We
were promised a preview of Sony Ericsson's Symbian-sporting Satio sibling, and indeed here we are, looking at the machine-translated Kurara analysis courtesy of Eldar from
Mobile Review. He pulls no punches in his introduction by noting that the new handset will offer little in terms of specs to trump the
Samsung i8910 HD, and sketching out the tough market it'll have to compete in once the
Nokia X6 comes out and starts grabbing market and mindshare alike. As to the phone itself, he describes the 8.1 megapixel camera as an "inexpensive" unit and lets the sample photos and 720p sample video shot with it speak for themselves. Battery life was found to be "lacking," though we congratulate SE on electing to use a 3.5mm headphone jack and MicroSD memory expansion over its own proprietary formats. Overall, the Kurara was "pleasant to use," but lacked the necessary wow factor and its fate, says Eldar, will depend on just how keenly Sony Ericsson wants to price it.
posted November 23rd 2009 4:51AM
ill pass, i waiting for my htc hd2 to hit next year...
@ImDaIllest The features of Sony Ericsson Kurara apparently include a 3.5 inch AMOLED touchscreen display and an 8.1MP camera (which, judging by the HD seen on the phone’s back, should be able to record video in HD) and be be announced in the first half of 2010, probably under a different name. Now that's great news for the name :D Details: http://bit.ly/sony-ericsson-kurara-details
yeah looks like another miss from SE
This thing is generically hideous.
The thing looks even bigger than the HD2 O_o.
Just roll out that nice looking X10 if you want me to even consider your brand..
woah that design is somehow 90s.
btw what's up with sony and those fugly chrome buttons? x10 also is sporting those
Probably not the best handset they have to offer, but not exactly a bad one though. If its price will be over 2/3 of X10's or Satio's price, it will be an epic fail.
I find it unnecessary to comment on battery life etc on a phone that has not yet been announced. These things change until the actual release of the phone. My guess is that an early prototype of any phone lacks a wow factor. The only difference is that most manufactures tend not let reviewers to get their hands on them. This is something SE really needs to work with because it gives all of their products bad reviews way before they even released.
Storm anyone?
Agreed.
This phone is still 3 or 4 months out. That's not even the final hardware build....
What's with the RED dot and video stalls on the sample so called "HD" video? Looks like S\E are the caboose on the failroad to me.
Don't care much for this phone. But I wanna know how the hell this Eldar guy gets his phones? I mean, once a new and upcoming phone is announce, he somehow manages to get a pre-production model for a full review/preview.
google 'kura-kura' and you'll soon find out where this thing got its looks from.
This is how it realy looks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkaACt2JM4g