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Expert Reviews from other websites (1 review)Sony Ericsson C510 Review at Mobile Phones UK (1 March 2009)  Sony Ericsson C510 Consumer Reviews (132 reviews)Write a review of the Sony Ericsson C510! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Reviewed by Anna on 15/03/2010I got this phone on a 10 pound a month contract from vodafone, I had no huge expectations but I liked it because it looked so very good in the photo.. the phone is excellent, it's worked absolutely impeccably for me and it's very reliable and it's pretty to look at. I also like the fact that it does not look cheap. Messaging is easy, the camera is easy to use, with good flash and takes good quality photos. The MP3 player is very good, very solid sound and the phone always works well, good sound quality, good ringtones, durable, good battery life. I have never had any complaints whatsoever. Rating: Reviewed by Mark on 15/03/2010 I bought this phone to replace my K800i which gave up its ghost. For those who are used to the K800i/810i, the C510i has quite a few changes in the interface i.e Message Settings are not in Message anymore but in Settings > Connectivity. Screen is definitely better than the K800i i.e colour saturation but the camera is the biggest let down here with no xenon flash. Without the Xenon flash, you need a steady hand to get a sharp picture. Didn't happen to me with the K800i...audio is superb compared to the K800i and video is better too. Another thing I don't like about this phone is there is no Clock Sleep Mode. Used to seeing the time display in idle mode, it's quite a scum to press on any button just to see the time...oh, and it sometimes can't read my memory card too. I think I wont be sticking to this phone long and will go for the C905... Rating: Reviewed by Tracey on 10/03/2010 I have had the C510 for almost 8 months and I hate it. The camera is dreadful due to its useless LED Flash. The buttons are small and it has been back for a firmware upgrade to sort out the sticky/non responsive buttons and it ability to switch itself on and off. Alas it made no difference whatsoever. I also have to charge it every night the battery life is so dreadful. I text a great deal and I find the T9 infuriating. It always offers words that don't exist, the REAL words, you know the ones you use daily are always bottom of the list. I am on 18 month contract with this phone and am considering buying another before I end up in a mental institution. PLEASE DO NOT CONSIDER THIS PHONE! Rating: Reviewed by akmal on 10/03/2010 just bought it a few days ago..i love everything about it except for its short battery life..i dont sms or go online as well as listen to music but still the battery is quickly dying.. Rating: Reviewed by RD on 07/03/2010 i love ma Phone vry mch....thnk u sony for givin sch a nice phone...!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Johnny from Ireland on 03/03/2010 My first mobile was a Philips and since then i have always used Nokias and always liked them. With my last Nokia i could'nt get a signal inside the house ( I was with o2 } and i started trying other phones. One of my mates had the Sony E C510 and i decided it was time for a change as i thought it was what i was looking for. Well i wanted one in black and spent ages lookin for one, but no luck. So two weeks ago i got the silver model in the Orange shop, only £69 .00 and its easily the best phone i've ever owned. Reception is awesome, the radio is clear, and its great for music.The camera is good enough for a phone,especially in good light, if i want better pictures in low light i use a camera,and the lens cover is class. The screen is a great size for showing photo's. Am awaiting delivery of a 4GB cards for my pictures and photos, £10 45 from Play.com. All in all avery good phone at a reasonable price.Although i only have it two weeks i have no problem giving it 5 st ars Rating: Reviewed by patrick from poland but im in ireland on 27/02/2010 the sony ericsson c510 is a very good phone the camera is very good is well it should had 4 stars and im giving this same thing i had sony ericsson k770i and it was rubbish dont buy sony ericsson k770i but sony ericsson c510 is a way better thing please buy it if you can its class Rating: Reviewed by patrick on 27/02/2010 this phone is totally class it has lots of feauters but the camera is not so good but its alrite i love it ye all should buy it Rating: Reviewed by Jeni on 21/02/2010 Quick question, is anybody else's phone IMPOSSIBLE to hear during a phone call ? ever since i got this phone i can barely hear the person on the other end even though speaker is on full volume. please let me know via email cus i probably wont come back on this! Jenmorris92@aol.com thanks :) Rating: Reviewed by zahir on 21/02/2010 All the models, are good and economical, sound sytem is good. Rating: Reviewed by mohan on 20/02/2010 Hi viewers i got this mobile on Jan 2010. It is having an fair personality in all the things and there is drawbacks in my view 1. The name cybershot doesn't fit for this mobile 2. Zooming is not available in 1,2&3 mega pixel 3. Flash is just ok in this phone. 4. The cam is having night blindness even when the light is on immmm, only in day light its ok. 5. If headset is like w810i it will be more better...... Rating: Reviewed by Daniel Jones on 20/02/2010 I really dislike this phone, it had to be taken back to the carphonewarehouse to have software reloaded back onto it. Then the navigation button wont go up. The phone is extremely slow at times and half the features do not work on it. 1/10 :( Rating: Reviewed by Glenda. from Bristol on 18/02/2010 Very good for a small slimline phone. I find the camera is excellent. So pleased I returned to using a Sony Ericsson. Well done! Rating: Reviewed by hirsty on 17/02/2010 good phoneeasy 2 txt,very good 4 music but after a while the camera faults up and u cant se the pics u take :/ Rating: Reviewed by vivek.p on 16/02/2010 what a phone Rating: Reviewed by Mark Ellse on 16/02/2010 Could be a good phone, and replacement for the nearly perfect W810. But it isn't for a couple of reasons. The first is the media player, which takes far too many key strokes to get into, and you can't shortcut directly into the music folder. This is a total pain when you use the music regularly. Secondly is the very loud beep when using the voice recorder. It's unnecessarily intrusive. It should be possible to tone it down. I can see