February 27th, 2009
By clauf
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Sony Ericsson W64S Now Available… To The World!

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Sony Ericsson’s W64S has been availabe under Japanese operator AU for a while now, but only to Japanese customers.  Previously, AU phones never worked outside of Japan unless you are a customer and subscriber of AU’s mobile phone service in Japan.  Well it looks like that is beginning to all change.  Rather new, a few tech geeks managed to create an unlock for the Sony Ericsson W64S, as shown above.  This unlock, still in the preliminary stages, does not require an external hypersim and is said to be “99.9% stable and perfect.”  A few business owners have managed to get a hold of this and are now beginning to sell unlocked Sony Ericsson W64S.

The Sony Ericsson W64S is available for an average $700 CDN, or appoximately $556 USD and €439 EURO.  The W64S is aviable in four colours, Snow x White, Diamond x Pink, Lattice x Black, and Mist x Blue.  The Lattice x Black, by the way, looks much darker and only purple in certain angles in reality than rather than the following renderings.

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Reviewing the specifications of the W64S, it has obviously a flip phone with a rotating/swivel screen.  This allows it to be used as a TV/Media Player or used as a 3.2 megapixel camera, located on the back of the phone.  The screen is a 16M colour WFVGA 2.8 inch screen.  On the front, there are hidden notification lights that glow when there are new text messages, missed calls, and ringing alarms.

For more information regarding the W64S with more specification, commercials, and media campaigns, visit Sony Ericsson’s W64S Product Website (Japanese).  I would highly recommend watching the W64S demo, even if you don’t understand Japanese.

There is a catch with this phone.  Well, there are catches with all Japanese keitais.  For one, one cannot use the internet browser or use anything that involves the internet, such as GPS and downloading of applications and games.  This is locked only to the AU by KDDI USIM.  TV is not an option either as the signals are only available in Japan.  But with all AU by KDDI phones, unfortunately and at the moment, text messaging does not work at all.  Nevertheless, this is a ground breaking discovery and spark more AU by KDDIs available.  You never know, you might be picking up a Walkman Monster Premier3, Cybershot Flagship S001, or the endless customization RE soon.

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8 Responses to “Sony Ericsson W64S Now Available… To The World!”

  1. lh says:

    Now that’s a beautiful phone, wow! :)
    Won’t consider buying, but beautiful nonetheless.

  2. Andy says:

    If this becomes avaliable to use in Australia, i would not hesitate to get one!

  3. suz says:

    why is it that such awesome phones are ever released in japan?! id love to buy one for myself.

  4. sha says:

    can i buy it online.? it is so pretty!

  5. xnezax says:

    very cute heh.. I’ve once used it, it belong to my Japanese advisor, very nice, pretty, and got style.. Gerek like what Singaporean said.. hehe..=) 

  6. Miyuki says:

    hmm interesting…

    I actually own the phone….. I bought it through AU.. I hope i can get it unlocked/

  7. rajith says:

    Pls tel me how can i unlock this phone

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