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| Brand: Sony Ericsson
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.99
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Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 2380
Color: White
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
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Model: W580i
EAN: 7311270151969
ASIN: B000UWGSWM
Release Date: August 24, 2007
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An overall pretty good phone! February 21, 2008
It's for a reason that Wired magazine rated this phone the second best of the year (after the iPhone, of course): it is a really good phone! This is my 3rd Sony Ericsson (I like their designs). Even though I was very reluctant to get another Sony Ericsson after my last one (a W600i which was a total lemon) and renew my contract with AT&T (I was very displeased with the way they handled that lemon of a phone), I decided to give the brand one more chance, since my very first Sony Ericsson still works fine after several years in use (AT&T I was just stuck with for now...). The fact that there weren't that many great other alternatives (I hate flip phones) also helped sway me... And I am quite happy with what I got, I must say!
This is a very elegant, handy, nicely designed phone, with some great features, like the expandable memory. I got a 4 gig microcard off Amazon for less than $70, and I now have more than 800 songs on my phone, which is pretty great! (As is the sound quality.) The radio feature is quite nice, too; however, it only works with the earphones that come with the phone (they function as an antenna supposedly). So, if like me you tend to misplace those earphones, it won't be of much use to you for long. The camera is decent and the screen is pretty bright, but the keyboard--even though nicely designed with orange buttons--is a tad small if you have large fingers like me. But best of all, unlike that lemon the W600i, the memory on this phone is quite stable!
My one major gripe about the phone is that the back cover of the battery is so difficult to remove (if you need to get to the SIM card, for example) that I have scratched the back of the phone pretty bad trying to open it, even before I used it! (The fact that it is made of such soft lightweight plastic doesn't help either.) My other complain isn't so much the phone but one of the restrictions that AT&T put on it: unlike the W600i, you can only use your music files as ringtones if they are under a certain size restriction (of course, so that AT&T can charge you a ridiculous fee for ringtones). One cumbersome workaround this is one of those free internet sites that allow you to upload your own music files and convert them to ringtones.
Aside from that, this is one handy, sturdy, lightweight, multi-functional phone. I even dropped it under the rain, and it got drenched. The SIM card is rusting (which can be replaced, for a fee, from AT&T), but the phone is still working great!
 poor construction February 13, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I average over 2000 minutes a month on my phone. I returned two phones because of problems with the hardware. The first I believe was a defect but the second was because of use. The two round buttons on the phone which are used the most became loose and slipped out of disc shape.
I overlooked minor design flaws but after 4 months of use a major component should not come apart. It is a fragile phone.
fun, small, cute, but texting is a little unwieldy February 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just got this phone about 2 weeks ago and also switched from T-mobile to AT&T.
The only problem I've had with the phone is an issue with the SIM card not going in all the way when I tried to install it. Note that it is almost impossible to remove the SIM card once you insert it. AT&T Customer Service told me to take it to a store and have the phone replaced, but I just kept trying and eventually got it to work. I discovered that I should have pushed the SIM card in more firmly than I did initially. I had to use my fingernail to push it in the thin slot. If you just tap the SIM card into the slot with your finger tip, it might not be in far enough.
I haven't used the music, walkman, or bluetooth functions yet although I plan to. I don't plan on using the camera for taking pictures. I got a Canon SD1000 for that.
The battery lasts me about 5 days and I talk maybe 2 hours or less total during that time but text a lot and leave the phone on the whole time.
I agree with some reviews about the phone being slow to use for text. I had a motorola v360 for 2 years that was super fast for sending text messages, but maybe once I transition completely, I'll get faster at it. One shortcut I learned is to just press the "up arrow" side of the circular navigation button to jump to message creation.
Also if you press and hold the back key (little backwards curving arrow), you can jump back to the 'desktop' screen.
One really nice thing is that the voice mail options for AT&T are pretty similar (identical so far) to the T-mobile ones which made it super easy for me to transition in that respect.
This phone also allows you to block any number not on a user-specified list {Settings | Profiles | | More | View And Edit | Accept Calls}. I like this so I don't waste minutes picking up calls from people not in my contact list during the day. You can save this setting to one profile (maybe "work") and not to another one (maybe "home"), so you have some flexibility if you don't care who calls you after 9 PM, for example. I could not do that with my v360 so that is a feature I appreciate on this phone.
And FYI: On the AT&T Set Up instruction sheet that Amazon packages with the phone they publish the wrong number for AT&T customer service. (it's the single page with all the info for all the different carriers) I looked it up online instead.
 Beautiful phone with great interface, excellent all-round quality January 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have the white version of this phone and I couldn't be happier. It's not a smart phone, but it performs exceptionally well on everything it's supposed to.
CALL QUALITY: This is an important aspect for me because it is a phone after all! Call quality is great. Not as good as a land line, but voices are plenty loud and very clear. I'm a little hard of hearing, and the volume is good enough for me. So long as you have a good signal (which my phone has no trouble finding), you'll be pleased.
MUSIC PLAYER: The music player is the real highlight of this phone. I was using a Creative Zen mp3 player and the sound out of my W580 is just as good. The interface is pretty simple and doesn't have as many functions as a stand-alone player, but the interface is still very intuitive and gets the job done. The included ear-buds are sound-isolating and produce excellent sound: deep base and rich, clear tones across all pitches. I installed a 4GB memory card which holds about 750 of my mp3's. With the excellent sound quality and decent storage capacity, this phone has replaced my stand-alone mp3 player.
CAMERA: It's only a 2 megapixel with no flash and autofocus, so the camera isn't as good as it could be. But it takes great pictures in good lighting. The color and sharpness of the pictures is right on, and quality is good enough for printing. Don't expect too much in poor lighting; in night mode, you have to hold your hand very still and hope your subject is also very still. The lack of autofocus makes close-ups difficult as well. But for typical use in good lighting, the camera performs admirably.
MESSAGING: Messaging is smooth and intuitive. The lack of a qwerty keyboard doesn't bother me, as the intelligent-tap system works very well. It guesses much better than the itap on the RAZR I recently used. Many users have complained about the keys cracking and splitting, but I haven't had this problem. I've only had the phone for a couple weeks, though, so maybe long-term use will reveal a problem.
DISPLAY: The display is fabulous! 320x240 resolution in only a 2" display means the screen is very smooth-looking and very easy on your eyes. Colors are vibrant and accurate.
CONSTRUCTION: The phone is very light-weight, yet still feels well constructed. The slider mechanism is smooth and solid. There is a small wobble when the phone is fully open, which has been a minor annoyance.
All-around, I'm very happy with this phone and would highly recommend it, especially if you're tired of carrying around a separate phone, camera, and mp3 player!
 Good phone but..... January 22, 2008
This is a really neat phone, however, the reviews claim it has excellent battery life....I did not find this the case. Compared to other phones the battery life was very short. I have to charge this phone every night. Another negative about this phone is it's not very text friendly. I would not recommend this phone for frequent texters. The key pad is cramped and the symbols are kind of hard to get to. Those are the only two negatives so far...but I've only had it for about a month.
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