the reason why a beep is necessary as notification if you are recording someone during a telephone conversation, but when you are using the voice recorder on its own no beep is necessary - after all a normal voice recorder doesn't make a beep when you use it, nor should one on a phone. Third is that you can't use the camera light as a torch like on the W810, which was a great convenience. Rating: Reviewed by Oleg Nikolaevich on 15/02/2010 I was disappointed in him. The chamber not what in comparison by mine former k-810 Rating: Reviewed by stacey thomas on 14/02/2010 i bought this phone 3 months ago !! and it keeps on turning it self OFF.! And sayin Inactive Sim So I Wouldn Buy This 4n If i Was You !!! Rating: Reviewed by christina on 10/02/2010 love this phone.. its the best phone iv had yet Rating: Reviewed by Vimal Venugopal on 30/01/2010 itz too early 4 me 2 coment on dis product......jus half a week nw....since i got dis phone...... and i have 2 say.....d network reception is so poor.... :( and d camera at night is disappointing too.....rest all gr8...!! Rating: Reviewed by praveen s v kozhikode on 27/01/2010 I am praveen frome calicut kerala state on 27th jan 2010, i got the c510 and its a brilliant slim phone easy to us ,iam luckey ,very very wonder full phone . i like sony erricsson. Rating: Reviewed by alan broadhead on 26/01/2010 had my phone 6 months, its had little use and is in super mint condition. the phone has always been slugish, an a few days ago i noticed the phone had set itself up for foreign writing, and also the phone is displaying no network coverage, an also the battery was flat and im certain it shouldnt have been. when pluging the phone into the charger the phone says cannot charge, the wrong battery is fitted, which isnt the case. tried installing the latest firmware an i couldnt do it cos its already installed in the phone. and to top it off the invoice i got with it was the garuntee, and is long gone. cant see me buying another sony ericsson. not pleased al. Rating: Reviewed by kab242 on 23/01/2010 Holds signasl on O2 better than my Nokia 6230i, only bettered by the Nokia 6303. I'd go for the Nokia if the thing would work with Honda hands-free. Lots of Nokias don't The C510 is OK. My first S.E. so getting used to the menus. Keys a bit on the small side.To the reviewer that couldn't find out how to switch off 3g: Menu Settings Press 'Select' Scroll once left or four times right-that will take you to the Connectivity menu on the top line of sub-menus Scroll down and select 'Mobile networks' Scroll down and select GSM/3G networks. Select GSM only option. Rating: Reviewed by lk on 23/01/2010 This phone is so useless as it could be. After a week of usage 1.the battery cover cracks, 2.the phone freezes and lags, 3.the camera is vary bad in darkness. 4.the flash is no worth. And I can admit a few more problems with it. Simply awful phone and a waste of money if we are not admitting its facility. Rating: Reviewed by LU on 22/01/2010 This phone is nice if we are speaking about its features. Its design isnt so good, because battery cover starts to crack after some time. Furthermore it is slim and stylish, but the software is not working properly. It freezes and does not work smoothly. I tried to update the software but the SE update service tells that the phone already has the latest version. For this cheap price it is nice thing but not the best. Hope that after some time there would not be any other problems... Rating: Reviewed by TVH on 17/01/2010 This phone is nothing short of fantastic for the price. Granted the cmera is awful in low light conditions, but aside from that, this is probably the best low-cost phone available. And for anyone worried about battery issues etc..its simple..just download the sony ericsson update service and update the phone to the latest firmware before you start using it. Rating: Reviewed by Durgesh negi on 17/01/2010 I have had this mobile since 5 month...but it is not that i have expected ...when I was using this mobile this was fine but few days ago i faced similar problem which was predicted about it in various website ...that...not detecting its own battery...showing error USE ORIGINAL SONY ERICSSON BATTERY...there must be software problem. In earlier its screen gets scratches very easily so i have to use screen protection cover...another problem is that when you will send sms ..it will show delivery acknowledge again and again.... now I am trying to charge this mobile through data card and ac power card...it is get not charged...very bad... Rating: Reviewed by mistryman on 17/01/2010 wow what can i say got this phone about 3 weeks ago and i can hand on heart say this is one of the best phones out there for its price, camera is great but could use zoom in 3.2mp mode, music is loud and crisp, video playback is crisp and sharp, applications are handy and the accelorometer is used to its good potential, messaging could be improved with the keys being to clos to each other , slim sleek design with special latch for the camera,videocalling is clear too, and all for uder £100 (y) Rating: Reviewed by katie on 15/01/2010 I have had this phone 2days and i absolutely love it...i'm not very high tech and only bought a new one because my samsung was worn out, its great, takes fantastic pictures, easy to load music and photos from laptop, you just grab and drop! so easy, if i can use this anyone can. slim and good looking too. If you want a good all rounder then you can't go wrong with this phone. Rating: Reviewed by tom on 14/01/2010 Mine broke wouldnt hold charge Rating: Reviewed by Liz on 14/01/2010 Worst phone ever!!! Mine seems to have a alot of glitches and has been sent for repair twice, now it cuts off when i'm in the middle fo a call. I HATE it. Rating: Reviewed by Stevo on 12/01/2010 The c510 is a very smart light weight phone with a useable camera.it however has a poor battery.i have a k800i which i've had over 2 years and it is better than the c510. Rating: Reviewed by karan on 03/01/2010 outrageous i like it its camera its flash its earphone its sound its battery backup and everything Rating: Reviewed by bhaumik chavda on 01/01/2010 it s mobile is work very slowly . it is take very long time to turn on. Rating: Reviewed by bob123xx on 30/12/2009 I bought this phone today, and it's the best I've got so far and that's saying somthing.. after having 1 for every 6 months of being bored of them this has got to be the best. I bought this phone in white and red