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Specification

Well, the W902 looks quite a lot like the old W810i. It’s a classic shape, with nice buttons and very easy-to-use Walkman controls. It’s a bit bigger than most similar phones, but nice and slim, so we’ll forgive that. It weighs 100g, which feels just right to us. When you’ve spent this much on a phone, you want one that feels solid, after all! The screen is good, although at 2.2 inches it isn’t the biggest. But remember that this is a music phone first, so it’s not about how it looks so much as how it sounds. Which brings us on to …

… the W902’s music player is the latest version of the Walkman player, and everything is here – you can play, rewind, fast forward, equalise, shuffle tracks and create playlists on the phone. There are eight equaliser presets. The FM radio with RDS shows which station you’re tuned into, as well as the name and artist of the song playing. We’re disappointed to find that the built-in memory is just 25 Mbytes, which is frankly mean. However, Sony Ericsson have been more generous in bundling an 8GB Memory Stick Micro card with the phone, which is enough to store roughly 2,000 MP3 tracks – more if encoded in AAC format. The audio quality is really excellent, as the W902 uses the latest generation of audio technology – Clear Bass & Clear Stereo – previously heard only on Sony Ericsson’s flagship Walkman phone, the W980i. On top of this, the W902 comes with the premium HPM-77 headset supplied. This is an outstandingly good headset. The icing on the cake would have been a 3.5mm headset jack so that you could plug in any headphones of your choice, but hey – the HPM-77 is an excellent headset anyway and it’s free with the phone!

There are plenty of other music-related features available. PlayNow™ lets you download games, ringtones and other content to your phone – although you have to pay for this content. TrackID™ identifies a song (track, artist & album information) from a few seconds recording. Shake Control lets you change music track by shaking the phone when you press the Walkman key. SensMe? lets you create playlists based on tempo and mood. Flight mode lets you listen to music (or play games, etc) whilst the ability of the phone to make and receive calls is switched off.

Most Walkman phones compromise on the camera quality, but not the W902. The camera has a 5 megapixel sensor, autofocus and a flash. This is virtually up to the standard of the C902 Cyber-Shot phone, so there’s really nothing to complain about at all here. As well as the autofocus and flash, there are a couple of photo gadgets to help you get the best possible photos. BestPic™ automatically takes 9 photos in rapid succession, so that you can choose the best one to keep. PhotoFix adjusts light balance and contrast after you have taken a picture to get the most natural looking result.

Another gadget that’s included in the W902 is the Walk Mate step counter computer. This stays on all the time and counts how many steps you’ve taken during the day. You can monitor your daily activity and set targets. Just keep the phone in your pocket to keep counting. Did you know that 10,000 steps per day is the recommended target to stay fit? This is pretty hard for most people to achieve, so counting steps is a good way to motivate yourself to do more. Oh, sorry, are we starting to bore you? Back to the phone then.

The phone is pretty slimline as we mentioned earlier, so we’re anticipating that the battery life won’t be too amazing. If you’re using 3G this might be the case, but switch to 2G and you’ll have no problems at all. That may not be 100% satisfactory, but it’s just the way that slimline 3G phones are. If you want a big battery, get a fat phone!

Connectivity options are Bluetooth and USB. There’s no WiFi, so if that matters to you you should be looking at the Sony Ericsson C905 instead.

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