Even better pics of the Sony Ericsson W850

We know how much Sony Ericsson loves it when we post up pics of unannounced new cellphones. so we figured we'd make it a threefer this weekend and post up these nice, crisp photos of their new W850 Walkman phone that turned up on a Hungarian website a couple of weeks ago (apparently T-Mobile was showing off a bunch of new handsets there). No new details about the phone or when it might be released, but supposedly it is going to have have a QVGA (320 x 240 pixel) screen, 3G, and a digital camera on front for making video calls.

[Thanks, anonymous Hungarian tipster]

The W850 alongside the S710 (displaying someone�s questionable taste in wallpaper).

[Patrick @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

and we'll never see it in the US. ;-p

-p-

[plutox @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

i so hope we see this in the US

[seaotter @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

well, you guys got the S710a, who knows this is on the way?

btw its the s700i in the picture, not the s710. why? coz its in silver :P

[APGuy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

If this phone is as good as gsmarena says the w800 is then we have ourselfs one hell of a phone. Good job SE!

[plutox @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

i think it doesnt look as good s the s710 b/c its all white......it needs s'more orange, or like silver......too much white for me......not to be racist or anything

[Bal? Holl? @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Go Hungary.
BTW: it looks like a really cool phone.

[foof @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Plutox - your comments goes well with the confederate flag on the LCD of the brushed aluminum model :P

I didn't care for the S710, but with a good 2MP camera and some decent storage options for MP3 playback, I might just go the W800 route...choices choices.

[luke @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

here's what cracks me up: a confederate flag on a hungarian phone. I mean, I live in Texas, so I expect it to some degree, but this is downright hilarious.

[androo @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

wow this phone looks amazing. i have an s710a and love it. i just hope that they update the UI or use symbian. But if this phone is any where near as good as the s710a then i will get it.

[Daniel @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Actually, the confederate flag has blue stripes on a red background.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America

[From_the_South @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Regarding the flag...#10 is right, it isn't even the real "confederate" flag of the South. If you have ever been to Europe, you will notice the "stars and bars" flag simply means "Rebel." It is simply viewed as a symbol for someone who thinks they are a bad-ass, etc. Nothing to do with slaves, war, bla bla. Just wanted to clear that one up.

[p-tippy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I think this is one area where Sony can kick serious iPod ass. People have demanded camera phones for the past few years and it seems that music phones will be the next must have. The first iTunes phone is a complete dud mainly because it bears no resemblance to iPods and the Apple crippling of the song capacity at 100 (sounds like something Sony would have done) ... although, all Apple has to due is graft the nono onto someone elses phone and they've got a hit music phone.

[Cashmore @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Nice looking phone. It'll be interesting to see if it turns up here.

[Brad @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

That's a hot phone.

Matches my iPod and iBook nicely.

Now, would I pay the money to have a Sony Ericsson phone? Probably not.

[Jesse @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Well, in my opinion, SE makes the best phones out there, they all look very nice, have good UI's, well, better than Nokia's anyway, they suck.. So, this is a pretty neat design and should've been an itunes phone, would mix up pretty good, apple could also ask for a mini clickwheel to be integrated, would be even more awesome, then put like 4gb's of flash memory and you would have a killer phone..

[XPDude @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Hmm. Put this next to the Motorola Rokr :)

[Derek @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

See this Apple? Now put your software on it ;)

[Ixalon @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I can never see SE and Apple joining forces due to the 'S' half of SE. It's a shame, because if they could put aside their differences and make an i™Walkman™ phone, both companies would probably do better than going their own ways and I'd imagine it would be extremely difficult for any other manufacturer to compete against a Sony/Apple duo. We can dream...

[Derek @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Sony is doing bad, why not? :)

[Neg @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

i SO want one of these!

MINE! MINE I SAY!

neg

[Dice @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

# 18, I guess this never happened then eh?
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2002/jul/17isync.html

[Dan Schwartz @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I love SE's phones, and living in North America I seriously considered getting the s710a - it has all the features I'd require and some I don't need (I already always have a camera with me - the Sony 5mp T7). I was also intrigued by the spinner form factor. But seeing the phone in person has made me hold off on getting it - it was just too beefy to comfortable fit in my pocket. But seeing this new phone side by side with the s700i makes it look like the same size: too big. Hopefully the w600 or Nokia' upcoming 6270 will be smaller.

[Dan Schwartz @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

PS - What Dice said...

When I show off all the things I can do with my current SE phone (a z600) combined with my Powerbook and SallingClicker I've made the most hardened PC geek's jaw's drop.

(Salling Software):
http://www.salling.com/Clicker/

[Merv @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Is this a swivel phone or a slider? I hope they don't abandon the swivel design as it's one of the better looking designed phones out there.

[peteremcc @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

um... how come the box/packaging it is sitting on is from the w800???

[ren kuroda @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I guess it's not this one:
http://www.sonyericsson.co.jp//product/au/w31s/form.html
Nor this one:
http://www.sonyericsson.co.jp//product/docomo/so506ic/form.html

Though it seems to be a similar body.

[cmetom @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

looks very similar in design (spinner, layout, features) to the SE W31s they sell through provider 'AU' in Japan.

http://www.sonyericsson.co.jp/product/au/w31s/index.html

i've used one (my host cousin has it) and it's pretty funky!

[Ixalon @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Dice - yeah, they've had good iSync support for ages, but that's a completely different kettle of fish than them partnering over MP3 player functionality, where Apple is in direct competition with Sony. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see SE and Apple repeat what they did for iSync and I'm sure they both can see the benefit, but I just can't see Sony letting them. I'll happily eat an (edible) hat if I'm wrong though. :)

Dan - I've seen someone else using Salling Clicker. Very nice bit of software indeed, however that's nothing to do with Apple and SE collaborating - a software company could come up with the same for Windows/Linux/etc without any help from SE or the OS manufacturer.

[tommyhj @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

can anyone tell me if that rotator/swivel-thing is any good? I tried one in a store the other day, and it seemed like a huge hassle to actually rotate the phone open... How is it in everyday use??

[Jason @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Does ANYONE know if it does have the rumored 512MB internal memory + MSDUOPRO slot and VGA {please 30fps!} video capture?

[Droo @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

#29

The phone stays closed most of the time except if you actually have to type on the phone keypad... I have the s710a and it's a slick phone, no doubt about it.

[aelso @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

Damn. It makes my S700i look outdated.

BTW. The S700 is a brilliant phone. I assume the W850 will be even better!

[dave @ Dec 19th 2005 12:19AM]

I'd like to see some side profile shots comparing it to the s700. My only complaintabout the s700 is that it is too chunky.

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