Отзывы о Телефон Sony Ericsson W810i

Recently got rid of my smart phone after realizing I really didn't need it and picked up this Ericsson. Haven't had any issues with it, and gets the job of simply being a phone done fairly well.

Im so happy with this Cellphone. Im from Colombia and when i inserted the simcard this cell started to function in Spanish and work really good. The only thing i am worry its about it doesnt have memory stick duo adapter because i have a micro memory stick from other Sony Ericsson. I really like it small, with many functions (all to learn).

I've always been a big fan of SonyEricsson phones. This one is a little great phone, many features on a small package.

This is one of the best non-smart phone:Pros--Extra long battery life (it lasts 4 days easy on single charge). I smile when iPhone/Google owners don't have their phone by 5pm due to lack of juice.--Well built--Solid keypad with nice light, so you can type even with you nails or even when you wear the gloves.--User menu. Simple, reliable.--Best audio. As it was expected from Walkman device--Good reception (AT&T). Often picks a signal where other phone don't--Flash lightCons--None (for me at least)

I was pleased with the the product I purchased and the professional service I received when I needed to exchange a prior purchase for this different model.

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.

I started with an LG VX5200 from Verizon Wireless when I had my first cell phone. After two years of using an LG cell phone, I switched to using a Sony Ericsson W810i and this is definitely the best cell phone in the electronics market. I would definitely recommend this product to a friend. This phone has an MP3 player which you can record music and listen to it through the portable earphones and the alarm clock function is awesome! It has a camera, sound and video recording function built in. If I were to buy myself a new phone, I'd definitely buy this brand again!

Going from an old Nokia 6200 (which had great call quality and was ahead of its times) to a Moto Razr I suffered the torments of usability hell. No memory, no headphone jacks, terrible address book, substandard camera, terrible alarm clock, etc etc.The day I got my digits on the W810i (i for international, unlocked quad band) was a happy day for me. Now, one year into using it I can expertly outline the pros and cons, and authoritatively issue bouquets and brickbats.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hot -* Great battery life. I don't measure this in terms of hours and minutes but the reality of how often I had to charge. I use the phone quite a lot for listening to music especially and have never run out of charge when on the road. On days of low usage I have gone 3 days without a recharge, but topping up for 1 hour everyday is all you need. With the Razr I was constantly being stranded with a dead phone.* Superior voice quality - as distinct from CALL quality, which thanks to Cingular sucks like a vaccuum cleaner!* Walkman quality music - I use iPod earbuds for a good reason, sometimes a Sony MDR 7506- More later.* An expandable Sony ProDuo memory slot of upto 2GB.I bought the phone with 512 MB and have not needed to upgrade yet.* A feature rich 2 MP camera with flash, white balance controls, macro mode, night mode, zoom, resolution settings, and effects settings. This is quite adequate for point and click oppotunities - but also great for video, I bring out my Rebel XT 8MP only for more "artistic" photography.* A great FM radio. Works really well, although it does require the customary earphone-jack extension that also works as an antenna. I say "customary" because I don't think there is any phone that can play the radio without having to attach the headset cord.* The proprietary audio jack (Sony Ericsson only) actually ends in a generic RCA type stero headphone plug! This saved the phone and allowed me to jettison their earbud in favour of the iBud, or my Hi-Fi studio monitor when I feel like it. You can easily switch from whatever you're listening to -- the radio, the MP3 player or the video player and take a phone call by clicking a button. The song is paused, and will continue where you left off after ending the phone call. The iPhone is trumpeting this feature, but its been a part of the W810i for over a year.* Has an MIDP 2.0 mobile java O/S, which means you can download any and every java app. I use the Opera Mobile browser instead of the packaged Sony browser and google maps which are are also a free j2ME download - *no more paper printouts for me*. I also use a mobile app from cricinfo.tv for streaming cricket scores, and the pre-loaded Music Mate which playes basic guitar chords and also has a pitch pipe for tuning musical instruments.I am a non-starter in video games so i won't comment, except to say i tried the "JC does Texas" preloaded game - it was fun, but did not convert me into a gamer ;-)* The Address book is really excellent. It has a full featured contact list system like a vCard that includes full address and multiple phone numbers for the same contact. In theory the calendar and address books can be synched with Outlook if you download the Sony Ericsson PC Suite and connect use Outlook to synch calendar and contacts. I have no reason to believe this won't work, except my work place will not allow personal devices to be installed or synched up on the work machine. At home I don't use Outlook, so I'm missing out on all the calendar and reminder functionality* A nice alarm clock that lets you select days of the week you find" alarming".So my alarm does not go off on weekends, then comes back on every day of the week.This is a big improvement over the old way where you had to manually set the alarm for each day.You snooze, you lose.* I found this out very recently - but the phone plays videos appreciably. There is a minor geek factor to this, but well worth it. You can take pretty much any video file you have - from P2P, DVDs, flash, etc and convert it to the 3gp format. I use a free universal encoder that's quite a wonder. Its called SUPER and you will find it at e-rightsoft - For example I watched the final episode of Heroes on my phone in a flight. Downloaded from bittorrent, encoded to 3gp to a 176*144 format that took all of 90MB. You can watch full length movies doing this, but the movie player functions like bookmarking are sorely missing for long files. If you don't watch the full movie at a stretch, you'll spend minutes simply forwarding to the correct spot the next time.THIS IS HUGE -- you can take any YouTube video with you on this phone. Yeah, yeah its a two step process but which one of you is busy saving the world anyway. Get a firefox plugin for downloading YouTube videos as .flv files (flash videos), then use SUPER to encode into 3gp. Voila! -- I have Rihanna's Umbrella and Fergie's Bumps accompany me on all my rides.* The

