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Sony Ericsson W550i
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Date: 20-12-2005
A nice music phone with a unique design and some great features. However the W550i doesn't really have enough memory to be a true music phone and is not very reliable.
Features of the Sony Ericsson W550i include:
- Camera: 1.3 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and photo
- Video Camera: Video clip recording / video playback and streaming
- Display: 262k colour TFT screen, 176 x 220 pixels
- Music Player: FM radio, MP3, AAC
- Media Player
- Java Games: Embedded and downloadable
- Ringtones: Polyphonic
- Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB, infrared
- Memory: 256 Mbytes
- Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, instant messaging
- Internet: WAP 2.0, GPRS
- Operating Frequency: GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Size: 93 x 46.5 x 22.5 mm
- Weight: 120g
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Displaying reviews 101 - 137 of 137 (displayed in order of date):
Reviewed by gaz on 09/10/2006
this phone looks good it an all round good phone but that white screen really buggs me. the phone is here in front of me grinning that white screen what a waste of money NEVER GET ONE EVER COZ U WILL WANNA SMASH IT TO PEACES.
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Reviewed by Alisha from Ireland on 08/10/2006
this phone was terrible within 2 days of buying it. the screen froze numerous times and within the first 2 weeks when i answered a call the phone would continue to vibrate, even for about 10 seconds after i turned it off. also i was unable to send normal text messages so i had to send picture messages, which cost a lot! sent the phone away to be fixed and O2 lost the phone. struggling to even get a replacement. i have been trying to sort it out since June and still have not got a replacement or an apology from 02!!
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Reviewed by CWK on 30/08/2006
This phone has been nothing but trouble ever since I got it (Thank God for insurance!) Its been forward and back from the shop with a problem, the reception on it has been flickering in the same area, completely shut off with no warning halfway between a call (and Battery Life) and not to mention this phone has one of the biggest problem of all - The lock switch, this thing always gets in the way because it overrides any lock, so when its ment to be on the automatic lock in my pocket, it unlocks, plays the Walkman and wasted £10 in 2 weeks by surfing the internet. Its such a shame how good features collapse with lousy hardware and Software. This will make me reluctant to trust Sony again (Or at least make sure it doesnt have a internet button and lock switch?).
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Reviewed by someone.. on 21/08/2006
this phone's quite good... it has quite alot of memory space, the speakrs are pretty good, the camera's nice too (except when its even a bit dark... can barely see anything.[without flash :)] ). ooh there's also this bright light thingy that's reeeally useful for the middle of the night etc. :D. however, as mentioned by other ppl, yeh the white blank screen thing also happens on my phone... ooh and it has also continued vibrating if someone calls while you're on anoter call, and it wouldnt stop till i took out the battery, and yeh its kinda big and bulky. ooh and if u drop your phone aloottt then i dont suggest you buy this one because the circuit ruins really quickly..(or was that just my phone..?). but overall, it's quite a good phone, you can store loadss, the skiing game is reeally fun :P. number pad not so great, and you do have to flip the phone upside down to talk if you open it up... but hey good phone. pretty too. 'specially the white colour.
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Reviewed by chris hailey on 04/08/2006
This is the best phone i have ever had it is just unbeleivable i have had it since the middle of may and it has had nuthing wrong with it just unbelievable thankyou sony erricsson
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Reviewed by Mike Tye on 01/08/2006
This phone has everything I wanted, Good price tag, MP3 player, Decent Camera, Bluetooth and plenty of storage space. It also looks fab with its changeable covers and swivel action helps keep it compact when you want it to be. If your sitting on the fence, BUY THIS ONE!!!
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Reviewed by Anya! on 30/07/2006
Well, at first I couldn't fault my new W550i! Great MP3 player, good memory (holds around 60 mp3s), decent camera, video recorder, bluetooth, infrared, good games and everything else you'd expect to find on yet another top-quality Sony Ericsson! But then.... duh duh duuhh! The dreaded "White-Screen" curse seems to have taken over my poor W550i! I think it's got something to do with the Disc-2-Phone software that comes with it, DON'T USE IT - IT'S EVIL! Now I'm going to have to buy a new phone because some "trainee" assistant in O2 sent it off to be repaired (she didn't have a clue what I was talking about) and they sent it back sayin that it's water damage - DON'T THINK SO! Anyway, I rang O2 and told them that they had been very unhelpful, and asked them if it would be possible to send me a new one or even look into this problem, anyway they didn't! I mean all my family and friends are on O2 and they couldn't even fork out 150pounds to give me a new one , it's not as if they're poor is it?! When I broke my iPod, Apple sent me a brand new one - why can't O2 do that? Well anyway, don't buy the W550i and if you already have don't use Disc-2-Phone.. IT'S EVIL!!!
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Reviewed by R on 27/07/2006
My battery only lasts for a day (except when I use it a lot, when it's half a day) and the screen just randomly turned white and won't work again today. I didn't understand what people were complaining about until now though because it was very good and a huge step up from my old phone. I've only had it a month and it's broken!!!
