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Expert Reviews from other websites (1 review)Sony Ericsson W995 Review at Mobile Phones UK (1 June 2009) Sony Ericsson W995 Consumer Reviews (150 reviews)Write a review of the Sony Ericsson W995! 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 Somen Singh on 18/03/2010Recently i have buyed the W995. it's a pleasant phone. Up of the above than others. IT ROCKS..... with GREAT features!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by jonathan xD on 15/03/2010 had dis phone now for about three months, and i gotta say its one of da best phones ive had also jessica would like to commment bcus she has it too; had it for six months and i am still not boered of it does everything you need and i highly recomend to people well done sony ericcsson :) Rating: Reviewed by Jamie on 14/03/2010 These new Sony Ericssons now have their antennas at the bottom of the phone so whenever you are texting you lose the signal if it's weak! stupid design!! most of the time I get 1-2 bars and my old k750i also on orange gets full signal everywhere! even with 3g turned off it's still rubbish and I'm on my third handset now. Rating:  Reviewed by 123 on 10/03/2010 Iv got this phone. Its great wheras the problem is mostly 2 do with watching video on youtube and in some cases bbc iplayer. I dont knw y this is. Search the net and find out. But other than that, the phone is very astounding with its features Rating: Reviewed by liz on 07/03/2010 Does any1 know how to take music and photos OFF your phone back onto a pc? I'm guessing its something to do with the micro sd card, but don't know what kind of adaptor to get, any ideas? ta. to give a review of the phone,mine has constantly crashed so has been sent off for repair again, unfortunately I'm in an 18month contract so have to stick with the phone. Rating: Reviewed by simon harvey on 07/03/2010 I got the w995 as my latest upgrade from O2 its the best phone ive had there is nothing i can say which will knock the phone i got lost while driving i had no satnav i got the phone out and it found my way using google maps or your location GPS super phone 10/10 Rating: Reviewed by nancy allen on 04/03/2010 Is almost ' top heavy' when you are texting and easily falls backwards. You cant get anywhere quickly on it [ might just be me - a bit dim ]. Now am having sim problems which seem to hace occurred overnight whilst phone was switched off! Rating: Reviewed by kaz on 03/03/2010 love, love, love this phone....BUT..the front wobbles when open!! only had it today...is it a common fault, or is it just the style of the phone?? i never experienced this with my W910i, which was also a slide phone. am a lil bit gutted as i recently tried the SAMSUNG TOCCO ULTRA ,but missed the SONY ERICSSON set up and didnt really think much of the touch screen.so sold it and had my heart set on this phone. please tell me if i should put up with the loose front or let it go...everything else seems fab, and i know from experience that SONY ERICSSONs are prone to freezing!!xx Rating: Reviewed by Phil on 26/02/2010 Hi, This phone is fantastic...easily the best I've owned. The keypad is perfect for texting on. It is jam packed full of features. The battery life wasn't great when I bought it..barely two days, but I realised that the problem was the 3G, and also the fact that I had Push Email enabled i.e. keeping an open data connection permanently. I'm now well into day two and with normal use a few calls and texts and surfing the web I have 74% battery left! I'm delighted with this phone. I've owned numerous phones...this is easily the best. Rating: Reviewed by minxystar on 25/02/2010 love the fone,but hate the faults that come with sony ericsson fones. i have had loads, and have faults with every one,either they just die on me or the fone stops charging, complete nitemare! have only had this fone 2months and it wont charge keeps telling me that i need to inser a sony ericsson battery which obviously is in there cos it came with the fone,now i cant use my fone cos it has no battery at all,there is a lot of rite up and complaints about this happening with sony ericssons which i have seen by ur comments today,i will NEVER have another sony ericsson!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Liam on 22/02/2010 I'm having the same problem as a few of you, whenever i plug the charger in it says: "Charging Error, Stop Charging" But on the whole a really good phone i would reccomend it to anyone. P.S, if anyone knows a solution for the charging problem please post back, thanks guys. Rating: Reviewed by jay on 20/02/2010 may w995 i love it yeh Rating: Reviewed by Sarah on 18/02/2010 I hate the W995, having downloaded loads of music and taken loads of photos, saved them to the memory card. The phone crashed won't start up, it wiped my sim card and memory card, I have lost 200 contacts, all the music I downloaded, all the photos, all my messages. I tried to run a download on the sony ericsson website but nope that hasn't sorted it, and I have just paid for a reconditioned phone and that doesn't work properly either. I am one of loads of people having problems with it. So NO I don't think it is a good phone, and don't recommend it!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by kie3 on 17/02/2010 i have this phone and its so good my dad has a satio and thats not as good as this 5 stars Rating: Reviewed by Mr angry on 17/02/2010 w995 worst phone i have ever had for signal. last phone k850 brill signal. feel i have gone back in time with w995. Rating: Reviewed by Mr Curse on 13/02/2010 Got this phone last weekend on upgrade on O2. Free phone 2 years Tenner a month (BARGAIN), This deal was online only and seem to vanish after the weekend, but it's worth checking to see if they do it again. The phone itself is excellent, no probs at all, really like the iplayer feature and the walkman sounds great, also the built quality seems very good. Even the software work. Rating: Reviewed by jigar on 11/02/2010 i have w995 sony ericsson .its outstanding phone. Rating: Reviewed by Virginia on 11/02/2010 I usually use only SE phones because, as a big texter, the predictive text is so good on them. In my opinion, this is the best phone that SE have ever issued. No horrible touch screen - hurrah! I've had it for 6 months on O2 and it gets good reception, has never frozen or dropped a call ever. It has WiFi, BBC iplayer, Youtube and Facebook apps. Comes with great headphones and an excellent tube speaker as well as an 8GB memory card. I usually change my phone as often as I change my underpants lol, but will be sticking with this one. It's got a great big screen, and a smooth satisfying action on the slider, with no 'play' at all beween that and the keypad. The keys are small, but still very easy to text one-handed and at speed. It's simply the best phone I've ever owned. You can get some fabulous contract deals on it at the moment so what are you waiting for?! Rating: Reviewed by Evans Biney on 09/02/2010 I like this phone its really stylish and beautiful.I like ur product and want to encourage u for ur wonderful product.Keep the fire burning SONY ERICSSON Rating: Reviewed by CAF on 09/02/2010 Am now on my 3rd handset following an upgrade - every single handset has had a loose slider and has made an extremely annoying clicking sound whenever I press any buttons. Apparently this is a relatively common problem with this model according to Orange. Have returned the phone and will definitely be getting it replaced with something else! Rating: Reviewed by Colin on 08/02/2010 Actualy this phone is rubbish because of one and one thing only. It has no PIN protect on messages, pictures, phonebook, call log, calls, etc etc. Basically if you leave it unattended for any period of time someone can simply pick it up and access your data, no matter what data it is, or even make calls. Considering this is a 'flagship' phone, how could Sony make such a basic error. Its back to the well secured SAMSUNG models for me. Rating: Reviewed by Zoe on 06/02/2010 This phone is destined to be a legend alongside the SE K800. As all the handset manufacturers gallop towards the touch screen monsters this will probably be one of the last late, great keypad models. What a shame... A shame because the w995 is really a superb phone. I've had mine since last october and had no problems. The build quality is excellent and the music player simply marvellous. Although the keys are small it is a doddle to text on. SE's T9 predictive text the best out there. The screen is large and quite stunning. In fact it looks