First off, i had the phone on tmobile for roughly 9 months, i have gone from loving it to death, realizing it small faults(quirks), to liking it, and then completly falling in love with it all over again. Tmobile service/Customer service has been excellent in NJ, only a few dead spots, but great coverage overall.
Everyone here has mentioned the faults, i'll just reinterrate what annoys me personally...
1. screen is basically useless in bright sunshine images are drowned out, but amazingly crisp in darkness.
2. No speakerphone
3. weak ringtone speaker, and increasing rings(cant shut off) easy to miss calls
4. Caller id, does not indicate names unless they have been manually added to phone book, also doesn't display time of call if call was made any other day than the present.
5. Occasionally freezing, would say once every 40 days of continous use( must remove battery to reset) works fine after.
6. Signal meter is very conservative, competitive models show 5 bars for best signal, but SE 610 shows 1-2 bars if in the same location. reception quality is still excellent at 0-1 bars... strange, also is the rarity of seeing 5 full bars.
7.Adding names to phone book is more complex than many other competing models, but calling contacts on the fly is so simple and quick.
8. Internet button can be pressed on accident while still in pocket, waisting minutes, thats assuming you didn't lock phone
9. Display lights up when an button is pressed while still in locked position.
10. camera is a gimmic, and is of no use to me, images are only ok to look at on the phone, not for prints.
LIKEs...
1. the phone has an amazing following, and is customizable beyond any other phone i've seen, case all the way to the themes, to the custom ring tones. Google it and see what i mean.
2. Phone can be used on any GSM network and is very popular in Europe, thus one of teh best phones for travelers, just be sure to unlock it first.
3. the clarity of the phone calls, far superior than any other cell i used
4. Durability, it has been sat on, dropped on countless occasions, thrown across rooms, and yet there is barely any marks, looks almost as new as the day i got it(light scratching on aluminum, but no dents, dings etc).It feels solid, when held, and has a good weight for its size
5. BLUETOOTH, THIS IS WHAT MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH IT ALL OVER AGAIN. AFTER PURCHASING A BLUETOOTH ADAPTE FOR THE PC, I LEARNED ABOUT FLOAT MOBILE AGENT, A MUST HAVE FOR THE SE610, IT SYNCS WITH THE PHONE, TRANSFERS ALL DATA ONTO PC AND VICEVERSA, WORKS GREAT WITH OUTLOOK. AND CAN CONTROL THE PHONE FROM TEH PC, EASILY SEND TEXT MSGES OR CONTACTS FROM PC TO PHONE, INSTANT OVER BLUETOOTH.
6. CAN OPERATE MY PC FROM 30 FEET AWAY WITH SE610, USING FLOAT MOBILE AGENT. (OPEN POWERPOINT, WINAMP, OUTLOOK, DVD, MOUSE, YOU NAME IT, THE SUPPORT IS THERE) NEVER THOUGHT I'D EVER USE MY PHONE TO CONTROL MY PC, AND WITH THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FLOAT HAS BECOME EVEN MORE AMAZING WITH EVERY NEW RELEASE, TOTALLY FREE TOO.
7. small size, fits perfectly in any pocket
8. For the price, there's no phone that i know that can compete with this phone when combined with float mobile agent.
9. Whatever everyone else said....
And finally would i get another Sony Ericson phone? YES
The potential of this phone is beyond what i expected, thats why love it.
Final rating:
Without float mobile agent it would be a 4 outta 5 stars, with it, it easily becomes a 5 star phone.
thanks for reading and good luck with your phone search.
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