Style and handling summary for Sony Ericsson Cedar review
Not the most classy-looking device, with its silver plastic chassis on the back, and not everyone will like the curved case, but it is tidy and lightweight
User friendliness summary for Sony Ericsson Cedar review
A simple-to-use handset, but don't bother using the phone's built-in and complicated user manual
Feature set summary for Sony Ericsson Cedar review
While it has both Bluetooth and a 3.5mm headphone jack, it's missing a decent camera and any more advanced functions
Performance summary for Sony Ericsson Cedar review
While the device does a decent enough job with the basic facilities, it's not so good for browsing the web
Battery power summary for Sony Ericsson Cedar review
You'll easily get a couple of days' use out of the battery - that display isn't big enough to use much power
Full Review and Specification for the Sony Ericsson Cedar
Sony Ericsson has two strings to its bow. It creates top-notch Android phones (its Experia range) as well as eco-friendly devices with its Greenhart brand. While one is a bit flashy and pretty dear, the other comes in at a budget price. So, does Sony Ericsson offer something in between the two?
Looking good
Enter the Cedar, Sony's latest tree-branded phone, from the part of the phone manufacturer that produces the less expensive, eco range. It's lightweight, straightforward and a bit tacky.
The construction materials have been picked for their low cost and sustainability. The Cedar is definitely not a smartphone - the launch screen will make that clear. Without a sim card inserted, it can do nothing - except show you its demo animation and tell you to put that sim card in. In fact, we rather like the Demo - it lets you know the phone has Twitter and Facebook capability, and a long-life battery. Mind you, when the looping animation had come around for the third time, we'd pretty much had enough.
Going green
You'll find the Cedar very light - thanks to the fact that those green materials are mostly plastic. It does make it feel a bit cheap - especially if you turn it over and take a look at the plastic back. Its matte keys, however, are pretty tactile and give it a little touch of class.
Its green cred is lifted by three things - minimal packaging, the recycled materials used to make the phone, and an on-board manual. However, we found the manual labyrinthine and wouldn't recommend using it unless absolutely necessary.
Back to basics
Being at this end of the market means there's no touchscreen - so it makes up for that with plenty of keys. There are number keys (naturally) and send and end buttons too. A My Shortcuts keys can be customised as you want, then there are two soft keys beneath the screen and a Clear button. The direction pad is square, and has a round button in its centre. Use the direction pad to take you up from the home screen and you'll find more shortcuts - this time in the shape of widgets. There are widgets for Clock, Notes, Facebook and Twitter. If you press Show, you'll find the shortcuts can be part of the main screen, which means you are able to scroll sideways between them.
The display is 2.2inches, which is not a bad size for a neat, low-price device, but you'll find it gets filled up if you want to show your widgets. Mind you, we were quite impressed with some of the widgets - the Facebook one allows you to check recent updates and update your own status pretty easily. The browser was less impressive, so don't expect to be doing much surfing on the Cedar.
Sound and vision
At this price, you wouldn't be hoping for an amazing camera, but even so we thought the two-megapixel snapper, which lacks flash, was pretty basic. The resulting images are mediocre, and you'll have no luck in low-light situations, but we were pleased with the inclusion of Sony Ericsson's excellent Photo Fix. And if you want to upload snaps to Twitter, email, Facebook and so on, you can do so with a couple of clicks.
Happily for music lovers, a 3.5mm headphone jack is included - they are starting to appear on more and more budget phones now. And we've seen phones at this price with no 3G or Bluetooth, but thankfully both are present and correct on the Cedar.
The verdict
If you're looking for a low-priced device, which does a good job on the basic functions, and has a good go at social networking functions, this lightweight and rather likeable phone could be the one for you.
Not the most classy-looking device, with its silver plastic chassis on the back, and not everyone will like the curved case, but it is tidy and lightweight
User friendliness summary for Sony Ericsson Cedar review
A simple-to-use handset, but don't bother using the phone's built-in and complicated user manual
Feature set summary for Sony Ericsson Cedar review
While it has both Bluetooth and a 3.5mm headphone jack, it's missing a decent camera and any more advanced functions
Performance summary for Sony Ericsson Cedar review
While the device does a decent enough job with the basic facilities, it's not so good for browsing the web
Battery power summary for Sony Ericsson Cedar review
You'll easily get a couple of days' use out of the battery - that display isn't big enough to use much power
Full Review and Specification for the Sony Ericsson Cedar
Sony Ericsson has two strings to its bow. It creates top-notch Android phones (its Experia range) as well as eco-friendly devices with its Greenhart brand. While one is a bit flashy and pretty dear, the other comes in at a budget price. So, does Sony Ericsson offer something in between the two?
Looking good
Enter the Cedar, Sony's latest tree-branded phone, from the part of the phone manufacturer that produces the less expensive, eco range. It's lightweight, straightforward and a bit tacky.
The construction materials have been picked for their low cost and sustainability. The Cedar is definitely not a smartphone - the launch screen will make that clear. Without a sim card inserted, it can do nothing - except show you its demo animation and tell you to put that sim card in. In fact, we rather like the Demo - it lets you know the phone has Twitter and Facebook capability, and a long-life battery. Mind you, when the looping animation had come around for the third time, we'd pretty much had enough.
Going green
You'll find the Cedar very light - thanks to the fact that those green materials are mostly plastic. It does make it feel a bit cheap - especially if you turn it over and take a look at the plastic back. Its matte keys, however, are pretty tactile and give it a little touch of class.
Its green cred is lifted by three things - minimal packaging, the recycled materials used to make the phone, and an on-board manual. However, we found the manual labyrinthine and wouldn't recommend using it unless absolutely necessary.
Back to basics
Being at this end of the market means there's no touchscreen - so it makes up for that with plenty of keys. There are number keys (naturally) and send and end buttons too. A My Shortcuts keys can be customised as you want, then there are two soft keys beneath the screen and a Clear button. The direction pad is square, and has a round button in its centre. Use the direction pad to take you up from the home screen and you'll find more shortcuts - this time in the shape of widgets. There are widgets for Clock, Notes, Facebook and Twitter. If you press Show, you'll find the shortcuts can be part of the main screen, which means you are able to scroll sideways between them.
The display is 2.2inches, which is not a bad size for a neat, low-price device, but you'll find it gets filled up if you want to show your widgets. Mind you, we were quite impressed with some of the widgets - the Facebook one allows you to check recent updates and update your own status pretty easily. The browser was less impressive, so don't expect to be doing much surfing on the Cedar.
Sound and vision
At this price, you wouldn't be hoping for an amazing camera, but even so we thought the two-megapixel snapper, which lacks flash, was pretty basic. The resulting images are mediocre, and you'll have no luck in low-light situations, but we were pleased with the inclusion of Sony Ericsson's excellent Photo Fix. And if you want to upload snaps to Twitter, email, Facebook and so on, you can do so with a couple of clicks.
Happily for music lovers, a 3.5mm headphone jack is included - they are starting to appear on more and more budget phones now. And we've seen phones at this price with no 3G or Bluetooth, but thankfully both are present and correct on the Cedar.
The verdict
If you're looking for a low-priced device, which does a good job on the basic functions, and has a good go at social networking functions, this lightweight and rather likeable phone could be the one for you.
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