which look very sexy if I do say so, when you turn the phone to the side the picture turns with it, also with built in messenger it's everything you need! Rating: Reviewed by habz on 27/12/2009 the c510 is a good upgrade but it is faulty and I HAD IT FOR 7MONTHS.AND BATTERY LIFES NOT THAT GOOD.BUT EXCEPT THAT OTHER FEATURES ARE GOOD.BUT NETWORK IS POOR Rating: Reviewed by LCH on 27/12/2009 I am now having the battery problem..it cant be charged and i have already been using it for 3 months.. Rating: Reviewed by Chichu on 25/12/2009 top notch!!! simply amazin.. gr8 sony c510!! Rating: Reviewed by Dom on 24/12/2009 Brilliant phone when it works. I have had it for a month and already its completely broke. The battery will not charge (due to a fault in the phone) this is a common problem with them as a friend has one to. Save the hassle and buy somthing else! Rating: Reviewed by mrs chuter on 23/12/2009 im so upset!! my phone has been fine up until now! its 3 months old, i have had it come up on my screen today ''must use a sony battery'' (hello!! it same battery that has been in it for 3 months!) i went into phones4u, which were usless! telling me to send the phone off! which would take 28 days plus money!!! well i went onto the sony website, and phoned customer sevice, she was very helpful she would get the 5 stars although the c510 would get 1! if that!!! i pluged my phone into my PC and updated the softwear, its now fine although i have lost all my phone numbers! (thank god for facebook!) and around 100 photos lucky the other 150 where saved on memory stick!! ive also got no textes on my phone its compleatly wiped it all off, i couldnt stop it and back any of it up as my phone was compleatly dead, but at least i havent had to buy another phone!! :O) cant wait to be able to get an upgrade!! lol happy xmas everyone! just hope no one gets this phone in their stocking!!! Rating: Reviewed by Grace C-M on 20/12/2009 It's a slim stylish phone with an easy to text keypad, however I am having some problems. The down button is hard to work, pictures that are taken in the dark (even with the flash on) come out plain black. Nothing can be seen. Also, my photos are difficult to upload onto the computer and they somehow end up all muddled up. It's a real shame because I thought this would be a great phone. Complete disappointment and let-down. Rating: Reviewed by Megan on 19/12/2009 the phone is a great phone but the only problem i had ith it was when the battery went dead when i was out but when i got in to charge it it doesnt charge properly and it wont let me send messages or recieve any and it keep knocking off , does anyone know why? , other than that its a pretty good phone. Rating: Reviewed by ADAM on 15/12/2009 I bought this phone 3 weeks ago and I m really dissapointed. Despite the fact that it shows that the reception on the phone is good I cannot receive phone calls from anybody sometimes and the answering machine comes up on them. Rating: Reviewed by AJAY VANNUR on 14/12/2009 THIS PHONE IS REALY GOOD . I M VERY HAPPY TO USE IT AND I M THANKFULL TO SONY FOR INTRODUSING SUCH A GOOD PRODUCT. Rating: Reviewed by bob on 12/12/2009 great Rating: Reviewed by Viewer158 on 11/12/2009 Frustrated with this phone as in first 3 months the phones buttons have simply fallen off. Had it repaired tiwce already. DO NOT BUY!! Rating: Reviewed by seezie on 11/12/2009 poor phone Rating: Reviewed by Hrishikesh on 10/12/2009 Excellent phone !!! Internet super fast i Got 40kbps downloading speed which none of other phones gave on GPRS network!!! excellent Rating: Reviewed by Tauseef on 06/12/2009 Guys be careful with this phone. I have bought it 3 months ago and it has started giving me a battery not recognized error. It asks me to use a original Sony Ericsson battery, although the battery is an original from the box pack. After checking around about this, got to know that this is a very common problem with the C510. Its also on the support section of the Sony Ericsson website. A great phone (5 stars) with a bad software which reduces it to 1. I'm going to take it to the service center tomorrow. Hopefully, if I can believe the websites, a software update should fix it. For users who have bought the phone already, get the software updated as soon as possible. Hopefully it should keep you out of harms way. Unfortunately, I wasn't that lucky. Rating: Reviewed by abu at on 05/12/2009 switched itself and does not turn on. need to send it back to them Rating: Reviewed by STEVIE H on 05/12/2009 Had this ophone for 6 months with nothing but problems with it. It keeps cutting out and developed a fault saying insert SIM all the time at random intervals. Had it repaired 4 times over a month at the Carphonewarehouse and eventually they exchanged it for a C902 which is much better. The guy in the shop said they have had loads of the C510's coming back due to this error and its costing Sony a fortune. Apparently its a software issye they can't repair! DONT buy it! Get a C902 instead, its a much better camera and much faster software! Rating: Reviewed by AjE x on 02/12/2009 RETURNED 3 IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS COMMON FAULT MOBILE SWITCHES ITSELF OFF THEN DOES NOT TURN ON VERY DISSAPOINTED Rating: Reviewed by habzy on 30/11/2009 the C510I IS A QUITE good phone but is quite slow and switches off sometimes and can attract virus easily and the network is not that good and had it for 5 months.quite good camera Rating: Reviewed by Dissapointed on 27/11/2009 About to get my 4th C510. It is a good phone when it works but they have all developed the same faults. 1. The screen inverts and splits in two. 2. Dials random numbers 3. shuts down and refuses to do anything I don't know if this is a design fault or something that happens after Orange load all their nonsense into it. Bottom line is if you are with Orange and are looking at this phone, don't. Rating: Reviewed by Karl on 26/11/2009 Awful phone!! The camera takes so long to process the subject has moved and you are left with a blurry mess. Within 4 weeks the already quiet earpiece had stopped working and was quickly followed by the loudspeaker crackling. 