much better in reality than it does in the photos of it. My friend had one and on seeing hers I just had to have it - and it did not disappoint! Rating: Reviewed by mike on 05/02/2010 I bought this phone around 4 months ago after a lot of searching through review websites, it generally scores highly (4 to 5 stars) but i'd only give it 3. This is mainly because the camera is so bad, it blurs very easily and due to the fact it's only a single led doesn't work very well in the dark. so it's not the good all-rounder it's supposed to be. Another issue is i've had real trouble with bluetooth operating. As usual with SE the vibrate alert is really weak and i keep missing calls and the speaker is pretty average. Otherwise it's very good. internet is fast, interface is also excellent as usual with SE, key pad is responsive and they are larger than they look (meaning you can even use it with gloves on, unlike touch phones), the walkman is amazing (interface, sound quality, 3.5 jack, and supplied headphones are far better than most). Rating: Reviewed by david on 04/02/2010 i have had sony E for 5 years the films are rubbish that you can download. as soon as i touch the the my signal goes. there are pauses on the screen when i am texting. it locks up on me every week. thinking nokia next Rating: Reviewed by chris on 04/02/2010 I have had 3 W995 in the space of 2 weeks on 02 in the UK. They all suffered from software faults. The key pad on the first phone stopped working, the second and third phones both turned them selves off alot, would vibrate for no reason. I agree this is a action packed phone with all the specs but it is not fault free by any means and o2 confirmed they are having more and more sent back on a similar scale to the C905. Rating: Reviewed by Laaaaave this phone on 01/02/2010 i cnt find any faults with this phone at all its so pimped out. i would recommnd it to anyone :) Rating: Reviewed by Jim Pegg on 31/01/2010 Had the phone almost 2 months. Have been out for a short while today and have just noticed the back cover has come off and is lost. I thought it was a bad design when I first removed the cover to put the sim in - I now know it's a stupid design. Fortunately, I have come across a replacement on ebay for a fiver - annoying though! Rating: Reviewed by brian on 29/01/2010 I have just recieved my new Sony Ericsson W995 and I am trying to up load music that i have stored on my laptop with some degree of difficulty, I was wondering if anyone can tell me how this is done, as there is nothing in the user guide on this. Rating: Reviewed by Tony on 29/01/2010 Best phone I've ever owned, and believe me I've owned quite a few. The big screen is a joy to use and the keypad although small is easy to text on (and I'm considered a fat-fingered fool lol!). Everything feels 'right' about this phone - the smooth, clean action of the sliding mechanism, the excellent build quality, the ease of use. To the lady that posted below that the back keeps coming off - make sure the tiny button in between the kickstand is pushed down, this keeps the back on (the missus made the same mistake). I don't like touch screen phones and this is one of the best non touch screens out there. Remember though that this is a 'W' (Walkman) series phone not a 'C' (Cybershot) phone so the attention has been given to the MP3 player rather than the camera. The MP3 player is indeed fantastic, though the camera does not match that of the C905 even if it does have more megapixels. I don't use the camera much anyway, so for me it is perfect. One happy SE customer ! Rating: Reviewed by Harry James on 27/01/2010 I've had 7 phones altogether and this one is the biggest joke of all! Totally useless, on my third handset and desperate to upgrade now to another phone. The faults are; 1. Camera zoom heavily pixalated and 'no way' can it be 8.1MP. 2. The sim keeps crashing and has, in the three months I've had it, removed 4 precious photo's and 8 music tracks. 3. The Playnow Arena is laughable. Fancy searching for The Beatles on your phone and finding zero tracks??? 4. Everyone else has coverage on Orange when I don't. 5. The battery lasts approx 3 days before it needs charging. And finally, do Orange care when they've got your money...? Rating: Reviewed by NickS on 24/01/2010 Well having recently bought this phone first impressions are very positive and excellent value. Bought this as I wanted a decent phone with the key functions rather than the functions with a phone as an add on if you take the meaning. Not a touch screen but a classic slide phone and it’s easy to hold and use. Sound is very good with a 3.5 jack, FM radio is very good with RDS display, camera is 8.1 megapixels with autofocus and a flash. If this reliable – fingers crossed - and battery seems good at the moment then this is a v good phone. I did look at the competition obviously before buying, Nokia had nothing really as far as I could see (always had Nokias to date), iphone and Blackberry main competitors I guess but I would say that the W995 certainly has better sound, is a better classic phone with excellent core functionality than those phones but of course doesn’t have the wide range of Apps you can buy partic for the iphone. As said if you want a phone first then this is a good option. Rating: Reviewed by Dave De Rave on 24/01/2010 On the face of it, the phone looks great. 8mp camera 8gb memory card stylish design massive screen.... Then you try to get a decent network signal.... It doesnt matter how good all the extras are, if you can only make emergency calls or no calls, then the phone is crap! Apparently the ariel is augmented by the rear cover? Well if is is, then it ain't coz I got better phone reception after it had fallen off (again, a design flaw) Rating: Reviewed by gary jewell on 24/01/2010 always had se phones which i like, apart from my last one (c905)which was rubbish went wrong 6 times before cpwh replaced it with w995. 2 months in and touch wood no probs so might have restored my faith with se. BUT I WOULD ADVISE PEOPLE TO AVOID THE C905 AT ALL COSTS!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by joe on 21/01/2010 I was actually looking for a great camera phone.....but sad to say that i sent back my phone on two reasons... 1. camera quality is poor....SE flaunt an 8 pixel camera....but its not even on par with the 2 pixel k530i I have now..(unless you zoom it, you will say the latter's picture is much better.....) 2. poor signal reception.. the rest of all features are excellent, I would say......but if you cant talk over the phone, there is no point in keeping this with you....better you may go for an ipod..... Rating: Reviewed by Simon on 20/01/2010 Im so disapointed with this phone, Ive had to go back to the ThreeStore three times now because it just keeps dying! It will all of a sudden turn itself off, reset and loose all its data. Three have been incredibly unhelpful , i reckon they know this is a really rubbish handset because some of the excuses Ive been given are quite honestly laughable. Im going back at the weekened to take this one back, Its my third in four months. Seriously guys, Think long and hard before buying this phone. Im now stuck in a 24 month contract without a working handset! Rating: Reviewed by MRS BOWLEY on 18/01/2010 Am on second Sony Ericsson W995 since August as the charging socket has now broken twice! apart from that phone OK. Rating: Reviewed by Cherry_Pie on 16/01/2010 I have had this phone for only a week and I can say it's an amazing phone and by far the best I have ever had. The camera takes great pictures but is quite poor at night under artificial light even with the flash. Sound quality is out of this world and sounds good with or without the speakers or headphones in. It has plenty of entertaining features included although I haven't explored some things yet. The W995 feels like a good quality and doesn't feel plasticky like some other handsets. I have the black version and its really nice. I give this phone full marks and would recommend to anyone who is thinking of buying. I was lucky enough to scoop up one of these in sale where I got 50% off and paid 274.00 rather than 500.00+! What a bargain! I knew it was the phone of my dreams before I bought it through reading plenty of reviews on it and looking up the specs and features but at £500.00+ , it was way out of my price league. I will be sure to have this phone longer than I have ever owned any of my other handsets(i have had around 25 in 11 years) think this phone is my 25th! Lol Rating: Reviewed by MW on 14/01/2010 Great phone, shame it keeps breaking. Twice