Sony Ericsson Equinox

Equinox is the first Sony Ericsson mobile phone from the manufacturer to land at T-Mobile since TM506. In many cases, Equinox is the right heir; as TM506 has a thin flip design mobile phone sports a similar spec of features that include support for T-Mobile 3G network. However, it also suffered from the hands of their design steps.



Design

Equinox's design that has a good eye, but in the end we were not impressed. It is not unattractive, but some elements such as the external screen and keyboard effects the mobile phone user. Moreover, it is time that Sony Ericsson should change their design habit.

But before we started to complain on this phone, we'll tell you what we like. At 3.7 inches by 2.0 inches by 0.6 inches, the Equinox is a slim, compact phone with a clean design. The shining black was light capture (and fingerprint), and there is a circle motif on the front. This handset also has a strong hinge and soft touch materials on the back cover.

The 2.25-inch internal screen quality is another point. With support for 262,144 colors and resolution of the eligible (320x240 pixels), is bright and alive with colors and sharp graphics. Menu interface is simple and intuitive and you can add the myFaves display to standby screen. Also, you can adjust the brightness of the display and the size of the clock, and you can activate the lights shining on the front of the phone when you receive a call.

On the negative, the external screen is too small and faint to be use. It only shows the time, the remaining battery, signal strength, caller ID number. You will not see your photo caller ID and date, and will not be working as a window to Aim the camera lens. Backlighting of the screen hidden when not active, but you cannot change Backlighting time.



The Equinox also encourage bad habits of Sony Ericsson, which controls designed poorly. Poor navigation button array and Backlit keypad and slippery flat. We made some errors during the call and texting. Experience is very uncomfortable and difficult to use dial feelings. Array consists of a circle with center activate the OK button, two soft buttons Talk and End / power keys, a clear control, and camera shutter. You can set a shortcut to four different toggle when phone is in standby mode.

The remaining exterior controls are the volume rocker on the left spine. This is slightly raised, but smaller than it should. And that brings us to our biggest sigh of Equinox design. Although Sony Ericsson (and Sony) have long been using its own memory card and charger / headset connection, enough is enough. As worldwide mobile phone - even Samsung - move to the standard micro-USB charger port, is disappointing that Sony Ericsson is still using port good for single headset and charger. Of course, not only that restrict you to one device at a time, but you will also need a 3.5mm headset adapter of your own. We know that the company can make more user-friendly mobile phone - the W995 has a standard headset jack and charger - so we do not see the reason why companies can not do the same for all products line.

But wait ... there's more. The Equinox also has Memory Stick Micro rather than microSD card which every other manufacturer uses. That means that you have a big barrier if you want to transfer files between the Equinox and computer or non-SE phone. This effort must be stopped. Appreciate your customers and make your device easier to use.