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Summary: good phone
Review: This phone has a very convenient automatic lock feature:
after 25 seconds of inactivity it locks the keypad (in response to some of the previous posting). Secondly, you can turn off ringer by holding C button for 1 second or so (again, in response to ...) I like this phone a lot. It is small, light, very smart menu choices and a screen is handsome. The only reason I got this phone is negative price - I would never pay for s cellphone and this phone is more than free. The included hands free ear piece is convenient and produces decent sound quality in reasonably quite environment.
I am not going to list all the features - read the manual from Sony Ericsson website if you want to know more. But it is a international phone - I have traveled few times to Europe and having a cellphone would have been very useful. This cellphone is locked for T-Mobile Service but it can be unlocked for reasonable fee which I am going to do once I have to travel again. Sound quality is very reasonable with T-Mobile in Austin, Texas - much better than my previous Sprint service (I expect that Sprint would be purchased by Verizon eventually since they both employ CDMA but Verizon is bigger and richer). Also call forwarding is free with T-Mobile (Sprint is 10 cents a minute) and the phone can forward calls only when the phone is off network. My office is deep inside the building and I have no signal in the office - but then I can forward my calls to the office phone! One problem - after 7 days I am still waiting to have my old number ported from Sprint but it could be Sprint network problem. Try this phone in the local T-Mobile store and you would see that it is a good phone for a price!
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Summary: Reception, what reception?
Review: I can only speak about Cincinnati, Ohio where the reception driving around is shockingly bad, 4 bars to 1 bar in a second, or even 3 to 0 bars isn't exactly working for me. I can look down a the phone and get 3 bars then put the phone up to my ear and get NO reception. I have version RS1 of the software and I have heard getting it upgraded will help, we'll see. Old Nokia is the same area worked fine.
Rest the of the functionality is awesome, I'm just praying I can impove the reception.
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Summary: This Phone is OK.
Review: Hi, This is my first Ericsson phone, and I think it's OK. If you are like 12-21 and like "cool" features, you will love this phone. I bought the phone with a service agreement, but otherwise, I am not sure how much it costs. It's probably too expensive. Unless your parents are buying it for you, I would skip this phone unless you HAVE to see your picture in Color on the phone or play QBert. The only really Useful feature is the GSM, which is good if you plan to travel overseas. Here are my comments about this phone. Bluetooth Works
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I can transfer my phone numbers to my PC easily w/ Bluetooth. The Pictures are Cool
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I can take pix and use them as the background or Screensaver for my phone. Since I am not a teenager, the coolness of this wore off after a few days. The camera can also take pix w/ "special effects." Wow. You can also email the pix. This does not work for me yet. I think I have to call my provider to have them fix my internet access or something, but I haven't done that yet. GSM is Easy to Use and Interchangeable
-------------------------------------- This phone has GSM and can receive a variety of signals. I have not traveled with the phone yet, but my friend put his GSM chip into the phone, and it worked fine. This indicates that when I buy a GSM card overseas, it will work with my phone w/o problems. Qbert is Fun and Has Good Graphics ----------------------------------
Ok, as you can see there is a lot of "useless" and "fun" stuff on this phone. The software for the menu only has one irritating bug that I can see, but everything else works well. Having to Lock the Phone Sucks
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I would like to see this same functionality and quality in a Flip phone. Why? I still press buttons I don't mean to press when the phone is in my purse. Also, having to lock the phone is very irritating, and sometimes I forget to do it.
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Summary: Very good but not perfect phone.