9/19/06 Update. Since my first review, I'm still enjoying this phone and have added some other fun things to do with it. Besides the obvious music and watching video, I hook up this phone to my big stereo's auxilliary RCA inputs via the 35mm earpone cable and voila!, the sound rocks and is very portable especialy at parties. Speaking of parties, I save some encoded karaoke video clips with scrolling song text and minus one music to my phone then plug to the stereo and BAM! instantly I have a portable karaoke machine in my hands. Friends view the song on the phone screen as it plays while they sing. Mic is separate though but boy the fun never stops. Just some ways to improvise to have fun and this phone lets me do that. Try it...I'd been shopping for many months now for a good phone and a portable mp3 player. After careful research among carrier phones, reading tech reviews, and among other brands out there including the ipods, W810i wins highly because I love listening to portable music plus the phone/camera/FM radio/expandable memory integration and yes the unique MegaBass all in one just fits my kind of need. Truly an audiophile's phone. Of course there are many similar capable phones or dedicated units out there but not quite like the W810i. Ipods and RAZR pale in comparison...in my opinion. W810i is just SUPERB. Just reading on the specs alone makes you say WOW. I have this phone for more than a month now and NOT a drop call occured. I have T-Mobile service with T-Zone for internet access which is fast in my experience since the EDGE GPRS is supported mostly in my area of travel. Downloading files and viewing websites was a fast treat. I enjoy this phone so much that I decided to upgrade the included removable 512mb memory stick duo to a Sandisc 4GB Ultra II Pro Duo just so I can store more than enough of my favorite mp3, video clips, and one full length movie too for my entertainment. Here are my own observations of this phone:PROS:1. Mega Bass. Adds more thunderous punch to the low frequencies of music and boy I love this feature. Tip: invest on a good quality heaphone/earphone for it makes a big difference folks in sound quality preferably those that have bass tube or bass enhancement designs.2. A built in 5 channel Equalizer and other audio settings to suit your music taste.3. A dedicated Walkman button for easy acces to music. Walkman menu and the overall phone menu is very easy to use and navigate around your music and other phone folders.4. 2 Megapixel Camera with autofocus is a big plus compared to none.5. Camera features includes: - selectable white balance - select between video mode(realtime action) and normal camera - self-timer, effects(sepia, b&w, negative, solarize) - shoot Mode has normal, panorama, frames, macro, night mode and burst - self-portrait mirror on back6. Easy to use tactile keypad buttons, center navigation D-pad, and has T9 text assist for messaging.7. Speakerphone is loud, Quadband GSM, bluetooth, infrared, FM stereo with channel save presets for your favorite stations.8. Video clips/movies in 3gp/mp4 format can be viewed verticaly or widescreen. Some games can be played also in widescreen.9. A decent LED that acts like a penlight is helpful in finding lost keys in the dark. This light is helpful also to brigthen up your subject at night when taking pictures but it does not seem to function like a flash when you hit the shutter button.10. Phone call quality so far for me is great. Clear crisp voice exchange reception from the other end with no static noise.11. Battery life overall is very good even in long minutes of music listening and watching a few video clips.12. EDGE GSM gives you fast internet access if supported by your carrier.13. Operating software is fast and makes navigation between menus or retrieving content very responsive.14. Expandable Memory slot. A BIG BIG plus folks especially if you want to add more memory. I have 4GB and it works.15. While playing music, it will stop during an incoming call then resumes once you hang up. Nice feature.16. Has music mode where phone functions are turned off. A plus when traveling in air or inside a hospital.17. Basic amenities like notepad, calculator, calendar, clock, alarm, SMS/MMS, text, email, voicedial, phonebook, contact....and the rest you can read on the specs.18. Some notables: - Video DJ - create video sequences - Melody Composer/Music DJ - create your own ringtones - Has some imbedded games/ringtones/themes already - Disc2phone software included for music transfer from PC - During music transfer or while plugged via the USB cable to the PC, phone is charging. - Downloadable ringtones, games, themes, and wallpaper are available from SonyEricsson.com of which some are free. - A dedicated shortcut key directs you to a menu of your commonly used features on the phone. - Supports Opera Mini web browser which I think is much better than the default Access NetFront Web Browser. - gives you option

