Sony Ericsson fires off four low-enders: T270, T280, R300, and R306

Mobile World Congress isn't for a bit yet, but Sony Ericsson is getting the party started early with four new lower-end devices aimed at developing nations. Not that you'll be too interested, but here are the eight new variants of the four new models (T270, T280, R300, R306):

• T270i - GSM / GPRS 900 / 1800
• T270a - GSM / GPRS 850 / 1900
• T280i - 1.3 megapixel camera, FM radio, GSM / GPRS 900 / 1800
• T280a - 1.3 megapixel camera, FM radio, GSM / GPRS 850 / 1900
• R300 Radio - VGA camera, Bluetooth, GSM / GPRS 900 / 1800 / 1900
• R300a Radio - VGA camera, Bluetooth, GSM / GPRS 900 / 1800 / 1900
• R306 Radio (pictured) - 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, GSM / GPRS 900 / 1800 / 1900
• R306a Radio - 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, GSM / GPRS 900 / 1800 / 1900

Sony Ericsson low-enders

[xndrr Posted Jan 24th 2008 3:02AM]

wow even low end phones have cameras now?

Suddenly my T237 is all that much more crappier.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 24th 2008 3:54AM]

Actually some of these look pretty nice and simple - you have no idea what I'm interested in :].

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 24th 2008 3:53AM]

I quite like the look of the clamshell one though. A nice design for the low end market.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 24th 2008 4:14AM]

I'm more of an nokia person, but some are quite nice..

Hinke

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 24th 2008 4:16AM]

I'm digging the T270/280

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 24th 2008 5:56AM]

don't the "a" models have 850/1800/1900 instead of 900/1800/1900?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 24th 2008 6:29AM]

@zed
'a' stands for America in Sony Ericsson's naming scheme, so naturally, the mobile bands would change because America uses a different band than the rest of the world (850).

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 24th 2008 8:35AM]

Last time I fired off four low-enders I was locked up for 6 months...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 24th 2008 10:00AM]

Why can't they make a T270a with Bluetooth? I'd love to have a nice, small, basic phone with no camera, but Bluetooth support.

And *radio*? Is this really a feature that people are looking for?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 24th 2008 10:24AM]

Radio? Absolutely, not only looking for it (have had it in 2 Nokia phones so far) but this is a must-have for my next phone. Since Nokia has just massively destroyed its likability in Germany (due to unnecessarily closing a Nokia production plant) and I was planning on buying a Sony Ericsson anyway, the R306 is the perfect next phone for me. Since I use iPods as music devices I need a phone for radio and basic camera functionality. Perfect combination this.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 24th 2008 3:37PM]

I saw a bluetooth icon in the picture of the phone, and appears to have bluetooth on Sony's site... I too would like one if it does. Perhaps someone knows for sure :)

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 24th 2008 4:22PM]

It looks like the T270i and T270a are the same thing.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/corporate/products/phoneportfolio/specification/t270i

The specs list GSM850 and Bluetooth! I'm pretty pleased about that!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 5:02AM]

Here is a review of R300 in English. Cheap, lowend radio-phone with only a few features:
http://mobilearsenal.com/review/sony_ericsson_r300i_on_air/introduction_inexistent_packaging.html