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Sony Ericsson F305
By: Shayne Rana   |   Dec 08, 2008
  • 4.5
Good audio player
Fun motion sensitive games
Great design
Plenty of entertaining games
Decent battery life
Camera is quite average

In the multimedia mid-range handset division, the F305 seems to fit in quite neatly considering the price. Of course, it’s what you get for that price that ultimately makes it worth buying. Allow me to give you my opinion on the Sony Ericsson F305 handset and hopefully it’ll give you an idea on a purchase option.

Form Factor
I've said it before and I’ll say it again, I’ve always liked SE’s designs when it comes to handsets of any form factor – slider, candy bar and flip. The F305 is no exception. It has a rather wide array of buttons below its 2-inch TFT LCD (176 x 220 pixel resolution) display that sports 262k colors. It even has two gaming keys (‘X’ and ‘O’) located above the display. The F305's a slider and it functions very smoothly. Without the slightest hint of friction, the handset effortlessly pops up and down. What I truly like about the design is the button placement and the keypad. All of the keys are large enough to accommodate all size fingers and thumbs and will make navigation very easy.


On one side you’ll find a small dedicated camera key and the volume/zoom keys and on the opposite side the universal proprietary port for charging, USB connectivity and the handsfree. An M2 (Memory Stick Micro) card slot is located at the top of the phone and the F305 has a 2MP camera located at the back.


Features and Performance
Entertainment and Media

I’d like to kick off with the gaming section. A dedicated key will take you straight to the games in the entertainment section of the handset’s menu. Bundled with a total of 11 games, the phone offers plenty of entertainment at your fingertips. Out of that lengthy list of pre-installed games are three motion sensitive games – Black Bass Fishing, Bowling and Jockey. These games will require you to use the handset somewhat like a Nintendo Wii controller. You will have to cast the fishing line and pull back for fishing, swing the handset to simulate a bowling throw and tilt the handset to steer your horse while racing.


There are quite a few games on the memory card that you'll need to install. So don't be surprised if you find just one pre-installed game (JC Does Texas) that allows you to use the gaming keys in landscape mode. You'll just have to manually install the others. The installation (.JAR) files are stored in the 'Others' folder located in the File Manager section of the memory card.

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extra theme can not be install, if any body know how to install it plz... reply me
Hasu karena @ Feb 03, 2010
my screen has gone blank and a technician told me that the flex cable has gone bad just after having the phone for five months. How can i get the flex cable replaced. I cannot see any thing at all on the screen.
sly @ Jan 06, 2010
i want to connect to my computer for browsing using my mobile f305 plz help me
praveen @ Dec 04, 2009
can i use f305 as a modem for internet in my pc

if yes anyone help me

from where i can download pc suit for that
plsssss
Aklesh @ Nov 19, 2009
my modem in f305 is not installing how to install it is there any new pc suite want to use pls tell..........
rajesh @ Nov 17, 2009
which data cable i haveto buy in order to upload it with music?
girish @ Nov 14, 2009
i am using sony ericson f305 mobile it is very good mindblowing
aijaz @ Oct 12, 2009
I love this phone. Its motion game is superb. I use to play pc game but after baught this I forgot pc games. It's dual speaker has a good volume. It's look very very stylish and slim. Thanks to Sony Ericsson to make this kind of Phone. I think it is water prop. Bcuz two time fell in water but no disturb now till.
roy @ Oct 03, 2009
hey any can tell me how to use f305 as a modem.i have a usb cable of another sony mobile which connects my phone in data storage mode .plz rpl
romesh @ Sep 29, 2009
How do i connect the phone to my pc as no data cable provided, and also i have vista op sys at home so the drivers are not preloaded for F305, can somebody help, i have already tried all the tricks given of SE website.
Rama krishna @ Sep 18, 2009
When I bought This F305 mobile I thought i would have a great time with it.But unfortunately nothing like that happened. This product is a total waste of money. It is full of problems that i would like to tell below:-
Poor camera quality,Poor sound quality,poor headset, Low sms storage capacity, poor software thatalways hangs frequently.
The biggest problem thatI am facing with this cell is that at every morning whenever someone try to call it automatically comes out to be switteched off, inspite of the fact that mobile remains on! This is due to the fact that if molibe is idle for 3-4 hours it automatically comes out to be switched off.This shows the poor quility of s/w this mobile contains. In short I would say this gadget is NOT worth buying n good for nothing!
chitresh @ Sep 15, 2009
The screen freezes it goes blank in the middle of a phone call. Let me know if anybody else have faced such problems or is it only me?
Sumit Garg @ Jun 15, 2009
it will some time hanging plese dothe correction
madhukumar.D @ Jun 01, 2009
I bought the F305 for my wife thinking that its stylish though she is not a big gamer it still had all the features like FM camera etc. Bit I have certain disappointments first the loudspeakers are not that great, FM works only when you attach the headphones, Battery life is really bad and the worst the phone suddenly freezes!! The screen freezes it goes blank in the middle of a phone call. Let me know if anybody else have faced such problems or is it only me?
Rohit @ May 26, 2009
i F305 experiance is really good their are same drobacks like the camera is average and audio too is very good.
shocking thing is it does not support themes.
but the gaming is superb.
Nahushraj Sonawane @ Feb 28, 2009
now its available for <8k more reasons to rejoice.
this makes it good phone at this price.
i love motion gaming.
qw @ Feb 17, 2009
How do i connect the phone to my pc as no data cable provided, and also i have vista op sys at home so the drivers are not preloaded for F305, can somebody help, i have already tried all the tricks given of SE website.
Feroz Khan @ Jan 06, 2009
its a cool phone tht sony has introduced in the market
we like playing games in this mobile better than other mobiles
hardik @ Dec 19, 2008
How is the sound quality of this gaming phone??

IS it same as of nokia 6233?

plz reply soon.
Priyank shah @ Dec 18, 2008
Mind blowing set i usually prefer sony which i like most in moblies right know am using sony only my model is G502
Can i know the price of the model S.E (F305) i hope for ur reply thank u
kishore @ Dec 15, 2008
very nice look and sonyericsson is always be good and this time also SONY ERICSSON good luck
Rehbar ali sayyed @ Dec 10, 2008
Always the major draback of the sony ericcon is having Small screen. if the company over come this problem then automatically it will become the leader in mobile world
Shoukatali Shareef @ Dec 09, 2008
before launching this phone they claimed 700 hrs standby time which they have now corrected to 400 hrs.
sachin @ Dec 08, 2008
regarding battery life of this phone SE website claims 700 hr standby time which is almost a month and something very rare and even nokia has not able to do.can tech2 mention battery rating?
sachin @ Dec 08, 2008
They should add a magnifying lens. Then I would think of playing any decent game on the cell. or atleast add a eye care kit so that I could risk playing a game. LOL
Mumbai @ Dec 08, 2008
i dont understand why sony peoples come out with such a small screen for all most all of their mobile,
rahul @ Dec 08, 2008
A Decent Phone for Gamers...... In the Range of Rs. 9000, its total Paisa Wasool.....
Mohan @ Dec 08, 2008
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