Sony Ericsson Hazel Review and Specification


Sony Ericsson Hazel sports an impressive minimalist design and is part of Sony Ericsson's GreenHeart range. The phones design is straightforward, with curved edges that provide better ergonomic elements to allow a sturdy built and better in-hand grip. It sports a 2.6-inch scratch resistant display, excellent multimedia player, FM Radio, 3G connectivity,5 megapixel camera, social networking, powerful processor, attractive UI, plenty of apps, and GPS. The 2.6-inch screen is secured by scratch resistant mineral glass and offers 16 million colour support, it also has a anti-glare coating to give great sunlight legibility.

The SE Hazel sports a camera with LED flash; can support microSD cards up to 16 GB and has Sonys proprietary FastPort which serves as the headset, PC file sync and charger port.

The Hazel runs on the flash based UI commonly used in mid-range Sony Ericsson handsets and supports good deal of multitasking. It lets you choose either grid or icon view and provides quick access to user defined list of favourites, recent events, web and contacts. The phone comes with the Flight mode function which lets you use the phone in areas where RF signal is banned. The homescreen comes preinstalled with Facebook appsshort cut with live updates, Calendar, Twitter, Walk mate and MySpace.

Sony Ericsson Hazel supports 100 phonebook contacts & 7000 numbers. The phonebook interface has also been nicely integrated with the social networking sites. It supports usual messaging forms like SMS, MMS, and instant messaging, besides threaded SMS view. The phone also supports easy conversion of SMSs to MMSs.

The organizer in the Hazel include Java Applications, Video call, Tasks, Calendar, Notes, Timer, Stopwatch, Synchronization, Calculator File manager, and Torch. The handset supports a range of widgets including YouTube, Checkbook, GreenCalculator, Standby World 3D, Grocery List, NeoReader, EcoMate, a Calendar Wallpaper, Tracker and AccuWeather. It comes preloaded with the new Walkman version music player featuring stereo widening and Megabass equalizer preset and supports WAV, MP3, M4A, eAAC+ formats.

Sony Ericsson Haze supports GPS with A-GPS support, and comes preloaded with Wisepilot navigation which gives voice guided navigation, turn-by-turn navigation, 3D map views, speed camera alerts, comprehensive route-planning settings, weather and POI.

The phone is equipped with 1000 mAh Li-Polymer battery which supports 10 hours of talk time and 450 hours of standby time. It comes loaded with a range of connectivity options like Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and 3G at7.2 Mbps HSDPA, as well as 2.0 Mbps HSUPA ,USB (proprietary fast port), Stereo Bluetooth and microSD.

Specifications of Sony Ericsson Hazel

GENERAL
General Form: Slide
In the Box: 1 Set of J20i Phone, Battery, Charger, 2GB Micro SD Card, Portal Handsfree,
Mini USB Cable
SIZE
Dimensions: 102.0 x 49.5 x 16.0 mm / 4.0 x 1.9 x 0.6 inches
Weight: 120.0 g/ 4.2 oz
DISPLAY
Type: TFT
Resolution: 240x320pixels(QVGA)
Color: 16 Megapixel,777 Megapixel,216 color TFT
Size: 2.6 inches
CAMERA
Primary Camera: 5 Megapixel, Digital Zoom - up to 4x, Flash / light type - Photo flash
When lighting conditions are poor Megapixel, your picture can still be good.
Video Recording: VGA@30fps, video light
BATTERY
Type: Standard battery, Li-Po 1000 mAh (BST-43)
Talk Time: 10 h (2G) / 4 h (3G) (Maximum)
StandBy Time: 430 h (2G) / 450 h (3G) (Maximum)
AUDIO & VIDEO
Music Player: MP3/eAAC+/WAV player
Ringtone Formats: Vibration; MP3 ringtones
Speaker: Yes
Radio: Radio - FM radio with RDS Radio entertainment round the clock.
Video Player: MP4/H.263/H.264 player
DATA & CONNECTIVITY
GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE: Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G: HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
Wlan: WiFi Utilise high-speed Internet at Wi-Fi hotspots at airports and
other facilities.
Bluetooth: Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
USB: Yes, USB v2.0
PLATFORM
Operating Frequency: 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 , 3G: HSDPA 900 / 2100
Java: Yes, MIDP 2.0
GSM/CDMA/Dual Sim/Triple Sim: GSM
MEMORY
Internal Memory: 280 MB
Cards Slot: MicroSD support (up to 16 GB)
Phone Book: 2000 entries, Photocall
Call Records: Yes
OTHER FEATURES
Games: 3D games Enjoy quality games with full color and depth.
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support; Wisepilot navigation
Browser: Web browser - Access NetFront Full Internet browser with support for
standard protocols , images and video.
Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Push Email, Instant messaging Online chat.
On the move.
Miscellaneous: Voice memo/dial
Organizer
Accelerometer sensor for UI auto
SensMe, Track ID
Twitter applications
Google Maps
Facebook
YouTube
WARRANTY
1 Year Sony Ericsson India warranty for the phone and 6 months warranty
for accessories

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