And that isn’t exactly a good thing. From what I can recall, all reviews of Sony Ericsson phones by seriously serious review site Mobileburn have got a “Highly recommended rating”. But apparently the Z610 â€â€�one of past weeks’ newest models, all of which we will be covering little by littleâ€â€� is a bit too much on the stylish-not-so-functional side, and it’s a bit more expensive than usual aswell.

The curves and the color scheme give the device the look of a drop of mercury over a pebble (…). Of course, the bad thing is that the reflective surface attracts fingerprints like you have never seen before, and it is actually quite easy to scratch (…).

The screen is bright, but more pixilated than the K750i’s because of its larger size (…).

Sony Ericsson boasts one of the best, if not the best, looking user interface in the industry. The one on Z610 is similar to that of K610 and K800, which is a slight update from the K750i days. The biggest observable improvement would be its fonts: the letters are indeed much easier to read on small screens now. The company has also listened to market critics and decided to put the clock on the top bar at all times. Users also get to choose between a large or small clock on the standby screen (…).

The Z610 comes with a pretty big battery for such a small device. The 950mAh rating translates to approximately 3.5 days of what we consider average usage (…).

RSS feeds are also supported, but are grouped with your SMS, MMS, and email messages (…).

If you are looking strictly at functionality, the Z610 would not embarrass anyone either. With the excellent reception, full HTML browser, good battery life and multimedia capabilities, this device should be a reasonable companion during your day. The phone does everything reasonably well, but there really is not much that sets it apart other than the exterior design (…).

The Z610 is a mid-range uberglossy little 3G clamshell with an external hidden OLED 128×36pixel display, internal 2″ 176×220pixel, 262k color TFD screen, 2 megapixel camera without flash or autofocus, internal camera for videocalls, 16mb internal memory and Memory Stick Micro slot.

Go to the Z610 Review in Mobileburn
Go to the Z610 Official Page

Discuss this in the forum