My previous phone was a Nokia 6600. It had a slow interface for 2006 and come on, I wanted to try somethingn new.Initially, I had planned on exploring my chances of buying a Treo but due to the rates, I gave up my plan. Without much pondering, I went and purchased a Sony Ericsson W810i. Now, it's been four weeks. Let me just give you a brief run thru of features, pros and cons.Features1. This phone is an mp3 player. This phone is a torch/semi flash light(with an SOS signal that can be configured). This phone has flash capability and further doubles up into a digital camera. Overall, it saves a lot of space to use this phone instead of just going out with a standalone mp3 player or/and a digital camera2. The interface is fast. It takes around 8 seconds to get an auto focus and click a picture using the camera. I'll try and explain - to come out of the screensaver you need half a second, to activate camera using the shortcut it takes 3 seconds, a further 2 seconds for auto focus and an additional 1 second to click you picture. Overall,8 seconds to click one image.You can browse thru pictures very quickly. It's around 7 times faster than my Nokia. Images can be clicked in sepia, black and white, solarise(kinda yellowey), negative and normal modes. Brightness can be reduced within the click of a button. I noticed grains on images of larger size. I don't recommend using the flash camera unless you really must. Plus while clicking a video, the light goes on and off, if the flash light is turned on.3. The build quality on the phone is both good and bad. I love the keypad and it is a major improvement from the 800i and sundry walkman phones. It took me three days to get used to the keypad. The dictionary like function on the phone keeps a track of all the words you spell. So they're definitely there the next time around. The front of the phone seems to appear too plastic. Especially the silver scroll keys and sometimes can make your phone look like a dummy piece. The sound speakers are situated on the backside of the phone and can be used conveniently even when the phone is upside down. You can insert your memory stick pro cards even when the phone is switched on. There is NO CAMERA SHUTTER like the previous installment of this phone (800i) The power button is placed most effectively just like the volume buttons on the right side of the phone which can be used for a host number of features.4. The internal memory of this phone is 22mb and the accompanied card contains 512mb worth of memory. The usable memory,however, is only 431mb. Upon connecting to the pc, both are instantly recognized and act as removable drives on the "my computer" icon. The accompanied software is almost brilliant. I loved "Disc2phone" and there is so much more I keep discovering about the other programs. Despite lacking an English Manual, I found I didnt need one because I don't know too many people who would buy a sony ericsson phone and not be techies in their own rights who like to configure things on their own.5. The bundled earphones are sublime. I cannot beleive the sound on these. They cancel all the noises in a room and it's a pleasure listening to beethoven playing away or Enya's mesmerising voice or even Tool's prog metal for that matter. The speakers are satisfactory and could have been louder. If used as a stand alone mp3 player with earphones, the phone would stand for around 6-7 hours.Playing the music without using earphones can eat up battery depending on the volumes of course. It supports m4a, mp3 and aac formats(and a few other formats)6. The messages memory of the phone is limited to around 150+ messages and that is a big blunder. Despite having a 512mb of external storage the phone cannot accommodate a mere 200 messages. The size of notes is limited and you need to make a second note to carry on. Bluetooth transfers to Samsung,Nokia phones runs at 20kbps while it's a consistent 40kbps for Sony Ericsson phones. Very good for transferring media.Pros- It can be called an ipod replacement. I don't use mine quarter as much as I used to. This is owing to the absolutely brilliant earphones that sit within your ear and help you celebrate your time.- I love how the phone slides into a digital camera. Good build quality for the particular feature.- Good standby, saves battery, easy to work with 50% brightness. Even when I reduce brightness from 100% to 50% (lowest possible) there is hardly any noticeable difference on the screen. The keypad is much lighter but that's hardly noticeable.- Fast processor, super graphics and wallpaper options, includes a good browser, calendar, good default themes- The accompanied torch can be used to change a flat tire and can be switched on for 25mins even when the remaining battery is only 15%. (tried and tested)- Good keypad(KEY FEATURE), good playlist configuring options- Excellent software for the phone, mp3s can transferred at variable bit-rates without taking too long- Excellent,fast log, the pho

