Customer Reviews

Sony Ericsson W580i Phone, Red (AT&T)

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

A long-time Motorola phone user now converted. Not only is this phone lightweight and amazing looking, it's feature packed.

Pros:

- Crystal-clear calling. No static and loud when needed.
- The screen is amazing. The resolution is awesome. By far the best I've ever seen on a phone this size.
- This phone is tiny; in a good way. Super-slim and tucks nicely in your pocket. Being that it's a slider, you'll never have to worry about pocket-dialing. :)
- The software is very easy to navigate. This is nicely improved over the Motorola interface of my older RAZR.
- The MP3 player rocks; no pun intended. The Walkman software lets you sort by Artists, Albums, Tracks, Playlists and more. This is light-years ahead of the my old RAZR's MP3 player. This one rivals any standalone MP3 device I've used.
- The stereo headphones that comes with it include a 3.5mm adapter. While the included headphones sound great, this adapter gives you the flexibility to use your Bose, Shure or other stereo headphones. A very nice option.
- Unlike "some" other sliders, the camera is protected and kept under cover when the slide is closed. This works great in keeping dust off the lens.
- The 2.0MP camera is actually pretty good. It takes great outdoor photos.
- I LOVE the fitness/step counter. It measures distance in steps and calculated miles along with the calories you've burned. It also keeps a daily average and each days results.

Cons:

- No 3G
- Sony Proprietary Memory Stick Micro M2 versus easy to find and less expensive MicroSD
- No LED Flash or Photo Light

In conclusion, if you are looking for a super-slim phone with great call quality and superb music capability, look no further. This Sony wears the Walkman name with pride.

Note: I bought a SanDisk SDMSM2-4096-A11M 4GB Memory Stick Micro (M2) and it works perfectly. 4GB of music!!!

I bought this phone because it had Walkman FM radio, too. This phone is pretty (I got the PINK one), lightweight, has lots of whiz-bang menu selections, but doesn't wow or impress me as much as the Samsung A737 or Samsung A747 models which I bought for my children. I listen to the radio a lot, more than MP3s and really thought this feature would be cool. If you like effects, it has 16 settings for flashing light patterns customized for every caller. It takes a day to find out how to set the patterns in all the menus....

The keypad is a bit on the small side, and feel like dry plastic. It's OK for me because I have small hands, but I don't think a man would enjoy using the small, non-descript keys. The letters on the keys are hard to see being so small. When I enter text, I still have to look--er, squint--at the keypad. I don't pay for texting service, so it's not a huge hassle, but if you text, I can't imagine it would be much fun.

When I enter an phone number in the address book, it doesn't put hyphens between the area code, prefix, and last four digits. That's not fatal, but a pet peeve, and makes it difficult for me to figure out the numbers as they come up.

The M2 Memory Stick is not common, but Sony Ericsson uses it. They supply a 512MB one. Buying one with more memory will not be cheap. The access slot is on the top. It took me a while to figure out how to open the little, flat plastic door. Which side to open? It doesn't have a flap, can't open with a fingernail, so I use an unfolded paper clip or other similar-sized object to pry it open.

You need the wired earphones to have FM service. If you like radio, it's just one more thing to carry around. The sound quality is EXCELLENT on this wire unit and the ear buds very comfy. It also works as "handsfree" phone device if you don't want to do Bluetooth.

The display, although narrow, is bright and sharp. The sound is good, and it interfaces well with my Bluetooth earpiece and Palm device. The phone is very lightweight and slim. I dropped it a few times but the case didn't scratch or crack. The pink IS pretty, and has little red "jewels" between the number keys (other color models have different color jewels). The speaker phone option works well and is clear to hear. The slider is a little unusual to work at first, but works very nicely. Sony Ericsson phone support is SUPER, too.

I have had this beautiful phone for about 18 months. It is in perfect condition. I absolutely love. Only down side is finding a decent case. I have been through probably 15. They crack or the grips chip off and the case will just fall off.
Joystick is perfectly sensitive. Good camera. I have blown the pictures up on my computer with great resolution. MP3 player is good, head phone jack is not normal. I dont use it cause I dont own anything that fits. Easy functionality and menu.

After I bought my phone, a friend at work who has the same phone warned me that the keypad likes to quit working. I told her I hadn't had any problems yet and I figured she just got a lemon. Well, I bought it in October and NOW the keypad IS going out on me! It's too late for me to return it, I suppose I'll have to see if the warranty is any good. I doubt if I take it into an ATT store they'll replace it since I bought it on Amazon. So far, it's mainly the #/space button that doesn't work. I have to hit it, on average, about 6 times for it to create a space in my texts. SO ANNOYING.

I love Sony Ericsson phones, just don't buy this model!!

This W580 is quite small and light, but the phone surface is kinda very easily to get fingureprints, as well as the screen, this is a big thing that I don't like. And the display of the screen doesn't seem to work well under sunshines or bright lights, although the resolution is good. From the pictures online, I thought the red part was metal and the keyboard was plastic, but it ends up with just the opposite. And the color of the real phone is actually darker than it looks like in the pictures. The headset is actually cool, it's also red with white wire, which matches the phone very well (not the color as in the pictures).
About the fuctions, my last phone was also SonyEricson, this 580 one has some improvements from the last 600 one, but also some were cut off. There are more alarms that can be set as either one time or recurrent, very flexible and convenient. But the camera only has 3 special effects, black & white, negative, and sepia, while my old one has 4. And the Theme of this phone is also limited into 2. But you can always download more as you like, isn't it?
Anyway, this is not a perfect phone, but for the functions I usually use, this one is pretty much enough. And for a $0.01 free phone, how much more you expect? I would say This one is the best among those under this price then. I gave it 3 stars but not higher just because I expected too much.