3 fixed this saying it was a faulty antenna, now it is back to pre repair crackling, with the earpiece really quiet. Also the navigation button has lost its click and seems to be stuck down. It also decides to turn off whenever it feels like it. All this in the first 3 months! Do not buy one! Rating: Reviewed by Sharath on 21/11/2009 Very bad camera quality.very slow OS.keypads are getting damaged.very low sound.DON'T BUY THIS PHONE. Rating: Reviewed by anand darshan on 19/11/2009 excellent looks. camera is perfect for day mode but not that much for night mode. great speaker Rating: Reviewed by me on 12/11/2009 amazing but charger unprotected and sometimes faulty Rating: Reviewed by been on 06/11/2009 I had this phone for few months , was very enthusiastic returning to Sony E , as was't impressed by Nokia's battery life at all and Bad expereince with Samsung G600 . But I concluded that C510 was the worst phone I have ever had. Poor reception, poor battery life , keeps swithing off . Camer quality is very bad. there is nothing which I could think of good aout this phone. DON'T BUY IT .... Rating: Reviewed by Andy marston on 06/11/2009 The c510 not a bad phone can be quite slow and the internet browser wont let me watch many videos. It keep sayin need to download abode flash player with java script but it wont let me download any of them so a question is how do I get them downloaded? Rating: Reviewed by shreyas patil on 04/11/2009 This is a phone i was wanted. Got it 2 months before and still working quite well. Camera is not the level of cyber shot having noise in low light. and zoom is available in vga mode only. It may not be the best phone but it is better than the rest sony ericsson i ever had. Rating: Reviewed by gangsta on 02/11/2009 very very good phone good features. Rating: Reviewed by Chiara on 02/11/2009 It is a very good phone, slim and easy to use, but I am disappointed about the camera as it is very slow and the pictures are not good at all, especially when comparing to the pictures taken by my old Sony Ericcsson K750i - fantastic pictures that seemed to be taken by a camera! Rating: Reviewed by Adman on 30/10/2009 I love this phone. Its well made, looks great and does everything I need it to do. Sony Ericsson are the bomb! I'll never go back to Nokia that's for sure! Rating: Reviewed by LooksGreat...??? on 28/10/2009 I got the phone as a gift and loved the slim, stylish look of it. After around 10 days in stopped working. It wouldn't power back on so i had to send it back to the manufacturer. I finally got the phone back after a month of sending it in. It crashed once after that but i was able to switch it back on. Its been fine since but everyone i know who's had this phone has had problems with it and had to send it in for repairs. The camera is not the best. I think the quality has gotten worse since ive had the phone. It's got some great features on it though. Rating: Reviewed by Telecaster on 28/10/2009 I was given a C510 by Orange when I upgraded my account in June 2009. From the outset, the sound was distorted - very fuzzy - making it extremely difficult to understand what callers were saying. Orange replaced it with another C510 which was fine. The sound was as clear as the proverbial bell and I was very happy with it. However, withing weeks it developed the very same fault, and again Orange replaced it with another C510. Again, it was fine at first, but now within 3 weeks it has developed exactly the same fault as the previous two. Today, Orange told me that this is a known fault with this model phone and they are replacing it with something else for me. I have contacted Sony Ericsson twice to tell them of this problem, and they have denied that the problem exists. So, there you have it. 3 phones out of 3 have been faulty for me, Orange admit there is a "known issue" but Sony Ericsson deny it. I leave it up to you ...... Rating: Reviewed by Rupesh A. Kaiskar on 26/10/2009 This phone was nice but very slow os and youtube.com video and email was media sarver not found error. Help me. Rating: Reviewed by c510 on 20/10/2009 great!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Rating: Reviewed by Claire on 18/10/2009 The phone is quite good. it has google maps which are great and texting/phone call and other standard phone features are fine. However a big let down is the camera, it is great in day light taking pictures of a quality you'd expect from a phone camera but at night they are terrible, the flash doesn't seem to work right and it makes the pictures really dark. They are O.K if you are close to people but not as good as other sony's i've had in the past. All in all for a low end budget phone it works fine and has a good range of features it's only let down is the camera. Rating: Reviewed by Jameslad on 17/10/2009 a great phone,easy to use looks great and has everything on it!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by susan on 15/10/2009 ive got the c510 dont think much of if the buttons on front have came loose only had phone 3 months Rating: Reviewed by Celia on 12/10/2009 I think this phone is simply great. I've had mine for about three weeks now and it works a treat. It's so easy to use, is jam packed with features or at least it certainly has all the functions I need it for and yes I do use them. I needed a 3G phone which was MAC compatible as well as PC so it ticks the boxes there. It's also really easy to update the software as you can do it over the air. I bought a 4mb memory card for mine and it works really fast. I'm not going to go into techno speak as the tec guys on this site do it far better than I could, but I agree with their assessment of this phone. It's not expensive either so if you're thinking of buying a new phone with lots of functions but don't want to splash out loads of dosh then go for this phone. Rating: Reviewed by Robert from UK on 12/10/2009 All these features for such a low price.Once again Sony Ericson comes wiith a winner. Rating: Reviewed by Tomas on 10/10/2009 Idiots are people who think that the more megalixels cam has the better it is. Well it is NOT. Optics are way more important then your megapixels. Cam with 3 megapixls and good optics is much better than cam with poor optics and 12 megapixels. Here people in UK are all about big number. Nonsense. Get some real knowledge you brits. Rating: Reviewed by kally on 08/10/2009 diss phone is off da chain homies if ou want too buy your kids a phone get them this one Rating: Reviewed by gaurav on 08/10/2009 well i bought this some days back. the camera doesn't seem to deliver that good pictures, it sometimes gives out dark hazy pictures. am not sure if its a hardware problem or firmware problem..!! Rating: Reviewed by Sophie. on 08/10/2009 I got the C510 about 4 months ago and its the worst phone i've ever