Sony Ericsson W995

Sony Ericsson W995 sure makes the first-born W902 look like a helpless orphan.
Easily the best equipped feature phone of the house, Sony Ericsson W995, still more popularly known as Hikaru, packs in all there is to find at the top of the company portfolio. The full set of connectivity options, the biggest screen on a Sony Ericsson Walkman feature phone to date, GPS, Wi-Fi and the great user interface make a sweet enough package on their own.

But in the case of W995 they're just the perfect background for the unprecedented blend of music and imaging. The Cyber-shot line is graciously lending its 8 megapixel triumph, while the music dowry includes the latest Walkman 4.0 player, with all the bare Walkman necessities such as Shake control, SensMe, and not to forget the kickstand and the on-board 3.5 mm audio jack.

So Sony Ericsson W995 has it all, doesn't it? Now let's see if it gives it all.


Guys the slider of the phone is just perfect, I own a W995 and its slider is tight enough no problems yet. As you can see N95, N80 etc., they are so rough. The slider of W995 is so tight that you can even listen the sound of closing and opening it . W995 is damn fast, when ever my phone is off I just switch it on and very quickly browse my contacts open opera 5 beta, and wifi, my god its too fast, other nokia N series will take atleast 4-5 mins to open completely.

Cam quality of W995 is decent enough in day light. But at night its not that good nor that bad if you take pics from close ups it will be clear but long distance pics are not that good but if you are having good light in your room then its nice.

Music of this phone, it will burst ur ears with base and the songs are so crisp and clear. Well what can you expect more, its a walkman phone no other N series can even come close it.

Screen brightness you wont be able to differenciate between n86 and w995. W995 is even brighter in sunlight its damm clear but n86, you hav to keep your hands on the screen to see.


The most important part is its orange lights, my god they look so cool at the time they glow up. I feel so proud of it, n86 sucks in design. W995's metal finish is so good that when I clean my phone with a cloth it looks perfectly new, it never hangs like N series. It comes with external speakers which are too good with full bass. I hav compared both n86 and w995 and w995 is way way better in all terms it has DLNA which n86 dosent, W995 has HSDPA 7.2 mbps and HSUPA 3.2 mbps which n86 lacks. Chrome kickstand looks so cool infront of nokia's plastic kickstand. you will never get bored of w995.



Key Features:

- Brushed metal body parts
- Quad-band GSM, dual-band HSDPA
- 2.6" 256K-color TFT display of QVGA resolution
- 8.1 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, face detection
- WQVGA video recording at 30fps
- Built-in GPS with A-GPS functionality
- Wi-Fi with DLNA support
- Bluetooth (with A2DP) and USB v2.0
- Accelerometer sensor
- 118MB of internal memory and M2 memory expansion (8GB card included)
- Stereo speakers
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Kickstand
- Walkman 4.0 music player with Shake control and SensMe
- FM radio with RDS
- Multi-tasking support
- Smart dialing
- Comfortable keypad, nice sliding mechanism



Main disadvantages:

- Video recording limited to WQVGA
- No lens protection
- No DivX/XviD video support (though it's touted as a video-centric phone)
- Kickstand construction could've been more reliable
- No office document viewer