Sony Ericsson Cedar - user opinions and reviews
- vneevarp
- 2SP
The Sony Ericsson Cedar is a fantastic phone for those who value functionality.
My first 2 phones were Nokias. I changed to Sony Ericsson because even the very basic of Nokia phones - the 2100 and the 2600 gave me software problems! I then bought a Sony Ericsson K510i in the grey market. It's screen had a defect and since I bought it grey, I could not get it repaired. I gave it back to the guy because of a certain goodwill we shared. I then bought the same model with bill. I used it for nearly 3 years and never found it lacking in any way.
Due to rough handling, it finally started falling apart but was still working well. I decided to buy another phone. I even contemplated buying the same model(K510i) second hand if someone was selling. Unforunately, it was not so popular. Even panels were unavailable.
I thought a touchscreen phone would be easier to use and I wanted one which could open MS Office documents and PDF. Sony Ericsson with such features was expensive. So I reluctantly settled for a Nokia 5233. I realised that I had made a mistake. After being used to the K510i's friendly and easy user interface, the 5233 was a nightmare. There were menus and submenus for the simplest of applications and it behaved like an old PC.
I then discovered that the SE Cedar was within my budget. It was announced but was not released even in October 2010. I looked everywhere in Bangalore but could not find a store which had it. I finally got it couriered from Trivandrum.
I must say, it's a beautiful phone. Tastefully designed and has everything I need at my fingertips without going into complex submenus. I don't need to press half as many buttons as the Nokia 5233 to dial, message, go to the calendar ir set the alarm.
The Cedar even has something called 'conversations' - You can scroll down a string of messages you've sent and received from your contacts. No going to inbox and sent items.
The user interface is a joy. Other interesting feature for me are Google maps, interface with the PC to backup contacts and messages, 3.5mm audio jack socket, nice keypad, customisable shortcuts and it even feels nice in my hand.
- Anonymous
- 2SP
The Sony Ericsson Cedar is a fantastic phone for those who value functionality.
My first 2 phones were Nokias. I changed to Sony Ericsson because even the very basic of Nokia phones - the 2100 and the 2600 gave me software problems! I then bought a Sony Ericsson K510i in the grey market. It's screen had a defect and since I bought it grey, I could not get it repaired. I gave it back to the guy because of a certain goodwill we shared. I then bought the same model with bill. I used it for nearly 3 years and never found it lacking in any way.
Due to rough handling, it finally started falling apart but was still working well. I decided to buy another phone. I even contemplated buying the same model(K510i) second hand if someone was selling. Unforunately, it was not so popular. Even panels were unavailable.
I thought a touchscreen phone would be easier to use and I wanted one which could open MS Office documents and PDF. Sony Ericsson with such features was expensive. So I reluctantly settled for a Nokia 5233. I realised that I had made a mistake. After being used to the K510i's friendly and easy user interface, the 5233 was a nightmare. There were menus and submenus for the simplest of applications and it behaved like an old PC.
I then discovered that the SE Cedar was within my budget. It was announced but was not released even in October 2010. I looked everywhere in Bangalore but could not find a store which had it. I finally got it couriered from Trivandrum.
I must say, it's a beautiful phone. Tastefully designed and has everything I need at my fingertips without going into complex submenus. I don't need to press half as many buttons as the Nokia 5233 to dial, message, go to the calendar ir set the alarm.
The Cedar even has something called 'conversations' - You can scroll down a string of messages you've sent and received from your contacts. No going to inbox and sent items.
The user interface is a joy. Other interesting feature for me are Google maps, interface with the PC to backup contacts and messages, 3.5mm audio jack socket, nice keypad, customisable shortcuts and it even feels nice in my hand.
- abhi
- TL5
Hi guys!!!
Finally first official review of cedar is available on cnet.uk .
Have a look :-)
- abhi
- TL5
bharath47, 21 Oct 2010camera 2.0 megapixel 1600x1200 no autofocus
video qvga 320x240 pixels@8fps 50hz fliker rate
... moreLook bharat I don't have any grudge against u but I don't believe its 8fps.
A guy named vijay was the first one to reveal the truth on this site that cedar's video rec. is qvga@15fps not vga@30fps.
Morover this guy worked as leading video editor for a firm and he also have exact frame rate i.e. qvga@14.97 fps and he also said that in every video the frame rate hovers around 14.97 fps.
So I do have a strong reason to believe that its 15fps.
- Anonymous
- PDS
bharath47, 21 Oct 2010its real friend . i using this phone since 10 days ..the actual fraes in recording the video i... moreso that makes it worse than naite in video recording, right???
- Jos
- YQA
bharath47, 21 Oct 2010its real friend . i using this phone since 10 days ..the actual fraes in recording the video i... moreBut hey who uses a 2mp camera for video recording...i hardly open the cam so be it 8fps or 15 or 30 it doesnt matter...to me... that is...
- raj86
- bJ6
its good bharath47 said is correct
its video is poor go for hazel for best video@640x480at30fps
hazel is good
- bharath47
- bJ6
abhi, 19 Oct 2010have u gone mad ?
none of the actual users experienced its video recording to be qvga@8fps.
... morecamera 2.0 megapixel 1600x1200 no autofocus
video qvga 320x240 pixels@8fps 50hz fliker rate
3g connectivity is very good
media player is good
3.5mm jack,micro usb,micro sd slot look great for se
the spesifications mentioned on gsm arena video@vga30fps is absolutely fake ........its self experience
- bharath47
- bJ6
Jos, 19 Oct 2010Rectify dude...video rec @15fps...its real friend . i using this phone since 10 days ..the actual fraes in recording the video is 8fps(320x240) pixels... its very poor and the sound of video clips are good...i tested the video samples in nero digital 8 software .the sample rate is 320x240@8fps 50Hz with lots of noise..i am an video editor....
- rimpy
- wiT
somebody confirm its working and experience and Is that phone for video conference
- Anonymous
- PDS
sam, 20 Oct 2010The video rec. vga@30 fps mentioned on these sites is actually the information from the white... morethanks buddy.. am a little disappointed.... i will still buy it... hope i like it... just read zylo review on mobile-review.com and was impressed... hope cedar has all the features of zylo except for 3.2mp cam and accelerometer... cedar wins over other se phones coz of its 3.5mm jack.... do give ur in-depth detail review if am not asking much... i am sure many will benefit... thank you once again... :)
- vario techno
- PFx
R Al; Vaniez, 21 Oct 2010Question from Indonesia. What about the batery can hold about 3 days?? my W350 only 2,5 days.It depends on how use it
if u turn on 3,5G maybe just around 20hrs.
Properly 1,5-3days normal gsm netw.
- vario techno
- PFx
Normally if u listen through the headphone/hpm always louds.
But I think yes the speaker of cedar its slow.
I have naite more clear n loud than my old w902.
But via hpm77,almost the same.
suggest,Go for naite
Cheap,light,sharp display,fast internet overall very good set
- R Al; Vaniez
- wrs
Question from Indonesia. What about the batery can hold about 3 days?? my W350 only 2,5 days.
- abhi
- TL5
praveen, 21 Oct 2010what about sms storage its good or poorIt's basically unlimited.
It can store msgs either in phone memory which is 280mb (260 mb after pre configuration) or memory card.
So as long as memory is left in ur phone or memory card it will continue to save msgs.
- abhi
- TL5
Anonymous, 21 Oct 2010guys plz tellme about cedar mp3 sound is low or headphone sound is low i m totally confusedHeadphones sound isn't low but loudspeaker sound is low...
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