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Reviewed by sid on 26/07/2006
this fone is mad. i bought this fone when it was released and have had no problems with it unlike others mine has had no white screening and the bluetooth works fine all in all i recomend this fone to anyone
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Reviewed by Tanja on 25/07/2006
this is a fantastic phone i've had it for a month or so now and the only gripe i have with it is that there's not enough memory! a memory slot would have made this phone outstanding. i haven't experienced any of the white screen problems or the vibrating while talking. i would recommend this phone to everyone!!!
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Reviewed by Joe from Lebanon on 05/07/2006
this phone was superb for the first 4 months and today i had to spend hours trying to figure out the - white screen curse - and how to solve it. i would rather recommend w810. am getting it soon !
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Reviewed by hELLO on 23/06/2006
THIS PHONE JUNK BULL I SAY BRIIL PHONE BUY IT NOW!!!!!
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Reviewed by sophie on 22/06/2006
this phone is absoloute rubbish!! When i press 5, the sound increase button or the sound decrease button it goes off. the phone randomly has a white screen and even when i take the battery out and back in it stays white!! NEVER EVER GET THIS PHONE!!! the charger is messed up and the battery lasts for less than a day. My dad is getting me a different phones thank goodness!! ADVICE=NEVER GET THIS PHONE lol!!
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Reviewed by edward on 12-06-2006
Fantastic phone NO FAULTS AT ALL, the white screening stuff is all due to overusage, and won't happen if you acctually look after it. All the functions are fantastic, and it looks great. 1 word of warning though be careful of the first text you recieve from your provider, if you don't do what it says you will lose your ability to send texts!!!!
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10/10 100% Full Marks!!!!
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW 'GADGETY' PHONE THEN THIS IS DEFINITELY FOR YOU!!
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Reviewed by Ashish on 12-06-2006
The phone is excellent for listening musics, playing games, surfing the internet and so on. But i`m having the problem of screen going white. Although removing the battery and turning the phone on, the sreen remains white.
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Reviewed by Wachira on 09-06-2006
DOn't look nowhere else, SE are way above the rest of the pack, I was split btwn a motorola L7 and SE W550i and no doubt, this is hte utmost
pleasure device. Well organised interface, great features all clamped up in a small tiny shell. Go SE, but the memory card?
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Reviewed by Max on 09-05-2006
I H8 THIS FONE I HAVE HD IT 4 1 DAII AND IT AINT EVEN WORKIN I TURNED IT ON N IT FROZE SO I TOOK OUT DA BATERY N STARTED IT AGAIN BT IT AINT TURNIN ON
IT IS RUBBISH THE SONY ERICSSON K700I IT LOADS BETTER. IF ANY1 KNOWS HOW TO MEND THIS PROBLEM CLD THEY PLZ SAY IT THANKS
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Reviewed by rach on 06-05-2006
I luv this phone the best ive ever had its a proper music phone i would
recomend this highly. comes with a lot of features its just the best!
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Reviewed by chris smith on 29-04-2006
gr8 phone in every sense its a good size and easy to handel. the only problem is that it is becoming really annoying that you have to swivel the phone around to take pictures and every time i swivel open the phone ther is this idiotic sound other than that this is a great phone if u cant be bothered getting a mp3 and a phone sepratley
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Reviewed by Maz on 22-04-2006
I have this phone, I'va had it for around two months now and never had any
problems with its functions. It's easy to use and the swivel design means you can easily use it both ways to make it smaller or larger. The sound is the best I've seen on a phone yet- very loud and clear with the equalizers on or off. Excellent for money.
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Reviewed by mlchambs on 20-04-2006
i love this phone. having bin used to only nokias i thought i would give another make a go...amd am glad i did. its easy to use and although a bit on the fat side is an all round great phone. highly recommend it to anyone
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Reviewed by yash da man on 14-04-2006
its really cool and ive not had any faults and its really got good games themes and i love the ringtone Hide&Seek lmao its really goood buy it
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Reviewed by . on 10-04-2006
this is the best phone i have ever had. the sound quality is so good and the landscape games are brill. it has so much memory and and the camera is amazing. i recomend buying it.
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Reviewed by me on 16-03-2006
god a phones a phone stop whinging as long as u can make a call then its
good so shut up
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Reviewed by caz on 15-03-2006
i have this phone and its brillaint
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Reviewed by ali on 14-03-2006
this fones ok, has white screened a few times but jst take the battery out
and put it bak again and its fine. mp3 is great, so's the camera, its got a good screen and its pretty tought aswell. jst ashame tht the memory cant be expanded but defo the best fone for its price, much better than the samsung d500, wood defo recomend it.
