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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  • Anonymous
  • 2SU
  • 23 May 2010

Sayon, 23 May 2010Carl Zeiss is always better than the other camera lens prod... morethanks mate i think i'll give symbian a try..........

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    • Sayon
    • Pxx
    • 23 May 2010

    Carl Zeiss is always better than the other camera lens producers. But Nokia 6700 slider has only 4 hours of talk time....and also have the so called arm processor and S60 operating systems which are very useful but not very fast indeed along with the Java or Flash lite OS. For basic users who doesnt use so many features without fb or twitter or some steps meter and also the 5mp camera....the Hazel is the best. Sy S60 is not for the basic users at all...

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      • t}x
      • 22 May 2010

      6700 slider has a better camera den Hazel..

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        • Raj
        • qp4
        • 21 May 2010

        Gotta be honest, this review surprised me. This looks like a great phone for the money the camera shots are also amazing my N900 is jealous :p

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          • Anonymous
          • vG7
          • 21 May 2010

          gsmarena spec sheet says 16m tft screen, but in review they say 256k screen!! wtf?

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            • Anonymous
            • tVX
            • 21 May 2010

            gotta admit though for all the progress made in recent full touch form factor phones,it's a bit both surprising and disheartening when seeing a SE slider keeping it simple and yet able to do full Flash.i think there's a good lesson here.good job SE.

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              • Anonymous
              • 2SU
              • 21 May 2010

              can anyone tell me that which is the better camera phone pic quality wise hazel or 6700 slide

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                • SD
                • 2ST
                • 21 May 2010

                Can someone tell me which has louder volume in loudspeaker among Hazel and C903?? N how is the telephony volume in C903?? Is it loud enough or is it feeble like SE w810i?? Plz reply. Thanks.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • uSN
                  • 21 May 2010

                  Dang. The camera is amazing! It looks like its for high-end! And the phone is splash proof too. I wonder why Gsmarena doesn't mention that... hmmmm

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                    • Sayon
                    • Pxx
                    • 21 May 2010

                    [deleted post]Its not maybe the Touch SNS or looking so nice...But its definitely not a phone of 2007....If it is, ok, Dont worry...You Can Use it for next 3 years...2010...When u have found ur Nokia Dies a lot before that... Spend Some money and Buy a product...Good luck.

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                      • tejagamer
                      • vGD
                      • 21 May 2010

                      At last comes a great review.....
                      Thanks guys.
                      I am abit dissapointed in this phone...
                      guess i will go for Spica or 5800 then...

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                        • Anonymous
                        • vNQ
                        • 21 May 2010

                        the review said hazel can't watch steaming video over WIFI, what a shame, that's a big disappointed. Maybe i will go for C6.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • tD8
                          • 21 May 2010

                          nice phone.
                          it's glad to know that there are low/mid range phones that still have front facing camera for video call.

                          but, wait, no User Guide / User Manual in the box?
                          it's very dissapointing.
                          coz that means, it won't pass our country's regulation.
                          :(

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                            • Paul
                            • Pn%
                            • 21 May 2010

                            In final words it is stated Elm does not offer Wi-Fi, which is wrong. Elm includes this functionality indeed.
                            I have an Hazel and I can say I'm pleased with its performance and pack of functionalities. I'm not sure you can find a better featurephone for this price.
                            Nevertheless, if you're not dying for the 2.6' screen, I think Elm can be a better deal since its much more compact and packing almost the same functionality.

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                              • 3CH
                              • 21 May 2010

                              reasonable features & price, well one SE

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                                • Anonymous
                                • t7J
                                • 21 May 2010

                                Another great phone from Sony Ericsson. A lot of people still looking for this kind of device. Even if the market is infested with cheap touch screen from Nokia and Samsung.

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                                  • Andy Burgin
                                  • 3pH
                                  • 21 May 2010

                                  Sony suppose to be a Top Electrical retailer for Stereos an Hi-Fi,but why does nearly every Sony Ericsson mobile have such weak loudspeakers on them ,its totally odd ,an if they do not change there ideas soon this company will end up,winding up an its there own fault for letting the mobiles down,they said there sales were falling an this just shows why,Satio below speakers an no Equaliser,Vivaz really below par Speaker,an now i heard X10 speakers weak an now this one,Totally a very big mistake indeed

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                                    • ramin
                                    • njB
                                    • 20 May 2010

                                    [deleted post]it is a mid end phone
                                    if you want high end phone from SE please look at X10-X2-SATIO-VIVAZ-S003-S004-etc

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                                      • RG
                                      • nqN
                                      • 20 May 2010

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                                      Some candybars are worth your thought too - the Sony Ericsson Elm and Nokia 6700 classic. Both of them are feature phones, and both have great 5-mepgapixel autofocus snappers. There's plenty of metal used on both of them too. Like the rest of the competitors so far, they don't bring along Wi-Fi support and have smaller displays. On the other hand, they are cheaper than the Hazel.
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                                      Guys, SE Elm does have Wi-Fi and does not have PLENTY of metal. If you are not that much into the stuff, at least check your own site for the specs before your type...

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • PBR
                                        • 20 May 2010

                                        the most important points for me: superb audio quality (don't care with feeble phone speaker) and nice display, good work SE, thanks for the reviews gsmarena.