| Panasonic VS3 |
| General |
| Network | Gsm 900 / Gsm 1800 / Gsm 1900 |
| Announced | 2005, 1q |
| Status | Available |
| Size |
| Dimensions | 96 X 46 X 17.6 Mm, 79 Cc |
| Weight | 102 G |
| Display |
| Type | Tft, 16m Colors |
| Size | 240 X 320 Pixels |
| | - Incoming Call Led
- Downloadable Logos |
| Ringtones |
| Type | Polyphonic (40 Channels), Mp3 |
| Amount | 21 Preset |
| Customization | Download, |
| Vibration | Yes |
| Memory |
| Phonebook | 500 Entries |
| Call Records | 50 Dialed, 50 Received, 20 Missed Calls |
| Card Slot | No |
| | - 32 Mb Shared Memory |
| Data |
| Gprs | Class 10 (4+1/3+2 Slots), 32 - 48 Kbps |
| Hscsd | No |
| Edge | No |
| 3g | No |
| Wlan | No |
| Bluetooth | No |
| Infrared Port | Yes |
| Usb | Yes |
| Features |
| Messaging | Sms, Ems, Mms, Email |
| Browser | Wap 2.0/xhtml |
| Games | Sonic The Hedgehog, Soccer, |
| Colors | |
| Camera | 1.3 Mp, 1280 X 1024 Pixels, Video(qcif) |
| | - Java Midp 2.0
- Mp3/aac Player
- T9
- Calendar
- Changeable Covers
- Syncml
- Voice Memo |
| Battery |
| | Standard Battery, Li-ion 830 Mah |
| Stand-by | Up To 210 H |
| Talk Time | Up To 4 H 30 Min |
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Panasonic - VS3Panasonic VS3 and VS7 (and SA6, SA7, MX6 and MX7)
The Panasonic VS3 is a slim handset at just 18mm thick and a large 2.2" QVGA (240x320) pixel display capable of up to 16 million colours, which would make it the best screen on the market, even better than the offerings from Sharp. There's a 1.3 megapixel digital camera on the outside capable of taking video clips.
Other than the screen, camera and impressive slimness of the device, there's not much going on. This is a tri-band GSM phone with GPRS. It supports MP3 ringtones, but it doesn't appear to have a standalone MP3 player, and there's no removable memory. There's no Bluetooth either. Although the Panasonic VS3 has a WAP 2.0 browser, it doesn't seem to have an email client. There's one push auto-open and exchangeable covers though, if those sort of things are important to you.
Although the 16 million colour screen sounds impressive, it really only represents a shift from 6 bits per pixel on 262,000 colour displays to 8 bits per pixel. It is unlikely that most users will notice any discernable difference. And by the time the VS3 hits the market 1.3 megapixel cameras will be pretty standard. Panasonic have slated the launch date as Q3 2005, although we wouldn't be suprised if the actual launch date slipped badly.
There's a variant of the VS3 with a longer battery life called the MX6, and also a toughened version for outdoors use called the SA6. From the details we have at the moment, it might well be that the MX6 has 10 hours talktime and 20 days standby by including a double-capacity battery. |
| Common misspellings on this brand: panasonicc , panaesonic , panasojnic , pqanasonic |
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