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Sony Ericsson F305 Overview

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Key Features
Gaming Motion Sensor
Dedicated Gaming Keys
Style Up™ Covers
2 Inch 262k TFT Colour Screen (176 x 220 Pixels)
2 Megapixel Camera with 2.5 x Digital Zoom
FM Radio RDS
Bluetooth® Technology
700 Hours Standby

Design

79%

Usability

64%

Features

67%

The above ratings are average figures, which have been generated from submitted mobile phone reviews.

Sony Ericsson F305 Review

The F305 is a member of the Sony Ericsson F range which is a gaming focused mobile phone. The handset is a slide opening phone which comes with easy to use external keys as well as an internal keypad. The Sony Ericsson F305 comes in two colour options which include a polar white & a mystic black coloured casing which both have an elegant high gloss finish. The casing has smooth metal edges which add style to this stunning gaming handset. The F305 comes with a style up™ covers option which allows the user to change the look of their handset easily. A two Inch screen is situated on the front of the handset & can be seen when the phone is in its slide closed or slide open position. The navigation key & shortcut keys are in easy to locate positions below the screen. The screen can display up to 262k colours on a TFT display with a 176 by 220 pixel screen resolution. The overall size of the casing allows the user to carry their new gaming mobile phone easily when the user is travelling & on the move. The Sony Ericsson F305 is 9.6cm tall, 4.7cm wide & 1.46cm deep. This desirable gaming phone works on a quad band GSM network & comes with 10 megabytes of internal memory complete with a memory card expansion option.

The main feature on the Sony Ericsson F305 has to be its amazing gaming features which allow the user to use their mobile phone handset as a games control & games viewing unit all in one. The F305 comes with a motion sensor which allows the user to control their gaming motions & swings by moving & swinging the entire handset. The motion sensor allows the user to enjoy a realistic gaming experience on this stylish phone. The Sony Ericsson F305 comes with many preloaded games which allow the user to enjoy the motion sensor controls. The games include a jockey game, bowling game, Johnny Crash™ stuntman does Texas game, the Sims™ 2 game, Lumines™ game & many more. When the user is playing the bowling game the controls allow the user to aim the bowling ball then swing the F305 handset & to see the bowling ball results on the two Inch colour screen which provides a high colour gaming display.

Sony Ericsson F305 Mobile Gaming Phone Front View

Sony Ericsson F305 Mobile Gaming Phone Side View

Sony Ericsson F305 Mobile Gaming Phone Open View

A built in music player allows the user to playback their favourite tunes & enjoy high quality sound along with high quality music features. The Sony Ericsson F305 comes with the popular music recognition feature which is known as TrackID™ & allows the user to record a few seconds of a song to find out the name of the song, artist & album within moments. The phone supports Bluetooth® stereo A2DP which allows the user to enjoy a wireless listening experience on the F305. A built in camera feature allows the user to enjoy capturing still pictures & moving video footage. The 2 megapixel camera comes with a 2.5 x digital zoom & with easy to use picture & video features. A photo fix feature allows the user to fix pictures to ensure a perfect finish in stored for the user to view. The user can record, playback & stream video on the Sony Ericsson F305.

The Sony Ericsson F305 comes with easy to access & use messaging features which allow the user to communicate with other compatible users quickly & easily. The user can create & send a MMS multimedia message complete with a picture or a video complete with sound & text to any compatible users. The Sony Ericsson F305 comes with a SMS message service which allows the user to share text input only messages with any compatible users & the user can use the predictive text input when creating a text. A mobile email service allows the user to send & receive emails on their new mobile phone. A WAP browser is accessible from the phones main menu & allows the user to access the Internet from their handset. The user can experience high speed data transfers as the phone supports EDGE technology & GPRS. The Bluetooth® wireless technology allows the user to connect their phone to other devices such as Bluetooth® headsets, Bluetooth® compatible laptops & personal computers. The user can use a USB cabled connection to connect their phone to other USB compatible devices when transferring files & data.

