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Summary: Good product, but NO speakerphone!
Review: I don't think there's deliberate deception, but Amazon's promotion is wrong. There is no speakerphone on the T610 or T616. I emailed customer service, but have not received a response. A few days after my email the error remains on the product web page.The phone was for my husband, who wears hearing aids and uses a speaker to make phone calls, so this one has to go back. It's otherwise a good product, we think.
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Summary: only if you want a camera
Review: i had this phone and it made me so mad i smashed it on a wall. very un-user friendly. only good for the camera.
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Summary: So far, so great
Review: I have been using the T610 for 3 days now. I must say that I am very impressed with this unit. Firstly, if feels quite substantial for being such a small and light phone. It fits very nicely in my palm and does not feel the least bit flimsy. Also, the user interface is top-notch -- extremely intuitive and well thought out. I didn't even have to open the manual before I dove in and started plucking away at all its cool features. The screen is bright and the colors are very rich for a cell phone. The last phone I had was a Samsung S105 and the screen on the T610 beats the Samsung's by a long shot (and I thought that was awesome when I first got it. Ah, Progress...). The camera is fine, though it wasn't really a selling point for me. I'm a photographer and have a digicam not much bigger than this with a flash and 3MP res. It is fun to take a picture and immediately e-mail to your friend, though. The reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5 is because of two major gripes I have with the unit. One is that the battery, while very small and light, unfortunately dies very quickly. I blew through a full battery in less than 2 days (as compared to 3-4 days with my old S105). Also, the signal strength is very weak in my neighborhood and it picks up much less service than I used to get. In places where I had 3 bars on the S105, I had none on the T610. I'm not sure if it has to do with the lack of an external antenna, but it could certainly use improvement in the signal pick-up area. Overall, the T610 is a really great phone and I do not regret getting it. I would also like to add that the Bluetooth wireless headset that comes with it is pretty cool, but I don't get close to 30ft of range, even in a room with nothing in the way but air. Thanks. P.S. Just a quick little note: The T610 has one of the coolest rings I have ever heard on a cell phone. It's called Old Phone and it sounds EXACTLY like an old rotary phone. I think it's really funny having a 20 year-old ring coming out of a modern digital phone -- very ironic (insert eerie sci-fi noises here).
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Summary: Bad reception
Review: Compared to the Nokia 3650 this phone has very poor reception.
Most of my calls go to the voice mail when I'm in my department.
but my friend who has a Nokia 3650 doesnt miss any call in the same building.(Both of us have the same T-mobile plan )
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Summary: I HAVE NO MEMORY!
Review: The T610 (through t-mobile)was my first camera phone, and let me say i am not impressed. First of all lets talk about reception, NOT MUCH TO SAY OTHER THAN IT IS CRAP! Oh yea I have a camera im going to take pictures (WHICH ARE HORRIBLE QUALITY). thats fine if u want to be able to store about 10 even after deleting every ringtone every game and anything else extra. And dont think you will be able to take a picture and send it to your e-mail address because YOU HAVE NO SIGNAL! now for the PROS. The battery life is beautiful. also it is bluetooth enabled which i love. Menu is easy to use: END PROS, back to CONS: dont try and "hack" it because theres nothing to do with it. overall this phone is boring dull and i paid $300.00 for mine. lets just say i have been depressed since buying it.
