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Sony Ericsson T707 is so beautifully styled that is seems it was designed especially for women, yet its features will surely be also appealing for men.

Overview:
Sony Ericsson T707 has excellent connectivity, 100MB built-in memory and support for up to 16 GB memory cards, FM radio with RDS, 2.2-inch main display and a secondary monochrome external display. Moreover, the phone is available in 5 different colors and supports gesture control.

Sony Ericsson T707 pros:
+ 3.15 megapixel camera with Cell-ID geotagging
+ Basic multi-tasking support
+ 2.2″ 256K-color TFT display
+ Scratch resistant secondary external display
+ Hot-swappable M2 card slot (up to 16 GB)
+ Quad-band GSM and 3G with HSDPA support
+ FM radio with RDS
+ Gesture control

Sony Ericsson T707 cons:
- The light effects are too dim
- Camera doesn’t have auto focus or full-featured LED flash
- Low-res video recording (QVGA@15fps)
- External display not legible under sunlight

The design:
Sony Ericsson T707 measures 93.0 x 50.0 x 14.1 mm and weighs 95 grams so it is very pocketable. The keypad is very comfortable and all the buttons have pleasant feel and feedback. The phone generally handles very well. On the left side of the Sony Ericsson T707 you will find the FastPort without any cover, whereas on the right side you can see the volume rocker. The back, as usual, features the Sony Ericsson logo and a loudspeaker grill. As it is made of matte plastic it attracts fingerprints. The front panel is home to the second, 3.15 megapixel camera lens, external display and some light effects. The external display is supposedly covered with a scratch resistant surface so you should not worry about it too much.

Performance:
The Sony Ericsson T707 can work in flight mode, but it requires a SIM card and a restart of the phone. The phonebook in the Sony Ericsson T707 can store up to 1000 contacts with multiple fields. You can choose to view only contacts from your card, or the phone but bot both at the same time. Although the name and surname of a given contact are written in one files the phone searches both so no matter what you type it is very easy to find the desired contact. Unfortunately, the Sony Ericsson T707 does not support any type of document files, such as .doc, or .pdf.

Multimedia:
Sony Ericsson T707 features the flash-based Media Center which you can use to listen to music, view photos and watch videos. As I mentioned before the phone does not have screen auto rotation so you will have to do it manually. The music player has a few equalizer presets and very decent audio quality. The video player supports the most basic features such as fast forwarding and rewinding.
The Sony Ericsson T707’s 3.15 megapixel camera can take photos of up to 2048 x 1536 pixels. As the camera has neither autofocus nor flash you cannot expect miracles. Of course you get a basic set of manual controls (white balance, modes, effects) and the camera supports geotagging, yet all in all the camera disappoints. You can also record videos but only up to QVGA resolution and at 15 fps.
Sony Ericsson T707 has quite a good web browser with virtual pointer, ‚find on page’ feature and zoom. The web browsing experience is quite good as the pages are rendered visible even on such a small display.

Menus / ease of use:
Sony Ericsson T707 has a standard Sony Ericsson menu structure, so you get the usual menu layouts and features. The overall impression of the user interface is positive, you get a few themes to chose from and in that a few flash-based. However, unlike many other modern phones the Sony Ericsson T707 lacks accelerometer so there is no screen auto rotation. Of course, the phone comes with a bunch of time saving features such as unit converter, calculator, calendar, alarms.
All in all, if you use a cell phone for making phone calls and not for watching videos, or showing off the Sony Ericsson T707 might be just the right choice for you.
Selected Sony Ericsson T707 features and specifications:
Form factor Clamshell
Color Black, Blue, Pink
Network
Phone Network EDGE, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA (3G), UMTS (3G)
Service 850, 900, 1800, 1900, 2100
Connectivity
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared No
Wi-Fi (WLAN) No
USB Yes
Fax / Data Yes
Display
Main display Color QVGA
Color display 262144 colors
Dimensions 2.2 in.
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels
External display Yes
Memory
Internal memory 100MB
External memory Yes
Memory slots Yes
Storage types MemoryStick Micro
Basic
Battery Standard Li-Ion battery
Standby time 400 hours
Talk time 10 hours
Calling
Vibrate alert Yes
Photo ID No
Ringtones AAC, MP3, Polyfone
Camera
Camera Yes
Megapixels 3.2 megapixels
Digital zoom 3.2x
Optical zoom No
Auto focus No
Flash No
Recording video Yes
Messaging
SMS Yes
MMS Yes
T9 text function Yes
E-mail Yes
Internet browsing Yes
Entertainment
FM radio Yes
Java Yes
Audio player MP3
Video player Streaming
Features
Add ringtones Yes
Organiser Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, Stopwatch, Tasks, Timer
Video call Yes
Other features Gesture control, Day and Night theme, TrackID, Speakerphone, Flight mode, Google maps, Photo Geo-tagging