now I'ev had to send it back as it's either lost internet connectivity or it can't find the network. It's basically riddled with bugs. Great shame as it's got some really handy features, it's a nice size and when it works it works really well. But this is my first and last Sony Ericsson. Rating: Reviewed by Russell B on 12/01/2010 Firstly, a reply to Daryl who wrote on 05/01/2010. I am guessing you are on o2 pay-and-go. This network doesn't allow streaming video on some phones. This is a little known or publicised fact. Try it with a SIM from another network, or on Wi-Fi if you are near an access point, it will work, honest! That aside, it is an excellent phone, quite fast in operation, with some brilliant features. As some others may have mentioned, the camera is not the best, probably because of the slow lens, meaning long exposures in low light and therefore potentially blurred images. The LED flash doesn't really go far enough to fill dark scenes with light, like a Xenon flash would do. But hey, this is offset by how good the phone is at just about everything else. Rating: Reviewed by ben on 11/01/2010 Hate it ive had 3 of them now all of them have had the same problem they all end up saying insert correct sim and its the sim i bought it with !!!!!! DONT BUY IT it WILL break sooner or later nothing to do with how i looked after it for certain aswell !!! Rating: Reviewed by Anna on 09/01/2010 At last! Sony Ericsson have brought out a phone that is not bug ridden, has good build quality and a superb music player. The camera is not *all that* megapixels not being everything, but this is primarily a walkman phone - hence the branding. Seriously, this phone is a joy to use, and after five months of continual heavy use I have not encountered any problems at all. I have no interest in touch screen phones as they seem to be a fingerprint magnet. The sliding mechanism on this phone is great with no wobble and it really does *what it says on the tin*. If you are in any doubt, get it - you won't be dissapponted! Rating: Reviewed by Tasha on 09/01/2010 Good all round fone, but i've had to out sellotape on the back to hold the batery cover in place as it comes off in ur hands and the battery life is very poor. It went down from 100 to 76% the other day just overnite on stand by with all wifi, bluetooth etc turned ona dn the screen res turned down to minimise battery usage. Very disappointed but tied into a 2 year contract! I've had it for 4 months so obviously an't return it to swap it! Bring on the Nexus Google fone! Rating: Reviewed by gordon 7 1 10 on 08/01/2010 had quite a few phones over the years but this is the best by far great phone Rating: Reviewed by Tomasoq on 07/01/2010 I've had the W850i, the W890i and now I have the Sony Ericsson W995. My Orange phone came with an 8GB M2 memory card, FREE Sony Ericsson MBS-100 Bluetooth speaker (worth £40), 60 FREE movie downloads from Playnow-arena.com and 2 for 1 cinema tickets on Wednesdays. The deal was amazing, the phone even more so! The phone is outstanding, there's nothing else to say, OUTSTANDING! Rating: Reviewed by Zoe on 06/01/2010 I've had this phone for four months now, and it hasn't given me a moments trouble. It's the best phone I've ever had bar none. Although the numbers look small, it's a joy to text with. It has an editable list of the words you add to your T9 database - very handy. The sliding action is excellent and the quality of the Walkman player superb. Comes with high end ear buds which are very comfortable. Works a treat with Wi-Fi. Ring tone is plenty loud enough and the call quality excellent. One of the best phones ever released by SE - I take my hat off to them! Rating: Reviewed by daryl on 05/01/2010 the phone is great exept for the fact that i use the youtube app. it comes up connecting then lets me choose the video but when it comes up the time goes but nothing happens on the screen it just stays black. could someone help? Rating: Reviewed by Fee on 05/01/2010 This phone is so unbelievably rubbish I'm not even going to review it. Rating: Reviewed by Kafu on 04/01/2010 Got this phone a few days ago after selling my awful satio and purchasing the w995, NO TOUCHSCREEN a god send. My first one had to be taken back as the slide was broken but they swapped over for a another one which was fine. I have to say this is a great phone, its nice and refreshing to go back to a keypad and slide phone with simple menu's and applications. I mainly use my phone to call, text and listen to music so this bad boy ticks all the boxes. The walkman is brilliant, the camera for a walkman phone is quite good, not as good as the one on my satio but i expected this but as I have a digital camera anyway not a major issue. The phone is a nice design and size not to clumpy and fits in my pocket (which my satio didn't). Only downside is the battery life but this is a Sony ericsson issue on all their phones. Rating: Reviewed by Darren on 04/01/2010 what more can i say about this phone except thats its outstanding.had a n97 mini and hated it big time sold that and bought the w995 and its the best phone i have ever had.even my 11 year son wants one now Rating: Reviewed by hammaad on 04/01/2010 brillant phone has wi fi this phone has every thing you need Rating: Reviewed by sheri3466 on 31/12/2009 Really like the phone, apart from 3 minor niggles. One, there's no-where to put a hand strap on, so when I take it out of my wee case it's like a bar of soap. I've dropped it twice. Second, if like me you are pay-as-you-go, it charges you for an MMS message if you want to send a wee animated icon in your texts. Thirdly, unlike the shape of the W595, which is slightly angled forward to allow ease of opening the slide mechanism, the W995 is completely flush with the lower half of the handset, making it all too easy to push the buttons by mistake when trying to open it. I know it's not much, but enough for me to deduct a star! Rating: Reviewed by shairah on 30/12/2009 hello everyone...i hav had dis fne 4 bou 1 mnth know...nd gt 2 say its wonderful! i hv no prblms wiv dis watsoeva...itz grt! Da camera is wikid...as it is 8.1mp!Da speakaz r a BLAST! der br "LOUD".. nd da internet access is soo easy 2 use..i kn connect wv ma wirless router at hme.. Da design of da fne also luksz gawjus!! worth showin off..! txtn wv dis fne...is mndblwin...da conversation app is grt..u kn continue ur convo wv sum1..wid out 4gtn wt u sd. newaisz yh on da whole..da fne is MARVELLOUS! Rating: Reviewed by Squarez...x on 29/12/2009 Ive had the fone for three weeks and I love it... I wudnt get rid ov it the camara is amasin... the sound quality is fab I wud recomend it two anyone x Rating: Reviewed by DJ Sparky on 27/12/2009 I absoulutly love the new sony ericsson w995, it has everything on it and more, 8.1mp cam, Interactive GPS Navigator, Google Maps, Walkman, motion sensor games, youtube, tilt screen, and the list goes on, the cam is much better then ordinary camaras because you can actully take photos and set it to detect smiles, and if you want to keep the photo but it doesn't look good just simply send it to the photo editor and set color balance, add effects and so forth, taking videos is a brezze, the phone also has a video editor so you can mix both photos and videos and combine them to play with music, this new sony ericsson phone is an absoulute beast in a small aliminium design it is like a small computer in your hands, this phone is the best by far!!! Rating: Reviewed by sheri3466 on 27/12/2009 Hi, I like the phone, but has anyone noticed if you try to SMS with an animated icon, it will cost you an MMS fee? This is no fun if you are on pay as you go as I am. Also, I really miss a handstrap, I've dropped it already! Anyone help? Small issues but irritating. Rating: Reviewed by rich wright. on 26/12/2009 i got the w995 for christmas and when i go to text it pops up with MMS and its only sendin picture messages.. all i want it to do is to send normal text messages. would any one no how to change it from picture messaging to normal by any chance? i would appreciate comments back... rich Rating: Reviewed by rich wright. on 26/12/2009 i got this phone for christmas it is a very good a stylish phone, i was am just wonderin if some one could help me with a problem. well when i go to write a message it pops up in a box with a bleep 'MMS' how ever, i don't want to send an 'multi media message' i just want to send a normal text message, and i really dont no how to change it? could any body help me with this. comments back would be appreciated. richard. Rating: Reviewed by shane on 25/12/2009 mint phone Rating: Reviewed by Mick on 22/12/2009 Absolutely brilliant phone! Ive only got 2 words for ya, BUY IT!!! Rating: Reviewed by ali on 20/12/2009 i got this phone last day. its an amazing prototype. i am fan of w series of sony ericsson. i've used w810i, w902, w980 and now w995. its everything rocks. 