| Mobiles have changed the way we live our lives. | | | | can capture quite clear videos at a high speed of |
| The world has become a much more advanced | | | | 30fps. There is a second camera on the front of |
| and smarter place ever since their inception. With | | | | both the handsets which can be used to take |
| so many mobiles in the market one has to be | | | | part in interactive 3G video-calling. |
| sure about the mobile you're going to buy. Sony | | | | They work on a quad band (GSM 850 / 900 / |
| Ericsson and Samsung are two very popular | | | | 1800 / 1900) network, while the Sony Ericsson |
| mobile manufacturers who have given us the | | | | W995 works on both HSPDA 900 and HSPDA |
| most advanced state of the art handsets. We | | | | 2100 network, the Samsung M8800 Pixon works |
| are going to compare Sony Ericsson W995 | | | | on just HSPDA 2100 network. The connectivity |
| versus Samsung M8800 Pixon. | | | | features are also quite similar with both mobiles |
| The Sony Ericsson W995 is a stylish slider phone | | | | being GPRS and EDGE connected using which the |
| which comes in three snazzy colours - energetic | | | | user can indulge in high speed data transfer. The |
| red, cosmic silver and progressive black. It comes | | | | 3G HSPDA technology allows users to surf the |
| with a beautiful 2.6 inch TFT screen capable of | | | | net at high speeds. The Bluetooth technology and |
| displaying 256K colours at a high colour resolution | | | | USB port are provided in both mobiles which can |
| of 240 x 320 pixels which gives crystal clear | | | | be used for fast data transfer with other |
| imaging. The Samsung M8800 Pixon is a stunning | | | | compatible devices like laptops, printers, etc. Sony |
| 3G Smartphone which comes in two cool colours | | | | Ericsson W995 has a few additional features like |
| - black and red. The front of this mobile is | | | | HSCSD and Wi-Fi which help the user to connect |
| adorned by a gorgeous 3.2 inch TFT resistive | | | | wireless to the net at any hotspot area. Both |
| touchscreen capable of displaying 256K colours at | | | | mobiles have some very interesting games |
| an amazing resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. This | | | | preloaded on the mobile and has the option of |
| gives very high colour sharp images plus the huge | | | | downloading further games off the net. The |
| screen makes it all the more enjoyable. Both have | | | | W995 scores above the M880 here too with a |
| the Accelerometer sensor feature for | | | | unique motion based game which the user will |
| Auto-Rotate. The W995 is quite sleek and | | | | have much fun playing. |
| compact with dimensions of 97 x 49 x 15 mm | | | | As far as memory space is concerned, the fight |
| and can easily be held in one hand and operated. | | | | between Sony Ericsson W995 Versus Samsung |
| Weight is also not an issue as it weighs a meager | | | | M8800 Pixon is clearly won by the W995. |
| 113 grams which makes it easy to carry. The | | | | Although internal memory is just a meager 118 |
| W995 has a very elegant look and looks quite | | | | MB on the W995, there is an in-built card included |
| sophisticated and smart. The M8800 Pixon is a | | | | of 8GB which can be used to store loads of |
| little heavier and larger than the W995 with | | | | songs, videos, pictures and even entire movies. |
| dimensions of 107.9 x 54.6 x 13.8 mm and | | | | The M8800 Pixon however has an internal |
| weighing 121 grams, but with the touchscreen and | | | | memory of 200MB so selected songs can be put. |
| all the features installed on it, weight is not an | | | | Although expandable memory in the M8800 is |
| issue. | | | | more with a slot provided for a 16 GB card while |
| Both Sony Ericsson W995 and Samsung M8800 | | | | the W995 is expandable by 8 GB. |
| Pixon have the most sophisticated cameras with | | | | Both have excellent music players with awesome |
| the W995 having an 8.1 Megapixel camera and | | | | sound quality. The W995 music player has |
| the M8800 having an 8 Megapixel camera. Both | | | | features like TrackID music recognition, Shake |
| are capable of capturing extremely high colour | | | | control, etc. Fully charged, the W995 delivers a |
| pictures at a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels | | | | talktime of 9 hours and a standby time of 370 |
| giving eagle-eye clarity. Both are equipped with | | | | hours while the M800 gives a talktime of 3 hours |
| digital camera features like Auto focus and LED | | | | 40 min and a standby time of 290 hours. |
| flash which help the user in capturing clear | | | | Overall, both of them are very sophisticated |
| pictures. Other features include Geo-tagging, face | | | | phones but the W995 scores above M8800 in |
| detection, image stabilizer, etc. Both of these | | | | many respects. The M8800 is preferred by |
| mobiles have the facility of video recording and | | | | people who want a touchscreen phone. |