A Troublesome Delight (Sony Ericsson W580i)

Member Name: eddy_cj_benn

Product:	Sony Ericsson W580i
Date:	17/06/09 (19 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy, Decent functions at start, Walkman, 2MP camera

Disadvantages: Reliability, No 3G, Disliked my attempts to set up WAP

I have had this for 18 months on fresh's pay as you go network. It has been an excellent phone right up until the year mark when things started going wrong. Sony's excellent walkman music player started to not read my memory stick, then the rest of the phone ignored it too. The 2MP camera thought another application was open so it would not open, the volume controls (on the side) broke, the mircophone stopped working as did the speakers during a call but this is solved by putting it on speaker phone.
I changed for a new phone as it was still in warantee but the new one suffered from the same problems and I am now looking for a new phone. It never struggled to process anything and until it all went wrong, it was my favourite of all my phones. It has many excellent features such as the 2MP camera, walkman, Micro memory stick holder and slide (which I always liked). I think I have just been unlucky. In the grand scale of things, a wonderful phone. But I can't give it 5 stars as it has no 3G, it wouldn't let me set up internet and the reliability was poor.

Summary: Don't go paying more than £100 for it as it is good but may break.

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