Sony Ericsson seem to be consistently hitting the mark with their recent smartphone releases and the Aino seems to be another great release from the Japan-Sweden alliance. A stylish and cool looking handset, the Aino features some nifty extras, including acting as a remote to control a PlayStation 3, but is there any areas where the Aino falls short of fulfilling its potential.
With a subtle matte finish and sliding function, the Aino certainly hits the right notes in terms of aesthetics. The surface sliding layer of the phone is commandeered by a bright, colorful and detailed 3" screen that displays media shortcuts should the phone be closed. These shortcuts include photo display, camera mode, music and video playback or FM radio, making us think this is more of a media phone than an Internet phone. This screen displays videos and images of a high quality and when the phone is placed on its side the speakers sound excellent, perfect for watching episodes of your favorite TV shows on the go. For those nights at home the charging dock allows you to angle your phone for video viewing and the BBC iPlayer app is pre-installed for watching BBC shows via an internet connection. So yes, the Aino seems to want to be used for video viewing.
The keyboard that slides out feels pretty good when you're using it, as after all of these years using an on-screen touch keyboard makes us yearn for the simpler times of actually feeling the keys beneath our fingers. The slide is fluid and the grip is great, so it's pretty easy to use.
When you close the slide the phone also goes into clock mode and displays the regular Sony Ericsson specialties we've come to love, including FM radio and TrackID for identifying songs that you don't know when they are playing.
The camera Sony Ericsson has included is an 8.1 megapixel resolution and LED flash, which is much more impressive than other camera phones in its price range. The images taken are of amazing quality both in daylight and at night, but we've come to expect little else from the considered Kings of the mobile phone camera.
Unfortunately despite Sony Ericsson over-achieving in some areas there are some familiar problems that seem to arise in every handset. The main being the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack. With a phone of this caliber and sound quality we decided that the phone would be much better off it we could use our regular headphones as the ones provided in the box just don't cut it. The Bluetooth adapter allows you to plug in your best headphones and stream music to them without being connected to the phone, but this is complicated and fiddly so we would have preferred the regular jack.
When you're using the phone closed the touchscreen is in full effect and easy to use, however when you open the phone the touchscreen switches off, a feature that we found bizarre. To be honest when you're making a call it's a pretty nifty feature, as you aren't activating additional features with your ear, but otherwise we found it rather confusing.
We found the on-board memory to be rather minimal, which leads to the microSD card storage needing to step in for media support. Luckily Sony Ericsson included an 8GB card in the box, providing ample storage space.
To conclude the Aino is a great phone that has all of the basic features packed into a small space. The camera, touchscreen and features are excellent and far surpassed our expectations, however we still felt a little underwhelmed by the Aino. It seems that Sony Ericsson have created a Marmite handset - you will either love it or you will hate it.
With a subtle matte finish and sliding function, the Aino certainly hits the right notes in terms of aesthetics. The surface sliding layer of the phone is commandeered by a bright, colorful and detailed 3" screen that displays media shortcuts should the phone be closed. These shortcuts include photo display, camera mode, music and video playback or FM radio, making us think this is more of a media phone than an Internet phone. This screen displays videos and images of a high quality and when the phone is placed on its side the speakers sound excellent, perfect for watching episodes of your favorite TV shows on the go. For those nights at home the charging dock allows you to angle your phone for video viewing and the BBC iPlayer app is pre-installed for watching BBC shows via an internet connection. So yes, the Aino seems to want to be used for video viewing.
The keyboard that slides out feels pretty good when you're using it, as after all of these years using an on-screen touch keyboard makes us yearn for the simpler times of actually feeling the keys beneath our fingers. The slide is fluid and the grip is great, so it's pretty easy to use.
When you close the slide the phone also goes into clock mode and displays the regular Sony Ericsson specialties we've come to love, including FM radio and TrackID for identifying songs that you don't know when they are playing.
The camera Sony Ericsson has included is an 8.1 megapixel resolution and LED flash, which is much more impressive than other camera phones in its price range. The images taken are of amazing quality both in daylight and at night, but we've come to expect little else from the considered Kings of the mobile phone camera.
Unfortunately despite Sony Ericsson over-achieving in some areas there are some familiar problems that seem to arise in every handset. The main being the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack. With a phone of this caliber and sound quality we decided that the phone would be much better off it we could use our regular headphones as the ones provided in the box just don't cut it. The Bluetooth adapter allows you to plug in your best headphones and stream music to them without being connected to the phone, but this is complicated and fiddly so we would have preferred the regular jack.
When you're using the phone closed the touchscreen is in full effect and easy to use, however when you open the phone the touchscreen switches off, a feature that we found bizarre. To be honest when you're making a call it's a pretty nifty feature, as you aren't activating additional features with your ear, but otherwise we found it rather confusing.
We found the on-board memory to be rather minimal, which leads to the microSD card storage needing to step in for media support. Luckily Sony Ericsson included an 8GB card in the box, providing ample storage space.
To conclude the Aino is a great phone that has all of the basic features packed into a small space. The camera, touchscreen and features are excellent and far surpassed our expectations, however we still felt a little underwhelmed by the Aino. It seems that Sony Ericsson have created a Marmite handset - you will either love it or you will hate it.
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