8 gigs of mem, 8.1 mp cam, walkman ver 4.0, large 2.6 inch display, clear sound and image and nice userfriendly interface. Rating: Reviewed by philco on 18/12/2009 I set the phone up and it worked beautifully, I thought wonderful, just what I want. One hour later it went haywire and nothing would work on it.I took it in to my local 3 store, and they said it was useless and must be sent back. needless to say I am completely disappointed and can only barely give it one star Rating: Reviewed by sg on 17/12/2009 nice fone =) worth buying Rating: Reviewed by w995 phone user on 16/12/2009 bought the w995 about 2 weeks ago. so far its great and im finding new features all the thime. I was dissapointed to find out the geotagging means the camera has to connect to the phone operator via the phone network and not wifi so results in increased charges. my PS3 auto detects its presence and will pull any media from it to play on my tv which i thought was Very cool. I can also press combinations of numbers to speak to people around the world on it too . amazing! Rating: Reviewed by sid on 15/12/2009 great fone Rating: Reviewed by Richard on 14/12/2009 Im really pleased with it. I didnt want a touch screen so didnt want a Satio. But this is probably one of the best sliders out there. It looks very smart and well made. Much better in the flesh than in the pictures. The ony one problem ive had is it sometimes rings the wrong people!!! Not a good feature to have in a phone but its only done it twice and switching it off and back on again sorted it. The PC software is good and the camera takes really clear pics. I like the wifi too. I have ordered a few phones and sent them back but definitley sticking with this one! I do think the buttons will be too small for some people. ive got small hands and i sometimes press the wrong ones. They all seem small on Sony Ericssons. Rating: Reviewed by Ann Birmingham on 14/12/2009 I have had the W995 for 4 weeks and on third handset change, so I am having to change phone model altogether and I am gutted. Model is so nice looking, got all my tracks on it. Loved it but three seperate issues on three seperate new handsets no good. So either i am death to technology or just managed to get the only three bad handsets. All Of which I fully updated on the Sony Site. Firt time I had acolour besides black or stainless steel as well. loved the red and gutted. Rating: Reviewed by p baynham on 13/12/2009 This is my 1st and last sony ericsson phone! Its broke 3 times in the 3 months iv had it, its been repaired once then got replacement handset 2nd time, and that has now also broke and getting sent back tomorrow. The same faults keep occuring, itl be working fine one minute then next it says no network coverage. Once that happens it wont charge because apparently the battery is not a SE battery! I want a nokia again, my last n95 never had a problem! Dont get a w995. Rating: Reviewed by Carla on 12/12/2009 The sony ericsson w995 is the worst phone ever with in 3 weeks software messed up big time so had to send it for repairs and then since then also had to completely reinstall software 3 times and now number 5 key has stopped working and number 3 key is starting to go same way all in 5 months what ever you do don't get this phone going back to nokia least it bulletproof and doesn't suffer same software prob like SE avoid this phone at all cost Rating: Reviewed by Joseph Felts on 12/12/2009 I too upgraded to this phone, only because the SE Satio wasn't available due to it being withdrawn because of software issues. That made me susceptible about the W995, it was the only alternative that suited me, out of five other phones. That said, I was impressed with the 8.1MP photo facility (I previously had the Samsung G600 with 5MP) and did ensure the W995 had a higher amount of MP before I chose it. Most of the other facilities were as they are on the k550i so I was already familiar with them. My phone is on T-Mobile and there's been no problems for over a month now, but I must add my phone came with a 8GB mini-SD memory card, definitely handy to have for holding many playable files, pictures, videos, etc. Probably the W995's outstanding featue is its Walkman mode, where you can swing the phone backwards or up and down to change tracks or fluctuate the volume during playback. I dont see myself doing that often, if at all. I like the flip-up facility, keypad's fine, my phone is in 'Progress Black', very nice. Rating: Reviewed by saeed on 11/12/2009 this phone is very good. Rating: Reviewed by kelly on 10/12/2009 Got this phone as a replacement upgrade from samsung s6500 touch. This is the best phone I have ever had definitely recommend. It's got a great camera, quick for texting, loud music player and speakers. my only slight grumble is I didn't get a memory card with it but seems minor due to the quality of the phone. No more touch screen for me I'm so happy. Rating: Reviewed by Andy on 10/12/2009 1st can people state what network they are with as this makes a big difference. My boss has this phone on Orange and it was randomly freezing, turning off etc and as he was about to send it back, the company changed network provider to O2. Since then he has had no problems at all, and for this reason, I have bought one also. I have no complaints with it whatsoever. I have had it 3 months now, its never frozen, never turned itself off, wifi reception is excellent compared to my brother's N97. I have had a few Sony Ericsson's now, not all have been great but this phone is definately the best phone I have had by far. My only gripe is that the animation faces are different on this phone and you get charged an MMS to send one, bad move SE! Andy Rating: Reviewed by Statler 76 on 09/12/2009 I am with most people on here. network is absolutely terrible. I am on orange and live in an area that has excellent coverage but, i cannot connect to the internet. I am on my 3rd!!!! handset since September and am giving up!! Orange say the same old nonsense everytime i speak to them. take it down to 2g or its a mast problem or update your software, even though i am on the most up to date software. Do not buy this phone!!!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Annette on 06/12/2009 Poor reception plus Playnow-arena stopps working after a couple of months, wish I had chosen the Blackberry instead! Rating: Reviewed by michelle on 06/12/2009 Excellent phone. Rating: Reviewed by fay on 05/12/2009 seriously, i am never buying sony ericsson phones again.. i got this phone because it has a great camera, and lots of memory for my music, photos, videos, and it has wifi too! i was like, great, its like some many things in 1 phone. i've had this phone since july, so 5 months now, and i already want a new phone. firstly, it takes forever for it to start up. i turn it on, and the sony ericsson logo stays on for 3 minutes, before going away. secondly, the camera is great, brilliant quality, but sometimes, no, i mean most of the time, it takes AGES to save one damn photo, and its usually photos that arent nice, that take ages to save, and i'm like, grr, i want to deletee it, hurry up and save so i can take a new one! 3rdly, the VIDEO camera,, when i take videos, it would randomly cut off, and would return back to the main menu.. as if i pressed the stop button. i'm pretty sure i didnt press the wrong button, as its happened several times.. and i'm pretty sure i have lo ads of memeory left.. as i have an 8bg memroey card. i got this phone i hong kong, for 3000 dollars, so i guess it cost me £200-300. i am so angry, the best features of the phone dont even work for me. also, the battery cover comes off really easily. the only good thing about this phone i have experienced so far is the music player.. i;ve had no problems with it,,, yet. but seriously.. never again. my last phone was a SE cybershot, k800i i think.. it was even worse.. took ages to take a photo, and the sound broke? it would work one second, then the next, it woukdnt work. >:( so angry with this phone. not happy. Rating: Reviewed by Carly on 04/12/2009 FREQUENT SOFTWARE ERRORS! I've had the W995 for approx. 