I won't lie, I'm a Sony fan. Have been for years. When I was at school, I would take the Sony catalogue with me and look at each of the hundreds of products and admire the constantly evolving designs and technologies this company offers. Sad, I know.There are two things that made Sony what it is today; televisions and Walkmans. Their TVs were and still are today the standard by which all TVs are measured by. And Walkmans, well, they revolutionised the way people listened to music. And of course they are now good, if not the best, at many other things, from video gaming to professional video cameras used by James Cameron and Michael Mann!The company however has always annoyed a number of people by unnecessarily introducing proprietary formats. Some good, some bad, but ONE company alone will always find it hard to win public support with a format if it is not supported by other manufacturers. This was highlighted by the company's biggest EVER mistake, encapsulated in one word: ATRAC.Sony were slow to the MP3 market. In the beginning they shunned it, developing the MD and Discman lines whilst Napster was taking on the world. It took computer companies like Creative and Apple to introduce MP3 players whilst the likes of Panasonic, Sony and Philips failed to embrace such a simple concept. Sony were so complacent that they built their own audio compression format, ATRAC, which could only be made by Sony's own Sonic Stage software, and played by Sony's hardware. The software was absolutely appalling, and did not really improve on MP3's already strong compression rate. It was cumbersome to use, and next to the hip image of an emerging iTunes, and the ever improving iPod, Apple did not just overtake Sony, they pretty much obliterated them out of a market they dominated. Heck, they invented the portable audio market.Come 2005 and Sony execs are looking at themselves wondering what happened to their once-guranteed hundreds of millions a year. They quietly admitted to themselves that they blew it. But their other markets were thriving. Look at the PSPs, the PS2 and upcoming PS3. Look at their Bravia HD displays. Look at their groundbreaking HDV cameras. Sony are kicking butt, but Discmans and MD players are no longer a top 5 option for ANYONE. It is either an iPod video, an iPod shuffle, an iPod nano (get my point) or maybe, for those somewhat bored, a Creative whatchamacallit!But they have found a way to use the Walkman brand, by using cutting edge technology and simple, ingenious design, and incorporating a music player in their line of phones.The W810i is one of the more recent additions to an ever-expanding line of sublime phones and I've got to say "it is amazing!"This phone, unusually so from Sony, allows a great deal of flexbility in terms of how the user can import and export data. The phone boasts a memory stick port, which is such a massive feature, because this means you can replace the standard 512MB stick with a 2GB stick (4GB is now available, but let prices fall before you buy one). 2GB!!! We may no longer be impressed by such a figure, but may I remind you that with an average 4 minute, 4 MB MP3 we are talking a ridiculous 500 song/45 albums capacity. That's an iPod nano my friend! Hook up your phone via USB and two drives pop up on your computer, the memory stick and the phone's internal drive, and just like your own HDs, you simply drag and drop data from folder to folder. It's brilliant, and obviously lends itself well as a USB stick for students. This means you can use it with PC and Macs, unlike an iPod, and it is not restricted to working with ONE program, unlike an iPod, although iTunes does rock!So just how good is the Walkman feature? Well, it is very similar to the iPod interface, and whilst it may not boast the brilliant iPod navigation wheel it still has some effectively positioned buttons that allow volume change, starting and pausing music and skipping back and forth tracks. They are in the perfect place, and I commend the designers, because this is where the phone truly excels; ergonimics. With such a vast array of features, it must take a pretty smart bunch of people to make it anything but a hassle to use. The devoted Walkman button transports you to Artists/Albums/Playlists etc etc. You can change the equalizer, you can send your tracks via Bluetooth/Infrared to other people, you can basically have fun.Sound wise? It sounds damn good. Is it hi-fidelity? No, not by a long shot (but then, neither are iPods!). It comes with good earphones, but I like good sound, so will use my best phones, and encode at a slightly lower compression to cull the best performance from this hardware. It does not sound as good as an iPod, but this is a very personal opinion. The differences are marginal, but this, unlike an iPod, does so much MORE!A test of whether this is a direct competitor with an iPod is whether, if you took away all the other features and were left with just the Walkman feature, would it

