The Sony Ericsson K600 is a 3G

3G

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 mobile phone

Mobile phone

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 handset manufactured by Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson

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. It was announced in the first quarter of 2005. The K600i is its international variant. Generally available on the Orange network in the UK

United Kingdom

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, the K600i is very closely related to the K608i and V600i models, and was produced at the same time. The K608i was available on the 3 network, and the V600i was available on the Vodafone

Vodafone

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 network. The K608i and V600i are both practically the same phone internally as the K600i, but look different externally.

Main Features

• Measurement: 104.3mm x 45mm x 18.9mm (4.13" x 1.77" x .79")
• Weight: 105g, 3.7 oz
• 1.3 MegaPixel, 1280x1024 pixels (main camera) and front-mounted QCIF (176x144 pixels) camera for video calls
• digital zoom up to 4x and photo light
• triband with GPRS and 3G support
• MP3, MPEG4 playback
• 33MB internal memory
• FM Radio with RDS
• Bluetooth
  Bluetooth
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   and Infrared
  Infrared
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  support
• Java MIDP 2.0

Reviews

The K600 was relatively small for a 3G phone at the time of its manufacture. As the phone doesn't feature a memory card slot, it is mainly critcised for its inability to expand memory. It is usually praised for its connectivity options, it can serve as a modem for a computer either via USB data cable or Bluetooth.

External links

• Sony Ericsson K600i main page