Sony Ericsson Yari

The Sony Ericsson Yari is a multimedia and gaming phone. This phone features gesture gaming.  It was announced in May, 2009. There are a lot of games present on this phone for its users to choose from. There are games that can help this phone’s users to stay fit and healthy. While there are also games merely intended for one’s pleasure and entertainment. It supports the following networks such as GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS/HSDPA 900/2100. It is released in 2009. It has been made in the colors Achromatic Black and Cranberry White. The Sony Ericsson Yari is aimed to attract the youth of today as well as active people specially those constantly on the move. As it is a gaming phone, it will surely attract even kids.

Specifications
Display
There’s a 2.4 inches TFT display with 256K colors and with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. It comes with an accelerometer sensor. There’s an interactive home screen featured on the phone whereby you have to enter applications to unlock the gaming carousel and as soon as that step is completed by its users, the home screen will now synchronise with your home screen and runs in the background. There’s also a search button on the home screen.

Design
It measures 100 x 48 x 15.7 mm and weighs 115g. There are A/B buttons in this phone which are known as gaming shortcut keys. There’s also the music call which is something like a button is made available on the phone that allows you to share your favourite songs while you are talking. Controls on the phone include a navigation wheel that once pressed, the music player is started; then there are the messaging and Bluetooth on the left and right. There’s gesture and motion gaming.

Camera
There’s a 5-megapixel camera. Together with the camera come the Face Detection and Photo Fix options that can help in editing the pictures. The camera features a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels and it has autofocus and LED flash. With this camera, photos can be shot and videos can be filmed. Video features are QVGA@30fps and video light. There’s a secondary camera that can be used for videocall.

Network
It supports the 2G Network with GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and 3G Network with HSDPA 900/2100. For Americans, it also supports HSDPA 850/1900/2100. There’s also GPRS with features such as Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps, HSCSD, EDGE with features such as Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G such as HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps and Bluetooth with features like v2.0 with A2DP. There’s a USB port v2.0.

Phone Features
There’s a music player and stereo speakers. You can send your location to your contacts by smsing them. There’s the Outdoor Wireless Speaker MS500 whereby it allows its users to higher up the volume if ever they are driving or running or constantly on the move. The Outdoor Wireless Speaker MS500 is small and easy to move around. Its call records can show and remember a number of 30 received, dialed and missed calls. It comes with an internal memory of 60mb and there’s a card slot for microSD cards of up to 16GB. The phone features Geo-tagging, face detection and image stabilizer.

Other Features
When you purchase this phone, there’s a phone stand that comes with it. It is portable and small and it has an integrated keyring. Alert types come in the form of vibration, downloadable polyphonic, MP3 and AAC ringtones. There are stereo speakers present on the phone. The phonebook can accommodate up to 1000 x 20 fields plus it features photo call.

Reviews

“We have to admit that the Sony Ericsson Yari is just a ordinary mid range phone. However, the gesture control gaming make it really appealing. The phone is expected to be highly-desired phone by many teenagers. It said, if you can’t afford a Nintendo Will, maybe Yari can be the substitute.” (Myhphone, 2009)

“So there you have it – while the Sony Ericsson Yari isn’t a revolutionary device, Sony Ericsson have just successfully revolutionized their portfolio. You’ve got a top-notch music player, high-res camera with Face and Smile detection, GPS receiver, a praise-worthy web browser and the latest in Sony Ericsson UI development all in one device. Not to mention the extraordinary gesture-based gaming. The newly adopted and much welcomed transition to microSD cards support is also something to cheer about. And yes, VGA-or-better video recording is still not part of the deal. We’ve also hoped for a bigger screen, but for those that have thought of these same things – you are welcome to our Sony Ericsson Aino preview that’s due in a little while.” (GSMArena, 2009)