Sony Ericsson Z700

One of the first models, which was produced under united trade mark. It is a successor of the phone line from Sony. This phone is similar to CMD-Z7 except the colour screen and EMS, J2ME support.

Later it was decided to abolish the production of this model as a platform from Sony had too many errors. The phone was taken out of production before the beginning of sales.

• Class: fashion
• Position in the phone line: above Sony CMD-Z7
• Rival models: no ones as the model was abolished

• General features
  • Announced in March 2002
  • eGSM900/GSM1800
  • Battery type: Li-Pol 680 mAh
  • Autonomy:
    • Standby time: up to 200 hours
    • Talk time: 3-8 hours
  • Graphical display, which can show up to 256 colours
  • J2ME
  • Available colours: Silver and Black
  • Weight: 95 g.
  • Dimensions: 91 x 50 x 24 mm

• Memory
  • Phonebook: 500 phone numbers + SIm-card memory. Up to 3 phone numbers and 2 other fields (e.g. post addresses) can be added to the one contact (wiith icons).
  • Caller groups, a special icon and ringing tone can be associated to each caller group
  • A special icon can be associated to each phone number in the phonebook
  • Lists of the last 10 received/missed/dialed calls with date and time indication

 

• Ringing tones, call management

• Vibrating alert
• Polyphonic ringing tones, a possibility to download new ringing tones
• A record of the signal from the micraphone
• Voice dialing
• Speed dialing for up to 8 phone numbers
• Automatic redial

• SMS
  • EMS
  • Receiving and sending ringing tones and animations
  • Predictive text input T9
  • Templates

   

• Connectivity
• WAP 1.2.1
• GPRS
• Bluetooth
• E-mail client (POP3 and SMTP)

• Organizer and extras
  • Voice memo (5 messages, 10 seconds each), which works in the talk mode
  • Screensavers
  • Time, date
  • Calculator, currency convertor
  • A schedule with an opportunity to make signal reminders (up to 400 events), 20 various tones can be associated to different evetns. Up to 5 tones can be recorded (2 seconds each).
  • 2 games (Charlie's Angels and Men in Black), a possibility to download new games.

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Published - 26 February 2003

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