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Sony Ericsson W580i Walkman

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List price as of Sep 7, 2007:
S$468
for a 2-year price plan

CNET Asia Review

By Kim Fong, CNET.com.au

Excellent

8

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The good: Slick and slim design; funky features including Walkman music player and pedometer; solid build.

The bad: Buttons can be difficult to press; not 3G; no camera flash.

The bottom line: Sony Ericsson's W580i is a sexy, thin slider that you'll want to carry in your pocket for its MP3 music player, radio or just to use the built-in pedometer.

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Worst build quality, extremely poor display hardware!



Rating: 1 out of 10 (Abysmal)
Pros: Looks, Multimedia options, Slider
Cons: Worst build quality, poor hardware, heavy maitanance
Opinion:
I got this phone about 3 months ago for a price of about 10K in Hyderabad (India).

The phone's functionality is good as per its specifications. Voice quality is okay, sound and the Walkman are good. Talktime is about 4-5 hours and the average backup with 10-15 calls a day and normal multimedia usage is not more than 24 hours.

The worst part is its build quality, the screen display is screwed up in less than 2 months, i took it to the authorized service center and was surprised to see the same model handset with same problem for one in every 2 complaints they had that day.

I spoke to the center manager and he confirmed the fact that this model (W580i) is the faultiest model that SE had produced in the last 2 years. He'd confirmed a fact that 90% of the handsets of this model which come for warranty are due to the display ... Read more

 

can the keypad be changed?



Rating: 7 out of 10 (Very good)
Pros: -
Cons: -
Opinion:
hello . i was actually wondering if the sony ericsson w580i the keypad can be changed . and roughly how much ? because i really like the phone but there is something wrong with the keypad .

 

Intresting Phone



Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Shake Control, Pedometer, Walk Mate, And Much more.
Cons: Bad Camera, Not 3G, iMac can't read W580i Software
Opinion:
I've got this phone a month ago. Maybe some people said "Cracked Keys" But not in my phone :-). I like this phone very much because it have Walk mate, so i can count my steps. Pedometer, Shake Control, The easy way to change my music. But it haven't good camera, no flashlight and Macintosh can't read W580i Software. But i love this phone!


 

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damiankoh: Well, the W580i has about 12MB of onboard memory, so you can always use that.. but it's recommended that ...
georgiagirl: Do you have to have a memory stick to take pictures and download music on this phone ???? ...
coolboy138: I was watching some Chinese soap opera the other day and noticed all of the actors' phone said "cyber ...

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