Just as expected, today Sony Ericsson announced their new Walkman phone - the Sony Ericsson W705. The high-end slider is the first music-dedicated feature phone by the company to feature Wi-Fi. Unluckily the rumored GPS connectivity seems to have been dropped out but at least the rest of the specs sheet seems pretty decent.

The Sony Ericsson W705 comes with a 2.4" QVGA display capable of showing up to 256K colors. Some of its more important features include a 3.2 MP fixed-focus snapper, FM radio with RDS, quad-band GSM and dual-band (900/2100 MHz) 3G support.

The typical for the Walkman family niceties - Shake control and SensMe are also available in the W705. The phone will come with 120 MB of internal memory that can be expanded through the M2 card slot for storing your favorite tracks. In addition there will be a 4GB memory card included in the retail package to grant generous storage capacity straight out of the box.

Sony Ericsson W705 will hit the shelves in two different flavors - W705 and W705u (exclusive to Orange). It will become available in Luxury Silver and Passionate Red color versions starting from Q1 of 2009.

Sony Ericsson made also another announcement - the wireless 2.1 speaker system MBS-900. It has integrated FM radio receiver and a 3.5mm standard audio jack. The unit has monochrome OLED display and Bluetooth functionality with A2DP support. Packing the impressive power output of 2x10W plus a 20W subwoofer the MBS-900 seems quite up to the task of sound-screening your next picnic.









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Added on November 7, 2008, 4:19 pm-


Sony Ericsson W705u with UMA (for Orange)
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100 / 900
Announced
2008, October
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, Q1
Size Dimensions
95 x 47.5 x 14.3 mm
Weight
98 g
Display Type
TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Wallpapers, screensavers
Ringtones Type
Polyphonic, MP3
Customization
Download
Vibration
Yes
Memory
Phonebook Yes, up to 2000 entries, Photocall
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Card slot Memory Stick Micro (M2), 4 GB card included
- 120 MB internal memory
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD
Yes
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
USB
Yes, v2.0
Features
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser
WAP 2.0/HTML, RSS
Games
Yes + downloadable
Colors
Luxury Silver, Passionate Red
Camera
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, video, flash; secondary videocall camera
- Camera images geo-tagging (cell-ID)
Other
- Java MIDP 2.0
- FM radio with RDS
- FM receiver
- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
- Walkman 3.0 player
- Shake control
- SensMe
- TrackID music recognition
- YouTube service in Media Center
- Picture editor/blogging
- Organiser
- Built-in handsfree
- Voice memo
Battery
Standard battery, Li-Ion
Stand-by Up to 400 h
Talk time Up to 10 h

This post has been edited by tachlio: Nov 7 2008, 05:11 PM

The red one looks delicious~!
Just wish it had bigger screens though, otherwise that wifi's not that useful...

lol i agree!

it looks like the G705i, isn't.

ahh now SE started to implement wifi into their range. good thing.

i wonder why SE ditch the gps from w705. the g705 hv it

Woah!!! Look good this phone!! OMG I gonna change target again. Instead of W760, this is better. Better camera compare to W760. I wonder what is the price?

abit like w890..lol

its been some time since the flash has appeared in mid-range Walkman phones. 2.4" for a mid-range phone is good enough alrdy, summore with wifi. The only downside is the camera is a fixed focus

http://cellphonesail.net/2008/09/29/more-p...of-rika-in-red/ <---same as this one?

the price gonna be identical to the W595 when it starts to sell next year in Q1. so maybe those that's plannin to get the W595 can hold back to wait for this one, for the better casing, wifi and bigger screen.

what about w902????? aih... why like this.. this cud mean they want to launch w702 with w902?? waitin for w902 for so long ad..


sory..bit disappointed with SE now..

Anyone know how much this cost?

Looks the same like G705.
Don't tell me SE uses the same phone???

G705 is selling at RM1.2K AP set now.

This was actually a Walkman version of G705 thus you won't get GPS out from it . SE will kill their G705 model if they implement GPS on W705. I love the design and it does look better then G705 .

The silver one is very sexy...
when it will release ???

anyone bought this phone so far or is it not still out?

it's not out yet

This phone is making me crazy !!!

Abang W880i

well can anyone got the pic of the keypad?
i'm just worried bout the keypad doesnt satisfy again =p

wow...good phone...hehehe...

im sick of this phone.. w980i and w705.. still deciding whether to wait or..

compare this to n85?

another nice phone from SE is coming....my hand "gatal gatal" now.......i w910 user....hmmm if i change to this phone...worth or not?

any one the estimate date and price for this phone rather then 'Q1 2009'???

actually hows the GPS of G705 work??

will se change the design for their phones?
they keep recycling the same old retard design..
jz look at motorola nowadays!

i think they will change it when no people dont wanna buy their phone

http://www.worldgsm.com/showroom/fiche.php?id=tel1671

found the release date is 21 Jan.not sure how real..
any dealer here will get first hand on it??

wow ive waited this phone for months. i wonder wat is the price range..

What is the current market price of W705?have its launch in Malaysia?


