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So far, so good! | Sony Ericsson W580i White Phone (AT&T)

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	• Sony Ericsson W580i White Phone (AT&T) AT&T AT&T, 2007 average customer review:based on 52 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

phone konked off......do not buy please

comment: Dec 31, 07

The phone started giving me error..."insert smartchip" and keeps switching itself off frequently. I tried calling ATT and they tell me that since 30 days have passed, I can get a refurbished phone as a replacement. What a bunch of crap.......daylight robbery...do not buy ATT products or service.

I travel a lot through NH remote areas, I am now losing signal more often than when I had my old nokia 6230. I think I may go back to it.

The microphone of this phone is too sensitive, in my car when I am speaking, people can hear the road noise/wind noise which they did not when I had my nokia.

The interface is very cumbersome. You have to press a lot of buttons to get small tasks done.

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I purchased this because it has the most features for the price range. I do not use phone for internet, music purchase..etc at least not yet, so I do not need a 3g phone or a PDA phone. If you remove those two aspects, this phone has everything else and free if you are new to AT$$$T .

Quad band, 2MP camera, media player, expandable memory, FM RADIO WITH RDS and bluetooth A2DP.

I recieved this yesterday havent used it much but here are the highlights

Pro's

--Brilliant screen
--love the walkman feature and pedometer. When you switch pedometer, it actually shows a tiny icon with the # of steps in one corner of main screen all the time
--can use as a removable drive with supplied USB cable
--comes with a proprietary headphone, but has an adapter for 3.5mm
--good voice quality and speakerphone.
--has fm with RDS. Only other phone to have it is a nokia 6555, but that one only has 1.3m camera
--sound quality is good for a phone

cons
--not really white color, it is silverish-white...so no OHH and AHH's
--phone can get accidentally unlocked and dial #'s and use mediaNET. U have to create a dummy internet provider to avoid data usage charges..thanks to the other reviewer, this is the first thing I did without even testing if it happens.
--phone switches off suddenly and randomly when you open and close the slider
--Battery door of WHITE phone is difficult to open because it does not have a non-slip backing.
-- ONLY WHITE MODEL HAS 256Mb ms micro card included, you will pay $[...] extra for a 2GB MS compared to a 2GB SD card, factor that into costs.
-- no flash for camera.

If 3g is important, Nokia 6555 is a good option but compromise with camera..as if that makes much difference.

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Question

Has anyone with an AT&T family plan been able to get a w580i off amazon via a renewal?

So far, so good!

Ok, I bought the white phone. I have to say...it's more of an eggshell, a little grey even, but not white. Oh well, I can live with that.
Key Points
- great reception - no problems so far
- excellent picture quality
- poor video quality
- key pad a little too small - hand will cramp. I am now using my left hand and problem solved.
- lightweight
- no flashlight on this one, but very bright screen
- sd card is a mini - however comes with an adapter
- it has a fitness section under organizer. It counts your steps!
- Poor/Average? battery life - you will have to charge it every day... perhaps that's normal.

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nice and cool

It's the first time that I tried a slider from Sony Ericsson. Cool design, bright color, small size and light weight. Looks good and feels well - like it a lot!

The only thing is that even though I chose "open to answer", calls are picked up or go out unintentionally when the outside button is touched by stuff in the pocket/handbag. It is annoying still. Other than that, great phone!

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