Got this as a birthday gift in 2006. It's my second SE phone (first was the T68i).The entire time I've had this phone, never had "ANY" issue with it; no lock-ups/freezing...nothing. The phone simply worked like a charm. Great walkman phone, takes good pics (for a 2MP camera), and perfect size.The only reason I retired this phone, is I got another phone as birthday gift this year; and it's also a SE phoneI HIGHLY RECOMMEND this baby.

As an already dedicated Walkman phone user(w600i)and converted SE afficianado, the w810i was an easy choice for me when facing the dilemna of having to find a worthy replacement for my beloved w600i(Which is no longer being produced.)Walkman phones are not only chocked full of quality features, well made, loaded with the extremely quick and user friendly SE interface, but also extremely easy on the eyes. And besides, it's a WALKMAN phone, complete with Sony's own Mega Bass trademark. It simply doesn't get any cooler than this.Rumour has it that Cingular will be releasing this phone sometime soon, but I found myself too impatient to wait and went along and got the unlocked version to use on my Cingular service. For anyone who has considered buying an unlocked phone but is nervous(I was,) I can most honestly tell you that SE makes it painless to set your phone on your network. You simply go to the SE website and answer a few questions about the phone, and they send you everything you need in a text message which contains special software for your carrier which installs itself. It is also beneficial to buy unlocked phones because sometimes service providers cripple some of the features and capabilities when 'branding' the phones to them and adding their own software. Also, sometimes the carrier's software can cause problems with the phone, which was rumoured to be the case with the w600i, which would often crash unexpectedly.Onto the phone. I was astonished when I saw just how small and cute the w810 is. It's size and width is about comparable to an ipod mini, and certainly lives up to it's "ipod killer" nickname since it has dedicated music buttons and can store up to 2gb(4gb in the future) of music(the w810i comes with a 512mb memory stick pro duo, NOT micro, which is what a lot of other mp3 phones have.)The camera is absolutely pristine at 2mp's and has a lot of cool effects. The radio is also extremely well done and lets you select preset stations and has RDS, which not only displays the station's name, but also the artist information and tracklisting for the current song(when available, as it's up to the station to provide that info.)You can use mp3's as ringtones, message alerts, and even as your alarm clock sound. Another neat little feature is that the keypad has a light sensor that automaticly brightens or dims it's light, depending on the amount of light in the room. As expected, the internet connection is flawless and lightning quick, and the bluetooth capabilities are all present and work beautifully. Plus, when you connect the phone to your PC, the phone and memory card are recognized as mass storage drives that are listed as "Phone" and "Memory Card," so you don't have to go out of your way to try to locate the devices on your PC. Special software is included but you don't even really need it, as I simply drag the files and drop them into the appropriate spot and it copies itself automaticly. I have no problems with midi, wav, or windows media files being put onto the phone, and as for itunes, you can also drag and drop them too, but I've noticed that some of the files are recognized and playable on the phone, and some are not; it's somewhat spotty with files in that format, but afterall, this isn't an itunes phone and what doesn't work in itunes format, I'll simply convert back to wma. Obviously, the 20mb of storage on the phone is mainly for use when adding themes, images or games, while larger files can be stored on the memory card. Of course, there are so many other little tricks and features that I haven't even discovered yet.Gripes? Not many! Afterall, this is a Sony Ericsson phone, which has every feature imaginable and cutting edge technology. My only disappointment from coming from the w600i is that the phone is a candybar, so it can't make cute little sounds when opened, and it doesn't have three speakers like the w600i(only one speaker,) so there is no stereo widening on this one(although I suspect this was a deliberate move in order to get us to buy the portable mini speakers{MPS-60} separately. Mine are on their way as we speak.) Of course, these are nitpicky little things...So, put down those Razrs and Chocolates and buy yourself a phone that really is a "toy," because you'll be playing with this one endlessly.