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haven launch in malaysia yet

Saw the Sony Ericsson ad in the Star paper today.
This phone was featured.
So, guess that means its available now in Malaysia.
No price was printed though.

Which page ?

er...i dun think so...the only SE ad i saw is for low/mid end phones.
w595, F305, R-sumthin....

btw, the keypad looks like the same one as C905...
and the release date is 27th feb.

ooo...coming soon !!!

i wan 2 buy w902 d...
but now got w705 n g705...
ai...duno which 1 good...
who can tell me which 1 better???

This post has been edited by kerwin94: Feb 8 2009, 04:48 PM

dont be so happy oo... 27th feb is release date. but u know, malaysia always slow wan...

if u dont mind the camera quality, i wud say go for W705. bigger screen. and wifi.
if you want camera quality, go for W902. it has the best camera for any walkman phones now.

unless.....

*hint hint* a 8 megapixel camera walkman phone codenamed "Hikaru" is in the works now according to rumours. but only will be out probably by end of this year.

Of course is w705 la...cause this phone has wifi & has a bigger screen

w705 got flash and 3g or not?what is photo stabiliser?

3g confirm. any1 can confrm bout photo stabiliser?

photo stabiliser is anti shake when take photo?

Yes

thanks Pandaman


this phone got flash right but dun have xenon flash......
but i still prefer w715

This post has been edited by mls_gamer: Feb 9 2009, 02:59 PM

Welcome

no autofocus also....

Got 1 walkman phone with autofocus right ?
Not w902...

If got flash, i think if dun have autofocus also not a big problem.

for me ,flash is wayyyyy more important that autofocus..

Yes for me the flash is also the important !!!

w705 and g705 looks the same but only different category only. its usual for SE to hv 2 similar phone but different category to target different group of buyer.

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Added on February 14, 2009, 7:09 pmu can buy the SE flash separately but the autofocus cannot la so take phone with autofocus and buy the flash separately. u hv both then

This post has been edited by techsavvy123: Feb 14 2009, 07:09 PM

Can buy flash separately ??? How ?

the flash is white LED flash and its attached to the phone using charger port. there is a button to press for light. its side way flash. rm20 for the flash only

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Added on February 14, 2009, 7:54 pmthe flash is white LED flash and its attached to the phone using charger port. there is a button to press for light. its side way flash. rm20 for the flash only

This post has been edited by techsavvy123: Feb 14 2009, 07:54 PM

Where can i get it ???

im selling it at my thread. hv a look

Link ?

w715 got sell in msia?

walkman phone for SE will never be good..

dont even hav that marco mode!

I think is oni ap right ?

any hp dealer gonna sell this w715 when its release?

ohh myy..
wats the price??
2k again??
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2K????

impossible...

this phone is impossible in 2k. i think 1k plus got..

seems the W995 is better than this phone alot..

anyway.. im waitin for this phone!

I think is jut around 1.5k like tat la

ya cant be 2k
this is some thing like w890+wifi=slider walkman wifi only mar
2k will be too over price

The phone is out liau... the price is rm1020.. I wonder where can get lowest price...

rm1020 is ori or ap?

Then not sure... I walk in to phone shop for top-up. Then i just asked the price..

Where you saw it ?

Cool, the price is not bad.

where u saw it??!!!!already out in malaysia???!!

this price ar??? it's out already?

this should be ap set

sure or not? i dont see anyone selling it here. im curious!

Me too...I wonder where they saw it ?

Where !! got sell edi meh? ....got mixed up with g705?

i asked phone shop in ss2, its not out yet.

This post has been edited by sonictheory: Feb 28 2009, 05:28 AM

Ya lo where they saw it ?

where you saw out lio~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yup the phone is be launched bcox sonyericsson website take out the "coming soon" but now dunno which shop have the W705 phone

wat colour will u guys choose??

i think those shop that selling taken from singapore =_="

dunno is it my eye blur o wut? i did not see the "coming soon" word anymore.. even the star also gone.


anyway, i kinda curious how this phone's wifi works, hope its user-friendly like other smartphone, or atleast similiar..

This post has been edited by sonictheory: Feb 28 2009, 07:48 PM

hope the phone shop here sell this phone faster! cant wait to buy it!

I think i should ask my bf to check it out in Singapore..

those Singaporeans usually use a handphone for 1 week den sell.. wow.. if can get for a cheap price would be nice

Got how many color 2 choose ?

got 2 colours ma... white and red... like which one?? ^^

Red is attractive but white is sexy so i will still go for white

yeah! me too... haha... cz i thk red is a bit boring alr...

wah malaysia will have this phone loh, coming coming loh.
think to really get this phone.

Damn!! this phone look so tempting.I think Im gonna upgrade my W910 to this.Plss dont come with the hefty price tag

AP set is available alr...selling at rm12XX.....in 3 colour scheme, luxury silver, passionate red and black & silver

Where did u saw bro??

renee is selling.

Can give me the link ?

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/809252

HERE IS IT.

does this phone support SKYPE ?

What is SKYPE ?

I dont think so