8 months now, mostly used for texts, phone calls & watching videos. It has a nasty habit of turning itself off with no warning or signal interruption or after having downloaded (because I don't download anything). I was told this was due to SOFTWARE ERRORS! This is a beautifully designed piece of equipment however; this phone is NOT SUITABLE as a working woman’s companion. It looks nice; technology is fabulous, quality all-round features. BUT! This is a re-occurring problem with this model as was told to me by my network provider who shall remain nameless. Suffices to say that we would be "better connected" - if the phone worked! Repairs CAN BE DONE, but this means having it 'flushed' obviously not down the toilet but that's really all it's fit for until 2-3weeks time when I can have my phone back. Most likely with the same problem. Rating: Reviewed by cloUd17 on 04/12/2009 Guys the only thing I can advice you is that don't buy from Ebay with this kind of stuffs, how can you be so sure that these are genuine? That's why you're having a lot of issues because you bought there. And IMO the one's that they are selling did not pass QA, thats why it's cheaper. Try to order in a reliable store, and then you'll know the best of it, I've used a lot of phones, and I know that the best are those SE phones, the quality of SE phones are 3-1 compared to Nokia and so the others. My friends are amazed with my K800 phone, because of the quality of pictures, so clear and the flash is brilliant, even those Nokia phones that has higher Megapixel camera didnt match the SE camera phones. SE is the best, when there's party at night they try to get a picture by their phones, but they cant get a nice one, and I say what kind of phone is that? Throw it away, ill give you a nice picture with my K800! LOL!!! Rating: Reviewed by hi on 04/12/2009 hi i like this phone, its cool! cool buttons and stuff! Rating: Reviewed by Khalid on 03/12/2009 Hi, I got this phone from Orange. I like walkman phone I think this is the best phone I ever had. It has all the feature, you can expect from a mobile phone. Rating: Reviewed by darius on 02/12/2009 i am happy with everything except reception. its very annoying not to be able to make a full conversation before your call has cut off due to bad reception. Rating: Reviewed by sid on 01/12/2009 great fone altho now seems dated even tho a recent fone,easy 2 use & feels good quality build,the MAJOR problem is the signal/reception,its not good at all,keeps losing it,so 4 this reason only have only given 3 stars Rating: Reviewed by ReyMan0208 on 29/11/2009 Well so far its the best phone i owned. its perfect; music, video and photoes. The phone is so wicked!!! Rating: Reviewed by giovanni on 28/11/2009 ive had this fone since august and its broke 4 times now so i rocoment do not get this fone. also the signal quality is very low which doesnt help at all Rating: Reviewed by lemmiwinkle lemmiwinks on 27/11/2009 Got my w995 after selling my nokia n96 and all i can say is that its the bees knees. The battery life is excellent even after listening to music. The n96 only lasted around a day :. Bck to the w995, all the features included with the phone (maps, youtube, bbc iplayer etc) are great. The camera is really good being the 8.1 mp now. Anyone thinking on buying one should buy one immediatley. I have an iphone 3g aswell but use the w995 more often, due to my iphone going into the 'coma' mode far too often. W995 FOR THE WIN ! 5 stars Rating: Reviewed by Rebecca on 22/11/2009 i've had this phone for a couple of months now, and until yesterday the only problems i'd had was the photo files corrupting which could be fixed by switching the phone off and back on. i also went 12 hours when i couldnt recieve or send texts this was also fixed by switching the phone off and back on. i also had a day when the bluetooth wouldnt work at all :S fixed itself eventually though. the phone has a fantastic camera and layout and a good music player. but now im getting in a rage with it as last night its decided theres no network coverage, my bluetooth wont work, and i cant connect to the internet. apparently swithing the 3g down to 2g should fix it but it didnt. plan b was to download up to date software, this still didnt work >:-( now i have a phone i cant use for at least 24 hours coz ill need to get it sent away, and to be honest im losing all faith with sony ericsson as my last sony ericsson laster 5 months :O not worth the money or the hastle. like ye ah first few weeks your thinking wow this is great, best phone ever blah blah blah, i guarentee 3 or 4 months in ull be chucking it outa the window :) im going all ranty and ravey now sorry, but good phone with flaws i reckon. 2 stars because of this hastle over shadowing all the good features. Rating: Reviewed by disappointed on 21/11/2009 only had the w995 for 3 months ..working fine one minute but next it would charge the battery which i realise from reading other reviews is a fundamental problem with this phone. probably the last SE phone i will use. Rating: Reviewed by nicolas on 21/11/2009 Only downside to me is that it does not seem to allow VoIP and it does not have a key lock feature forcing using to enter a pin to unlock it. Thus it could be a little insecure. Rest of the phone is fine. Rating: Reviewed by kuran on 18/11/2009 sony ericsson is a brilliant phone it looks alright but everything else is really good except the camera which could be a little better Rating: Reviewed by Mike_R on 18/11/2009 I took a long time to find a phone like this, absolutely amazing. Except..... the signal strength on this phone with my new vodafone SIM card is very unstable and I frequently lose signal altogether in areas with good coverage. I have upgraded the phone software as recommneded by another reviewer on this site but no improvement. I still have an O2 SIM on my trusty Nokia 6300 and the number will expire soon when the contract ends but I have no problems with signal strength or stability. So, is this a vodafone problem or a W995 problem? I feel like I want to go back to O2. Any advice greatly received. Rating: Reviewed by Andy on 17/11/2009 I had my phone over week and all round think it`s a good phone, the only thing that bothers me is the media photo folder, this has photos in would prefer to keep in private folder rather. Is there any way to disable this or select the photos you want to be shown Rating: Reviewed by jonh on 14/11/2009 amaing phone Rating: Reviewed by Chescaaa!! on 14/11/2009 This phone is absolute rubbish!! wouldnt advise anyone to get it! i have only had it a few months and am already on my second one, and having to take it back to the shop tomorrow for either repair or replacement!! It freezes at least 5 times a day and i have to turn it off and then back on, it has little fits where things randomly flash on the screen, for example it will keep trying to get on my facebook when i am not doing anythng and the only way i can get it to stop is by taking out the battery as it wont let me turn it off! sometimes when i put it on charge it says something about incorrect battery!! i waited for this phone to come out and pay £50 a month for my contract as it is supposed to be one of the best phones out when really it is not good at all! sony ericsson have tried to squeeze too much software in to the phone and rushed to have it ready for a deadline release date!! i have done two sets of updates as advised by tmobile on behalf of sony ericsson a nd neither has made any difference!! i also know two other people who are having the same problem, one of which is on her third handset as the same problems keep arising! not a good phone at all!