hermione 950

[stars]

mobile review just announced it on their main thread. so far mobile-review is pretty accurate when it comes to these sort of things such as ellen , clara and the w800i

meet hermione , succesor to the p900

[Jose_R.A.M]

hmm..initial thoughts, design looks disappointing (after seeing people's concept designs)

its very samey, nothing really new (design wise)

Well I hope that I'm not judging books by their appearance, it should be WKD inside!

[3ple4]

It should attract consumers who like tiny phones

But then again, this could be as big as the P910

[tkao2025]

If it's the same size as a 6680 with built in keyboard and UIQ.................then this phone would be killer. The P910 was really a good size for the features, but the 6680 is better in terms of size.

[Jose_R.A.M]

i don't get why they wanna keep the design so boxy..

[stars]

its sony... the curviest model they have is either the z200 or the S700i .

most SE are happily chic square.

[Jose_R.A.M]

...has S.E. eeever made a wierd design for a phone? All i remember are boxy boring phones..

[3ple4]

Originally Posted by Jose_R.A.M

i don't get why they wanna keep the design so boxy..

Unless you want SE to make triangular or circular phones, I'd say stick with the boxy style

[tkao2025]

I guess SE is just trying to stick with "if it ain't broke don't fix it" formula. In my opinion, SE are more "Asian" influenced in design. European designs IMHO are more sleak, but Asian designs are more business like and more functional. It's like Japanese Cars vs. Euro cars if you will or a Lexus vs. a Mercedes. I don't mind the box as long as they make it slightly lighter and smaller in term of dimensions.

[Jose_R.A.M]

I dont want S.E. to make triangular phones...something cool....t68ish...or even anything near the new concept designs.

They were boxy in shape too but somehow were much less bland than this design.

yeah, thats it. its not so much that the phone is boxy in shape, its just the design is bland.

[3ple4]

I read in the local newspaper that world market share of Sony Ericsson dropped from 6.5% to 6.2% (not sure if the percentage but I know it's still above 6%)

[quartus]

The market share dropped, yes, but they sold more phones.

[Jose_R.A.M]

MORE phones than last year yeah? cos everyone is always selling more phones! lol

[commedecargons]

they had better keep with their boxy design.... which is still the trend when it comes to mobile phones. Nokia had shifted alot from their wacky weirdo designs to boxy likes after the success of T610.... no one noticed? now the whole market are full of T610 wannabes..... E398 .... XphoneII ... anyway... it doesnt look good... but addresses many of the problems we all complained:

1. change back to the trusty keypad of P900
2. replacing (maybe) the jog or to compliment it with the addition of 5-way navi key and traditional SE softkeys. *This might suggest the using of traditional SE-matrix interface (like that of K750.. K700.) on top of the UIQ platform. Which renders it to fully perform all phone functions in flip closed mode, and to only explode itself with functionalities of UIQ when flip opens. (drooling...... )

[Jose_R.A.M]

Originally Posted by commedecargons

they had better keep with their boxy design.... which is still the trend when it comes to mobile phones. Nokia had shifted alot from their wacky weirdo designs to boxy likes after the success of T610.... no one noticed? now the whole market are full of T610 wannabes..... E398 .... XphoneII ... anyway... it doesnt look good... but addresses many of the problems we all complained:

1. change back to the trusty keypad of P900
2. replacing (maybe) the jog or to compliment it with the addition of 5-way navi key and traditional SE softkeys. *This might suggest the using of traditional SE-matrix interface (like that of K750.. K700.) on top of the UIQ platform. Which renders it to fully perform all phone functions in flip closed mode, and to only explode itself with functionalities of UIQ when flip opens. (drooling...... )

Like I realised before you posted this, halfway through the thread,

Its not so much the boxy shape, its just the design is just bland.

Anyone can make a cuboidal phone...its the graphix, little ridges, etc. that make it more desirable and appealing to the eye.

Are the official specifications out yet?