Review: (...)I been using this phone for a few months now and think it's pretty good. The phone is not however without its faults. The Bad: On of the most annoying thing about this phone is that when you have it locked any key pressed will turn on the screen (at reduced brightness). This means that back light spends a lot of time on reducing stand by time. Something that will bug many people is that this phone is not that fast. The user interface is easy to figure out and is faster then a Motorola T720i but slower then a Nokia 3560, both of which I have owned before. Another annoying thing is that the buttons are very small. Which is the price you pay for such a sleeking looking phone I guess. In my opinion it's worth it. Speaking of buttons, they are not reprogramable as with some Motorola phones that I have had in the past. This phone looks great but scratches easily. Also Sony Ericsson includes a soft terry cloth to clean it off because they know that this thing picks up fingerprints easily. The reception is one of the best features about this phone. I have used in the throughout the Los Angeles area and in New York City recently. In fact I got a call while on the subway in Brooklyn! The camera is a gimmick. It's basically useless. But if your subject is about a foot away from the camera and very well light the picture may come out ok. The screen can display much better images then the camera can take. I've used the infrared port to send high quality images to the phone and used them as wallpapers, and this works great. So for anyone considering this phone I would have to say that you probably couldn't do any better, and at this price (...) I know you couldn't.
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Summary: Phone is problematic
Review: I've had the T610 for 4 days now and I feel that I've learned enough about the phone to write my own review. I think it's a great phone and there are already many reviews highlighting its features so I won't go over those. Instead, I'm going to write what I don't like about the phone. - It's a small phone, even compared to my Motorola V66. Because it's not a flip phone, it's hard to listen and talk at the same time. Yes I hold the earpierce to my ear, but I find it so much more comfortable and clear with my old flip phone. - Since there are so many features, it takes some navigating to get to what you want. - The reception actually has not been bad. The reception fluctuates from 2 to 4 bars where my V66 maintains a constant 5, but the phone still gets reception. Compared to my roommates T616, which is the ATT's equivalent of the T610, he gets no reception at all where I can get 2 bars. - no speakerphone - the headset that came with the phone was broken, but i can get it replaced - The biggest GRIPE I have about the phone is that it restarts by itself in the middle of my phone calls! It's happened many times already in the 4 days I've had it. I called CS and I was told to do a 'Master Reset' but still did not help, so it is not a software issue. When I opened the backcover to check the battery and immediately the battery fell out! Perhaps it is the design of the phone but when I told Tmobile this, they said they're going to send me another one because that should not happen. I read alot of reviews for the Nokia 3650 and the T610 before I made my purchase, and the reason I didn't go for the 3650 is because I read that it restarts itself for no reason, and now it's happening to me with the T610! It's probably just bad luck that this is happening to my phone but If I had the choice to pick a new phone, I don't think I would go for the T610 again. The features are great and it looks sleek but I would go for a flip phone for its small size without the compromise of voice volume and clarity. Hope this helped.
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Summary: Great phone
Review: This IS a wonderful phone. However, if u plan to use it outside the US or send it as a gift to someone who lives outside the US, don't bother. T-Mobile will put you through hell to give you the SIM unlock code so that the phone can bu used with another carrier. Beware. I have a friend who is still trying to get the unlock code from T-Mobile since December 2003. The phone itself is a good buy. Great features, menus are easy to navigate, stylish design, but could have had video.
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Summary: Awesome Phone
Review: This phone offers everything you need. It's like a secretary. The features include a calendar, internet, camera (etc.). The camera is the best part because once someone in your phonebook has a picture, that picture shows up when they call or text you. The camera also comes with effects (B&W, Sepia or Negative). For the games you get minigolf (pretty good), deep abyss (like mario in a volcano), and five stones (basically tic-tac-toe). Any other questions just e-mail me.
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Summary: A Decent Phone with Some Issues.
Review: The T610 should have perhaps not been released until certain problems were hammered out. The T610 is most likely free because one can't sell an item like this without customers getting angry because they paid too much. I felt there really was no learning curve per se; Buttons are easy to use and all the functions are self-explanatory. The only confusion may be that some of the menu choices are really not in the right categories. The very worst problem that this phone does have is that it freezes up on you when you are tooling around in the sub-menus, photo view funtion and especially in the downloads area. This really should not happen- a mobile phone should act like a Mac not a PC. There is no excuse for phone freezing at all. This really bothers me. Secondly, the reception inside warehouses, recording studios or very large buildings is a bit scratchy. I do use the phone with the Jabra Wireless Bluetooth Earpiece (which I highly reccomend) and it works well with this phone. Thirdly, the battery fades out much too fast for my taste, but one must make compromises using a small phone with a hundred features. Yet, is does lack the video feature which I happen to enjoy. The camera fun? Sure, Works great. As I said, ease of use overall, A. Reliability, C+. Fingerprints, smudging & oil getting on camera a problem? Maybe. It happens, but we're filthy creatures, one must expect this.
