The Sony Ericsson Equinox is the first Sony Ericsson mobile phone that is featured with T-Mobile since TM 506. Created in a slim flip design, the Equinox has a glossy skin and a circle motif in the front face while sturdy hinge and a soft touch material on the back cover.

Although the external display is too small and dim as it only includes the time, battery life, signal strength, and numerical caller ID, the 2.25 inch internal display is astonishing screen as it supports for 262000 colors with 320x240 pixel. It gives clear and sharp hues and graphics. It also can be customized to adjust the display brightness and the clock size.

Right under the internal display, you find an array of alphanumeric keypad that is flat and slippery. You can not type by feel as to possibly make mistakes when pressing the buttons. The array consists of circular toggle with the OK button in central, the talk and camera shutter in the left while End/power and a clear button in the right. The Equinox also can store up to 1000 phone books with room in each entry for seven numbers.

The Sony Ericsson Equinox for T-Mobile is also supported by enhanced features such as Wi-Fi, USB mass storage, PC syncing.voice recorder, instant messaging, file manager, and a code memo for storing sensitive information. It also has 3.2 megapixel camera/ camcorder with up to 3.2x digital zoom that allows you to shoot video although only for one minute and 15 second and upload it directly to Youtube. In normal mode, you only get available 100 MB shared internal memory with the expandable memory using Memory Stick Micro (M2) up to 16 GB.

The photo quality is decent but you will notice a little noise and pinkish tone to most of images. It is because of no flash featured in camera. However, the colors are bright and the images are sharp.

But wait.. the Sony Ericsson offers a digital player that is usually only featured on walkman-branded phone for music lovers. An advanced features like playlists, shuffle and repeat mode, and an equalizer with Sony’s Mega Bass is a high point of this mobile phone. Transferring music to the phone and player interface are just easy and simple.

Another strong point of this phone’s feature is T-Mobile’s 3G network for the high speed internet connectivity. You can view content heavy websites, stream video, upload and download large files such as photos, videos and presentations. For the uncovered area, you still have another choice as you still receive Mobile’s EDGE network that has speed from 75-135 kbps.

For the battery, it is supported with 920 mAh lithium–ion that is rated up to 10 hours for talk time and 16 days for standby time.

Finally, the Sony Ericsson Equinox is sleek and slim flip mobile phone that has advanced music features that are only featured on the walkman-branded phone. It also supports for T-Mobile’s 3G network that allows you to enjoy high speed internet access.