had. It freezes about 10 times an hour, deletes messanges before i read them. The camera is good, but thats about the only thing. DONT buy this phone :) Rating: Reviewed by dinzzy on 07/10/2009 i had this phone but its mal functioning like all of the sudden the display will flip and the words will display backwards do u have ideas? Rating: Reviewed by puja on 06/10/2009 waste of money Rating: Reviewed by james on 06/10/2009 I bought this phone 6 months ago and i have never had any problems and i used to have the lg cookie kp500 and it was the worst phone i had ever had but the C510 is an amazing phone loads of memory and stylish and slim i think it is amazing Rating: Reviewed by mini, lover on 05/10/2009 this phone is a really nice, slimy and sleek phone. quick and easy to use. much better than the samsung i used to own. camera is very good, and gives clear pictures. Rating: Reviewed by Jordan on 27/09/2009 Do not buy this phone, i exchanged it twice! Kept breaking admittedly im on 3 and they are just ****s but it currupted itself first time, erased my contacts and calandar, then the second one just wouldn't work a lot of the time, especially around internet applications. Plus slider bit at back is very annoying can take the phone out of lock. Rating: Reviewed by Julia on 23/09/2009 This phone would be the best if it wasn't for one thing - the tiny keys! I've got small digits and I still keep pressing two at once! A real shame, otherwise a great camera phone. Rating: Reviewed by Demi on 22/09/2009 I've had this phone for just under three months ... then it broke. I can't see the menu, or any images for that matter- but before it did this- the phone itself was nice and easy to use; but it was VERY cheaply made, with a button falling off within the first month. LAST SONY ERICSSON I HAVE! Rating: Reviewed by Tiago c on 20/09/2009 Slick phone Rating: Reviewed by Hannah. on 16/09/2009 Just like everyone else, i saw the price & features of this phone & thought, i HAVE to buy this phone. Sadly, it's a let down. Unfortunately, i must have one of the poor phones, it always says 'CANT CHARGE. NEEDS SONY ERICSSON BATTERY' when i'm using the battery it came with... Hmm, strange :/. & Therefore, is useless. There's no point of having a phone you can't use, right? & To be honest, i have to agree, the camera quality for 3.2 megapixels is terrible. I certainly won't recommend it & it's even more annoying that like everyone else i expected something amazing, just to be disapointed.. Rating: Reviewed by mrs j thomas on 15/09/2009 This has to be the worst phone i have ever had.Lovely to look at but have had problems with it switching it self off all the time then it went completely.Sent in for repair within 2 days of having it back same thing happenning, i keep having to take the battery out and then put back in so that it restarts .Not a phone i would want again. Rating: Reviewed by Marc E on 14/09/2009 Dear oh dear, this phone really does take the biscuit! On paper it sounds great - high resolution camera, auto focus, etc, but the sound quality on calls is poor, the keyboard is failing after just a couple of months, and the camera is truly awful! Granted it can probably take good quality pictures, but it takes so long to autofocus, calculate exposure, etc that unless you're taking a landscape picture, the subject will have long-since disappeared by the time this damn thing actually gets round to doing anything! I'd describe the camera as virtually useless, so all you're left with is an overpriced, poorly built standard phone, which is little better than something you could pick up for £30 on pay as you go. This phone was the final straw - I loved the K750, w800, w810 and even quite liked the w910, but between this phone and the shoddily-built w380, I've been put off Sony Ericssons for good. Rating: Reviewed by Charlie on 06/09/2009 I got my C510 about 2 months ago - when I first got it I thought it was brilliant - until about a month ago when all of my numbers deleted and my photos - the next few weeks wnt by okay until I charged it, the message (Can't charge needs Sony Ericson battery only) appeard. I then sent it back and it was so called 'fixed' It ended up not turning on at all - So I got a refund after sending it back YET again. My Gran offerd me her phone which is also the same phone - She's had no problems with it after having it longer than me - No problems yet ((ALSO)) 6 of my mates with the same phone has the same problem as me - Nifty little phone though =D Rating: Reviewed by andy randy on 06/09/2009 i bought this to replace my much loved k800i i have had it for 2 days liked the features and everything else that came with the phone only the shortcut key was a bit small for my fat fingers lol. and also the screen was realy week 1st little drop and it smashed so cant comment on anything else about the phone at the mo as i am w8ing for my new screen to arive.then i am going to attempt to fix it my self. wish me luck ha as i have not found any info on doing this on the c510 as ov yet. Rating: Reviewed by Torben on 01/09/2009 Save yourself the trouble - buy another phone! I've been a loyal SE customer, but their latest phones are just of too poor quality. My current c510 constantly reboots, despite new SIM-card, SW update to most current version via. USB and a new memory stick. My phone is currently in for repair for the 3rd time. **SIGH** Rating: Reviewed by Ivan Hoey on 01/09/2009 Bought this phone a week ago from carphone warehouse and i am delighted with it, i had a nokia 6500 slide before, with the nokia i just could not get a signal at home, bought the c510 and vodafone sim card, and ' BINGO ' i now have a signal at home, great job. After reading the reviews about the phone i completely agree with everything that was written about it. excellent phone. Rating: Reviewed by Marcus on 31/08/2009 what a gr8 fone....a swear awesome....brilliant......:) Rating: Reviewed by Ram on 29/08/2009 Very very week signal detection, poor reception... Rating: Reviewed by one user on 25/08/2009 very very bore piece can not use camera @ night phone hang problem Rating: Reviewed by pankaj on 24/08/2009 great phone for the price ....the only problem if any is its flash....nothing else ....zoom for 3 or 2 megapixel is not possible....but u can zoom after u have taken the pic...and crop it using photoshop ...but as it is digital zoom ..u will get same effect weather u zoom it before taking the enap or after it ....so that's not a huge