Sony Ericsson J105 Naite REVIEW|SPECIFICATIONS

Sony Ericsson J105 Naite in REVIEW and SPECIFICATIONS

Sony Ericsson J105 Naite Review
Sony Ericsson J105 Naite Mobile Phone arrives in attractive shades of vapour silver and ginger red. The unit was announced in 2009, May. The unit, no doubt will bowl over consumers world wide!

TFT Display supports 256K colours. Screen size of the excellent unit is 2.2 inches. You can change the wall papers and screen savers to your choice. Vibration, Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ring tones and composer are the sound alarms to alert you. Speakerphone adds to your convenience. Phone book memory of the competent unit can save up to. 30 received, dialled and missed calls records too are kept by the unit. Picture ID and Ring ID allows you to identify the caller before you pick up the phone. 100 MB Internal and micro SD (Trans Flash) up to 8GB, 2 GB are included.

One of these handsets is the Naite J105 - a relatively cheap candybar phone that sits at the bottom of the Greenheart range. It's available for as little as £60 on Pay As You Go and for free on even the cheapest contracts. Its green credentials are derived from the use of recycled plastics, water-based paints, an energy efficient display, an on-phone manual instead of a paper one, and a lower-power consumption charger (though as the phone tells you every time you unplug it, you should unplug or switch off the charger at the mains anyway to save power). All told these measures apparently result in a 15 per cent drop in the overall CO2 emissions of the phone. This is of course good to hear, though we can't help but feel a 15 per cent saving would easily be bettered simply by buying second-hand and prolonging the life of existing products. Still, if you're looking to buy a new phone, it's good to know you're doing your bit for the environment.

Being a budget phone, it's no surprise that the Naite is lacking somewhat when it comes to fit and finish. That plastic body is rather flimsy and the keypad buttons are very wobbly and overall it just doesn't feel all that solid. It's certainly not going to fall apart at the drop of a hat but it doesn't fill you with confidence. Weighing just 82g, the plastic construction does at least get you a light device and its dimensions of 108 x 47 x 13mm make it highly pocketable as well. We also rather like the simple styling with its matt black back and combination of glossy black and silver on the front.

Also, despite their wobbliness, the buttons of the keypad are relatively easy to use thanks to a neat and logical layout. The action isn't great thanks to that aforementioned wobble but there's still a discernible click so it's easy to tell when you've pressed one. In addition, the navigation buttons are a little small but again not enough to be of major concern. Overall, we found we could type at a decent pace and navigating the menus was not hampered at all by the keys.

SPECIFICATIONS

General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - Naite (a) for Americas
Announced 2009, May
Status Available. Released 2009, October

Size
Dimensions 108 x 47 x 12.6 mm
Weight 84 g

Display
Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
- Wallpapers, screensavers

Sound
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ringtones, composer
Speakerphone Yes

Memory
Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo call
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 100 MB
Card slot microSD, up to 8GB, 2GB included

Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0

Camera
Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps
Secondary Yes

Features
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, RSS
Browser WAP 2.0/ HTML (NetFront)
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Vapour Silver, Ginger Red
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA player
- MP4/WMV/H.263 player
- TrackID
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- T9
- E-manual
- Eco friendly materials
- Ecomate, CO2 Calculator

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po 950 mAh (BST-33)
Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 583 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 13 h 45 min (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Music play Up to 33 h 45 min