The Sony Ericsson W995 is a candybar slider model music phone designed by

Sony Ericsson Sony Mobile Communications Inc. ( ja, ソニーモバイルコミュニケーションズ株式会社) was a multinational telecommunications company founded on October 1, 2001, as a joint venture between Sony Group Corporation and Ericsson. I ...

as the new

Walkman Walkman, stylised as , is a brand of portable audio players manufactured and marketed by Japanese technology company Sony since 1979. The original Walkman was a portable cassette player and its popularity made "walkman" an unofficial term for ...

flagship phone, previously known as codename "Hikaru". The W995 was introduced February 2009 and released on 4 June 2009 and uses the 4th version of the 'Walkman Player'. It is also the first Walkman phone to feature a standard 3.5 mm headset jack rather than requiring a

FastPort The FastPort was a proprietary polyconnection interface used on all Sony Ericsson cellphones between 2005 and 2010. Designed in response to Nokia's proprietary Nokia Pop-Port, Pop-Port, FastPort provided data transfer, charging, headset and speak ...

connection. It features an 8.1-megapixel camera which seems similar to the

C905 The Sony Ericsson C905 is a high-end mobile phone in Sony's 'C' (Cyber-shot) range, which, along with the low-end 'S' (Snapshot) range cameras, supplants the earlier 'K' range of camera phones. It is the flagship model in Sony Ericsson's range for ...

. Although its camera is comparable to other cameraphones, the video quality is only QVGA (320×240) at its maximum, unlike the majority of cameraphones at the time that had

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and HD videos. The W995 is available in three different colors which have been advertised as Progressive Black, Cosmic Silver and Energetic Red. It comes with an 8 GB memory card in its package. On August 21, 2009, it won the EISA Best Music Phone Award. https://www.eisa.eu/history/mobile-devices-2009-2010/?lang=fr/ref>

Features

* 3.5mm audio jackSony Ericsson's W995 goes the extra media mile
/ref> *Battery life *Talking - 9 hours *Music - 20 hours *Video - 5 hours *Shake Control (Image Stabiliser) *8.1

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Camera with

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, LED flash, x16

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, Smile Shutter and the Best Picture Feature *QVGA@30FPS Video Recording *

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* Bluetooth 2.0 with

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*TrackID *

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*Walkman Player 4.0 *

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, IM (Instant messaging) *

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- 240 × 320

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s (2.6 inches) *

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Browser *

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* 3G/

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*GPS with

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function *

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols, based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio wave ...

- Although the phone is not VoIP enabled * SIP (Restricted to Specific Mobile Networks) *

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* FM

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*Photo/Video Editing *

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and

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Compatible *Kickstand * 16 GB Memory Stick Micro (M2) Support *

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Certified *Clear Stereo and Clear Bass

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