problem....music is excellent ....yeah, loudspeaker is bit quiet... but a great phone overall Rating: Reviewed by Hannah Foley on 21/08/2009 This phone has let me down from my expectations of it. I'm on my 3rd one now and im really annoyed because I realy like the features of the phone, but battery life is useless and when using the flash of the camera in the dark it comes out black anyway. my firstone of these phones had extensive problems the camera broke the down botton wouldnt work it kept freezing and wouldnt give me delievery reports. My second ones battery was rediculous would only last a few hours and my current one is the same. So think im just going to have to give up on it!:( And anyone i know with this phone has had peoblems and had to get it fixed. luckly i have brought my phone back within the warenty each time. Rating: Reviewed by tmd on 21/08/2009 this phones is great Rating: Reviewed by Theresa on 18/08/2009 I've had this phone since April and it is superb. Not had a moment's trouble with it Coming from a Samsung, the user interface is much easier to navigate as everything is located in a common sense fashion. The keys are small but you soon get the hang of using them. It's ring is loud and clear as is it's message alert tones. Camera is good but can't match up to the k800i - but I don't know of a phone that does! It has great battery life and goes for days on just one charge. Screen is scratch proof and bright and clear, good clarity on voice calls. Highly recommended! Rating: Reviewed by Atif Iqbal on 17/08/2009 Hi Got This Phone Just Yesterday It's Fab Easy to use and very good flash perfect for The Recession. p.s. To Make The Sound Better Go To Media Music And And The Equaliser put it to manual and put all the bars up you will get high quality sound!. Rating: Reviewed by Jennifer on 13/08/2009 I have had my phone since sunday(it is Thursday) and has worked great until this morning when it decided i no longer had a 'network coverage'. i have took the battery and sim card out and put it back in several times gradually getting slower the more i do it. after the fifth time i have left it on to maybe see if it has worked yet. it hasnt. i think the sim card is dodgy as it isn't letting me into my phone book now. earlier it said my calendar had been deleted! overall a good phone i think........ Rating: Reviewed by Andrew on 12/08/2009 12th August 2009 I think this phone is superb I look the way the camera is hidden with the piece that slides over it. I only purchased it yesterday and love it, it has a 3.2 megapixel camera also its a cyber shot phone. It is thin and not big in size, loud for music too and rotates like walkman phones when phone is tilted to one side. The camera quality is excellent and volume is superb. Text messages are recieved as IMS to make them better (more fun) but that feature can be disabled. The 3 6 9 AND # key are dedicated buttons for when the camera is on. The only negative point I have on this I have large hands so when I press the little buttons at side of the select key I sometimes knock the option I want to use off by my thumb being on 2 buttons. I have owned several sony ericssons including K700, K750, 2 X W850i's, and the W595 but wasn't the phone for me. This is the best phone sony ericsson has created so far amongst the expensive ones such as C905 etc you dont need to pay a stupid amount for a overpriced phone which will be the equivalant to a sony ericsson k700 in 5 years time. I would recommend anybody to buy one of these who are after a nice sony ercisson. The prices vary from which shop you go to, on orange it is silver and is branded and has the horrible logos on the main screen which you cannnot get rid of. All other networks are black and o2 is the only network that doesnt brand their phone. Hope this helps you all! Rating: Reviewed by Phil on 09/08/2009 I got this phone after I realised that I don't use half of the stuff you get on smartphones. I thought a cheaper, more straight forward phone would be the way forward. Unfortunately this is a prime example of you get what you pay for. The camera is ok in the outdoors, but very poor indoors. I hardly ever get full signal strength no matter where in the country I am, and as a result regularly miss texts and calls. The internet is slow too. The battery life faded very quickly despite following the instructions for charging on the first use. Even when I don't make any calls I have to recharge every 2 days. In short, this is a massive disappointment. I feel I would be better off going back to my K800i! This is a step backwards for me, and i'll be changing phones as soon as I can. Rating: Reviewed by Shaun on 09/08/2009 This phone is okay. The quality isn't spectacular, but it is acceptable. The keypad is a bit hard to get used to if you have huge button bashing fingers, but again, it is acceptable. Everything else on the phone is easy to use after a few days of having it also. So, in the advantages of the phones features are good. But after having the phone for a few months, (for me it took 5 months) the phone started to develop faults in my different ways. It would randomly turn off, the contacts list would come up weird looking symbols, the speaker starts to get distorted and just recently the phone starts to black out and not turn on again. So right now I have a phone that has a mind of its own. Sony Ericsson are good, but not in the long term. If you change phones every few months, I'd highly recommend this phone, but if you'd like your phone as your baby... do NOT get this phone. It's really unreliable. 