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Sony Ericsson, the Japan-Sweden venture, announced two new series in London. One categorized as Walkman phone — W395, while the other is a Cyber-shot phone, C903. Both is medium phones, means not very best in the category, but budget-wise if compare with functionality.

C903 will have 5 megapixels camera, completed with several features:

• Snap really clear, big pictures with auto focus and the five megapixel camera
• Turn your subjects into stars with Smile Shutter™ and face detection
• View images on the big screen using TV-Out cable
• Tag a place-name to your memories or stay on track with aGPS

The other camera (and video) features include photo feeds, video stabiliser, photo flash, image stabiliser, photo fix, BestPic, face detection, auto focus, and digital zoom up to 16 times.

The phone has sliding form factor, 2.4 inch display, Memory Stick Micro (M2) support, internal memory up to 130MB, HSDPA network, and pre-loaded YouTube application. The phone will be available on Q2 with Lacquer Black, Techno White, and Glamour Red colors. There is also C903a for American market.

W395, in the other hand, focuses on music and other multimedia features like:

• Powerful built-in stereo speakers with high quality bass
• Stereo headset to turn your phone into a dedicated music player – be your own DJ
• True music machine with Walkman™ music player, TrackID™ and PlayNow™
• TrackID™ - find the tracks you love easily
• PlayNow™ - download a full range of mobile entertainment
• Crystal clear 2.0” display – view your photos in all their glory
  Motion gaming support

W395 is loaded with 1GB M2 memory card and 10MB internal memory. The phone runs on quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE connection and has 2 megapixels camera for daily snap.