GPRS Yes, Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Yes, Class 10, 236.8 kbps
WLAN Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
USB Yes, 2.0
Bluetooth Yes, 2.0 with A2DP
WAP Yes
Browser Yes, WAP 2.0/HTML, Web shortcut keys, RSS
Email client Yes
- Push Email
- Instant Messaging
- Built-in GPS receiver
- A-GPS function
Features
Vibration Yes
SMS Send / Receive
MMS Send / Receive
Camera Builtin, 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, video, flash; secondary videocall camera
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
Games Yes, (changeable)
Clock Yes
Alarm Yes
Calculator Yes
Calendar Yes
To-do list Yes
Voice memo Yes
T9 Yes
Handsfree Yes
Headset jack Yes
FM Radio Yes
- Camera images geo-tagging
- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
- TrackID music recognition
- Picture editor/blogging
- Organiser
Standard Battery
Type Li-Po
Standby time GSM: 400h
Talk time GSM: 10h