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Sony Ericsson G502 and Z780: Cheap HSDPA, but how cheap? We’re not telling!

Categories: Sony Ericsson
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 5:12 AM

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The Sony Ericsson G502 and Z780 were announced today, no price points were given, but supposedly they’re going to be affordable when they hit the market in the second quarter of 2008. The Z780 above looks like an amazing device, with the specs to match, but there are 2 versions apparently. SE’s official PR says it has a QVGA screen, yet SE’s product page for the Z780 says otherwise. Full specs (to the best of my knowledge) and images after the jump.

The G502 is a 2100 MHz HSDPA eqipped monoblock with triband 900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/EDGE. It’s quite small at only 109.0 x 46.0 x 13.5 mm and weighs 83.5 grams and you get a 2 megapixel camera. Same 240 x 320 resolution we’re used to, 262k colors and that seems to be it. It’s quite stunning if I do say so myself, I can’t say whether or not it will be a hit since there isn’t a price … but if it is under 250 EUR expect it to fly off the shelves, more picsture here.

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The Z780 is an interesting creature, it has quad band GSM/EDGE and triband 850/1900/2100 MHz HSDPA and AGPS, but it has a pitiful 128 x 160 resolution screen with 262K colors. Weighing in at 96 grams at a not so slim 95.0 x 48.0 x 17.0 mm with only a 2 megapixel camera, you have to ask yourself, is this worth it? If it had QVGA it would be a hit, but apparently Sony Ericsson doesn’t get that. I’m hoping the resolution is a typo, even Engadget doesn’t know wtf is up. More pictures of this device here.

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Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.