Sony Ericsson Satio : key features & disadvantages

The Sony Ericsson Satio is a smartphone, announced by Sony Ericsson at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on 15 February 2009 as the Idou (pronounced "I do").

The focus of the phone is the high quality playback of music and video, as well as photography. The camera is located on the back of the phone, behind a slider and features a xenon flash. On the side of the phone, there is a shutter button, and a button which allows you to switch between still and video modes. Next to this is a rocker switch for zooming in and out. Also on this side is a button for playback of photos or video. The other side of the phone has a sliding lock button and a covered slot for a MicroSD card.

Sony Ericsson Satio (Red) SIM FREE / Unlocked

The front of the phone is dominated by a 3.5-inch, 16:9 ratio 360x640 TFT resistive touchscreen. There is also a front facing camera for video calling. At the bottom of the touchscreen are three small buttons: green (left), white (centre), and red (right).

Key features :

- 3.5" 16M-color resistive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution

- 12 megapixel state-of-the-art autofocus camera

- LED and xenon flash, active lens cover

- VGA@30fps video recording

- Symbian OS 9.4 with S60 5th edition UI, spiced up with a home-brewed homescreen and media menu

- ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz CPU, PowerVR SGX dedicated graphics accelerator and 256 MB of RAM

- Quad-band GSM support

- 3G with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA 3.6 Mbps support

- Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS

- microSD card slot (up to 32GB)

- Built-in accelerometer