The Sony Ericsson W595 is a Walkman phone, and is the successor to the Sony Ericsson W580. It was announced on July 22, 2008 alongside the Sony Ericsson S510, Sony Ericsson W302 and Sony Ericsson W902, with the W302 being the low-end, the W595 the mid-range and the W902 the high-end.

Features

Screen

QVGA (320×240) 2.2" 18-bit colour LCD screen

Camera

3.2 megapixel CMOS (2048×1536) 2.5x digital zoom Video recording: QVGA (320×240) @15fps

Sony Ericsson W595

Video calling

Video calling is available

Connectivity

Bluetooth

USB 2.0

3G

Pre-installed games

Extreme Air Snowboarding

Guitar Rock Tour

QuadraPop Music

Racing Fever GT

Audio

Walkman 3.0 with Mega Bass (Mega Bass works only with earphones, not on full volume) MP3, AAC, M4A and MIDI ringtones FM Radio with RDS, GraceNote Track ID service Walkman with shake control

Sony Ericsson W595

Design

7 colours: 'Active Blue', 'Cosmopolitan White', 'Jungle Grey', 'Ruby Black', 'Lava Black', 'Peachy Pink' and 'Sandy Gold'. There is also a special edition design called 'Floral' (also sometimes referred to as 'Cosmopolitan Flower') which is based on the Cosmopolitan White colour with flowery design. There is also a second special edition design called 'W595s' which is a blue-white color with a slightly different design and it is exclusive to Orange There is also a third special edition design called 'W595 Ed Hardy' by Ed Hardy, the famous tattoo designer.

Sony Ericsson W595

Storage

50 MB internal memory (18MB available to user including all pre-loaded content), 1–4 GB M2 card included, up to 8 GB max.

Key features

Opening

Accessing the battery and/or SIM card slot is not straight-forward. There is a slight gap along the side of the cover, in which you slide a nail to carefully pry the cover off.

References

External links

Sony Ericsson press release

Official W595 specifications

Official W595 specifications for developers

Sony Ericsson w595 review - Mobile phone review

W595

Mobile phones introduced in 2008