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Michelle on 14/11/2009 I've had the sony ericsson w995 for a week now and overall I like it. As a phone it works well, nice clear speaker and easy to use for texts. The music player is outstanding with the 8G memory card allowing you enough space to download a wide selection of music. The SensMe app is great, it work a bit like Genius on itunes and will generate a playlist according to the mood and speed of the first song you choose. The camera is OK but not quite as good as I was hoping. It is slow to take a photo and it isn't very good at night or in low light conditions. But it is still a lot better than most cameras on most mobile phones. Battery life is short, it needs to be charged daily if you use it to play music for a few hours but that seems to be par for the course with the current generation of batteries. It isn't significantly worse than the itouch and that isn't powering a pair of speakers. Something that is irritating is that the software for syncing it with a Mac is poor. You have to open 1 programme to sync your calender and organiser and another programme to download music. The music download programme is inflexible and clunky. There are only 4 options for which albums to download and it basically forces you to rate each and every album on itunes so it picks out your highest rated ones. The biggest irritation is that there isn't a programme for downloading photos. I started off bluetoothing each one over individually which is slow. I then discovered if you go into USB settings you can set the phone to act as a mass storage device. This allows the Mac to recognise the phone is plugged into it and then you can import all the photos to iphoto en mass. You still have to delete them all of the phone individually though. Another major pain is that you cannot download the software update to a Mac, you have to do that via a PC. Which makes me wonder why Sony Ericsson dare to advertise that their phones are Mac compatible! My only problem with this phone so far is it has frequently gone mute and frozen while playing music. Getting it to work again has required removing and replacing the battery. Not a huge issue but not what I'd expect. BTW this is happening after the software has been updated. So overall I think its a good phone. Not as stable or reliable as the itouch but less buggy than many of the other smartphones. 4 stars out of 5 at the moment. If the crashing becomes more of a problem then the rating will drop as I chose this one for its supposed reliability. Rating: Reviewed by Sexyhoney on 12/11/2009 So far only had it few months n its started freezing alot,had lots problems trying to download the movies etc.battery runs down quick.Loses reception signal alot. Rating: Reviewed by Josh on 12/11/2009 I have had this phone since the week they came out and at the start it was fine but now it takes its own notions and freezes the odd time and now the battery has died and ive tried charging it and its coming up saying can't charge because its not a sony ericsson battery and now I only have a few of my numbers so really quite disappointed with the phone! Rating: Reviewed by Arak on 11/11/2009 this is the best phone that I have ever had Rating: Reviewed by H on 07/11/2009 This is the worst phone i have ever had!! I have had this phone for around 4 months, and it has gone wrong three times, the first time being just after a month of having it! The anntena broke the first time, and the second two times the buttons dont respond. The only good thing about this phone when it is working is the fantastic camera, but i wouldnt recommend this phone to anyone. Rating: Reviewed by Ian on 07/11/2009 had this 2 months, great so far, today it died. Rang Orange, they said they'll send a new one but refused to let me swap to a different one - lost all confidence in SE, obviously! Rating: Reviewed by Tracy on 06/11/2009 Overall the phone itself is great, everything works as it should do with the exception of the keypad... major problem, the number 3 button does not work, Iv only had the phone a couple of weeks and has been repaired twice but the problem comes back, had a replacement and guess what, yeah same problem. I cant take the phone back to get it replaced as i bought it abroad and paid £350 for it, very disapointed with this fone, I even took it to a local repair centre and they had 5 of the same phones in with the same problem, so obviously a common fault. So to summarise, a fab phone if you dont know anyone with a number 3 in their phone number, or alternitivley if you can text someone without using d,e,f... try this its impossible... it is worse than teenage text talk!!! Rating: Reviewed by EnSee on 05/11/2009 Expensive and rubbish battery life (24 hours max with a few calls, no bluetooth, with wifi active but not connected (maybe that's a big drain?))...plus won't recognise music files from iTunes (AAC) and PC Suite seems crash-prone. Maybe I'm missing something, but this is my experience. No touchscreen does mean that it is also poor at browsing (when I compare to my iPod Touch), the GPS is average at best and the screen is prone to scratching even when I've been really careful with it. It's not bad, I just don't think it is as good as everybody is making out and in a crowded market I'm not sure it stands out enough to be recommended. Rating: Reviewed by :-) on 05/11/2009 Got this phone yesterday and was thinking after reading the review that it would be perfect for me with no problems unlike the C905 I had, It was brilliant for an hr then I made one 2min phone call and from then on I could not get any signal and because of that could not make or recieve calls & text messages....what a joke will never buy a Sony Ericsson again EVER, Do not get this phone its a waste of time.. :-( Rating: Reviewed by Annabelle on 03/11/2009 Fantastic! This phone is my new best friend. The music player means I've packed away my MP3 player, it's that good. Decent camera. Excellent battery life. 8GB memory card, tube speaker and high end earphones supplied. Great! Get it - you won't be dissappointed! Rating: Reviewed by Craig Reed on 03/11/2009 I have perchased two of the sony ericsson w995 modles, and they have both had problems with the battery, i was told that the phone has a common fault! i wouldnt recemend people to buy this phone, as it is faulty Rating: Reviewed by Danny on 01/11/2009 Truly Amazing sony ericsson lol i only go For sony ericsson's anyway They are The best phones without a doubt and i wanted The W995 from day 1 i Had To wait For a bit Tho till my other contract had finished I had The c902 which i loved To bits decent phone but i had made my mind up a long time ago soo i went down To phones 4 u and got myslef The w995 on contract in Black on Vodafone This phone is Truly amazing feels well made has The new 4.0 walkman player and a amazing 8.1 megapixel camera an 2.6 inch screen WI-FI 3G HSPDA 7.2 ect i would say to any1 buy This phone Rating: Reviewed by Nic on 31/10/2009 Scott - I do not understand your comment. I have the phone on orange. It does not come google maps but I downloaded it from google (goto google website, look at mobile apps and send link to your phone) And it works fine with GPS location. Rating: Reviewed by Will Lanni on 30/10/2009 got this phone last week and it was brilliant but struggled a bit with the unlocking thr keypad thing. my friends are all amazed at it and its made me really popular !!! Best phone ive ever had and ive had lots and lots of phones!!!! Rating: Reviewed by bob on 30/10/2009 it is the best phone out Rating: Reviewed by Scott on 29/10/2009 I got the W995 about 2 months ago and after a fw weeks it really annoyed me. The worst problem was caused by O2! The phone is advertised with google maps on the phone under Location Services. So that is works with the GPS...However...O2 in their wisdom, removed google maps from the phone!!! I was soooo annoyed with this. I phoned O2 who only suggested silly things to fix it. Like download it from the net. The only problem is that it is not compatible with the GPS. So no I have a phone that doesn't do what I bought the phone for and O2 won't refund it!!!!!! Sony Ericsson won't do anything either as the phone belongs to the O2 branding. On top of that I have network connection issues, telling me to switch of the wifi etc even though it is not on. Can be a right pain when trying to get on line. I have had Sony Ericsson phone for ever but this will be my last and I will be leaving O2 at the end of my long contrat after 12 years with them. Rating: Reviewed by Rhia on 28/10/2009 Not as good as nokia 5800 express music but still a very good phone. With its built in stepper and everything a person could want from a phone all in a neat little package thats easy to hold and small enough for your pocket. Rating: Reviewed by Anne on 26/10/2009 Great phone. Good battery life. Superb music player as is to be expected from a flagship walkman phone. Great to see a 3.5mm heaphone jack included. Yay SE - you've been listening to us! Good camera but pity no xenon flash only single LCD and no cover for the camera lens. Hope it doesn't get scratched. Ships with a 8GB memory card - bargain! Also comes with a tube speaker which is great as long as not on full volume when it distorts a little. Just one gripe, why not 16 million colours on display? At least five years ago I bought a Nokia 6131 and it had 16m colours on display - why is SE so slow to catch up? Nokia have been doing 16m colours for years now and the difference is amazing. Apart from that, I highly recommend this phone. Outstanding! Rating: Reviewed by Anthony on 24/10/2009 Love the phone. Everything you would expect from SE. EXCEPT... when