You all are required to research on the mobile phone that you are currently using. You are encouraged to research as much details as possible. The research area including but not limited to the following:
- the model of your mobile phone
- pictures of your mobile phone from various angles
- the price, and what is your opinion about it?
- the key features available
- what do you like about the mobile phone the most?
- what do you unlike about the mobile phone the most?
- any suggestion to further improve the mobile phone if possible?
Phone modelSony Ericsson S312 (Sakura Pink)
Buying price
RM 390 (including 2GB Memory stick, screen protector)
Personal opinion: Budget price for a budget phone
Key features
GPRS
EDGE
Bluetooth
USB port
2 megapixel camera with video recording functionality
SMS, MMS, Email
FM radio
Java enabled
MP3/MP4 player
Built-in handsfree
Like
It has a nice scratch-resistant surface, and easy-to-press buttons, making this a comfortable phone to use. The screen looks big, but is actually the same size with phones such as K550i, (170 x 220 pixels). This is because there are no screen borders surrounding the display screen, giving users the illusion that the screen is larger than usual, which lets you feel at ease to face the screen for longer periods. The keypad is arranged in rows rather than individual buttons, but surprisingly for me, messaging turned out to be rather convenient and comfortable to the fingers. It also has a fairly good sound quality for mp3 playback for its price. The video functions are comparatively advance, as you can turn off the light, enable/disable sound recording and such by just pressing the numeric keypad 3, 6, 9 and # during video recording.
Dislike
The camera which this phone provides was rather disappointing for me. Autofocusing was not included, and it cannot zoom in and out unless being set to VGA mode, which can only take photos in 640 x 480 pixels. Displaying photos in the phone is also unpleasant. There is no rotating function, meaning you cannot rotate the orientation your photos in phone.
Suggestions to improve
Adding in autofocusing, zooming and picture rotation function would make this phone a perfect phone to buy. But overall, it is a great budget phone for such an affordable price!
Research referred to
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/s312
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/sonyericsson/sonyericssons312/s312reviews/334230/sony_ericsson_s312_review.html
http://www.tracyandmatt.co.uk/blogs/index.php/sony-ericsson-s312-review
http://dailymobile.se/2009/04/07/sony-ericsson-s312/
http://www.myhphone.com/review/sony-ericsson-s312-review/