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.

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.[...]

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.

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.

I have used several Nokia phones for work and had bought a Sony Ericsson T310 for personal use as it offered (and delivered) ridiculously long battery life: an average of 11 or so days without charging (I don't do long conversations on cell phones), an intuitive interface and all the features I needed then. Years later I was forced to change the phone (dropped it too many times) and natually another Sony Ericsson was the first choice. Based on the price and features I settled on the W800 series since I was now walking with two phones and a Walkman radio. I did a poll of the persons I knew with non-basic phones and the majority responded that the Sony Walkman phones were the phone of choice for persons who didn't like Motorola phones. In fact persons who had owned them stated that they LOVED their phones. Cutting a long story short, I bought this phone from Amazon in January, I've had no problems since the purchase and I LOVE this phone. The intuitive interface and the 'info' option for most menu items meant I only had to read the manual (a month later) to see what other features were on the phone otherthan those I figured out on my own. This phone meets all my media needs (FM radio, MP3, 2MP camera) so I just plug it into the MP3 jack on my car radio and I'm good to go. I'm definitely going to get the 2GB expansion card... My only minor complaint is that the connection interface only allows one item to be connected at a time; a non-issue really...

I got this phone 2 yrs ago becase of the MP3 and radio.(You'll need to purchase more memory.) I love, love, love it. I plug it in to my car stereo every day, the sound quality is awesome and the radio is also nice. The picture quality from the camera is excellent. Call quality is excellent; although, I wish the speaker was a bit louder. Besides that, I haven't had a problem in 2 years. Normally, I'm an electronics junkie, and can't wait to get a new phone after my contract has expired, but I'm going to keep this one until it's on it's last legs.

I PURCHASED THIS PHONE AND IT IS NOT FUNCTIONING. I SENT AN EMAIL WITH MY SITUATION AND HAVE NOT GOTTEN A REPLY. EVERY YEAR I PURCHASE FROM AMAZON AND THIS IS THE FIRST I HAVE EVER RECEIVED SUCH SERVICE. I PAID FOR THIS PHONE AND NOW I AM STUCK WITH IT. UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT RECEIVE THE PHONE UNTIL AFTER THE RETURN TIME. I AM PRESENTLY NOT IN THE US AND HAD TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE COULD HAVE BROUGHT IT FOR ME. I AM NOW LOOKING FOR A SONY ERICSSON STORE THAT CAN HELP ME TO REPAIR IT. I STILL NEED HELP ON THIS