5/10. Rating: Reviewed by Fay on 08/08/2009 I've had the phone 2 months and already have to take it back, it's an excellent looking phone but that's as far as the compliments go, it constantly freezes and turns itself off, the keypad stops working occasionally, have to charge it pretty much every night and now it won't no longer take my sim card and it won't charge. It may have been cheap but I expected more from sony ericsson. Rating: Reviewed by Dan Kingdom on 06/08/2009 Good but pretty unimpressive. Because its slimmer than the K800, its a lot less robust - After three weeks, a bit of the cover had permanently popped out just from being in my pocket. Also, the accelerometer was off balance by about 45 degrees for no reason, which is annoying when you want to view your photos. Not that you'd want to because the "3.2MP cybershot" camera is shockingly bad. I'd go as far a saying its half as good as the K800i camera. The lack of a Back button and a pause button is also disappointing. The difference is, at its time, the K800i was top of the range. The C510 is suppose to be mid-range so if you want something outstanding then you'd better look above this model. Rating: Reviewed by Yabba on 05/08/2009 This phone is ok but it could be better. If you're looking for a good all rounder phone then this is a good choice. But the issues are: - Internet (doesn't work due to a "connection failure - Camera (can't turn on flash whenever you want and can only zoom when its on vga) - Signal (I hardly ever get 5 bars) But it looks good and the camera, battery, speakers and interface are good Rating: Reviewed by gregg on 05/08/2009 this phone was poor Rating: Reviewed by faye on 05/08/2009 this phone was great for the first few days, then once it ran out of battery it was a struggle to get it to switch back on when charged?.. then after a few days it began displaying my contacts on my "calls" in chinese symbols?? i took it back to the shop, and the woman exchanged it straight away.. i have had the new one for a month now and just the other day the chinese symbols appeared. i decided to switch it off and on again, lets just say it hasnt come back on.. fully charged or not :( Rating: Reviewed by Claire on 05/08/2009 I just bought the phone today, 2 of my mates has had one and they both broke so it really put me off but i decided to give the hanset a try, afterall it is under guarantee for 28 days as i bought it from the carphone warehouse, so good so far i just hope it doesn't break in the future! Rating: Reviewed by Shaun on 05/08/2009 had this phone around a month now and well pleased with it. good camera, good music player, looks nice etc etc. everything i asked for really. if i can think of a negative than maybe its a shame u cant zoom in on photos, meh. Rating: Reviewed by Pradeep on 05/08/2009 I bought C510 2 month before,very much disappointed to use this because in this mobile,The option "media" displays all the pictures & videos,couldn't keep the personal pictures & videos,then doesn't have option to delete message recipients.Paints in the corner of the mobile got peeled automatically.This mobile uses only for take photos & hear musics.....nothing more than that. Rating: Reviewed by Chris L on 01/08/2009 I purchased the c510 and this is my (color: future black) and this is my third week from purchase. I think this phone is great in terms of the features provided at this price range. But SERIOUSLY, talking back to my first week after purchase...on just the 6th day, I was using it normally, using the Sony Ericsson's original software, transferring music via bluetooth onto my phone. It was working fine until one song that crashed my phone. That file my phone crashed on was perfectly fine (and proved to be fine after I got my phone fixed)...and so after it crashed, it first, couldn't recognize my SIM card, then secondly it said my battery wasn't an original Sony Ericsson battery, but it was!...then on the third re-boot, it couldn't find my mobile network, and my them went wacky...and master reset didn't do anything but delete all the data, then screwing up it's own OS. I obviously had to take this phone back to Sony Ericsson for servicing...glad it only took 2 hou rs. A second problem is that now I'm using this phone for the third week, the back where it writes "3.2 megapixels auto focus"...the "3.2" is fading/partially rubbed off... and now...even the "megapixel" word is starting to rub off...but I've just been making normal calls and normal texting with a dry hand...and I don't even use my phone that often. Right now, I'm worrying if the stuck-on "Cyber-shot" logo would fall off too... I would say this phone is a "very-good" overall, but is unreliable in terms of the physical features, and the OS is somewhat unstable as to what happened to mine within the first week of purchase... ...oh and camera...it's good for regular quick/random photos...but the capture speed is a bit slow...but that isn't that of an issue. My word for the c510..."Good luck and use with care. Not too fragile but not the sturdiest." Rating: Reviewed by Hayley Buddery on 30/07/2009 I love Sony Ericsson phones and always have. This phone does everything I want it to and the camera is fab compared to the Samsung tocco that I have just got rid of. The only problem is that I've only had it for a week and today it went crazy on me by changing some of the language into chinease, some in english and I didn't know what the other was. I decided to do the good old turn it off and then on again to reboot it but it then refused to turn back on. It did the Sony Ericsson start up with the logo but after that just went black. I have spoken to my provider who are going to exchange it for a new one for me tonight but I hope this isn't a common problem with this model. Rating: Reviewed by mystvearn on 28/07/2009 Have this phone for 1 month now. Great phone. First thing you should do is to flash your phone with the SE update service after you placed your sim card in. That will settle all and any bugs available. Then enjoy the phone. Only problem is that from w810i to this phone, I keep pressing the back key instead the C key to delete text. Not used to that yet. The camera is very very good. I have stopped bringing my Canon S3 IS camera and bring this instead. Saves me room, and works well for instant snapshots. Photos are almost as near as the S3 IS. When Sony manages to find a way to make optical zoom with their cybershot range, then say bye-bye to your compacat IXUS or other cameras. Because this will kill it all. It will be a matter of time... Rating: Reviewed by Charlotte on 28/07/2009 I have had nothing but a nightmare with the C510. I am on Vodafone network and have had 4 new handsets in the space of 2weeks!!! Keep having the same faults - it just switches off & doesn't switch back on agian. It's extremly fustrating as the actually phone itself is pretty good - when it works!!!! Rating: Reviewed by SC-KHoo on 27/07/2009 hurm...i jz bought this phone, it sound is good, attractive design, but the zoom only work in VGA mode is a bit disappointed. Rating: Reviewed by john on 27/07/2009 Phone is ok if you don't need network functions. Was due and upgrade on three and replaced my K530I with this. Planet Three not available on an open phone. Overall disappointed and will return it. Rating: Reviewed by Dave on 27/07/2009 Poor Phone Rating: Reviewed by yakh0o on 25/07/2009 Hey, how come