The C903 has GPS, and a suite of location-savvy tools to take advantage of it. As well as Google Maps, there's a fitness application that tracks your route. There's even a pedometer. The pedometer doesn't use GPS, but replaces the wallpaper with a motivating chart of your steps for the week, compared to a goal amount.
Tunes on-board
The C903 also makes a good little music player, with support for podcasts
and an FM radio, alongside its media player. There's one big drawback, though:
the headphone jack. Not only is there no standard 3.5mm headphone jack, there's no
adaptor included either, which means you're stuck with the cheap-feeling
earbuds that came in the box.
There's a YouTube application built in, but, with no Wi-Fi connectivity, be sure your contract comes with a good chunk of data included before you get stuck into too much video. Despite the C903's decent 320x240-pixel screen and HSPA connectivity, YouTube clips look very compressed and jaggy. But, if you're desperate for entertainment, they're watchable, and the application works flawlessly. The screen flips from portrait to landscape mode automatically, so you can watch your videos in widescreen with the flick of a wrist.
The C903 has 130MB of internal memory, with room for 16GB more, thanks to its Memory Stick Micro M2 card slot. But there's no card included, so, if you plan on taking loads of pictures or carrying tonnes of tunes, buying a card will be a good investment.
Conclusion
The Sony Ericsson C903 Cyber-shot has truly impressive photo powers for such an
inexpensive phone. In fact, it's one of the best camera phones we've seen at any price. The case feels
cheap and plasticky, and we missed having Wi-Fi connectivity, but, if you want a
champagne camera phone on a beer budget, we wouldn't hesitate to recommend the
C903.
Edited by Charles Kloet
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Donna Campbell 27 February 2011
Good: Looks nice and good internal memory
Bad: Muffled Voice when making calls - recipient can't hear what you are saying
Comment: this is the first phone I've had with features some of which are great like the pedometer - handy for work outs. I also like the fact that it's easy to use and has a long battery life providing you don't use wifi constantly. The large internal memory is great for storing texts and photos. Photo quality is fair.
The photo shutter button on top is hard to use and subjects are left waiting whilst you faf about trying to take a photo. the button on the middle of the nav keys works as a camera shutter button and is easier to use though. The microphone is awful. I can't make calls without my voice being muffled so I have to text everyone. I probably wouldn't buy another sony for this reason.
Graysnell 10 December 2009
Good: Very good camera
Bad: Virtually everything else
Comment: The good bit first. It has a superb camera, the shots are pin sharp and capture colours very well. As for the rest? The plastic screen is easily scratched, it turns itself on in your pocket and makes calls all on it's own, the backlight on the buttons only works when it feels like it; sometimes it reads the memory card and sometimes it doesn't (I have changed cards twice and it made no difference) and the slider is badly designed so that texts that should be visible get shunted back into the text menu which you then have to get to to view the text! All in all I am very disappointed with this phone, so much so that I will probably not get another Sony Ericsson when my contract is up for renewal.
Peter8878 21 August 2009
Good: Excellent Camera and User Interface
Bad: No wi-fi; can get greasy finger prints easily
Comment: I had my C903 for about a week to replace my previous SE W800i which worked well for me for the past 3+ years. I was attracted by this new model so I bought it despite my old phone is still working perfectly.
The C903 is actually better than my first 4M pixel Canon DC! The 2.4 inch screen is sharp and bright and can easily beat a lot of the low end DCs.
Luckily I don't have big fingers but I would anticipate the keypad may not be user-friendly to those with big hands. Similarly with the shutter button.
All in all, it is a very user-friendly, features packed and very affordable. No complaint (so far).
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