Sony Ericsson C702 review: Allroad Cyber-shot

18 March 2008
The Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot family welcomed two new members in February. We already gave you a glimpse of the 5-megapixel C902, and now junior has the stage all to itself in our Sony Ericsson C702 review. The two sharpshooters clearly have...

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  • Du*/c Hu`ng
  • 2IL
  • 17 May 2008

I love this S.E! It's a nice mobile. But how much is it? I think it should have a medium price so i can buy it (_ _")

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    • 750
    • Tjp
    • 14 May 2008

    @Stathis:
    For free maps I'll try GpsMid on C702. It's a free opensource application using the free vector map data from openstreetmap.org.

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      • Brent
      • PGt
      • 01 May 2008

      Just curious as to whether the LED flash is set up like the one on the C902 or if it's just the bog-standard SE photo-light. Would be great if its the LED photoflash from the C902....

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        • khevin
        • UuE
        • 02 Apr 2008

        Does SE C702 have the function of autolock for keyboard,view any kind of documents as TXT,PDF etc?And how much this phone in Europe?

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          • Stathis
          • ADP
          • 01 Apr 2008

          I am a bit concerened about the GPS feature. Can I just load some free maps and use the GPS with them? I don't like that you have to be connected to the internet to use the GPS. It sounds like a trap more than a feature! Besides it looks strange that in the official SE site they don't mention GPS with big letters as one of the main features.

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            • sam
            • wiT
            • 23 Mar 2008

            i don know about its resistance but this is best in its multimedia feature i think it would be a winner for se and would be waiting for its final launch its camera & music are so good that no one can even touch it

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              • Anonymous
              • wYB
              • 23 Mar 2008

              I like this phone. I want this phone. I need to replace my shoddy Nokia 2600 with this phone. This C702 is like the perfect compromise that merges the Walkman Phone & Cybershot phone, something I'd been hoping for in a long time, at the affordable mid-level which it clearly outperforms! Sure there is an absence of SensMe & Shake but you do get the latest iteration of Walkman Player & the PSP Media Center plus excellent speakers. The camera features are perfect too: 3.2 MP sized, autofocus, zoom, & dual photolights that double as a torch. Then there is the multitude of features that make you regret buying a radio, alarm clock, electronic organizer, video recorder, etc. This phone deserves its 9 point score all the more. I certainly agree the styling is unimpressive, but I should say it is functional classy and reminiscent of a certain T610 phone of long ago which raked in Phone-Of-The-Year awards. As for the color, I will just opt for the black version. I hope SE makes more of those than the cyan one because I know many others will go with that color.

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                • Anonymous
                • pJA
                • 21 Mar 2008

                i think this is a nice phone, if not very nice looking. I think the colour is a bit bright, and they could hae used a 5MP camera, but it seems like a good camera phone. I don't think best pic has been used, which would have been nice but I still think it's a good camera. I think the sound quality will be good too, if you listen to similar models that use that Media Player, sound quality has always been good, and it's a SE, and SE do dedicated Music Phones. I think the idea's of the newer Cyber-Shots (K850i, C702, C902) try to give the best of everything :in durability, music and Camera. They are all easy to use, I would sya this phone will be good, and if you don't like the design, then get a K850i or a C902. If you want a Nokia alternitive, I would say N95 8GB, and for LG, the Viewity, Samsung the G800, but I'm not sure which Motorolla, probably Z10.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 2CZ
                  • 21 Mar 2008

                  far out, you ppl expect too much. Scratch and splash, and dust resistant means that.It may/may not survive if you charge the phone i a bucket of water, but for trades ppl who sweat, and drop their phone in a heap of stuff this is perfect.

                  I wonder if the same comments were made aout the shokia phones that are splash and dust resistant?? At least the SE keypad will stay stuck on!!

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                    • kWxw
                    • kWx
                    • 20 Mar 2008

                    i think this phone looks great!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 0BS
                      • 20 Mar 2008

                      i don know man i don like the looks

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                        • Anonymous
                        • PEa
                        • 20 Mar 2008

                        Controversial looks? What's more controversial is the reviewer's apparent lack of taste.

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                          • Lan
                          • ibe
                          • 20 Mar 2008

                          well, after a few cybershot models that have camera image quality that are below par, this model brings back the image quality back to the level we expect from the cybershot branding, IMO.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • RNP
                            • 19 Mar 2008

                            Wow, takes better photos than the C902 and any other 5MP camera for that matter.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • ib4
                              • 19 Mar 2008

                              wow, check out this video:
                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXmSBDlUutY
                              the c702 was put in the sand and water has been poured on it from a bottle.

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                                • cocico
                                • p6h
                                • 19 Mar 2008

                                The thing is: in product pictures they put a C702 in the sand and in some water. Not honest from SE!

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vxA
                                  • 19 Mar 2008

                                  Something resistant is not the same as being something proof. Say its scratch resistant, this means it will resist to a certain degree, but forceful scratching or scratching with a very hard material will scratch it. For something to be scratch proof, it must be made from diamond - the hardest material known to man. Splash and dust resistant doesn't mean you can drown it and store it in dirt. It will resist to a degree though.

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                                    • amras
                                    • wr7
                                    • 19 Mar 2008

                                    it's not water and dust resistant, it's SPLASH and dust resistant.
                                    think splash is bit different to water in the context.

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                                      • cocico
                                      • p6h
                                      • 18 Mar 2008

                                      Does anyone knows the proce of this C702 in Europe?

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 0@r
                                        • 18 Mar 2008

                                        to the man below me
                                        you do not believe?
                                        watch this
                                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXmSBDlUutY