Sony Ericsson Hazel

The Sony Ericsson Hazel is a eco-friendly, greenheart device from Sony ericsson. It has display type of TFT scratch-resistant screen displaying 16M colors and is covered with scratch-resistant mineral glass. The size of the phone is 2.6 inches having the capacity to cover the area of 240X320 pixels along with accelerometer sensor for UI rotate. The weight of the phone is 120 g and the dimensions are in the figures of 102 x 49.5 x 16 mm. The phone is available in Superior Black and Passionate Rouge.

Sony Ericsson Hazel comprises of Stereo FM radio with RDS and MP3/eAAC+/WAV plus MP4/H.263/H.264 players.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel has a primary camera of 5 MP, having capacity to cover 2560х1920 pixels along with autofocus and LED flash. Another added feature is the Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, image stabilization, wide dynamic range. The Sony Ericsson Hazel also gives the facility of video which is in the configuration of VGA@30fps. The secondary camera is also present. Image sometimes are too sharp though.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel comprises of phone has memory to store 2000 contacts, Photo Contact and call records can also be kept. The internal memory is 319 MB. The card slot is microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel has standard battery Standard battery, Li-Po 1000 mAh which gives the performance for stand by time for upto 430h (2G) / 450 h (3G) and the talk time performance is upto 10 hours (2G) / 4 h (3G). However, the life span of battery depends entirely upon its usage and availability of network.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel is well equipped with 3.5mm audio jack speakerphone in combination with microUSB. It gives alert type in the form of Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel has the basic feature of connectivity that is the bluetooth which is in the configuration of v2.1 with A2DP. The GPRS is in the configuration of Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps. The EDGE is of class Class 10, 236.8 kbp, Wi-Fi in configuration of 802.11 b/g with DLNA and microUSB v2.0 is also there.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel supports SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email and IM which enables a user to keep in touch with their loved one just in one click.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel has preinstalled latest NetFront 3.5 web browser. It offers a much smoother experience and renders web pages more quickly. WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML are also present. The MIDP 2.0 java features noise cancellation with dedicated microphone, google maps, You Tube Facebook, MySpace and Twitter applications. There is widget manager, organizer, walkmate and voice memo dial.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel supports two forms of network that is the 2G network which is in the configuration of GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and the 3G network which is in the configuration of HSDPA 900 / 2100 and HSUPA 2100.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel is well equipped with five in built games, some are even motion-based and it can also be downloaded as per the requirement of user.

Sony Ericsson Hazel has a GPS receiver and the Location services set is also pre-installed. Besides Google Maps you'll find the Wisepilot app, which comes to replace the Wayfinder Navigator though in a trial version only.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel is said to have all the necessary features and many more miscellaneous features like it sports a splash-resistant body, accelerometer sensor for screen auto rotation, Clear Voice,SensMe, Noise Shield and Intelligent Volume Adaptation, social networking integration with homescreen Widget Manager alomgside HD Voice Ready.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel is splash resistant. It downloads network data at 7.2 mbps download speed, sports Wi-Fi and has an inbuilt GPS receiver complete with A-GPS support and Wisepilot navigation.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel does not have a good battery life.

Overall, Sony Ericsson Hazel is all-in-one feature phone. Its plastic construction is quite solid and is covered with glass and the phone feels great in hand. The curved shape or as they call it ergonomic curve and user-friendly controls make it especially comfortable to handle. The smooth and solid slider run and the nice alphanumerickeypad are its highlights. If smartphones and touchscreen phones are not your cup of tea, this one is an intelligent choice. The promised widget support and social networking will be another important asset.