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Summary: Is what it is, and more
Review: fact is it's liable to have more features than you need. yes there are a few things that cell phone gui afficionados quible about, like the dark clock in sleep mode, but, don't you wear a watch, too? no matter, i found plenty of resources about this phone online such as Howards Forums, do a search for it. i recently dropped the phone in the kitchen sink while doing dishes (don't ask). I was PEEVED! I nearly spoiled my pants i was so angry. it looked like a little pocket-sized aquarium with no light... so i laid it out on the patio in the sun for a few, then the next day i lit it up and it worked, though the lcd screen was tweeked. so i went on ebay and bought a "sony-ericsson t610 lcd screen" for $31 and installed it with photo directions on the forum and a Torx-6 screwdriver. Up and running again, connected to my Apple with a USB-Bluetooth adapter, and i kid you not, i'm not going back.... good choice.
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Summary: Decent, but unreliable
Review: I bought the T610 predominantly due to the 'free' deal on amazon, and secondly hoping Sony's quality would speak for itself. (I am a Nokia person, and had to put in a lot of thought to choose a phone that wasnt a Nokia).The phone finally arrived, quite decent to use, though i'd still rate Nokia's software to be more user friendly than Sony's. There were certain functions which i had to hit quiet a few keys to get to, when simple thoughtful additions in the software would have made using the phone a little more pleasurable. Talking about software, the reason i call this phone unreliable is 'coz, the darn thing freezes !!!
U dont want ur communication device to crash on u. The display is great (one of the best), got great bluetooth capability, (especially with the Jabra Headset, which is useful, and looks cool), and a camera (which i've no need for).
Great features, but dependability?? Its something akin to 'The surgery was successful, but the patient died' kindof a thing. and as luck would have it, the crashes became more frequent after i crossed the 30 day period of purchase from amazon. so i cant return it, and the only option i have, is to either repair it, or get a refurbished one from T-Mobile. but i've asked a few friends of mine who have purchased this very model, and who dont have a problem with it. if you dont mind the risk of gettin a faulty phone and if you dont mind the odd crashing of your phone, either while dialling a number, or while accessing the menu, and you dont mind slipping the cover out, removing the battery, and sometimes removing the SIM card,and putting 'em all back on, then you might find the phone great, else dont even touch it with a barge pole.
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Summary: Amazon Availability Status Not Reliable
Review: The phone is great, just don't believe the "available in 24 hours" status provided by Amazon. Even if the actual shipping estimate is 3 weeks off for those who have already purchased the phone, Amazon continues to display "24 hours" on the product page. It is sad. I normally love Amazon. Why they do this, I have no idea, but consider yourself warned!
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Summary: This Phone is Junk!
Review: I've been a T610 owner for about 4 months. The phone has a sleek design, decent camera functionality, and well, I'll skip all the details you could get from an ad. Let's cut to the chase. The T610 is a horrible phone. A common problem among many T610 owners, is that the phone freezes for no apparent reason. You cannot turn it off, half the buttons malfunction, and you are left with removing and reinserting the batter more than a couple of times. This has happened nearly 5 times in 4 months. My sister can attest to the same problem.
Here are more annoyances. You cannot disable Increasing Ring. The phone will occasionally fail to charge. Loading themes are slow. My final gripe is that the power button might be too difficult to reach.
I think the T610 is a mediocre phone. Oh, I forgot to mention bad reception. Replacing my old Nokia 8290 with this phone was a bad idea.
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Summary: Nice features, ZERO RELIABILITY!
Review: Well, I've read everyone else's reviews and I must agree that this little phone is really feature-packed. Great color screen, bluetooth, good reception, decent camera, user-friendly enough for me. BUT... The reliability is absolutely HORRIBLE!! I've owned the phone now for 4.5 months and I'm TIRED of all the freezing up!! It is so frustrating! I consider myself to be a very patient person, and if my phone had not locked up PERMANENTLY I would probably still be using it (and tolerating its freezing problems) today. Unfortunately it froze on me a few days ago and no matter what I try -- removing the battery, removing the battery and SIM card, praying, voodoo, etc -- nothing helps. I haven't tried the hard restart since it would wipe out my entire Contacts list. Instead I called T-Mobile and they will be replacing it with a phone "of equal or greater value". Of course there's no guarantee that the new phone will work with the $80 Jabra FreeSpeak that came (free) with the phone! Get the Nokia 3650 instead -- it's a very nice phone (though kinda big) and is recommended by Leo Laporte (the Tech Guy).
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Summary: How do I get out of my contract?
Review: This phone is beautiful. It's light, it's well designed (mostly), it does everything I'd like a mobile phone to do... EXCEPT reliably make or receive calls! Sure, it's great if you want to play games or take pictures or listen to the many ringtones but when it comes time to actually make a call, the extraordinarily poor reception may be an issue. Yes I have actually completed a conversation on this phone but often I find that moving the phone 6" while talking will cause dropouts or completely lose the call. While sitting outside and completely stationary, I noticed the signal strength ranged from NO NETWORK to 5 bars (full service). Inside _any_ building (except the t-mobile store... coincidence?) the phone quickly becomes unusable. The guy in the tmobile store said, "Yup, those don't got good reception" (sic) and recommended I buy an older "reliable" phone off of Ebay to slap my SIM into it for the remainder of my contact.. Now THAT is customer service for you! I'm not a happy camper. I bought this piece of crap. I'm stuck with a one year contract. Don't you fall for it. Look elsewhere.
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Summary: Solid phone
Review: I've had it for 9 months and still love it. It's solid, gorgeous, and very user friendly. Reception is great when I have a signal. On T-Mobile I get fewer dead zones than I did with AT&T (in Washington, DC.) The Bluetooth feature is killer. I use it to synchronize my contacts and to control iTunes on my computer while I'm playing poker in the next room. The camera pretty much sucks but it's a cute novelty. I didn't buy the phone to take photos, I bought it for the compact size, beauty, and user friendliness. I get about 3 days of battery life on mine, which is better than I ever got with my Nokia 8260. The email and web access work fine, albeit extremely slowly. Sure, there are a couple mildly annoying things here and there but every other phone I tried last year had a bunch of extremely annoying problems; by comparison, this phone is a dream.
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Summary: Does Every thing else better other than CATCHING A SIGNAL
Review: This is literally one of the worst piece of junk cell phone i ever owned . I am a big fan of Samsung and any low end samsung beats this phone clean. Whats the use of having Bluetooth and ir and a cam phone if it cant pic up a signal. I thought it was my serviece provider T-Mobile who had a problem but when i changed the sim to a nokia i got 3 bars and none on this piece of junk.
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Summary: I'd trade this for any nokia or samsung... ANY
Review: One of the worst. Bad picture quality. Slow Operating system. tried to capture certain things from Nokia but didn't do a good job. screen freezes up frequently. and worst of all... slow!!! also, terrible phone log system.
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Summary: Don't believe the hype
Review: DO NOT use T-Mobile. The $35.00 activation fee is a lie, they will ask for twice as much to activate your phone when you call them. Their customer service is famously bad. Avoid at all costs
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