Camera Phones

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Review

The Sony Ericsson Vivaz is a HD mobile with an 8 megapixel camera and 720p video recording. Whilst it has been around in various marketplaces for some time now, there are some good offers to be had on what is a well specified mobile phone.

The 3.2 inche TFT screen is has 360 x 640 pixels, and 16 million colours, is scratch resistant and has handwriting recognition. At 107 x 51.7 x 12.5 mm the body of the Vivaz sits nicely around the screen with three buttons at the base and other dedicated buttons to the side (for taking pictures, for example)

The phone has 75 MB built-in storage which can be expanded to 32 GB through the microSD card (there is an 8 GB card included)

Connect the Vivaz to the outside world through 3G (HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps), WiFi, Bluetooth or the micro USB connector.

The camera has autofocus and a built-in flash and provides reasonable pictures – sharp with good colour definition, although a little darker than say the Nokia N8. Other features include touch focus, geo tagging and face and smile recognition.

With a built-in FM radio and MP3 player the Vivaz offers an interesting alternative to other phones but is running on the old (but tried and tested) Symbian S60 operating system.

As we said in the introduction, there are some good offers available if you want a mobile with a good resolution camera. Colours available are Pink, Silver Moon, Cosmic Black, Galaxy Blue and Venus Ruby.

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