Sony Ericsson Satio was released with a bang in 2009, some long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, and at the time was a mélange between a cyber shot top dog with its 12 MP camera and a Walkman all rounder, a true multimedia flagship, unfortunately it didn’t catch mostly because of the OS, the outdated, almost dead and buried now, Symbian S60, to be precise. Even if it is the most efficient OS in terms of productivity and efficiency, it didn’t stand a chance before iOS or Android.
Key features
• 3.5" 16M-color resistive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
• 12 megapixel state-of-the-art autofocus camera
• LED and xenon flash, active lens cover
• VGA@30fps video recording
• Symbian OS 9.4 with S60 5th edition UI, spiced up with a home-brewed home screen and media menu
• ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz CPU, PowerVR SGX dedicated graphics accelerator and 256 MB of RAM
• Quad-band GSM support
• 3G with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA 3.6 Mbps support
• Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
• micro SD card slot (up to 32GB)
• Built-in accelerometer
• TV out
• Stereo FM Radio
• USB and stereo Bluetooth v2.0
• Web browser has full Flash support
• Preinstalled Wisepilot navigation software
• Office document viewer
Here is the list of specs and features of Sony Ericsson Satio
Sony Ericsson Satio’s retail box is rather small but inside you can find all the accessories you’ll ever need, i.e. a wall charger, the user guide and a USB cable for connecting your Satio to a computer. There's also a stylus in there, a one piece headset and the 8GB micro SD card.
In terms of size, the phone is within the normal range for a smartphone, it has a length of 112 mm, a width of 55 mm and a thickness of only 13 mm. The camera is protruding, the back is not uniform. The weight is acceptable at 126 grams. Satio is available in three colors, black, silver and Bordeaux (dark red).
For maintaining its weight within normal limits, Sony Ericsson has chosen to manufacture the casing entirely of high quality plastic.
The front is dominated by the large 3.5 inch screen, above which is the ambient light sensor, the camera for video calls and, of course, the speaker. Below the screen there are three hardware keys, call and reject call keys and menu key. Also here we can find the proximity sensor. Holding down the menu key launches the task manager.
On the back of the phone you will find an impressive 12 megapixel camera, which has a xenon flash and a LED. The two small holes around the camera sensors are intended for measuring the brightness and adjust the image during the capture of photo or video.
Under the back cover you find the 1000 mAh power plant, for such a multimedia device, it seems a little bit underpowered. The manufacturer says it should provide an autonomy of 360 hours of standby in 2G and 340 hours in 3G and a talk time around 11 hours in 2G and 4 hours and 50 minutes in 3G.
Truth is that using the phone at full capacity, you will have to charge it daily. In the hands of a moderate user it could last for a few days.
Sony Ericsson Satio uses the Symbian OS S60 5th Edition.
The ample touchscreen is a treat in terms of image quality and the touch response is quite pleasing.Satio's screen is 3.5 inches wide and displays a resolution of 360 x 640 pixels and 16 million colors. It offers exceptional image quality, brightness and contrast are excellent for a TFT screen, and sunlight legibility is also very good.
In terms of telephony, the in call quality is decent. Signal reception is also good, even when you are in the passageways or underground parking, there was no interference whatsoever.
The main menu of the phone resembles Nokia with Symbian.
Sony Ericsson Satio knows how to send and receive all types of messages, SMS and MMS plus email. SMS and MMS use the same editor, the email client uses a separate app.
Email client looks even better; it supports POP3 / IMAP and SMTP.
The music player is the usual Sony Walkman. You can sort songs by artist, composer and genre.
Satio also has a stereo FM radio which comes handy when you get bored of your own music.
The video player is quite limited. Unfortunately it does not support DivX or Xvid. When it comes to the watching experience itself, the Satio is nothing short of flawless. High resolution screen, excellent image quality and 16:9 aspect ratio makes watching videos a pleasing experience.
The camera is impressive, with 12 megapixels and double flash, LED and another one with Xenon technology. The two flashes are not used simultaneously. The Xenon is used for photographs, and the LED is used to shoot videos. It has two sensors that automatically adjust brightness on images and movies. Still images are taken at a maximum resolution of 4000 x 3000 pixels. The camera has autofocus and several shooting modes that can be selected using the dedicated button located on the phone. Picture quality is exceptional. Colors are rendered very realistically, details are good and the noise level is very low. The video recording is at VGA resolution (640 x 480) at 30 fps. The quality of the videos is really good with an almost unmatched amount of resolved detail, very good contrast and precise colors.
Satio lets you connect to the Internet via quad-band GSM and EDGE support, as well as 3G network compatibility. The Satio has dual-band 900/2100 MHz support for worldwide coverage, as well as an American version at 850/1900/2100 MHz. Data speeds are quite high with 7.2Mbps HSDPA and 3.6Mbps HSUPA.
The web browser of Sony Ericsson Satio supports Flash and JavaScript, the pages load fast and rendering is very good.
The phone comes with a Mobile Office application that lets you view Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.
Satio is definitely one of the best phones from Sony Ericsson. Camera is top notch, the hardware is strong i.e. an ARM Cortex A8 CPU running at 600MHz along with a PowerVR SGX graphics accelerator, in terms of design it looks pretty good and Symbian allows you to install a lot of applications.
You can get your Satio for free on a monthly contract deal here.
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