I have had this phone just over 18 months and must say that it has exceeded my expectations. I travel frequently and having this phone has eliminated the need to carry an mp3 player and camera in addition to my phone.A feature I truely appreciate is the 'flight mode' setting. This allows you to power up JUST the music feature without actually turning on the phone thus allowing you to use it on a plane. Also when in 'flight mode' the battery life is considerably extended. On a 7.5 hr flight plus lay-overs and having kept the music feature on almost continously I still had 14% battery life remaining by the time I got to my destination! Another neat little music feature is the built-in FM radio which uses the wire of the ear phones for an antenna! Upgrading the memory stick to 4Gb allows for well over 8hrs of music and still has room for about 125+/- pictures depending on the image quality.The picture quality is surprisingly good for a camera phone, although I would be more inclinded to call this an mp3 camera that happens to also have a phone built in. At 2Mg resolution you wont be taking pictures worth enlarging to 8x10 but as a 'point n shoot' camera for general use it more then does the trick and the resulting images are pretty good in the 4x6 size range.The call quality I have experienced has been quite good, even in the speaker phone mode, with an average talk time of around 2.5 - 3 hours continuous call and I have gone up to 4 days without needing to charge the phone under very minimal usage conditions.Truely, the ONLY thing I have an issue with is that the plug-in port for the charger and the ear phones are one and the same meaning that you can't have the phone plugged in to charge and use the radio feature at the same time since it's the ear phone wire that serves as the radios antenna.Overall I would definitely recommend this phone to just about anyone whether you're looking for a new phone, a new mp3 player or even a new point-n-shoot digital camera, especially if you're a traveler and need to lighten you accessory load.

I've owned this phone for 18 months, the first 15 months with T-Mobile and the past 3 months with AT&T. Reception has been great with AT&T. With T-Mobile, reception was good. For data, I use the Operamini 4 web browser with AT&T's unlimited Medianet and it is extremely fast and reliable. I can access almost all web sites. With T-Mobile Web, service was mediocre, up and down. But that was not the fault of the phone, but the provider. This phone has it all except for 3G and support for Bluetooth Stereo headsets. Music quality is great if you do not mind using the included wired headset.The camera is ok and takes decent pictures. But I would not buy this phone for the camera. The phone is very simple and intuitive to use. You can go on Sony Ericsson's web site and get whatever settings you need to suit the services you want your carrier to perform. I was only interested in the wap settings to surf the internet and SE sent that to my phone via SMS in a few seconds.If you want a reliable phone for data and voice, you should consider this phone. Battery life is excellent. I charge it almost every night for 2 hours because I leave the Operamini 4 browser on almost always since I am a very heavy data user.

I have had this phone for at least 2 years now. It has been through lots of abuse and still looks and sounds great. It has survived several rounds with a 2 year-old and a 4 year-old. The sound quality of the external speaker is the best I've ever heard on a cell phone. I have stored a bunch of music videos and tv episodes on it in mp4 format. I've put several mp3's on the phone. It has an airplane mode so you have all your media available to you on flights. It works fine with linux, just plug it in and the memory stick and the phone's internal memory are seen and mounted as separate devices. Anytime I think about getting something new, I compare it with all the features this phone has and I can't justify buying anything different. Texting is easy and fast. I can record video with sound, and I have used the *very* bright light on the camera as a flashlight on numerous occasions. I have used a number of other phones, and this phone manages to be more sturdy and more usable than any phone I've ever seen. I would highly recommend this phone to anyone who's on the market.

Bought this phone(unlocked) 9 months back. Using it with t-mobile service so far. Switching from simple nokia to this phone.Negatives:1.voice sounds unnatural/automated during initial use. nokia seemed natural. Got used to it after a few weeks and don't feel it anymore.2.Unable to find a good cover for it unlike for other phones. Made do with a nokia cover. Seems to fit fine.3.No single beep ringtone. i really miss this feature from nokia. I tried adding a beep sound to the ringtone from my computer. But it repeats the beep making it annoying.4.Shows the time of only the last received missed call from a person. If a person called twice, i cant see the previous time the person called. Miss this feature from nokia.Positives:1.Good features. voice clarity is good at both ends.2.Camera is better than razor's but not as good as a regular camera. i rarely use it as i use a regular camera. But this is for emergencies.3.Dropped a few times on carpet. Works fine.4.Gets good signal coverage.5.i use it as an mp3 player. good sound quality.6.light is sometimes useful.7.connecting to the computer is useful. i can transfer any file or put any song and use it as ringtone. Also any theme or screen picture.8.Listened to FM radio for a while. But the wired handsfree is a pain to always have connected. So dont listen to fm anymore.9. has EDGE. but i dont know of anybody who ever connects to the internet using cell phone. neither do i.10. Its black. i like the color.Overall, i like this better than a razor anyday. I miss the features of nokia. But sony is a different company and getting used to it. Definitely worth buying.