Sony Ericsson Announces G502 and Z780

As predicted, Sony Ericsson along with the Q1 2008 results announced the Z780 and G502 today. Each is a mid tier, 2MP fixed focus, HSDPA enabled mobile phone. The candybar G502 is targeted toward Europe while the clamshell Z780's intended market is North and Latin America. Quick Specs

G502
- Triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900 and UMTS/HSDPA 2100
- 2.0" QVGA 262k color screen
- 2.0MP fixed focus camera with 4x digital zoom
- Google Maps built-in
- Email setup wizard
- Support Exchange ActiveSync
- RSS Desktop
- Champagne Black and Brilliant Hazel colors
- Release in Q2 2008



Z780
- QuadBand GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100
- 2.2" QVGA 262k color screen
- 2.0MP fixed focus camera with 2.5x digital zoom
- aGPS
- Google Maps built-in
- Email Setup Wizard
- Support for Exchange ActiveSync
- RSS Desktop
- Grand Onyx and Amethyst Silver colors
- Release in Q2 2008


Press Release

G502 Emelie and Z780i announcement April 23

Lots of rumblings over at SE about the Q1 results presentation.
Will we see the Z780i and G502 announced then? Will we get
confirmation of the May announcement featuring Paris and Beibei?
In less then 12 hours we will know.....

Preliminary Emelie/G502 specs

- Triband GSM + EDGE
- Available in Brilliant Hazel and Champagne Black
- 2 inch QVGA 260K color screen
- HSDPA
- Exchange Activesync support
- Google maps built in
- Netfront web browser
- 2 Megapixel non-AF camera with 4x digital zoom
- Bluetooth 2.0

- USB 2.0
- 109x46x13.5 mm
- 83.5 grams
- 32 MB built in memory
- M2 support