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Summary: Great Package, Great Company
Review: Let me get right to the point...I really like this phone. PROS: Can't beat the price (as of 12/21/03 it's $-100 with the free jabra BT headset), it's very nice looking, great screen and colors, very user friendly and intuitive (for example all calls are stored in one list, instead of three sperate for missed, dialed, and recieved), bluetooth ease-of-use is best on the SE products, the Jabra headseat rocks, I really like the sound of the ringtones and ascending ring, the PC sync is great (never again will I have to hand input my contacts), the sound quality of the phone is A+, the recent firmware significantly improved the phone's ability to recieve and hold signal (even with 0-2 bars, my phone hold signal much better than my old AT&T S56, I rarley have break-up and have yet to drop a call). CONS: The black part of the phone really attracks fingerprints (I am constantly wiping it off), the signal meter is very hyperactive (goes from 0-3 bars like it was skiing moguls / yet calls still remain connected), there are no talk and end buttons (the phone uses "soft keys"), camera is no so good (I don't care, for me it's a gimic, but some might), no belt clip included (some phones throw them in, and it's nice when they do), small buttons are a litte hard to get used to (I don't mind, I had the T68i and this phone and once you get used to them you won't even pay attention to it, but if I let a pal make a call I get some complaints). All in all, my beefs are pretty small and mostly just of the pet-peeve variety. Now, let me talk about Tmobile: Coming from AT&T to Tmobile was like flying from winter in Michigan to the Bahamas. AT&T's wait time for CS was absymal, while TMob's is a minute or two. The CS people are VERY friendly and helpful, the prices are great, my port went very smooth, and so far my phone seems to work better than AT&T where I had signal problems in my home. All in all I would say to go for it if you are considering this phone!
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Summary: I love the phone! But I can't say the same for T-Mobile
Review: Before I get into the T-mobile drama, let me start by saying that I really like this phone. It is so cute! The color display makes me so happy. It definitely appeals to my girlyness. It fits perfectly in my handbag or clutch. If I want to go without a purse, it fits in my pocket. However, it is so small that I do have to pay attention to my keypad presses because I have made a few dialing mistakes. The sound quality is very good. I like the camera it is good for impromptu pictures with my friends and co-workers. Also, the schedule feature takes the place of my Palm. Also, the Bluetooth technology is a great feature because I can use the Jabra wireless connector OR use it to connect to the integrated phone in my car. Now for the drama....T-Mobile doesn't have it together. I understand that the number portability thing has been in effect for less than a month, but it seems like NOBODY knows what in the world they are doing. The first customer service rep said that because I purchased the phone online that there would be difficulties transferring my old number to the sim card. The new number would have to be deleted from the sim card and replaced with the transferred number. I was transferred to another customer service rep who said the EXACT OPPOSITE. I was then transferred to someone else who told me that the number was approved for processing. Go figure! Another caveat...T-Mobile activates your account as soon as they receive your credit information from Amazon. So my account was activated a week before I received the phone. So, be sure to call "customer service hell" and make sure that they credit your account for the days that the phone was in delivery.
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Summary: does not ship in 24 hours
Review: don't know anything about the phone or service, but i ordered the package from amazon on dec. 2 and it has not yet shipped. it's the 17th today. i elected to use super saver shipping. big mistake. pay the extra 10 dollars and hope you have better luck than me.
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Summary: Looks good on paper.
Review: With so many features in a small, candy bar size package, the T610 was initially a very appealing phone to me. It had a camera, a very nice color screen, Bluetooth, and so much more. After 2 months of use, however, I gave it to my sister. Overall, I don't like this phone. My biggest complaint about the T610 is how quiet it is. I often had difficulties hearing the conversation. Additionally, if you ear isn't directly over the small speaker opening, it's even harder to hear. The ring tone isn't very loud either. Coming from a Nokia 8290 (a phone I love because of its simplicity and size), I found the T610's interface slow, confusing, and at times difficult to use. Some features are buried and hard to find. I especially disliked how some of the buttons' functions would change depending on the screen you were in. I know other phones do that too, but this one felt inconsistent. To add to that, I really do not like the joystick Sony/Ericsson uses. It's mushy and does not feel precise. I think cameras on most phones, not just the T610, are a gimmick. For me the shots from the T610 are useless. The picture quality ranges from "not bad" to "garbage," depending on how much light is around. It's not that sharp and the resolution is too small. And you can't take many pictures because the phone's memory is limited. I was also disappointed with the ring tones. They are limited to MIDI files. I would have like other formats like WAV or MP3 for better customization. About the only thing I did like was the size (still bigger than the Nokia 8290), the text message writer. and the screen.
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Summary: Good phone in a nice package
Review: This phone is basically the perfect phone. The only feature I miss is a flip style on it. The screen can be difficult to read, but no impossible in direct sunlight. The camera is average, but it's a cell phone not a camera! Good call quality. All in all, very happy with my purchase!
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