Sony Ericsson Kurara previewed, a true glimpse from the future

23 November, 2009
You probably already know all there is to know about Sony Ericsson's upcoming HD-video-flaunting Kurara. Well, instead of posing for small-time opportunists, this time Kurara is starring in a real blockbuster...

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  • 5ushi
  • vmD
  • 24 Nov 2009

As sad as it is, and me being an ex-SE fan, SE is the next Motorola the way it is going. Premium pricing? Forget it. As Eldar mentions in his review (and I completely agree with him), SE has practically lost all its brand value. Gone are the days of the W800 and K750 (SE-fan) people; that's almost 5 years ago now! Wake up, and acknowledge this fact.
The sooner the loyal fans understand this, the sooner SE will be hit hard, and the sooner they will start putting more effort into their devices. Cause quite frankly, with how the Satio is performing and how unusual (in a bad way) the Aino is, they are going backwards. The Satio especially; their firmware for that is complete bullocks, absolutely no effort made in the software department

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    • Virtual
    • 5%X
    • 24 Nov 2009

    [deleted post]"Well first of all we are not stupid ok? So, please deal with us with some dignity and respect.First of all, the idea of having hd video recording is amazing and samsung were the first to start with it. And thumps up for samsung. But what's really ironic is that you gsmarena and mobile-review or what ever you are, are making fun and laughs of this great achievement for SE."

    Nobody's making fun of SE, just the SE haters. I also think that having HD recording is a great advantage and due to that I may keep looking for its release in the next year. Ehm...and if you're referring at me as a GSMArena/Mobile-Review employee, no, I'm not. I'm just an innocent user that posts his opinion in his free times at work.

    "please enlighten me if there is any other manufacture in the market that has a mobile phone with hd recording capabilities??"

    You answered that question yourself: Samsung, with its Omnia HD.

    "So why bash SE? why make them look like outdated? Show some respect for god sakes, you should be an objective website not biased."

    GSMArena is noth bashing SE phones, the SE haters are doing that.

    "Go and check all your reviews with SE products, you must compare it in the end to one of your samsung phones! Well guess what we are not interested and we will still prefer Sony products because we trust sony, unlike samsung who likes to play dirty and all they care about is selling and having more money, the least of their concerns is the customer and his satisfaction."

    Breaking news: It's called BUSINESS. Companies will always look forward of making more money. Do you really think SE is as "honest" as all the other celphone companies?

    Of course, they do their best to innovate, but this for the same purpose: To win more buyers and with that more money and more revenue to invest in new cellphone technology.

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      • 9xd
      • 24 Nov 2009

      Go and see the rankings page and see the number of hits and rating. Go and see by your selves how people believe in SE products and still prefer them. Seeing is believing. So, stop playing innocent gsmarena, because its obviously that your happy and satisfied with this unprofessional review, otherwise you would not post this nonsense. I know sony is not perfect, I know they still have many problems, but honestly? Who doesn't? At Least they are trying, and we are observing wonderful products every day from SE. So please cut out all te cr ap againt them ok? Because it's not working. You are only showing your viewers and the people who trust you that your not worth the trust.

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        • nUH
        • 24 Nov 2009

        Anonymous, 23 Nov 20091stPathetic, grow up or shut up.

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          • se fan
          • 04T
          • 24 Nov 2009

          nick, 23 Nov 2009how can any of you say the video quality on this is better ... morehey men i have a video of kurara and its good not good as omnia HD. im SE fan

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            • Anonymous
            • PFx
            • 24 Nov 2009

            apart from appearance, this phone seems promising.

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              • Paul
              • pTR
              • 23 Nov 2009

              Sorry Symbian foundation v2 should be released early 2010 so this phone should (lets hope) run Symbian Foundation.

              http://blog.symbian.org/2009/03/12/introducing-the-release-plan/

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                • Paul
                • pTR
                • 23 Nov 2009

                This phone is currently loaded with Symbian S60v5 BUT, it is supposed to Symbian Foundation v1 at launch, if it runs S60 v5, IT WILL FAIL, but if it is upgraded to Symbian Foundation, this this may finally be a Symbian phone people will want & like.

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                  • 3ZI
                  • 23 Nov 2009

                  Ha ha ha .....n95 prism

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                    • nick
                    • nxw
                    • 23 Nov 2009

                    how can any of you say the video quality on this is better than that on the i8910

                    none of you have seen it!?

                    furthermore, i highly doubt it is

                    sony ericsson have a bit of a reputatuon for ruining everything that could possibly be good

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                      • Virtual
                      • CZx
                      • 23 Nov 2009

                      2nd to none, 23 Nov 2009Isn´t this phone +6 months late? Who is supposed to be i... moreAbout being late to the party, I agree. But that doesn't mean that this phone will be bad. I mean, we have just seen leaked information until this note so lets give it some time until we get more details.

                      Something I didn't like of this phone is that it will use Symbian, I would have preferred Android OS.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 001
                        • 23 Nov 2009

                        whatever you say this phone is uncool....not modern at all

                        (in tearms of appearence i mean...)

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                          • Anonymous
                          • PBR
                          • 23 Nov 2009

                          [deleted post]congratulation for your hard work!

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                            • t7I
                            • 23 Nov 2009

                            no xenon flash for a phone that THICK???
                            meh

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                              • X10 group
                              • 3y8
                              • 23 Nov 2009

                              2nd to none, 23 Nov 2009Isn´t this phone +6 months late? Who is supposed to be i... moreyes i posted about VASKO....

                              it looks like samsungs W880....

                              but SE is making satio 2 and it`ll be best camera phone in 2010...

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                                • Connie
                                • f4M
                                • 23 Nov 2009

                                Micro SD slot and 3.5mm audio jack on a SE phone, I am speechless. Do they have a sneaky plan to actually regain some lost market share?

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                                  • Mr.C
                                  • PYS
                                  • 23 Nov 2009

                                  2nd to none, 23 Nov 2009Isn´t this phone +6 months late? Who is supposed to be i... moreSo Nokia is finally going to release a 12 megapixel smartphone?

                                  i guess they can't be 2nd to none when they are the last ones

                                  late again nokia.... late again....

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                                    • n%A
                                    • 23 Nov 2009

                                    Isn´t this phone +6 months late?

                                    Who is supposed to be impressed apart from SE fanboys?

                                    Well, maybe x10 is up to the hype, although it will be 4 months after Droid with similar specs...late again...

                                    Have you heard about nokia´s 12 Mpx phone Codename VASCO?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • BSY
                                      • 23 Nov 2009

                                      this phone is better video than samsung

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                                        • 23 Nov 2009

                                        well I'm sure it has an awesome specs, but to me... it looks kinda chinese and too samsung like phone, now, I'm not saying that samsung is bad or something, but that's how it looks to me