Ergonomics when used with a wireless earpiece, A. The Jabra Wireless Bluetooth earpeice, A+ I am serviced by T-Moblie and they have been reasonable to deal with thus far.
The Sony Ericsson T610 gets an A as a FREE phone, but if I had to PAY for this I'd give it a C-. That is why my overall rating is 3 stars. I hope this help y'all.
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Summary: Whole world in the palm of your hand
Review: Kudos to Sony/Ericss!!! The T610 does so many things well. The interface is well thought out. The camera software is fast and you can email the pic with a few pushes of a button. I see many others fumbling through many menus to send pics with other camera phones. You can also text or 'SMS' people with intn'l numbers at no additional cost (tmobile). So you feel like a part of the world with this phone. And you are b/c it's triband, so it'll work in many countries. Wow, the T610 is packed with features in a tiny package. I feel as if there's 75% of my home computer in my hand, communication wise. My mom and two friends (various cities) bought this phone in the past few weeks, and they're thrilled. We have a little T610 club just based on how functional and easy this phone is to use. We even send each other contacts right from our phone books, and the T610 saves it in the recipient's phone book (emails and everything). There's a function that does that. Now how cool is that?! And Tmobile's GSM network is proving to be quite sturdy and fast for all of us LA, Chicago, NC. The 'porting' numbers phenom must be killing AT&T. Cons: 1> Now, don't drop it, the shell with dent.
2> It's so small, no ear-to-shoulder talking maneuvers or you'll drop it.
3> A bit of a learning curve to get used to it (worth it).
4> Get over the fact that it's better looking and smarter than you.
5> Like a cat it 'sleeps' at the time, and the screen is dark in this mode (saving the batt). But it jumps to back to life quicky. No phone is perfect, it can't be, but darn this is pretty close. Highly recommend this phone. And you see the how hot this phone is on Amazon, they're back ordered. The secret is out!! PS. Transferring my number took a reasonable four days, despite the horror stories.
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Summary: Love the phone, can't use the carrier
Review: PHONE: Very attractive and loaded with more features than I would ever use. It's very small and light, the screen display is great, and it's fairly intuitive to use the features. I found the camera a bit disappointing - unless you're taking the picture from within a 1-2 foot range, it's pretty blurry. One other thing to be aware of is that the charger and headset both have unique connectors -- if you lose your headsets or leave your charger behind when traveling, like I do, plan to stockpile the special ones for this phone, because you aren't going to be able to just grab the one from your old phone. THE SERVICE: I'm sitting on hold right now trying to cancel my T-Mobile service and my number transfer request. I've been using the phone for a few days, and cannot handle the immense amount of background noise I get with it. It's static-y, there are high pitched (think dog whistle) noises in the background all the time, sound cuts in and out, and I've had a couple of dropped calls. This is in the first few days, remember. T-Mobile tells me I'm in a "great reception area" (Silicon Valley), and they have no problems reported in my area. So, bye-bye, cool new phone. BEWARE that the number portability line has well over an hour wait whenever you call, seemingly regardless of time of day (I just waited 95 minutes to cancel my portability request). AMAZON - The whole thing could not have been smoother. Availability when I ordered was "normally ships in 1 - 2 weeks". I got regular shipping (not super saver), and had the phone in hand 4-5 days after I ordered, well before I expected it. It came activated and ready to use immediately, though I did have to call myself about transferring the number (which has fortunately not gone through, so I will still have my number when I cancel this T-mobile thing). They were also flawless on returning the phone: a 3 minute call, they're sending me a pre-paid return label, and I stick it in the mail back.
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