Have a look at these stats and tell us how you think the Sony Ericsson Satio is marketing itself:
- 12.1 megapixel camera
- Up to 12x digital zoom
- Auto focus
- Face and smile detection
- Geo-tagging
- Image stabilizer
- Photo fix
- Send to web
- Red-eye reduction
- Touch focus
- Video recording
- Xenon flash
So… your answer would be: as a cameraphone, right? Well, actually not. Sony Ericsson actually seem – at these still pre-release times, at least – to have taken the decision to market this more as a high-end media-playing phone. Which makes us very happy. As recent posts here have shown, we’re not a fan at all of phones pretending to be cameras. No matter how many megapixels you have on a phone, you’ve still got a tiny light sensor, and tiny light sensors mean crappy images (in relation to real cameras) no matter how many megapixels you cram into them.
So, what of the Sony Ericsson Satio as an all round media player? Well, it’s a bit of a cracker. With a really neat set of panels floating around the homescreen that gives you instant access to all your media playing/recording functions, this is clearly a phone that’s been designed with you in mind. Add to that the Sony Ericsson Satio’s 16:9 format, super bright screen, the ability to dual-download media and games to both your PC and phone, and a whole host of other funky features and you’ve got something that’s going to push a lot of buttons for a lot of people. More so for sure than the PSP-focused Aino, and certainly more so than the I’m-a-camera-honest-I-am Samsung Pixon 12. Seems like that’s an easy choice for you to make then… Have a read of this Sony Ericsson Satio review here, or just peruse this video instead
