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Cell phones are different. They can have a camera with different pixels; they can be with different music functions, GPS-navigator, operating systems, etc…
But, it turns out that they are simply for communication! So the most important in the cell phone is the complete set of communications, and everything else just goes to the second plan. Sony Ericsson G502 can be considered to be such kind of a phone.
Design
Though this device belongs to the budget sector this does not mean that there are any objections to the quality or assembly.
The apparatus is a classic monoblock, but its size is somewhat less traditional: 103,0 x 46,0 x 13,5 mm. Its weigh is 83.5 g. You can easily put your phone even in a shirt pocket.
The entire front panel looks brilliant … until the first touch by hand. Then, on the surface appear numerous traces of fat fingers, and the attractiveness of the phone disappears until you’ll clean it with a soft cloth.
Keyboard
We can’t consider the keyboard convenient. There is no clear division between the dialing and navigation buttons.
At first, it is a bit confusing, but after half an hour with the phone you understand that the compact miniature keyboard is suitable both for fragile girls, and bigger people.
There is no exception and even weaker sex with long nails can easily use the phone, as there are small gaps between rows in order to prevent accidental pressing of the adjacent buttons.
There is no joystick. Instead of it there are four navigation buttons with the square confirmation key.
The existence of four additional navigation buttons helps you to work conveniently. The only weak spot here are dim white lights, illuminating, not all symbols.
Display
TFT-display with a diagonal of 1,9 inch, QVGA-resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and support for 260 thousand colors is very good. Color, image sharpness and the viewing angles are also good.
But the images fade in the sun, because of that the use of the telephone in a clear day is very hard.
Features
In addition to the unusual keyboard, the device has a number of other interesting features. For example, the speaker. It is located on the back surface and looks like a barely visible horizontal cracks extending from one edge of the shell to another. The external speaker’s sound is always loud and full.
There are two additional buttons – a swing volume button and a button for activating the camera. They are located on the right end of a narrow border corps.
The other end has a slot for Memory Stick Micro cards up to 4 GB.
Under the cover is hidden the battery compartment. However, the operation to install the card will take no more than five seconds and does not require a power outage.
G502′s battery is at 950 mA•h, and the charge is sufficient for three days (about 30 minutes a day, with an address book and the Internet), and two days of intensive work (listening to music, viewing photos).
User interface and communications capabilities
The menu is traditional for Sony Ericsson phones on the A200 platform. It is based on a classic 3×4 matrix format, which consists of stylish colorful icons. Well, all sub-menus are designed in the form of lists. There are five animated themes in the device, but they differ from each other very slightly – only the basic colors. Icons, menu items and additional trifles do not have any changes.
The manufacturer has paid much attention to the address book. Each contact consists of five-sheet information.
It is incorporated in the book “excellent” and not overloaded with unnecessary details, and thus it works very fast.
In addition, from the applications you have Google Maps to determine the location of mobile base stations. However, the accuracy is sometimes in the range of 400-500 meters, so this program is good only if after a good party you suddenly wake up in an unfamiliar area of the town and try to understand where you are, at least approximately. And, of course, the program can show you the way to the house.
By the way, the mobile communication … G502 supports not only the network GSM 900/1800/1900, but also UMTS / HSDPA 2100, making it a novelty in budget units that does not support network 3G. Internet connection is supported via GPRS / EDGE (Class10), so you will not feel lack of speed when surfing in the web. As an internet browser there is the NetFront, which supports all standard protocols. It’s quite fast. At present, you can find links to BBC news blocks, Google, and Sony Ericsson.
For communication with other devices, Sony Ericsson has a Bluetooth 2.0 module with support for EDR. The data transfer has perfectly acceptable speed – about 0.1 Mb/sec. Moreover, one can not help but note the support of the transfer via Bluetooth stereo, so that together with G502, you can use not just a headset, and stereo headphones for listening to music.
Multimedia
The manufacturer does not hold multimedia capabilities of G502, as particularly outstanding, and yet they are somewhat higher than would be expected from a simple phone. In addition to the opportunity of using Bluetooth-stereo headphones, the unit has a MegaBass function, which enhances the bass frequencies and makes the sound volume, as well as the availability of on-board FM-radio with support for RDS.
The shell, which is responsible for multimedia, is familiar to us from other models of Sony Ericsson. This stylish black-and-white animated interface with a user-friendly player in the music formats MP3 and AAC, videos and photos. There is even a photo album, which sorts pictures by date and topic.
From games you can find QuadraPop – the original kind of Tetris. G502 is equipped with a digital 2-MP camera without autofocus, mirror and flash.
It has traditional for the cameras functions: quality settings, white balance, the imposition of digital effects, shooting timer, etc. Maximum image resolution is 1600 x 1200, and the size obtained with the files ranged from 300 to 500 KB.
We can not say that the camera user will appreciate the high quality of images.
Conclusion
Sony Ericsson G502 is a good device for communication: voice communication, communication via the Internet, communication via wireless protocols. The address book will allow keeping all possible information about a person.
The manufacturer has chosen the other functions with taste and quality. Over 6,5 thousand rubles, and you’ll obtain one of the best phones which you can find on the shelves today.
