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Great Phones that don't Exist!
Rohan Naravane, Aug 26, 2010 1658 hrs ISTA few mobile phones the way we'd like to have them
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Last week we talked about that one missing feature in cellphones that otherwise would have made them great. Today, we let our imagination run free and envision great phones that do not exist...yet.
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X9
There are many Android phones cropping up in the Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 20,000 range, which puts it in the reach of many people. Sony recently announced a couple of new phones, of which, one was the XPERIA X8. A not-so-mini cousin of big-brother XPERIA X10, the X8 seems like a good mid-range Android phone. While HTC and Samsung have decided to put low-resolution QVGA (320 x 240) or WQVGA (400 x 240) displays respectively in their cheap Androids, Sony Ericsson has bravely embraced the HVGA (320 x 480) type, which is a good enough resolution for a 3-incher in our opinion. More importantly, it is one of the first and most common resolutions used for Android phones till date.
This, as we all know by now, ensures compatibility with maximum number of apps (at least from the resolution point of view). All forms of connectivity like GPS, Wi-fi, 3G are in place, and Sony Ericsson gave us a tasty quote of less than Rs. 16,000 as the X8's selling price on launch.
What more could you ask for, right? Two things is what we could think of. Firstly, like everyone else, I am baffled wondering why they'd put a measly 3.2 megapixel non autofocus camera in the X8? And that too when you know how good that 5 megapixel sensor on its X10 Mini and Mini Pro is.
Secondly, as my colleague Prasad observed, the 3-inch display felt a little too small when using the QWERTY keyboard in portrait mode. I would agree and say that if I had to change another thing about the X8, I would like the display to be bumped up to 3.2-inch, which, we by experience know is wide enough for easy portrait typing.
So, enter the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X9, which is pretty much the X8 but with a 5 megapixel sensor borrowed from the X10 mini and the screen size bumped to 3.2-inches. And while we're at it, it better be released with Android 2.1 or above, instead of a promise to update it after a few months of purchase. At 16,000 bucks, perfect eh?
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