Hands-on with Sony Ericsson's W960i
by Sean Cooper 
posted Sep 7th 2007 at 10:40AM
Planete-Nokia goes hands-on with Sony Ericsson's glossiest new handset, the W960i. Featuring triple-band GSM / GPRS and 2100 UMTS, WiFi, Bluetooth, a forward facing and 3.2 megapixel autofocus cam, 8GB of internal storage, and all shoehorned into that slick exterior finish called "Black Vinyl." As far as UIQ 3.1 handsets go, the W960i is a beast in the look and feature departments, seriously, if it rocked some 3G that we could use, we'd already have one. Pricing and carrier info is still blurry, but we're expecting that info should be appearing real soon now.
[Thanks, Matthew F]
[Thanks, Matthew F]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Projjal @ Jun 5th 2008 11:09AM
I have the w960i . I want to use it also for GPS Navigation for Indian cities Delhi and Kolkata. How do I go about it ?
Ola @ Sep 7th 2007 11:33AM
Wow. It seems my pre-order of this phone wasn't in vain after all! It really looks better than I could have imagined.
Geoff @ Sep 7th 2007 11:44AM
Gah. This phone would be amazing if the thing was Quad-band GSM and Tri-band 3G. DAMN YOU SE! Put the chipset that is in the K850i and the Z750i and I'd be happy!
Anthony @ Sep 7th 2007 8:04PM
I can't figure it out either. Why has Nokia picked up on the idea of releasing their high end phones in Quad & SE hasn't? Their phones would certainly sell more units if 850 was included. I know their 5mp camera's very attractive, but w/o 850 it'll just slip right on by.
james r @ Sep 7th 2007 12:17PM
Why can't these handset manufacturers put 3.5mm headphone jacks on these phones already. I hate those stupid adapters you have to use with all the Sony Ericsson phones to listen to music.
Ola @ Sep 7th 2007 1:42PM
I agree, though it actually seems that a stereo bluetooth -> 3,5 mm adapter is included with this phone. It's visible on two of the pictures. And that is cool.
Just clip it onto your jacket and plug in a pair of standard headphones.
Sunjay @ Sep 7th 2007 1:32PM
Would it be that difficult for SE and others to make their phones quad band and open up their sales possibilities? I fail to understand why they do not do this.
Ravana @ Sep 7th 2007 2:15PM
Why oh why must you deny me an upgrade to my W800i with this lack of 3G that you have SE :'(
Richard @ Sep 7th 2007 2:36PM
SE.
You heartless bastards!
Can't you see that the American consumers want to show you some luv in return for you showin' us some?
Please, c'mon back
(and bring some 'merican flavored W960s and P1s.
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nate @ Sep 7th 2007 2:51PM
looks...glossy
Randy @ Sep 7th 2007 3:11PM
Wow! that is sexy looking!
Nicholas Gray @ Sep 7th 2007 3:20PM
I wish companies would stop releasing dozens of phones every few months and focus on building only a few a year which will blow everything on the market out of the water or at least get good reception in my condo.
http://tccondomap.com
Matthew F @ Sep 7th 2007 3:29PM
thanks for posting my lead :)
super-pumped for this phone to finally hit ebay... the SE forums are approximating an October availability.
robotron @ Sep 7th 2007 4:04PM
This phone is 3g? here in the UK, see these links.....
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pip3&zone=pp&pid=10908
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pip2&zone=pp&pid=10908&tid=1
I saw a demo of one a shop in London on Monday, they were saying 2nd week in October
Fernando @ Sep 7th 2007 4:37PM
Sony Ericsson doesn't care about US people.
Jan Brane @ Sep 7th 2007 10:03PM
nice, i want this phone! but when will it be out? hmmm...
W. A. @ Sep 8th 2007 8:05AM
I thought I would be stuck with w950i for a while cause I couldn't see any other phone to upgrade to.....but here it is!!!!!
To US people, the problem is not with SE, but with your crappy ancient networks you have! Get them upgraded! ;)
derX @ Sep 21st 2007 5:04PM
Oh, yeah, that's right, because, you know, there is no 3G in the US. Although, a relatively small portion (although they catch most of the densly populated places) of the nation has it, it does exist.
Also, let's not forget the CIngular was the first carrier to build an HSPDA network.
.....too bad it kinda decided to not to do video calling, but hell, they DID have it first.
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So it's NOT a matter of upgrading, it's a matter of expanding.
Sumi @ Sep 8th 2007 1:02PM
Looks quite ok and glossy, but the buttons look so tiny.
glenn @ Sep 21st 2007 9:24AM
i just want to know how much this phone costs... coz i love this phone and id like to buy it...
forrest @ Oct 3rd 2007 9:12PM
OK - sorry folks, I'm a bit of a newb here. If I purchase an unlocked model, will I be able to use it with AT&T here in the U.S.? Also, shouldn't it be able to work in Japan via the 2100 mhz channel? Thanks!