| Sony Ericsson T310 |
| General |
| Network | Gsm 900 / Gsm 1800 / Gsm 1900 |
| Announced | 2003, March |
| Status | Available |
| Size |
| Dimensions | 104 X 49 X 19 Mm |
| Weight | 97 G |
| Display |
| Type | Stn, 256 Colors |
| Size | 101 X 80 Pixels, 6 Lines |
| | - Wallpapers |
| Ringtones |
| Type | Polyphonic (32 Channels) |
| Customization | Composer, Download, |
| Vibration | Yes |
| | - Ringtones Can Be Assigned To Phonebook Entries |
| Memory |
| Phonebook | 250 X 8 Fields |
| Call Records | 30 Received, Dialed And Missed Calls |
| Card Slot | No |
| Data |
| Gprs | Class 4 (3+1 Slots), 24 - 36 Kbps |
| Hscsd | No |
| Edge | No |
| 3g | No |
| Wlan | No |
| Bluetooth | No |
| Infrared Port | Yes |
| Usb | |
| Features |
| Messaging | Sms, Ems, Mms, Email |
| Browser | Wap 2.0/xhtml |
| Clock | Yes |
| Alarm | Yes |
| Games | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater + Downloadable |
| Colors | 3 - Flaming Gold, Fashion Blue, Funky Purple |
| Camera | No |
| | - T9
- Calculator
- Image Viewer
- Scheduler
- Voice Memo |
| Battery |
| | Standard Battery, Li-po |
| Stand-by | Up To 300 H |
| Talk Time | Up To 7 H |
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Sony Ericsson - T310The T310 is the cell phone set to replace the stable T300. Much of the exterior looks redesigned. However, the interior is much the same, with a few upgrades. However probably the most anticipated change is the addition of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 in the list of preinstalled games in the T310. That's right, now you can grind rails and do insane tricks in your cell phone! Granted it's not the full version, but it's still pretty entertaining.
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The T310 has a new clean design, distinct lines, a full color screen, bright polyphonic ring tones, and an incredible list of multimedia features. Underneath the phone lies an application set you wouldn't expect from an entry level phone. Features like MMS, GPRS, downloadable games, and more. It even has its own e-mail client that lets you use your T310 to send and receive e-mail at any location.
Design
In many ways the Sony Ericsson T310 is like its predecessor the T300. Internally the T310 is almost exactly the same as the T300. If you've seen the T300 menu structure, you'll be more than comfortable with the T310's. Both have a 256 color 101 x 80 px screen, polyphonic ring tones, downloadable games, and themes. But much of the differences are subtle. For instance, the T310 now has 32 instruments, and a brighter, clearer screen. In fact, most of the inside of the T310 is exactly the same as the T300. Therefore, if you've just read the T300 review, much of this review will be similar.
Probably one of the first things that catch your eye is the redesign of the T310. If you didn't like the T300's look that much, then the T310 is just what you were looking for. Sony Ericsson decided to pursue a more aggressive design, integrating clean lines with simple looks.
If you don't like the color, have no fear. Like the T300 the T310 has interchangeable face plates as well. Among the choices are: Flaming Gold, Fashion Blue, and Funky Purple. As you can probably tell by the names of the colors Sony Ericsson chose, the T310 is targeted towards the younger market.
That being said, the T310 won't leave you poor either. The T310 may be an entry level phone, however by no means is it a lightweight. With features like MMS, e-mail client, GPRS, polyphonic ring tones, downloadable games, and more, the T310 gives you much for your money.
Screen
One noticeable feature of the T310 is the same 256 color screen as the T300 and T68i. The color display doesn't compare with other manufacturer's color phones nowadays. Many of Nokia's phones are at least 4096 colors, while Samsung's phones are up to 65,000.
On a bright note, even though the T310 comes in 256 colors, Sony Ericsson has improved its screen by making it brighter and clearer than the T300's.
There are also many other screen-settings in this model: adjustability of display contrast (10 settings), opportunity to install 3 kinds of types sizes (standard, large, and small). It provides legible text even at the smallest settings.
Indoors the screen is very bright, but in sunlight the colors will wash out. The ability to save backgrounds, screen savers, and themes makes full use of its colors. Also, it is able to fit 5 lines of text, making it a sizable screen for emailing, and text messaging.
Controls
The T310 comes with a standard keypad. Nothing special is presented here. However, the T310 still retains the joystick found on the Sony Ericsson phones. The 5 function joystick (Up, down, left, right, press) makes navigation around the menu options simple, completely eliminating the need to navigate with buttons.
Playing games with the joystick gives you more versatility than the conventional four way keypad. As to why other manufacturers having adopted a joystick control is beyond me. But once you've owned a phone with one, you'll know how going back is so hard.
Battery
The T310 comes with a 700 mAh Li-Polymer battery. Sony Ericsson quotes that the battery has a standby time of 350 hours and a talk time of 7 hours and 30 minutes.
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Many variables, including carrier signal strength at your location, signal consistency (including incoming and outgoing calls), display and ringer settings, and battery charging methods and history, will affect performance.
Connections
On the bottom of the phone there are all of the T310 connectors. Charging your phone, transferring files through data cable connections, and the optional MCA-25 CommuniCam camera accessory are connected here. On the side is the infrared connection for transferring pictures, ring tones, themes, and more from a PC to your phone.
Sound Quality
We didn't find any major problems with the incoming clarity in the T310. Nowadays phones are pretty good with sound quality. If you aren't that picky with tonal qualities, then most phones will work for you. As a phone aimed for the value market, the sound quality will sound as good as any for most people.
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On the other side, outgoing calls calls were also very clear and crisp. The reception and position of the mouthpiece didn't cause significant background noise when talking in noisy environments, the voice comes through pretty clearly. People who are used to flip may not like how the T310 sits on their face as they talk. Since the phone is straight, the mouthpiece can seem further away than a flip phone that curves close to the mouth. However, background noise is filtered out pretty well, leaving you to talk without having to shout.
The earpiece volume was very good. It's sufficiently loud even in noisy environments while talking to soft spoken callers.
RF Performance
The T310 also has an internal antenna. Sony Ericsson has been improving the reception of its phones since the many complaints of the T68i. You'll be glad to know that Sony Ericsson has improved on the T300 reception. The RF performance was comparable to Nokia's. You'll still get drops and distortion in small signal areas though. No phone is perfect, but the T310 is better than its predecessors. One reason that the reception may not be great is that there is no protruding antenna, and when conducting our tests we found some flaws. Although the look of no antenna may be stylish, an antenna that comes out still increases reception.
The phone's ability to hold on to weak signals is above average when information is being sent. However, calls are dropped quite easily when idling. When receiving weak signals, there were frequent error bits sent that were not corrected. The dropped calls did not happen very frequently, but a dropped call is always annoying as well as a hassle for both parties.
After all that's said, if you're wondering about reception, the T310 stands just above the median. You won't have problems if your coverage is in a metropolitan area. However, the outskirts may cause some difficulties. Overall we give the T310 a reception rating of:
Average
Your phone performance can very significantly, especially when considering how well your service provider's coverage area is, landscape, or other varying conditions. The phone with the worst reception can still work well if you live under a tower. These results are just a measure of the raw RF capabilities. Factoring everything else would just be impossible to compare phones. |
| Common misspellings on this brand: son7 , son6 , ericssson |
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