this C510 camera zoom feature cannot work in 1, 2 and 3.2 M pixel????? Rating: Reviewed by Brent on 25/07/2009 I decided to replace my trustworthy K880, try the k850 and last week I bought the C902 and C510. On the C902 quality phone with a poor 5mp camera and when making call the loud speaker doesnt work. However, with the C510 excellent phone, only fault the loud speaker in the wrong place, should be at the top instead of the bottom. So i would recommed the C510 excellent phone, which you can pick up for just £79.95 what a Bargain.I buy phone because of the camera quality the C510 is better than the 6303. Rating: Reviewed by Pat Cryer on 24/07/2009 I bought this phone on the basis of the high proportion of good reviews on this site. Now, I am at a loss to understand them! My phone had to be returned. It wouldn’t work with a one-bar signal, which where I live means that it wouldn’t work at all. Even moving to somewhere with more than a one-bar signal, the speech broke up. The vibration was very poor indeed compared to a Nokia and an LG, so for anyone with failing hearing the phone is a non-starter. Although its ring tones can be turned up really loud, this doesn’t help in noisy environments without good vibration. So, however good all the phone’s other features may be, it gets a bad assessment from me as a functioning phone. Rating: Reviewed by Benjiman on 23/07/2009 Had the c510 for about a month now im very impressed with it as it has everything i need.... user friendly interface, great 3.2 camera, limitless applications including Youtube, Google Maps, Media player etc I use mine for Skype (free calls over internet). Its also very sturdy & strong dropped mine 3 times by accident on a pavement, in a car park & kitchen floor no scratches or missing pieces!! Battery life is excellent as well. The only thing that i found frustrating was the internet browser which can take a while to load pages sometimes. Overall amazing mobile phone!!! Rating: Reviewed by Suzanne on 23/07/2009 I love this phone. I’m a heavy user so stress over what upgrade to get each year (thank you Mobile Phones UK for annually helping me out)! But I’ve made the right choice this year. I’ve had a lot of different types of phones and have now decided to stay away from touch screens completely. Knowing what buttons you have or have not pressed is bliss, not to mention the ease of use and speed when texting. I have also decided SE’s are definitely my favourite. Their menu’s make sense, things are where you would expect them to be and as a camera phone lover, the picture quality really is very good. Last year I defected to LG after having another SE (which I loved), but I’m so glad I’m now back with such a user friendly phone. This phone is truly outstanding. In the looks department, it has a lovely quality build feel to it and (on my black version) on the front it has a very, very subtle glitter effect to it which makes the casing look that little bit more expensive. I’ve seen people saying that the buttons are tiny, but they’re just average size for a candy bar phone – I’ve had no problems. I can’t tell you have happy I am with this phone, that is actually classed as a cheaper market phone. My contract provider could only offer me a down grade to keep my bill at the same price this year, so I reluctantly went for this phone and am so surprised at how good it really is. As I say, I’m mostly interested in the camera function on phones and this does not disappoint. I was very put off that this only has 3.2 megapixels but it is a Cyber-Shot camera phone, so has wonderful gadgets to play with, but mostly, is really good quality. Obviously it can’t replace a stand alone camera, but I do use it as such and it definitely does the job for me. If you want a cheaper market phone (as PAYG or contract) that looks good, hasn’t got annoying touch screen bits anywhere & is generally a fantastic bit of kit – then go for this. I highly recommend it. Enjoy! Rating: Reviewed by mitchell on 21/07/2009 i love it best phone i have had only down fall is could hav a better camra :D but i'll give it a 5 well done sony yet again Rating: Reviewed by Anomolous on 20/07/2009 great phones. brilliant camera and music player. Rating: Reviewed by bettth on 20/07/2009 i dropped mine done the toilet the day i got it! (n) not good. was a good phone though :D Rating: Reviewed by Tyler on 20/07/2009 Had to finally find a replacement for my W810 so I decided to get the c510 as it is rated quite highly. I believe this phone is one of sony ericsson's better phones, however it has the tendency to freeze. It is annoying but the video capabilities more than make up for this classic SE flaw. Has a decent media player as well, who needs a walkman phone? Overall I give it 4 stars due to the freezing flaw. Rating: Reviewed by Daniel Simpson on 06/07/2009 I have just Baught this phone its the best Ever Rating: Reviewed by Sally on 30/04/2009 I tried the C510 which 3 claimed was an upgrade and hated it so much I've put it back in the box and returned to my K800i which is far easier to use and feels better quality altogether. It wouldn't let me zoom with the camera and I had to get my daughter to work out how to stop predictive text. I really thought this phone felt more like a budget phone compared with K800i Rating: Reviewed by Zoe on 22/04/2009 On getting this phone I was a bit sceptical. Coming from a K800i I missed the sleep clock/messages/missed calls function. Also the back button is so close to the internet button, for the first day I kept catching it and logging on.The buttons on the k800i are small, but these are tiny! However having lived with it for a few days I found it easy to text with, good loud ringtone, crisp colourful display, accurate Google maps and a good camera. So now I'm won over and can say I recommend it, except if you've got particularly big digits. A bargain at this price, well done SE! Rating: Reviewed by jason2kaii9 on 11/04/2009 This phone is abz amazing i luv it so much i would deffo recomend it 2 any1 derz 6 in this house and theres 20 for da buisness so wee have 26 altogethor :D This is best phone out !!! buy it the camera is amazing 3.2 megapixel CYBERSHOT and itz not thick like the previous cybershots BUY THIS PHONE :D Rating: Consumer Reviews from other websites (100 reviews)Sony Ericsson C510 Reviews at Mobile Phones UK (100 reviews)Sony Ericsson C510 LinksSony Ericsson C510 Black Sony Ericsson C510 Silver
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