Sony Ericsson Yari
Release year: 2009
Launch price: 249 € November 2009
Sony Ericsson Yari offers full access to all YouTube services. The integrated GPS allows the use of satellite navigation applications (Wayfinder Navigator). It is a Quad-band/HSDPA device, equipped with expandable memory for a wide storage capacity for applications, e-mail with attachments and files, EDGE class 10 technology and WAP 2.0/HTML Browser (NetFront), RSS reader. It also features Instant Messaging, MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player, Picture editor/blogging and speakerphone. Bluetooth technology allows the transfer of voice and data (e.g. images and video) between two devices equipped with a Bluetooth solution, all wirelessly. It is possible to take photographs, add text, music or spoken audio and create a message to easily send as an MMS attachment file. The main camera is 5 MP with autofocus, LED flash, video can be recorded and you can see the person you are talking to (video call).
Technical specifications
| Networks | Tri-band Dual Mode / HSDPA |
| Dimensions | 100 x 48 x 15.7 mm |
| Weight with battery | 115 g |
| Battery | Li-Po 1000 mAh |
| Standby time | Up to 450 h (3G) |
| Talk time | 4 h 30 min (3G) |
In the box: Battery, user manual, travel charger, 1 Gb memory card
Messaging
| SMS |  |
| MMS | |
| Predictive text (T9) | |
| Video messaging | |
| Chat |  |
Design and display
| Display | TFT, 256K colors and 240 x 320 pixels. Accelerometer sensor |
| Adjustable contrast | |
| Multi-line display | |
| Display color | 256K |
| Display size | 240 x 320 pixels |
| Backlit keypad | |
| Keypad lock | |
| One-touch phonebook access | |
| Antenna | internal |
| Vibration | |
| Headphone jack | |
Features
| SIM Application Toolkit | |
| Built-in speakerphone | |
| J2ME support | |
| Conference calling | |
| Voice dialing | |
| Voice recorder | |
| Phonebook entries | 1000 |
| Memory | 60 GB expandable with microSD up to 16 Gb |
Feature notes: With Yari there's always a new game to try; numerous standard games and motion gaming are preloaded exclusively for Yari, which features an icon set in -carousel- mode that allows you to access all your games from your PC and browse content downloadable from PlayNow Arena.
Connectivity
| UMTS | |
| GPRS | |
| EDGE | |
| WAP | |
| IrDA (infrared) | |
| Built-in modem | |
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| Bluetooth | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | |
| USB | |
Personalization
| MP3 player | |
| Custom ringtones | |
| Silent mode | |
| Downloadable ringtones | |
| Polyphonic ringtones | |
| Downloadable images and logos | |
| AM/FM stereo radio | |
| Games | |
| Downloadable games | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Calculator | |
Camera
| Camera | |
| Sensor | 5 MP. Geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilizer |
| Image resolution | 2592 x 1944 pixels |
| Zoom | Yes |
| Flash | Yes |
| Photo phonebook | |
| Image editor | |
| Self-timer | |
| Contrast and brightness adjustment | |
Video
| Video recording | |
| Quality settings | |
| Brightness adjustment | |
| Maximum resolution | |
| Video calling | |
Price history
249 € → 194 € (-22%) · minimum 189 €, maximum 249 € · 13 readings, Nov 2009 – Nov 2010