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Reviewed by Matt on 05-03-2006
Well I have been having some big problems with other phones first the "Motorola V3" which completly gathers dust & station under the screen which is un-removable. Sorry to leave "Moto"... Then I moved on to a "Sony
Ericsson K700" the Buttons was very, very small infact I could more or less say its made for "Barbie Dolls fingers" lol... took it back got my refund then went to Carphone warehouse bought a Moto v3 again still faulty then got a "Nokia 6101" Gr8 phone and long lasting battery until I found out they were no "Bluetooth" which annoyed me even more, I then went back to Carphone Warehouse and asked if I could Exchange for a "Sony Ericsson W550i Walkman" got the phone first put it on loved it, nice Sounds, colours and everything, I have seen the White screen also a few times, but I went on to the "Sony Ericsson site" and if you read that is actually a "Reboot" your pressin the power button wrong, u need to price the button in, otherwise if the button is left holded to long the screen is "White"...
This phone is gr8 for Music lovers so buy this phone :) I love it... I aint takin this one back :P
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Reviewed by Maeve on 05-03-2006
i got it yeterday its really brill couldnt fault i havnt got a white screen yet but my mate had hers from dec 05 and nothings happened and i have used disc2phone
i have an ipod nano so its not really for music
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Reviewed by dan on 05-03-2006
Ive had this phone for bout 5 days nd it good the cameras good nd the mp3 is excellent but as much as i swich it off and on again it wont go onto the games or aplication i hope i dont have 2 send it back i really like this fone nd the features!!!
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Reviewed by John on 28-02-2006
Why on earth did I buy this phone? I mean, I have 40Gb i-river and a 5Meg digi camera.! Loads of room to upload piccies to, the navigation etc is very easy to use, the camera is passible, and the walkman side of it is nothing short of average, but the main problem with it is that it's
like carrying a brick in yir pooch. I think I just need a small, thin light phone now and no gimmicks. My wife likes the w550i, so she can have it, as it will be easy to find in her handbag ..while I'll try for a Motorola SLVR this time.
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Reviewed by RICHARD on 25-02-2006
JUST RUBBISH, JUNK!! NEVER BUY ANY SONY ERICSSON EVER!!!
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Reviewed by Jon on 24-02-2006
Don't buy this phone its a waste of money - the white screen is a big problem. Happened twice.
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Reviewed by Kira Maru on 22-02-2006
Quite a unique design and easy to use.But I'm quite disappointed to hear that there is a "white screen" problem with this phone and there is no memory card slot.I think 256 MB is quite a lot but not enough for music lovers like me.
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Reviewed by Auriol on 19-02-2006
This is a superb phone, the best I've ever owned. (I've had Nokia,
Panasonic and Samsung phones in the past.) First thing is its styling, it has a cool retro look, utterly different from any other phone on the market and a million miles away from the cloned silver look that seems to
dominate at the minute. I love the orange casing, but if you don't care for orange there are other snap-on covers available, white or blue at present, I believe. The screen is great, pin-sharp and just the right size, not one of those titchy little ones so many phones have. The swivel
mechanism is a little bit odd to begin with but you soon get used to it and in any case you only really ever need to open your phone to text or to phone someone not in your phonebook. Texting is fine, I personally use the T9 which is a little different than that on Samsung but I haven't had any problems. One of the really great things about the W550i is that you can use any song or tone as your message alert, something that so many other phones just don't let you do. I've a Rod Stewart song set as my msg alert at the minute - cool! And of course it goes without saying that you can
set any song as your ringtone too. The sound of the W550i is brillant - there are three speakers on the phone so you get true stereo sound which is just great. You can, of course, listen through headphones too but I
personally can't be bothered with headphones most of the time. The phone has no slot for removable memory which is rather a pity, but it has 256Mg
of storage and that is enough for about 80 songs. At present I have 51 songs on it and various other things - photos, downloaded wallpapers, some
video - and I still have 86Mg memory free. I haven't used the infrared or bluetooth yet so don't know how well they work, but I don't anticipate any problems. It has all the other things you expect in a modern phone - voice
recorder, memo, alarms, light (including SOS mode!), calendar, vibration.
All in all, this is a lovely phone and I'm delighted to have it. Now I suppose I should try to think of any drawbacks. Hmm, I suppose some people might find it a little heavy at 120g bt my last phone was only 85g and I actually don't really notice the heavier weight of the W550i though this worried me a little before I got it. It's also thicker than some other phones, but I'm happy to tolerate this because of the good sound it has.
Some people on other sites have mentioned having a problem transferring songs, etc. from their pc using the cable supplied, but I've had no problems with this at all. I've transferred music, photos and jpeg images without any hassle. The only drawback, well, more of a question really for
anyone else who already has this phone is - I can't find a way to get the o2 logo off the screen. Can anyone help? Don't know if anyone will have read as far as this, but if you have I'd say this is a great phone and I highly recommend it.
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Reviewed by Nige, UK on 19-02-2006
I've had 2 of these in as many weeks, both deleted files, one kept resetting it's self.
It's a funky lookin phone, but never again.. I've ended up with the SE K750i, which is a 200% improvement.
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Reviewed by Jay on 18-11-2005
Fantastic phone! Everything you need and more.
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Reviewed by Dan on 01-11-2005
Excellent. Cant fault on anything!!!!!
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