Sony Ericsson announces W995 Walkman™
February 15, 2009 by Max
Today, on the 15th of February, Sony Ericsson announces it’s new flagship Walkman™ phone W995, previously known as Hikaru. W995 is high-end slider phone, which has high-end features.
W995 is multimedia Walkman™ phone offering a complete entertainment experience. Hikaru is the first Walkman, which has 3.5mm audio jack on the top of the phone. Also Hikaru has perfect stereospeakers.
W995 adds richness to your entertainment! The main feature of Hikaru is the perfect 8.1-Megapixels camera with autofocus. Unfortunately, W995 has no lens cover. I think, it’s not bad for Walkman™ phone.
The phone has 118 MB built-in memory plus 8 Gb M2™ card in the box. One of the good features of Hikaru is, of course, large 2,6″ QVGA scratch-resistant TFT screen, which support up 262,144 colours.
On the left side you can find fastport, on the right side available three dedicated music control keys plus volume keys and one camera key.
W995 has three different colours: Progressive Black (black phone with blue includings), Cosmic Silver (silver phone with orange includings) and Energetic Red (red phone with blue includings).
To complete a full multimedia experience Hikaru has aGPS, Google Maps™, Wayfinder Navigator™, Wi-Fi™, DLNA Certified™ and a full PlayStation3 compatibility.
On the back of W995 you can find special kickstand, which helps you to relax and watch your favorite videos, converted with a special application Media Go™.
Hikaru has pretty nice sizes: 97×49x15 mm with weight only 113 grams. W995 will be available in selected markets from the end of Q2 2009.
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Ben on Sun, 15th Feb 2009 5:40 pm
Sony Ericsson’s W995 will be my next phone..
Cool.. all the Exciting features makes me very excited..
Quick grab yours when its available.. Trust only the Number One brand Sony Ericsson..
n3o on Sun, 15th Feb 2009 5:56 pm
the 3,5mm jack is on the back side of the phone!?
Tim on Sun, 15th Feb 2009 6:18 pm
So much for the touchscreen that we were told about?
Aggregator @ Bitubique on Sun, 15th Feb 2009 6:35 pm
Sony Ericsson’s W995 Walkman slips out ahead of schedule…
Clearly, the flood gates have opened well before Sony Ericsson intended over in Barcelona, as the countdown is still on while we’re watching handset after handset leak out. Next up is the W995 Walkman (can someone say Hikaru?), a multimedia-centric sl…
sharan on Sun, 15th Feb 2009 6:44 pm
smokin hot is the word !!! sadly, the 8 mega pixel cam will make it costlier and not affordable for me
G-man on Sun, 15th Feb 2009 7:03 pm
Noice Cancelling headset. Great for travelling
Release it quickly – I need a new phone!
Jde Pe on Sun, 15th Feb 2009 9:22 pm
Why only 320 x 240 pixel display? And only 256.000 colors!? SEMC blog said that it would have 16 million colors! A bit disappointing!!
What can we expect the price to be?
SilverSpur on Mon, 16th Feb 2009 2:14 am
AAy like it!
norman on Mon, 16th Feb 2009 2:29 am
Yes, SE will even release a touchscreen phone, called Idou
Tim on Mon, 16th Feb 2009 8:15 pm
Yeah, SEMC did say it would be 16mil colors… maybe SE put that on the Idou instead of Hikaru.
Henry on Mon, 16th Feb 2009 10:05 pm
but cool phone though
Frank on Tue, 17th Feb 2009 3:19 pm
Looks like a winner!
Since i’m the happy owner of a Playstation3 and this Phone with it’s PS3 connectivity, i’m sure i’ll go for this one as soon as my 2 year subscrition on my current phone expires.
(November this year)
Manny on Tue, 17th Feb 2009 4:22 pm
An Absolute Bueaty!!!!!!
Im Difinitly Getting This !!!!!
The Perfect Mobile!!!!!!!!!!
Fantastic Job Sony Ericsson!!!!!!!!!