Sony Ericsson F305 Specifications & Features

Screen
2 Inch 262k TFT Colour Screen (176 x 220 Pixels)

Imaging
2 Megapixel Camera
2.5 x Digital Zoom
Photo Fix
Picture Blogging
Video Record
Video Player
Video Clip
Video Streaming
Picture Wallpaper

Messaging
SMS (Text Messaging)
MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
Email
Predictive Text Input
Sound Recorder

Sound
Media Player
FM Radio RDS
MP3 & AAC Tones
Polyphonic Ringtones
TrackID™
PlayNow™
Bluetooth® Stereo (A2DP)

Entertainment
Dedicated Gaming Keys
Motion Sensor
Downloadable Games
Bowling Game
Bass Fishing Game
Jockey Game
Johnny Crash™ Stuntman Does Texas Game
Tropical Madness™ Game
Racing Fever™ GT Game
The Sims™ 2 Game
Jewel Quest™ 2 Game
Lumines™ Game
Asteroids™ Game
Quadrapop™ Robotics Game

Organiser
Phone Book
Alarm Clock
Stopwatch
Calculator
Calendar
Tasks
Timer
Notes
Flight Mode
Style Up™ Covers

Connectivity
Bluetooth®
USB
EDGE
GPRS

Network
Quad Band Technology (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)

Internet
WAP Browser

Memory & Talk Time
10 Mbytes Memory plus Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) Support
8 Hours Talk Time
700 Hours Standby

Weight & Size
97.5 g
96 x 47 x 14.6 mm

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Reviewer: Carren - Singapore
Date: 7th May 2009

Games disappeared after a couple of weeks, not sure of why. Cannot install applications after sometimes even though I could when I first bought. Anyway. I only have 11 games I think, in the phone. It does not come with a memory card which have extra of the 50 games. But the seller gave me an 1GB memo card free, which he claimed actually it didn't come with a memory card in the 1st place, which he don't know why too. & this phone gets hang sometime. I don't know if it can be repaired if I send it for servicing, & if I can still get back my games free, with the warranty card.

Design

80%

Usability

70%

Features

85%

Reviewer: Shiv - India
Date: 31st Mar 2009

I think these are the true features of the phone, it has good speakers compare to 7210 Nokia. The screen is a little small where in a gaming phone it has to be a little bigger its looks are good but the headphones are rubbish totally useless. Bluetooth is quite slow. Camera is good the games could have been better as they were publishing they were not as good but still they were fun.

Overall the phone was a 7 or 8 out of 10.

Design

85%

Usability

80%

Features

75%

Reviewer: Viswanath - India
Date: 16th Mar 2009

I bought this phone last week. This phone really terrible, we cannot install games of size exceeding 500kb, yet they call it a gaming phone. Stereo speakers are good bur headset is poor. It doesn't support themes & it gets hanged very often please. Don't buy it. If you are a hardcore gamer, better go for some n gage supported Nokia phones.

Design

60%

Usability

20%

Features

20%

Reviewer: Himanshu - Delhi, India
Date: 22nd Dec 2008

I am using this phone for about 2 weeks. My experience.

- Very very loud, clear & awesome speakers.

- I enjoy gaming with motion sensor & two buttons on the top of it & they have provided us 61 brilliant, 3D games which will cost us about 2000k if we buy them from Sony Ericsson.

- The battery is awesome. Imagine I was able to run this phone on a single full charge for first one & half days. I used to use my phone for very long time on that days & now I am able to run this phone minimum for 2 days.

- The camera is not that good but good enough to use it occasionally.

- It does not support themes but that doesn't matter me because they have provided very good 4 inbuilt themes.

- Its earphones are good but can't be compared to W series.

Overall I am very much satisfied with this phone. Earlier I was using Nokia 7310 which was a piece of garbage n I was very much fed up with that. I will give this phone 9 out of 10.

Design

95%

Usability

90%

Features

90%

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