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| Brand: Sony Ericsson
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $0.01
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Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 933
Color: White
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
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Model: W580i
EAN: 7311270151969
ASIN: B000UWGSWM
Release Date: August 24, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Don't buy, multiple faults July 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
#1. "Open Phone" sensor woun't work
#2. Automatically, it will go off
#3. Sometimes it won't sense the SIM Card
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Overall worst phone you could imagine
 Great little phone, packed with features July 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great, feature packed, phone! I was tired of my LG CU500v (which did have a lot of features but no style) and decided to get a Razr when I was due for an upgrade. However, when I went to the store and held the Razr's in my hand I didn't like them. This little white W580i slider caught my eye and I went home to research it online. The reviews were a little mixed but decent enough so I decided to give it a shot and planned to return it if I was disappointed.
No disappointment here! The call quality is loud and clear. This phone is extremely reliable about keeping in touch with the cell towers. I don't have cell service at my home and I drive through a lot of areas with no service. This phone seems to always be paying attention and, as soon as I know that I'm back in a cell zone, if I look at the phone it always shows bars. (Can't say the same for my old LG unfortunately!) I've been using the W580i for about 4 months now and I still love it! Here's why:
- The menu is extremely customizable so you can make your frequently used features just a single button press away.
- I love the Pedometer! I didn't even know the phone had this feature when I got it but it's my favorite feature now. I set it up so the step count is displayed on the main screen where I can check it easily and often. I love being able to know how long I hiked and, since your daily step count is stored for a month, I can easily compare to see if today's hike was longer or shorter than one last week.
- The screen is very bright and easy to see, even outdoors.
- Removable memory card. I bought a 2 gig memory stick so I could add music and have room for photos and videos. It was really easy to add music and I like the Walkman software that lets me create playlists.
- You can set a note to display on your main screen so you can have an action item displayed as a reminder or you can display an inspirational quote.
- With the included earbuds to act as an antenna, it has - surprise - an FM radio.
- Some of the many features it has are becoming standard on most phones but some of these features are only available on larger Blackberry type phones. For example, you can store lots of information about each contact, kind of like Outlook. And of course it has a Calendar, Alarms, Tasks, Notes, Timer, Stopwatch, and, a Calculator. And this isn't even all of the features!
- It's extremely easy to put in silent mode (hold down the pound key).
- You can change the clock to display as a larger font on the main screen. Also, when the phone is closed and locked, you can display the time by pressing the volume key.
- It's small and pretty. Yes, I know it's silly and superficial but I love the way it looks and feels in my hand.
It instantly recognized my handsfree headset and it was incredibly intuitive to set up voice dialing using the headset (Motorola H500 which I also recommend, just make sure you don't buy a fake, there are lots of them out there).
I'm surprised at how good the camera is for a phone and it takes decent video also. I have my shortcuts set up so I can record video in two button presses. I frequently use the video to record notes like something to buy at the grocery store or a website that I want to look up when I get home or even where I park in a large garage. The phone can also record sound only, which would work for my reminders but I have the camera set up on a shortcut key and I can get to it slightly faster. If I wanted, I could set up Record Sound on a shortcut key.
Overall, even though I originally planned to get a Motorola Razr, I liked this phone much better. The Razr actually seemed rather old and clunky compared to this little gem and I have no regrets. I highly recommend this phone.
AVOID ALL SONY ERRICSSON PHONES !!!! July 19, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am giving this phone and other SONY ERICSSON MODELS a BIG ZERO STAR not because it has any functional flaw in terms of lost signals, voice quality, wifi features etc. Even the phone with latest and greatest of features won't last for more than 6 months because of a very simple flaw in their design.
WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS YOU WONT BE ABLE TO CHARGE IT !! When you put the phone on a charger, the battery charges through a pin-point contact. (LOOK AT THEIR CHARGING INTERFACE CLOSELY AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO READ THE REST OF THE REVIEW). Its literally a pin-point contact. After a couple of months the contact becomes dysfunctional as you would expect from such a contact. Compare it to the charging connector you get on other phones.
Me and my wife bought two SONY phones which has the same interface and the contact broke in 6 months on one of the phones. Luckily both the phones were same so we managed to swap the battery each night before we got a new phone. There is no way out of this dead end except throwing that phone because the battery is perfect but you CANNOT CHARGE it !!...
Imagine someone gave you a Macbook Air with 2 spare batteries but you cannot charge the battery. I don't know what the bozos at SONY were thinking when they designed this phone.
And if that is not enough, they have the same flaky interface for transferring data, or connecting their head phone.
If any sane person reads and understands this review he will NOT BUY SONY ERICCSSON phones which have this NOVEL and CRAPPY interface. I am a big fan of SONY and 90% of all electronic items in my house is SONY, but this is ridiculous. The problem is NOBODY will look at this flaw when buying a cell-phone because its so rare that you cannot charge your cell phone even though the battery is fine !!
Try a different slider July 16, 2008
I loved the idea of a slider and this one looks great, but this one has given me nothing but problems! The sliding action is great, but the design for the charger is the WORST EVER!!! I've returned it under warranty twice within the first 3 months of having it! I barely got to even use the FM radio because I couldn't get this stupid phone to hold a charge. It was very frustrating. First they sent me a replacement after less than a month(!!!) and then when it still wouldn't work, they said it was the battery since that's the part I kept. I told them it wasn't the battery but they insisted I try that first. I did and it made no difference. I'm so fed up I just want a new and different phone altogether! Great idea, but it just doesn't work. Like I said, very very poor design for the charger. Also, because of the connection design, the ear piece for the FM radio won't always connect properly either- can't charge it, can't use the ear piece! Try a different slider!
Great phone! July 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bought this phone last February and I love it. I have not experienced any of the problems others have mentioned. It has great reception. The few problems I have had are due to where I live, not the phone. My 15 year old niece just got one and she loves it as well. It is also holding up quite well to the demands of a 15-year-old. I would definitely recommend this phone.
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