Sony Ericsson C903 Review
Meet the C903, Sony Ericssons latest addition to the Cyber-Shot range. The announcement of this 5 megapixel camera phone was a little overshadowed by the Sony Ericsson Idou and W995 but anyone looking for a excellent camera phone shouldn’t dismiss the C903 as it packs some very impressive features. The C903 looks more like a camera than any of the others in the Cyber-Shot range.
- 5 Mega-pixel camera with Cyber-Shot™ Camera, Autofocus, Flash & 16x Digital zoom
- Face Detection, Smile Shutter™, Image Stabiliser, Photo Fix, BestPic™ & Geo Tagging
- Video Recorder & Video Player
- Video StabilIser, Video Clip, Video Blogging & Video Streaming
- Video Calling
- Animated Wallpapers & Picture Wallpapers
- 2.4 inch TFT Colour Display with 320 x 240 pixels
- Media Player with Album Art, TrackID™, MegaBass™ & PlayNow™
- Bluetooth™ Stereo with A2DP
- Built-in RDS FM radio
- MP3, Polyphonic & AAC Ringtones
- SMS, MMS, Email & Instant Messaging
- Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync™
- Predictive text messaging
- Voice Recorder
- Java™ Games, Motion Games & 3D Games
- Personal organiser with Phonebook, Clock, Alarm Clock, Stopwatch, Timer, Calendar, Calculator & Tasks
- Conference call, Call waiting, Divert call & Call hold
- Flight Mode
- Auto Rotate, Navi key, Tracker, Walk Mate & PictBridge™
- Built-in hands free speakerphone
- Vibrating Alert
- A GPS Navigation, Google Maps™ & Wayfinder Navigator™
- 130 Megabytes of Memory with Memory Stick Micro™ Support
- EDGE & GPRS Technology
- Bluetooth® A2DP, USB & 3G HSDPA Connectivity
- Qaud-band 1900 GSM, 1800, 900 GSM, 850 gsm & HSDPA 2100 Networks
- Access NetFront™ & WAP Web Browsers with Web Feeds
- YouTube™ Compatible
- GSM Talk Time 10 hrs
- 3G Talk Time 4 hrs
- GSM Standby Time 400 hrs
- 3G Standby Time 350 hrs
- 1.5 Hours 3G Video Call Time
- Size 16 x 49 x 97mm
- Weight 96 grams
GSMArena.com has manged to get their hands on the C903 and this is what they had to say:
To sum up, at this stage the Sony Ericsson C903 outputs an identical image quality to Sony Ericsson C902. We expected at least a little improvement but it looks like the lens, the processing logic and the image sensor used are the same as in the C902. We have seen what Sony Ericsson are capable of with the superb image quality of the C905 camera, and we hoped to see at least a bit of its glory here in the C903 too.All that being said, we come to rounding up our impressions. As we type our final words on the Sony Ericsson C903 review, we are left with nothing but good feelings about this phone. Its story has some ups and downs, but – on the whole – this sweet phone is definitely a positive and pleasing step forward.
One could grumble about the lack of Wi-Fi, but you cannot expect Sony Ericsson or any other company to incorporate it into every hi-end feature phone.
Our only wish would be to see the superb imaging quality from the camera of the C905 on this baby. It has the same camera quality as on the C902, and that’s definitely in need of some improvements.
Generally, the materials, phone design, usability and new UI features leave us very satisfied with the Sony Ericsson C903. We cannot comment on the retail price of the phone, but we think it will be almost the same as the Sony Ericsson C902.
You can find sample photos taken with the C903 here.
The Sony Ericsson C903 should be available sometime in the second quarter of this year.
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