Sony Ericsson W960i manual Display and Camera

manufacture has been skillfully chosen. This might be one of the few smartphones that won't be a fingerprint magnet, even if used heavily. A nice contrast between the glossy front and mat back cover adds to the glamorous look. Right above keypad layout, you will notice three touch controls that will be enabled the moment you start using the music player. The touch keys controlling the music player are pretty responsive, mostly thanks to the huge touchscreen display. Above the screen, one can see the benefits of the UMTS technology – a second camera used for videocalls. On the mat back cover of the smartphone the 3.15 Megapixel camera module is the main attraction. It features dual LED flash and autofocus.

The big external speaker placed right near the camera enables users to listen to music together with their friends. Sony Ericsson 'borrowed' the power up button from Nokia and placed it on top of the handset. Both sides of the smartphone feature few buttons such as: dual volume keys and camera button on the right side, and a jog wheel to ease the navigation through the menus. The bottom of the phone features the usual universal port specific to Sony Ericsson handsets, which can be used to charge the phone, to sync it with your PC or to attach the earphones. There's also a stylus that you can use with the touchscreen on top left of the phone, above the jog wheel. This might look (again) like a phone especially created for left-handed persons, but you'll get used to it, as it became standard for Sony Ericsson to do that to its smartphones.

Display and Camera

These days, a smartphone that lacks touchscreen is less efficient, so Sony Ericsson decided to add one of those big and marvelous displays to its latest Walkman series handset – W960i. The 2.6'' TFT touchscreen supports 262k colors, 240 x 320 pixels resolution and is visible even when used outdoors in strong sunlight.

Even if it's not one of the biggest screens out there, users will still have a smooth Web experience, either you use it in portrait or landscape mode. Benchmarks scored almost identical results as its P1i predecessor, which suggests that both have the same kind of display. The screen is protected against scratches by a special cover.

Sony Ericsson W960i smartphone embeds a 3.15 Megapixels camera with two LEDs flash and autofocus. The menu of the camera is pretty much the same as the other SE's handsets, which means that it features tons of settings that might improve the quality of the snapshots.

The maximum resolution of the pictures is 2048 x 1536 pixels, while the lowest is 640 x 480 pixels (VGA). In terms of quality, you can compare it with the P1i pictures, which look much the same. There's a little bit too much contrast and sharpness, but that can easily controlled with some of the settings that you can find in the camera menu.

Those that are looking to record clips should know that the camera doesn't score too good as a video-camera. It is only able to shoot in QCIF mode with a maximum resolution of 320 x 240 pixels at 15 fps. Lower resolutions (176 x 144 pixels) enable the possibility of capturing movies at 30 fps, but the image is low on details.

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