![]() All in, I feel that the interface is a nice balance between HTC's highly-tweaked Sense interface and a plain vanilla Android look. ![]() Seasoned Android users may feel this is unnecessary clutter, but for newbies, again, this is a good thing to have to get started on social media. There's, of course, the love-it-or-hate-it Timescape, which shows your Facebook and Twitter updates in one place on the main screen. During my tests, I can say it takes a split second to focus on an object - something that many other phones simply cannot match. It's also capable of great shots with an f2.8 aperture feature, which lets you shoot dramatic pictures with lower depth of field, for example. The camera, for example, is fast-firing when it comes to focusing and capturing snapshots. Fortunately, the Sony Ericsson folks have not simply dumbed down the hardware - the Xperia Ray does come with features that matter to its target group. The light 100-gram frame feels easily pocketable, like phones of old.īut it's not just about design. The edge-to-edge glass that protects the screen, for example, makes the phone appear sleek as any. In the shape of the Xperia Ray, they'd have a phone that offers not just a gradual upgrade towards the whole of smartphones, but also one that sports a premium feel. They are also less concerned with specifications as they are with how easy things are during actual operation. These consumers are much less likely to want to hold a large phone, because they are used to a candy bar or clamshell phone with a smaller screen. If you are interested in taking apart the Sony Ericsson K550i for repair purposes, here is a useful link.These features, we feel now after testing the phone out for a couple of weeks, are what make the Xperia Ray a good fit for those switching over from a so-called feature phone to a smartphone. Interested in more phones? See a list of phones I own here. However, with many accessories compatible between these handsets it may well worth hanging on to.# Where can I get one?īoth Ebay and Amazon have second-hand and refurbished models. ![]() This is not surprising as they didn’t really break any new ground. These mid-range handsets are not as sought after as the older ones. In a very congested mid-range market there was plenty of competition both from new releases and older models now falling into the price range.The keypad may not suit all people, as the buttons can be pretty small a more standard keypad layout would be beneficial.Additionally the screen resolution was still on the low-end for a mid-range phone despite being upgraded.There was no improvement to the video capture resolution which stayed at a small QCIF. For instance 2MP was seen in the 2005 version of the K750i. The camera still lagged behind some of the top models at the time.The operating system was upgraded and featured more apps and multi-task support.Memory drastically improved to 77MB on board, and the K550i also added a Sony card slot which supported cards up to 2GB making it a genuine multimedia device.The camera doubled to 2 megapixels and also added a flash and active lens cover. The phone was virtually the same size and weight. The front of the phone gained 4 extra function keys and a slightly bigger screen with upgraded resolution. The design was heavily changed since the K510.In time the K series would be replaced by the newer C-style models. The Sony Ericsson K550im was even rarer and the changes were software-based allowing access to i-Mode which was a greater multi-media experience. And as the number suggests was a little inferior: the flash was removed from this model. This was a remarkably similar phone that featured a more standard keypad layout. The Sony Ericsson K530 was actually released a little after. Most noticeably more attention was paid to the camera and the phone featured a new lens cover which also activated the camera when opened. The design was a higher quality than seen previously in the mid-range. The K550i featured several premium items that were usually reserved for higher-end models. One thing that was evident from this handset is how quickly phones were going upmarket. This was not strictly the case though, as other models released into different niches (for instance, the Walkman phones) had similar specifications. This indicated that the strength of the phones lay in imaging. These models sat in the middle of Sony Ericsson’s range, with the ‘K’ denoting Cyber-Shot branding. This was an update of the K510i model which in itself was an update of the K500k model. Sony Ericsson K550i Review: Released in 2007, the Sony Ericsson K550i had some solid history.
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