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Sony Ericsson S700i |
| Date: |
23/10/05 (476 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Build Quality, Features
Disadvantages: Relaibility!!!!
The Phone looks good, the build quality is superb, the features on the phone cannot be faulted but is all this worth it when phone is as reliable as a "Builder on a Friday".
The gadgets incorporated into the phone are superb. Bluetooth, MP3 player, Camera with 1.3 megapixel's and video facility's amongst a few.
The problem I have found with this particular phone is the reliability in sending and receiving text messages.
On many an occasion I have been sent a text from a friend or the other half and not received it until the next day, I have even received text's a week later.
I work as a courier in the Gtr London area, and spend a fair bit of time back and forward into London. I obviously pay the congestion charge.
I was paying by text message using the phone, but I was never receiving the confirmation of payment text's from CCL, until the next morning so I was never exactly sure the payments had been processed O.K. A bit of a gamble I know, at £50 a time if you have'nt paid.
One day I paid the charge via text, but unfortunately for me I had insufficient funds in the old bank account. I was unaware of this and thought I had a few quid in the account. I never received the confirmation text, but thought nothing of it. 2 days later I'm back up London, paying the charge again by text. Once again no confirmation text and still no confirmation from the other day, but hay nothing new there, with this phone.
Once again the following day I'm back up London paying or presuming I'm paying the congestion charge by text.
The next day the first of the penaltie charges start coming through the door, there goes £50 of my hard earned. The next day the same, there goes another £50. Then the third day here comes the next penaltie charge, another £50.
So In one week that was £150 this phones unreliability cost me.
I had it out with the NSP. I even changed my NSP, but still have the problem so it must be the phone.
DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE IF YOU WANT A RELIABLE PHONE YOU CAN TRUST!!!!!
Summary: Looks Good, Good Build Quality, Crap Reliability!!!
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- 25/10/05 I know loads of people who have this phone and looks like they are lucky they have not had anything go wrong with it. x |
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- 23/10/05 I agree that the NSP can be mainly at fault. I bought the phone on a contract with O2, and as said I initially thought that the blame lay with them.
I told them to stick it, and went back to Orange. Who I had been a customer with for many years, and had used a few different phones on there network without any problem.
I still had the problem with an Orange chip in the phone, admittedly the problem is not as bad as when on O2, but it still is not very reliable. |
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- 23/10/05 are you sure it's the phone and not your network coverage that's at fault? |
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