Don't buy the P990 (Sony Ericsson P990i)

Name: danjakuzi

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Product:	Sony Ericsson P990i
Date:	24/11/06 (381 review reads)
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Advantages: 2MP camera; good video

Disadvantages: Bloated features; apalling information architecture; lack of common sense

Don't buy this phone.

I had the P900, then the 910, got on well with both of them. They got beaten up, so decided to upgrade to the 990 - mistake.

Here is my review:

PROS
- it looks good
- video works well
- 2 MP camera is impressive
- that's about it

CONS
- it is bloated with features and the information architecture is apalling, really bad: e.g. it takes 4 clicks of one button to start writing a text, but with the old phone it was two clicks - is that an improvement?
- you cannot access your diary or address book while on the phone, thus defeating one of the main points of having a PDA
- the contact system is counter-intuitive: if you touch a contact it dials it automatically when all you want is to see the contact information. You have to do the much less obvious - and harder to do if you're phone is on a surface - task of pressing the dial wheel to see the information
- it priortises VIDEO CALL over a normal phone call: how can this make sens: does Sony Ericsson really believe there is a greater demand for video call?

- some applications are hard to load: you double click on the time and sometimes it opens up, sometimes it doesn't

- it chews up a lot more battery than the 910

CONCLUSION: this phone obviously bypassed any usability testing: the product manager obviously got too excited the the spec......but high spec without usability is a waste of time. Can i have my money back?

Summary: Sony Ericsson must have real disdain for their customers

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