Steven Y. on Wed, 18th Feb 2009 9:48 am
Oh no,where is 16M colour screen????
It is a big pity!
Ahmed Khan on Wed, 18th Feb 2009 3:31 pm
itz price should be around 400$ to 450$ canadian nice phone want to buy a new phone currently using w810i.
Chun on Sat, 21st Feb 2009 8:29 am
Hajera on Sat, 21st Feb 2009 8:29 pm
whens dis phone comun out??
alan on Fri, 6th Mar 2009 10:29 am
what is the name for the themes of w995
nicole on Sat, 7th Mar 2009 5:07 am
i love it!!
does anyone know when will it be out in the market and how much it will cost??
thanks..
thanos on Sat, 7th Mar 2009 12:31 pm
i can’t find how much sar it has!!
nick on Sun, 8th Mar 2009 11:57 am
this phone very nice.. i adi saving money to buy xD
marios2 on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 7:17 pm
mpa dn einai poly kalo……….. EINAI PARA POLY KALO OMG
marios on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 7:19 pm
i don’t speak english there (look up)
marios on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 7:21 pm
i think, this phone is very nice and i want it on december or june
marios on Mon, 9th Mar 2009 7:22 pm
hores
Skippz on Tue, 10th Mar 2009 12:26 am
when will this phone get here?
what about the IDOU aswell?
rheaze on Mon, 23rd Mar 2009 9:12 am
i really love this phone//i cant wait to have that phone
Nobody ^^ on Wed, 25th Mar 2009 5:49 pm
I fell in love in this phone. It will be my next phone ^^ Now I have Sony Ericsson W910i and I love it. I hope that W995 will be better ^^
(for SE W995) 
Have a good waiting time
pentgaram on Thu, 2nd Apr 2009 6:42 pm
ben de al?cam c?ks?n
drzagor on Fri, 3rd Apr 2009 9:09 pm
does it ssupporting videophone feature.
are there secondary camera in it?
TO more source´ there isnt secondary camera in this device.
for example look up to gsmarena.com
Ukkis on Thu, 9th Apr 2009 11:03 am
It seems I’m going to have to update my W850i to this. To be honest the w850i has everything I could ask from a phone BUT I just can’t resist the 3.5mm plug. I know Nokia has had them for a while but somehow I prefer S-E phones and I’ve been sort of wondering why they haven’t put a 3.5mm plug on their phones before.
sharon on Sat, 11th Apr 2009 4:29 pm
They say that the W995 should be out between May and July as it is out in Q2 of the year. Haven’t seen anything when they will say what the realise date is or how much it will be. My contract runs out 2nd of June so fingers crossed it will be out then.
Has anyone got any info on it. Hopefully someone does.
Learneroflife on Tue, 14th Apr 2009 10:25 am
TO drzagor
Dude the 2nd camera is there. Just look at the pic. It’s right above the word “Ericsson” of Sony Ericsson logotype.
TO nobody
I currently own W910i too. Can’t complain :]. I gotta say I like this Hikaru, but I’m wondering about the price tag. Also, I don’t really like the 3.5 jack, I prefer the uniqueness of SE fastport jack/ dual connection (whatever). Does Hikaru have both fastport and 3.5 jacks, or the 3.5 jack replaced the fastport for listening to music?
Overall, now I’m torn whether to save up for Hikaru or for Idou, lol. That is, if I have the fund available for Idou
PS.
Hikaru or Idou.
Ah I know:
Hikaru, Idou.
shihanrei on Tue, 14th Apr 2009 11:21 am
I want this phone! hope the price is close to Nokia 5800
Bob on Thu, 23rd Apr 2009 7:15 pm
I think this is an amazing phone with loads of extras, sony ericsson headsets are the best but i like the 3.5mm jack… not a big fan of touch screen phones so this is great even tho the idou looks great to, 2 cameras, 8.1 mb fantastic camera, even tho the video cam isnt ment to be the best also the screen is abit old compaired with others, also it hasent got anything speical about it no new extras really but it just has all the little things, cant wait for this phone gotta get it anyone know when it will be out i have heard about either then end of may or the end of june?
mark on Sun, 26th Apr 2009 6:45 am
how much is the SE W995 if it will be released in the philippines, and when it will be released in the phil.? hope to know it ASAP.. tnx!
daniel on Sun, 26th Apr 2009 11:24 am
wen is it comin out? Q2? wats that?
