A Sony Ericsson Yari review reveals a dedicated gamer’s phone. If you are into gaming and want to combine the practicalities of a mobile phone and game console then the Yari is for you. The main feature of the Yari is its gesture control, which operates in a similar style to the Sony Wii remote, where hand movements are interpreted into character actions.
This is a fun function but not necessarily one you would use in public. There are however more conventional games like Tetris for these occasions and the phone comes preloaded with a wide selection.
The 2.4 inch screen is sharp and clear and rotates with the phone making it nice to use. It includes GPS so location apps like maps and Nearme are useful additions. The Yari has a 5-megapixel camera, which is perfectly adequate, if somewhat tricky to get used to. It produces good pictures, has a smile detector and its share facility for downloading onto the internet or by Bluetooth is easy to use.
Ericsson still has the same design problems and the habit of annoyingly over complicating their button design, and the Yari is no different in this respect. The music player is standard with nothing overly exciting about it, but the sound quality from its speakers is fairly good.
Sony Ericsson has however produced a stylish, slim and novel phone in the Yari, a great boon for gamers and still with sufficient functionality to work effectively as a phone as well.