using the SE software to transfer music, it is saving it with the track number in front of the name. So if looking for a track by it's name, you have to know what number it is on the original CD. Anyone else had this or know how to overcome except for Bluetoothing each individual track (which for 8GB will take me up to the next upgrade!) Cheers Rating: Reviewed by Angelina on 24/10/2009 What a fantastic phone! Can't fault it. When it is slid open there is no play at all between the main screen and the keyboard. I suggest that those whose model is a bit wobbly take it back asap. The music player and the supplied headphones are of superb quality. Ships with a 8GB memory card and tube speaker. No problems using BBC iplayer and Youtube (and I am on O2) as you just play them through any available wifi point. Just one problem though. Call me a donkey but I find it hard to relax with this phone (bought sim free not on contract). SE have been churning out some really sriously buggy phones as of late, and a few of the reviews on here will testify that this is no exception. Consequently I am terrified that I will switch it on one day just to find the dreaded error message 'use genuine sony ericsson battery' or 'insert correct simcard'. So far no problems though. Maybe I'll be one of the lucky ones, the majority seem to have had a good experience overall, so fingers crossed. Just don't want to be another SE casualty! Rating: Reviewed by Jason on 24/10/2009 Nice phone but the camera has stopped working on mine for no reason. I had loads of problems with my last SE phone (the 850i) and was given 3 new 850's by O2 in the end swapped it for a Nokia (which had no problems) so why I went back with SE i'll never know, think i always fall for the nice designs. Rating: Reviewed by df on 23/10/2009 excellency Rating: Reviewed by J on 22/10/2009 I have had this phone for just over a week and I absolutely LOVE IT!! The software is really fast, as with a couple of other phones when I am playing music, and leave it in the background, the phone used to crash, this isn't a problem with this one. And as for Lee from England, if you still have the/a screen protector, you might have to take it off, as it covers the earpiece. Rating: Reviewed by Lily on 22/10/2009 I absaloutely love my W995! I really do! I use the Facebook application everyday, check emails, use the near-me function (which is fantastic). However, I feel consumers should be warned, although I love my phone even now and would recommend it to anyone, it has just been sent away for its SECOND software update. It simply crashed, reset all its settings, appeared to have no signal and didn't recognise its battery. Sadly, I think this is another case of these stunning phones being sent out before all the kinks had been ironed out. I make big allowances for this phone because the camera is amazing, the music is unbelievably good with its cracking speakers. The watch films side of it is unbeatable! But I am now awaiting my phone's return from the repair centre and I know that seeing as they will have updated the software again, any songs purchased from Planet3 and downloaded will no longer work.. and I have hundreds. I miss my phone. I hope this will be the last time it needs to go away, I've had it less than 4 months. Rating: Reviewed by Karl from Derby on 21/10/2009 After returning, One Samsung Pixon, and Two Tocco Ultra's due to poor battery life (Charging Daily), and poor signal strength I finally got my network provider (With a little legal persuasion)to send me a Sony Ericsson W995. I now have a phone I can rely on and rate this phone as outstanding performance. I only have to charge the phone around once a week and signal strength is greatly improved (no more dropped calls). Camera is great and being a walkman phone music player is fantastic and so with that I would definately recommend this phone to anyone. This phone is a credit to Sony Ericsson. Rating: Reviewed by Will on 20/10/2009 Had the phone 1 week now and all seems ok. But as a previous reviewer has stated, I can't get any connection to Youtube or Iplayer. My contract is with O2, is this a fault with them?.. or can I view these using the WiFi connection? Cheers Rating: Reviewed by J on 16/10/2009 Got two w995's (one for me, one the wife). Stuggle to get a signal on either. When i contacted network provider I was told that this is a common fault. Returning it, not sure what to swap it for as I was impressed with all the other features, but if you cant make/receive a call, whats the point!? Rating: Reviewed by Brett Dyer on 16/10/2009 I have had this phone for 3 weeks now and wow...what a handset. Love it i was looking for a handset to upgrade from the bulky but good nokia n95 8gb. I was offered this one and im very pleased the functions the whole design is top-notch. And the camera is great considering its not a cyber-shot.I would rate this a 10-10 sony ericsson...WELL DONE SONY Rating: Reviewed by Linda B on 16/10/2009 I have had this phone for 7 weeks now, and refrained from commenting until now, as I've been caught out before by judging a phone too quickly. The last three years I have been stuck with 2 phones that were awful, so this one has been a breath of fresh air! I honestly wouldn't swap it for any other phone out there and can say I'm 98% happy with it. I've found the W995 extremely easy to navigate, and have not had to look at the instruction book because I'm stuck even once, and have only looked to make sure I'm using the phone to the full capacity. Battery life is the best I've had yet, video and pictures are excellent, and the sound quality is amazing! I love the look of it (I have the red one, gorgeous!) and it feels heavy and solid in the hand. The keyboard is superb, and to have predictive text that actually works intelligently is so great... you know when you do things, and you just get used to the fact that you can do it with no bother, no stress, and you just take it for granted? Well that's how I feel using this phone.. its a great feeling! I have no problems with the volume of ring tones, so I don't understand the problems people are having.. mine is set to 5 out of 7 and is so loud it can be embarrassing, but even when I'm out on a busy shopping centre and the phones in my bag, its easily loud enough to hear. Obvious I know, but if there is ANY covering over the speaker, it severely muffles the output. I use one of my MP3 music tracks, and putting my music on it was soooo easy. I would advise people to update their software, as I did this as soon as I got my phone, and there was an upgrade available.. it takes just a little time but then you have an up to date phone with top functionality, and to me that's priceless. regarding call volume, you must make sure the speaker is in the right place to your ear, sounds obvious, but with this phone just half a centimeter away will muffle the sound.. you kind of get used to this though, so its not a problem.. also obvious, but again, ANY covering over the phone speaker does severely effect the volume.. the fine plastic film that protects the glass frontage .... I know does this! In the first hour of owning the phone I got a call, and couldn't hear anything until I removed it!!! Small downsides.. very small! ... sliding the phone open, though easy, does miss having having something your thumb can easily get purchase on.. if you do it with one hand its not as easy as it could be... your thumb slides on the surface... ... the vibration option is very weak if its in your bag/pocket Thank you, and well done to Sony Ericsson for the W995.. and for making the software upgradeable... I feel like I have the best phone on the market, and also a future proofed one. 98 out of 100... five stars from me! Rating: Reviewed by mork Himmer on 13/10/2009 had my W995 for a couple of weeks now , it was a replacement I dragged out of orange after my 6th C905 failed (gr8 phone -totally unrelaible) , thought I would miss the c905(when it was working ) but no , the 995 is just as good in all repects even better in some , hopefully it will keep going certainly feels better built and easier to use , internet seems much quicker easier , photos good although no xenon flash (i always thought things /folk looked odd with the xenon anyway ) videos gr8, music nuff said , 8mb storage and headfone jack means I can play my mp3s in car no trouble and not worry about hiding the pod , bluetooth good too no problems , orange have fecked up with gps , but as said elsewhere gps's on mobile at best less than useless not a prob , still can use google maps and streetview and thank god I knocked