JENS JENSEN on Tue, 28th Apr 2009 10:43 am
WHEN DOES IT COMES
:eek 
michael on Wed, 29th Apr 2009 7:04 am
can i have it???
plz… give me a phone like that!!
plz… ;-(
matt carter on Sat, 2nd May 2009 12:44 am
does anyone know when its out
frederik on Sat, 9th May 2009 2:21 pm
i’ve heard that it will cost 450-650$
and will be released 09-06-09 
Jonas on Sat, 23rd May 2009 8:53 am
“wen is it comin out? Q2? wats that?”
- Q2 means the second quarter of the year. In other words, between April, May or June.
The date here in sweden is set to 2009-06-12.
Vivek on Tue, 26th May 2009 1:51 pm
The W995 is SE’s answer to the competition given by samsung in the high end model market.The phone looks stunning and an 8MP camera shoukld be really great.It is supposed to hit markets by June..Cost sould be around $500
Viveks last blog post..W995-Entertainmet Unlimited
vein on Mon, 8th Jun 2009 4:10 pm
lol dis phone is not that good compared to Aino or Satio! waiting for Aino =P
monsterjam on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 3:42 pm
this fone is a bad boy fone..only for real G’s from da westside
matt carter on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 7:59 pm
ive just ordered mine woooo
kiel on Sun, 14th Jun 2009 10:13 am
i got one, really wicked, now i want the idou but dont like that it dont have 3.5m jack, but still a kick ass fone around about 500-600 £ im gonna start saving now!
paul john on Sat, 20th Jun 2009 9:56 am
is it available hera in the philippines?
Max on Sat, 20th Jun 2009 10:15 am
@paul john Yes!
jason on Sun, 28th Jun 2009 3:52 am
how much is it philippines?
passer-by on Sat, 11th Jul 2009 3:43 pm
the 3.5mm jack is on the top of the phone.
amy on Fri, 17th Jul 2009 4:44 pm
i really like these phons but i want to no how much the w995 is??
thanx alot amy xx
SE on Sun, 19th Jul 2009 9:23 pm
Current cost is $3980 HKD ~ $520 USD!
Very Pricey, as expected from SE phones!
3.5mm port can be used for music or Fastport.
Haven’t tried BOTH but why bother?
Fastport S*cks and should be REMOVED from ALL SE phones!
Camera is good for day/short-distance shots not night/long-distance shots.
Camera is NOT good to replace an actual digital camera!!
MediaGo software S*CKS as SE can NOT make a decent media software for their phones!!
Who’d want to watch video from small phone screen? Video playback is OK but it’ll really hurt your eyes! Must convert to Mpeg mp4 format as listed in phone’s User Guide, which is NOT included in package anymore, but included in phone’s Help section!
Overall… decent phone with good reception with good media player and decent camera.
Max on Sun, 19th Jul 2009 10:53 pm
@SE Thank you for your comment!
Alex on Mon, 20th Jul 2009 1:35 pm
the girl in the preview pics it’s awful
:)) , if the phone it’s like her..i migh pass it . Marketing from SE should pay more atention when they make an advertise/preview (everything must be ok)
and about the phone..cool , what can i say ,8mb cam ( no lens cover..:| geez..) , the same java-soft as on A2 phones ,and a few more app added ; well..those are not good reasons to give w595 and buy a phone that has 2-3 things above it .A new phone should bring a revolutionary soft/design , non as the previous models
hi on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 7:35 pm
looks good but how much is it?