The Eco-friendly Sony Ericsson Elm Makes Great Impression

By Author: Jerry Smith
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Nowadays, environment issues has been attracting much attention since catastrophes here and there happens sometimes each year that we cannot just ignore. Various circles of society are doing their best to protect our environment. It deserves to mention that many companies are looking for ways to make their products as environment friendly as possible. Especially when it comes to electronics, it is a big problem to deal with the tons of e-waste we accumulate every day. Now the introduction of Sony Ericsson Elm makes us relieved.

The Sony Ericsson Elm is part of Sony Ericsson's new GreenHeart range of ecologically conscious green phones, which is made out of recycled materials and comes with minimal packaging and a lower power consumption battery for energy saving purpose. It is a feature phone that has a lot of the features you would expect with a high-end smart phone.

Appearance and Size

With regard to looks, the Elm is a very traditional looking - a compact candybar Sony Ericsson mobile phone. Measuring ...
... 110 x 45 x 14 mm and weighing a total of 90 grams, it is really an extremely lightweight and well-put together device, feeling both sturdy and comfortable to hold and operate in a single hand. This mobile phone has two color options including a metal black and a pearly rose colored casing.

It sports a 2.2 inches TFT screen which can display up to 256,000 colors at a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. Below the screen, there are a square shaped navigation key, call keys, selection keys and keypad which are quite easy and simple to operate.

There is one problem with the Elm is its Sony Ericsson proprietary headphone and charger connection, which means you cannot use standard 3.5mm Jack headphones with the device. It is really disappointing since you cannot enjoy music using other high quality earphones.

Inside features

The Sony Ericsson Elm comes with an integrated 5 megapixel digital camera which has a rear facing lens and supports auto focus, flash, a photo fix feature, 4 times digital zoom function, smile detection as well as a face detection camera feature. Therefore, pictures looks pretty good. When it comes to entertainment, the Sony Ericsson Elm features a built in music player and a FM radio. It also supports video recording of 15 frames per second. In addition, the user can enjoy Java? format games on the Elm and enjoy a 3D gaming challenge on the phone.

Storage-wise, the Sony Ericsson Elm mobile phone has an impressive 280MB internal memory, enough for you to store different files such as videos, music and photographs. In case you run out of space, you also upgrade its storage capabilities to 8GB through the micro SD card slot.

In terms of connectivity, 3G and Wi Fi are all present for you to experience high speed internet surfing. And when you want to connect to another compatible device or transfer data, you can use either a Bluetooth or a USB connection.. You can also organize your social life with the Elm's built in MySpace, Facebook and Twitter applications. The Sony Ericsson Elm mobile phone also comes with an A-GPS navigation feature along with Google Maps support which helps guide you direction in unknown areas.

So if you're serious about environment protection, or if you're looking for a phone with great quality features at a bargain price, then the Sony Ericsson Elm is the phone for you.
Jerry Smith, the editor of http://www.mobilephoneonly.co.uk. An expert on mobile phone and an observer of UK telecommunication market. He writes reviews on latest mobile phones, and also suggests promotional deals and special offers from mobile phone retailers in UK.