Sony Ericsson Elm GreenHeart review
Expert Rating:
- Eco Friendly
- Excellent sound quality with Noise Shield Hands free VH700
- High speed social network access
- AGPS navigation
- 5.0 MP camera
- Screen size is a bit small
Within less than a month’s period of launching a high-end mobile phone Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10, the company has again announced the launch of a few more exciting ranges of handsets. This time, Sony Ericsson is considering the aspect of being eco-friendly and therefore, they have announced “GreenHeart” series of phones that will be made by using recycled plastics. Presently, the company is thinking of bringing two handsets in this range- one is the Sony Ericsson Elm GreenHeart and the other one is the Sony Ericsson Hazel GreenHeart. Here we will specifically discuss about the Sony Ericsson Elm Greenheart that is going to be an immaculate green choice for the consumers without compromising on the functionality and design. In fact, Sony Ericsson announced the mobile phone along with the Bluetooth® Noise Shield Handsfree VH700. It makes the phone not only environment-friendly, but also provides excellent voice quality experience. Not only that, it is going to be super effective for the social networking freaks as the Widget Manager application will allow the users to quickly access the page of their social network via the stand-by screen. At the same time, the users can access diverse social networks like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter real fast.
SE Elm Review - How Sony Ericsson Elm will help the &qout;Green&qout; concept
The mobile phone will help in reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide, which will be immensely beneficial for the environment. But, how will it work? Sony Ericsson will make the use of recycled plastics to form the body of the handset and will not make use of any dangerous chemicals. There will an e-manual in the phone that will guide the users with various environment friendly usages. Even the battery charger of the phone will consume less power and the overall packaging is to be done in the minimized manner. Waterborne paint is to be used in the Noise Shield Handsfree VH700 and it will come with a condensed user guide.
Sony Ericsson Elm Review - Important features and availability
The Sony Ericsson Elm is going to provide the combination of some of the best features. The premier features of the mobile phone are high quality voice with intelligent voice adaptation and noise shield; media player; 5.0 mega pixel camera; easy-to-access social networks; etc. The handset will also incorporate Google Maps, Google search and Wisepilot. In addition to that, Accuweather will help to get a free forecast of weather and AGPS is there for complete and easy navigation experience. The Sony Ericsson Elm is expected to release in the first quarter of 2010.
Sony Ericsson Elm - Appearance and Display
Elm is a beautiful looking handset that fits easily in the palm of the user. Its entire body and keypads are designed in such a manner that provides very easy handling experience. The phone weighs 90 grams and its dimension is 110 x 45 x 14 mm. The TFT screen is not that big, it is 2.2 inches with 256,000 colours. 240 x 320 pixel is the resolution of the screen. It will be available in two attractive shades, which are Pearly rose and Metal Black.
Sony Ericsson Elm – Network and Connectivity
The mobile phone is supportive of both 2G and 3G networks. In case of 2G, it supports GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900; and for 3G- HSDPA 900/2100. For connectivity, the handset is inclusive of wide range of features as well. It supports Wi Fi, USB support, USB mass storage, modem, Bluetooth, PictBridge™ and synchronisation. It includes class 10 GPRS that offers access speed of 32 to 48 kbps class 10 EDGE with 236.8 kbps speed. The network and connectivity features ensure that Elm does not compromise on the functionality of a good mobile phone.
Sony Ericsson Elm Greenheart – the Memory
It is a must that a mobile phone is backed up by solid memory capacity. If the memory is poor, then the user can remain devoid of using the features of the phone properly. The general aspects like storing music files, videos or downloading games require good memory capacity and if the phone lacks in that department, it cannot make a market for itself. The Sony Ericsson Elm combines an internal memory of 280 MB that can easily store 30 dialed, received and missed call records along with 2000 phonebook entries. In addition to that, the memory can be expanded up to 8 GB by using microSD™ (TransFlash) card.
Sony Ericsson Elm – The Camera
This is another high-end feature of the mobile phone. Every mobile user seeks a good camera in the handset and Elm does quite a good job in this regard. It is bringing a 5 mega pixel snapper with auto focus and LED flash features. It ensures that the quality of the snap clicked in the poor light conditions is also good. It comes with Geo tagging features as well so that the user can keep track of the details of where a photo has been taken. Other highlights of the camera are face detection, smile detection and video calling features. The resolution of the snaps is 2592 x 1944 pixels.
Sony Ericsson Elm Review – Entertainment
The users of the Elm can enjoy innumerous entertainment features. Different social networking sites can be easily accessed like MySpace, Twitter and Facebook™ where they can upload their photos or music and share with friends. YouTube™ accessibility is provided in the handset and video streaming is there too. The handset includes a media player that can play different music files such as MP4, H.263. and H.264. There is a music player as well that can play different music files such as MP3, eAAC+ and WAV. FM radio with RDS is also available. The entertainment does not end there; the users can immaculately enjoy 3D games in the handset.
Sony Ericsson Elm GreenHeart specification
- 5 Mega-pixel camera with Cyber-Shot™ Camera, Autofocus, Xenon Flash & 16x Digital zoom
- Face Detection, Smile Shutter™, Photo Fix, BestPic™, Red Eye Reduction, Smart Contrast, Picture Blogging & Geo Tagging
- Video Recorder & Video Player
- Video StabilIser, Video Light, Video Clip, Video Blogging & Video Streaming
- Video Calling
- Animated Wallpapers & Picture Wallpapers
- 2.2 inch TFT Display with 65k Colours 65 320 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, Notes & Tasks
- Conference call, Call waiting, Divert call & Call hold
- Flight Mode
- Auto Rotate, Navi key, Tracker, Walk Mate & PictBridge™ Printing
- Google Maps™
- 120 Megabytes of Memory with Memory Stick Micro™ Support for up to 8 Gbytes
- EDGE & GPRS Technology
- Bluetooth® with A2DP, USB & 3G HSDPA Connectivity
- Qaud-band 1900 GSM, 1800, 900 GSM, 850 GSM & UMTS 2100 & 900 Networks
- WAP XHTML Web Browser with Web Feeds
- YouTube™ Compatible
- GSM Talk Time 9.5 hrs
- 3G Talk Time 4 hrs
- GSM Standby Time 430 hrs
- 3G Standby Time 420 hrs
- Video Playback Time 1.5 hrs
- Size 13 x 45 x 105mm
- Weight 107 grams
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