STYLISH! (Sony Ericsson T610)

Member Name: Crypzy

Product:	Sony Ericsson T610
Date:	12/09/03 (1086 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use, Small, cute, Camera

Disadvantages: Slippery!, Gets dirty easy!, Camera needs a flash!

I would just like to say b4 U read this review that I keep trying to put capital letters in and it won't let me.

Standing in Phones 4 U, I announced to my friend who works there that,
"My heart is set on this one". And my heart chose well! (Ok, so this is more an emotional review than a technical one but I hope it helps you anyway!)

At first this phone appeared really difficult to use as I have only ever used a Nokia, but now I find it easier than the old one. There is a joystick to move around and a lovely colour screen. The menu is accessed by one push of a joystick and each option is represented by an image. The phone boasts many attractive features such as Music DJ, where you can make your own tunes for a ring tone, Wap access, email: picture messaging and a built in camera.

My friend in the shop told me it has 'one of the best cameras on the market' which sounded good to me. It is good, although I still have doubts as to how clear my pictures are because it seems that to only get a clear photo when you hold the phone really still which can be difficult. Personally, I'm not bothered, a phone is for talking to people, not for taking photos with.

Since I have got this phone I have seen loads of adverts for it in magazines, described as the new 'stylish accessory'. It makes me think it is being targeted at women but hey, I don't read blokes magazines so I wouldn't know. It certainly is small and neat but ever so slippery. I have dropped it 3 times and chipped it and scratched it. This, I was very disappointed about.

The ring tones provided on the phone are not very good at all, but there is ample storage and you can download pretty much anything from the web onto the phone. I like to race through the screens at the rate of knots but sometimes I don't think it lives up to the speed of my Nokia. Maybe this is due to the colour screen and the vast amount of information it h
as on it.

A little touch I like is that you can assign photo's to your contacts so you can literally 'see'
; who is calling you. I also have a photo of my boyfriend as a screensaver. There's also a really addictive mini-golf game that comes on the phone. To be honest I played with it for about two days - ignoring everyone around me and extremely annoying my boyfriend. I know its sad but I couldn't stop myself composing tune after tune on the music dj. The novelty does wear off after a while though.

My overall opinion is that it's cute and ever so easy to use. The only thing I don't like about it is the screen gets so dirty so easily I have to keep wiping it. It did actually come with a cloth especially for this job, so I can't complain. I have thought of getting a case but then that would cover the camera so I have to be extra careful I don't drop it again.

I would just like to emphasise I only had to read the first 2 pages of the help booklet before I could handle this phone, that's how easy it is!

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