 "Used Item Shipped" | 2009-06-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1FG2CJEW4I5YF |
| The sony ericsson w810i phone that was advertised says it's new, but the phone I recieved via mail was used also there was some picture in the memory card of the phone. It was used and it was in an old box. I was so disappointed.The Vibecellular is good in delivery time not in the product quality. I advice you all not to buy produect from this vendor.[...] |
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 "So-so" | 2009-02-25 |
| - Reviewed By User: AZMR4UHYIBHX6 |
| The phone has come with the old battery. It was holding only 25% of charge and died after 2 charges. The seller didn't respond to my message. So after waiting for a while I have to buy a replacement OEM battery. The other consideration - the phone is actually a Cingular cell phone and it comes with a lot of software linked to Cingular network. The software can't be uninstalled or removed by firmware reflash. The seller should mention that fact in unit's description! After all the phone is just fine. The battery, seller and firmware are real disappointments. |
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 "Great phone with lots of features" | 2009-01-29 |
| - Reviewed By User: AFCG8QYQNILRQ |
| Every time I buy a new phone I try to find one that tops my old phone in every way. I've had this phone for over 2 years now. Has always worked reliably with good reception. The only thing that prevents it from being perfect is that it's now out of date, the flash is a constant on LED that's blindingly bright in a dark place, and there is no 3.5 headphone jack. I'm looking at getting the HTC Fuze now.. Heard it's better if you're a geek like me who wants something to play with, but will miss the easy functionality and compact form of my trusty w810. |
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 "Overall a good quality phone" | 2009-01-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A24WJULX7UOLFB |
I've had this phone for a couple years and overall its a pretty good phone. It feels and looks well constructed, although I do not care much for the few orange color buttons and screen. The screen itself is a decent size and good quality. Sony Ericson phones are typically the best for talk and standby time, and this one is no different, with something like 8-9 hours talk time. I don't use my cell phone that often, and I frequently found that when I did pull out my old nextel phone to use, it was dead. This sony phone typically still has some juice left for me to make my calls.
I got this phone for about $150 with a 2 year contract through AT&T. I got the cheapest rollover minutes plan, which if you are like me, and you don't use your phone alot for calls, you will save up a redicously large amount of minutes, for up to 12 months. (you lose rollover minutes that are beyond 12 months).
There were also 3 separate rebates that were supposed to take the phone down to $0, but as I'm sure they expect, it was so difficult, I simply forgot to send them in. You need the bar code on the box for each rebate and purchase receipts, and one had to be sent in within 30 days, and another in the fourth month, and another in the fifth month. Still $150 for this phone when it was new was pretty good, especially considering that it was otherwise selling for $400-500 when it was new.
The phone sports a 2mp camera, and an mp3 player, two devices I really wanted in my phone. I bought a GB card for the phone and downloaded all my mp3's to the phone. The software for that comes for the downloading the files, is not very good, but it got the job done. The speaker for this phone for both calls and music is awful, especially considering this is a walkman phone. My 5 year old nextel phone had a far superior speaker. I don't like earbuds, so I didn't really test the ones that came with the phone. However hooked up with a pair of headphones, my mp3's sound pretty good. Strangely, the music volume always seems to return to a default level, and I have to keep raising the volume.
The 2mp camera works well, and frankly I cannot tell the difference between pictures taken with it and my supposedly superior 8mp sony camera. Both devices take good pictures. This phone has about a 5 second delay between taking pictures though, which I found to be a bit much. It also takes video. With the 2GB card I purchased, even with all my downloaded music, I still have more then enough room for taking pictures and videos. Without purchasing a memory card though, there is very little internal memory, something like 30mb. You will need a memory card to take full advantage of the this phone's camera and music features.
The phone is too small, and only comes about half way down my cheek. I miss my flip phone here, and am considering going back to one. The buttons are also a bit too small, however they are raised, providing good tactile feel.
The biggest problem I had, is that in the first year my phone got a blank white screen. I contacted Sony Ericson and they said it was a software glitch. The phone was incapable of downloading the software updates and fixes, so I had to send it in. I got back in a reasonable amount of time, however, it was a refurbished phone, and not the one I sent in. Still, since getting back, the phone has worked fine.
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| "I got and iPhone and sometimes miss my old w810i" | 2008-12-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A36VCH7M7K2LPW |
I had this phone for over two years, and I have to say is one of the best I've ever had. No complains for the technology of that time.
-The camera is better than the one in the iPhone.
-Although the software for transferring music to it is quite slow (and the USB connection too), the Walkman application is very good, and audio quality for music is good too.
-Web surfing? It is fine using Opera Mini and also using the phone's own browser for looking at the mobile versions of some web pages.
-I also used it for getting driving directions and looking for places, using the Google Maps application for mobile.
-The same for e-mail using the Gmail application.
-As a phone, I never had a problem making or receiving calls where there was coverage. Great reception and audio quality.
To me, the best phone from that era (2006). |
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| "Feature packed phone!!" | 2008-06-26 |
| - Reviewed By saleem82 |
This is one amazing phone. I've had it for close to 3 years now and I'm very happy with it's durability and the features. I use every feature on this phone and it's amazing how versatile it is. Since it's an unlocked phone, if you get the cheap internet with your phone service provider, you can do even more. I pay $4.99 a month for internet from T-Mobile. With that, you can do push email, instant messanging (using the web, so it does not count as text messages), browse the web using the downloadable Opera Mini Browser (it's free to download). You can download programs for free from the Sony Website such as Google Maps. I've used this many times to get directions to places. It has a fm radio (downside is you have to attach an antenna to hear it, which is annoying), great as an mp3 player (once you add a memory stick to it, I added an 8GB one, which you can store thousands of songs on it), It has a flashlight, which I find very handy at times.
The way the menu's and the settings are organized on the phone it's very easy to get used to. Before having a Sony Ericsson phone, I've had 6 phones from different manufacturers and I find the Sony to be so easy to figure out.
I also have dropped this phone over 50 times easily on many various surfaces and heights. With the exception to the scratches, it still works great.
The BAD side of this phone..
the size of the screen is too small to browse the web comfortably, if you want fast internet you will not get it with this, cannot stream video from the web, the camera is not good in low lighting because the flash is weak. The operating system of the phone seems to lag at times.
For the price of this phone now, around $200 (if you check on ebay), it's very well worth it. I paid a lot more for it at the time it came out, but no regrets. |
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