Sony Ericsson Hazel review: Earth, wind, green heart

20 May 2010
Long-time Sony Ericsson users may find the Hazel the perfect cure for nostalgia. Monster gadgets like the Vivaz and the XPERIA X10 are trusted to get the brand back on track. But for all we know, it takes a good old-fashioned slider to rekindle the romance...

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  • Alicia22
  • IWH
  • 03 Feb 2011

Dear all Hazel users,
I really like this phone and it sure gets a lot of positive comments except for its sound quality, which is fixed if use a headphone of older SE model.
The design isn't THAT special, but it's classic and nice.

What i am unsure is the colour...i want a white phone but since this phone doesn't come with white colour option, i wanted the red instead, but the red phone looks VERY BRIGHT red in the photos...can anyone seen the red phone before tell me if its BRIGHT red or slightly darker? because i love red but if its BRIGHT RED then i don't like as it makes the phone looks cheap and fake.

if i have to get the black one, then i think its not really worth the money for the design as black looks very ordinary.
thanks guys...

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    • Anonymous
    • RK4
    • 30 Jan 2011

    which has better camera hazel or 6700 slide?

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      • Naren
      • bCq
      • 28 Jan 2011

      nice phone.....contains a nice cam of 5mp..captures a very decent quality images.gud flash, contain wifi,gps,3g,accelorometer a very gud phone....very gud audio quality...must buy in this range

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        • Anonymous
        • PEd
        • 24 Dec 2010

        can i take still photos like cybershot without blurrs of fast moving objects ?

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          • anil
          • tRp
          • 16 Nov 2010

          hey guys i bought my new SE Hazel green heart how can i use my secondary camera???????????????????????can any one plz help me?????????????

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            • 619
            • tZt
            • 04 Nov 2010

            i need a suggestion abt which set is better 2 but...elm or hazel both r almost same..,guyz help me out in this......

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              • Ajay
              • Mbt
              • 28 Sep 2010

              Hi. I got the hazel yesterday. Am not able to use the internet thru wifi from my office. it says no device found. Do i have to make some settings to access it.

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                • Deepak V
                • vG5
                • 23 Sep 2010

                Hi, I have purchased Hazel, my experience with this is gud, nice cam, nice look, nice keypad, but worst Flesh, overall this is a gud cam.

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                  • anis_wn
                  • wMH
                  • 27 Aug 2010

                  I buy this Hazel few days ago to replace my unfortunate C702; dead because of sea water. The great thing of Hazel is the wifi connection. The wifi feature make full use of my wireless ADSL modem in my home. So I can surf internet anywhere in my home with full speed and no additional cost compared to using 3G/GPRS/EDGE.

                  In the review, gsmarena mention that Hazel will not use wifi and switch to network connection when watching streaming video (including youtube). But my experience is different. I can watch youtube video using wifi. The video streaming was very smooth that it prove that Hazel using wifi instead of gsm network.

                  Other that no data cable and very low sound quality of the earphone compared to the one which came with C702, I'am very satisfied. Finally, I use data cable and earphone from my C702. This Hazel is worth to be bought, though. Thumbs up...

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                    • jass
                    • utS
                    • 04 Aug 2010

                    whts prototype in this fone ?? wht its mean? plzzzz telll me

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                      • Kishan Kotadiya
                      • YTJ
                      • 17 Jul 2010

                      It is very good gadget and i like it very much..
                      sony is always best..
                      just buy it...

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 2SU
                        • 08 Jul 2010

                        hazel has every form of connectivity one requires.....
                        battery life is v.good.
                        very solid built phone....and an innovative design.
                        camera and screen quality will give digicams a run for their money
                        fast n responsive ui....
                        3.5mm jack is missing as always from a SE phone
                        sound clarity is amazing.....but loudness is not that good considering SonyEriccson.
                        look no further.....Just Buy It..

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                          • raj
                          • tA3
                          • 01 Jul 2010

                          the maximum camera resolution is 2592*1944 pixels, not 2560*1920 pixels, as given here...kindly correct the specification gsmarena...

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                            • GreenHeart
                            • wHS
                            • 26 Jun 2010

                            Anonymous, 21 May 2010nice phone. it's glad to know that there are low/mid rang... moreWell..the user guide is IN the phone..u should know it. That why it call greenheart.:D

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                              • Vishwajeet
                              • utw
                              • 22 Jun 2010

                              Thank you so much for this review ..it is perfect and just the kind i was looking for. I love the in-depth insight and the honesty in the review. I'm getting a black Hazel tommorrow (planned since 2 days) ..and this review has only made me feel good about my decision. Thanks again! :)

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                                • Kd
                                • kBs
                                • 21 Jun 2010

                                Any pls help
                                Me out.i buyd hazel 10 days back.and 4m d day I buyd iam havin prob wit mega bass.when
                                I hear songs I get disturbance .any pls tel if any1 had such a prob

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                                  • Vaibhav Ghurde
                                  • 985
                                  • 29 May 2010

                                  I really like SONY ERICSSON mobile.Hazel mobile has a future model.Has a very smart camera picture.And fully support java.And has best GPRS speed.So thank sony ericsson

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                                    • PEd
                                    • 25 May 2010

                                    se never give the full one,allways somthing missing.3.5 jack would be fine.that fastport when time passes it get usles u need to try meny times to get the chargine icon.my old w700 had it very bad.

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                                      • Xixi
                                      • TVV
                                      • 24 May 2010

                                      Anonymous, 21 May 2010the review said hazel can't watch steaming video over WIFI,... moreWho told me not?

                                      You can do it via WiFi and just with generic software.

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                                        • ramin
                                        • njB
                                        • 23 May 2010

                                        please correct one of the key features of the hazel gsmarena
                                        hazel has 16M color display not 256k