Customer Reviews

Sony Ericcsson Z310a Pink Phone (AT&T)

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I had a bad year with phones. 12 years owning a cell phone without a hitch and this past year I went through 3. Two - my fault - washed w/o paying attention. They were the sony walkman phones. Loved them. After that I went with a cheaper phone: The z310a. This one was stolen on Halloween.

I did love it. I don't use a phone a ton, I don't use it for pictures or for music. This did the job. I loved all the little doo-dads - the blinking lights. The fun ring tones. I loved the color and the hidden icons and things.

It's a bare bones phone - but it had everything I needed and worked. It didn't stay charged very long, but I kept it charging in the car when I was driving or hooked up when I was in the house. I'd get 2 days max out of it - without using it.

The sound quality was fine. I never had an issue with not knowing who I was talking to.

It does scratch, but I had it for three months and would throw it in my purse with all the other stuff and it only had one little scratch on it.

The camera was awful, but I've read other reviews that said if you turn it sideways, the pics come out fine. I'll have to try that.

As I mentioned - I had it stolen in October. I was waiting for the z750a to become available (refurbished), but I've given up on that happening. I did love this little phone and will happily get it again.

Ok phone. Not internet friendly!!! (comparing it to motorolas and nokias) Holds up to dropping on ground very well. Love the white, makes it easy to find in bag. Not very good games to download.

I loved this phone with all my heart until one day the screen had a dark spot in the middle. After about two weeks the dark spot became a giant yellow sunshine of dead pixels. Texting? forget it. I can't see what I'm typing! Want to know who called? Have to call them back to see the number show up outside of the giant sunshine.
Additionally, the speaker phone really is the pits. It's hard to turn it on and you have to crank the volume to the top to hear it.

I liked this phone for a couple of months. Great features, easy to play games on. Looks great. People on the other line didn't like how I sounded. Then it stopped working. S/E should reinvent this phone with the same features but better quality.

I selected this phone as my free upgrade phone. Once everything was transferred over, it took very little time for me to realize that this phone is terrible! Yes, it has some snazzy features--indicator lights that blend in with the case when not lit and cool colors--but it sounds like you're talking in a tin can. I had to actually look at the phone number/name to see who I was talking to because I couldn't recognize anyone's voice. I ended up going back to my original phone. What I did like is that when I switched from my old phone to the new one, ALL my contacts transferred as well. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for when I switched back. So, if that feature was part of the new phone capabilities it was a plus but certainly not "plus enough" to justify continued use. I like to be able to recognize voices when I'm talking to them and not have to be in a perfectly quiet environment to do so.

I love my new phone..... absolutly love it. only thing is that the battery life sucks..... other than that its a great phone...

We purchased from Amazon.com one Motorola RAZR2 V9 Phone and two Sony Ericsson Z750 Phones along with a mandatory 2-year contract AT&T FamilyTalk Nation 550 Rollover Minutes.
Pros: $0.03 for all three phones, Rollover minutes.

Cons: just to mention few...
- The worst talk and standby time on all three phones particularly the Sony Ericsson, despite the fact all three of us use our cell phones only for very necessary or in emergency situations.
- More dropped calls than the competition.
- The quality of voice (connection) is a lot to be desired.
- You cannot program the phone on speaker ahead of time. You can activate it only after dialing or receiving a call - A SAFETY ISSUE while driving.
- The buttons on all three phones are arranged in such a way so that one can easily get connected to internet inadvertently. Despite disconnecting it immediately, you get charged by AT&T. The AT&T advice was to either purchase a new plan (for additional high monthly fee) or have the option of internet connection totally disconnected (without reduction in monthly charge despite reduced service). We end up to having to choose the latter.
- The ring tone of RAZR2 V9 when on speaker phone is laryngitic.
- The choices for the ring tones are severely anemic, unless you purchase more tones from AT&T.
- The voice command, as I understand it, can be activated only with additional monthly fee. The competition gave that for free on the less equipped phones.

WHY DID WE NOT CANCEL THE AT&T PLAN during the first ONE month of grace period?

This one goes to Amazon.com and its new stifling way of business: If you cancel or reduce the plan within the first SIX months, you have to pay $250 for each phone!!!
Perhaps I was too generous to include "$0.03 for all three phones" as a Pro for this, seemingly, deal; or more seemingly, ordeal.