back the rubbish touch screens I was offered and held out for this , lastly its not like carrying a brick in yur pocket either.battery ok 2 days ish for lot of use . Rating: Reviewed by Brett Day on 10/10/2009 Having been a fan of Ericsson long before Sony took over, the last few phones I've had (K850i & K800i) have left me wondering if it was time to change brand as much as I dislike Nokia recent offering from SE seem to me to have been released for it's final product testing by the public; something I detest, the K850i and it's hideous touch screen being the bane of my life as a phone user. Using my phone for work a decent camera would be handy for site photos, so considered the C905, but after the poor reviews here and talking to my local Orange shop (who advised me that they were discontinuing the C905 due to the large amount of recalls including the C905 Plus) I decided to try the W995 on the recommendation of the manager who also owned one. Initial impressions out of the box, quite impressed - the phone ships with a mini speaker which is pretty good for a mini speaker, the headphones are of a good quality closed earbud type, again the quality is on par with more expensive units (I dislike closed earphones and prefer the 'open' type that allows me to hear more of what is going on around me but that is down to personal preference). The phone also ships with and 8Mb card - nice. It also has a 3.5mm jack so can be plugged into car's aux ports etc (IMO long overdue) and the bundled earphones can be split from the bulky SE connector and plugged into the 3.5mm jack, also a nice touch. The seemed initially a lot more robust than the last few offerings from SE, one concern is how much wobble the slide would develop, a month on making several calls a day it is still has the nice smart 'snick' as it opens and closes, this bodes well for the future. The overall build quality seems to be a vast improvement and gives me a degree of confidence that it will last the full term of my 18 month contract and then some. One thing that has been a real bugbear with previous SE phones is the Bluetooth performance the K850i in particular being appalling refusing to connect and dropping the connection mid call without rhyme or reason especially if it is a non SE headset. The W995 seems to be a vast improvement over this pairing, connecting and holding the connection with very little fuss - I've only had it drop a connection once and that was due to the headset's battery running out. The software on the phone seems to run much faster with non of the hanging or wait a minute-whilst-I-get-my-act-together dragging that plagued my K850i, again a snappiness about the menu operation and software functions (including the camera) that makes it a pleasure to use (I wonder if Orange refraining from changing the icons from the SE standard to the Orange branding has also helped). The camera is one area that SE has excelled at using Sony's experience from their camera division, the K850i gave very good quality pictures albeit very slow to focus and take, the W995's 8.1Mp camera gives good quality pictures (enough to blow up to A4 for site reports) and the focusing system is a lot faster and I can actually take pictures of my nephews without them running out of shot or blurring before the camera 'takes' the picture. The SMS menu has a 'conversation' feature that allows you to read all the texts from one person as a conversation, it seemed like a gimmick at first, but it does come in handy especially if you do a lot of texting. Features that are gimmicks - using the inbuilt accelerometer to change tracks and volume, something the I Phone does so everyone else wants to do (far from being a revolution having used an I Phone I found it to be never mind the function - look at the gadgets, as a work user I want function, not gadgets or a limitless bank of apps to buy). The GPS is so-so, like all phone GPS systems it uses A-GPS (Assisted GPS) using a data connection to help obtain a position 'fix', unlike some phones on the W995 there is the option to disable this and run purely on the GPS receiver, I gather the GPS is a 4 channel receiver, hence the long time to 'fix' and large position area (standing in a field with clear view of the sky the best fix I got was within 130 meters), in comparison with my 2005 Garmin Nuvi and it's 20 channel SIIRF Star3 receiver giving me a 5 metre 'fix'. I can see that eventually like phones on cameras the technology will develop to the point it becomes more than a 'gadget' but at the moment it isn't reliable enough to use for serious navigation (especially driving) and with the A-GPS could work out very expensive depending on your tariff, the last nail in phone GPS' coffin is on every phone I used it on including this one battery life takes a real beating. The walkman functions are very nice, the K850i being very balky, dropping out, poor quality reception on the radio made a feature something that could have helped turn the tedium of a train commute into something more pleasant. The W995 by contrast is a much more polished affair (as one would hope, it being branded a ‘Walkman’ phone) the radio is a very good RDS radio with proper RDS features such as frequency change – searching for the best freq once a station has been selected. The walkman has good sound with a manually adjustable equaliser on it for your own preferences. For a phone with these features I tend to get about a day and a half to two days use out it’s battery, to put that into perspective that is with listening to the walkman/radio an hour each way on the train, having a Bluetooth headset connected 8 hours a day if I’m out driving and working in areas such as basements where there is no reception so the phone is always polling to get a network connection plus some 15-20 calls a day. Overall, I would consider this to be a very good effort from SE albeit long overdue, also the first SE phone in a long time I would consider recommending. Rating: Reviewed by Anna on 06/10/2009 Great phone, but just a couple of problems. BBC iplayer won't work and neither will YouTube. I'm on O2 and they have not been able to rectify the matter. How bad is it that O2 sell these phones but don't support the features on them? Any advice most welcome! Rating: Reviewed by dot on 04/10/2009 Got this phone and it's says no network coverge and it won't charge. It's saying insert sony ericsson battery when it is. Anybody else had this problem? Help please. Thanks. Rating: Reviewed by Anna on 03/10/2009 What an outstanding phone! Haven't had such a good SE phone since the k800i. The sound quality from the walkman is great especially with the high end earphones supplied. Great to get an ordinary 3.5mm jack on an SE phone at last. One of the best phones out there, just wish it had a cover for the camera lens to prevent it from scratches. Buy it, you will be well impressed! Rating: Reviewed by Zoe on 03/10/2009 The best phone I've ever had. I don't like touch screens so would say it's the best keypad phone out there. 8MB memory card and speakers supplied which is good value for money. Well consructed and screams quality. It sits well balanced in the hand and is easy to text with one handed. The keyboard is great. Ringtone is loud and clear but supplied ringtones not that appealing; neither are the themes. Excellent volume and clarity on calls, and fantastic large screen. Great selection of games supplied - some motion sensitive (not demos!). Battery life is good, especially when compared to the SE 903. Unfortunately the 'sony ericsson' logo at the top does tend to rub off, but that's no biggie. More importantly, can't get BBC iplayer to work, which may be an ISP issue. A minor niggle is the lack of a xenon flash (LED flash only). The software 'MediaGo' is slow and cluncky - easier to just plug in the phone to your PC and drag and drop from Windows media player. Great sound when listening to music, and an excellent pair of headphones supplied. Unfortunately no camera cover to protect the lens from scratches. Accelerometer superb, slight lag but this isn't a problem as if it was too sensitive it would lead to too many problems. All in all though, I would say the pros definitely outweigh the cons, because it is a truly outstanding phone. It would be too long to list all it's features here, but look at the features on the phone and you realise the wealth of features it has. Knocks the ever breaking C905 into a cocked hat! Rating: Reviewed by Nick Caddick on 02/10/2009 I love it, it's just amazing at everything. Brilliant camera when taken outside, and a music player than spanks my ipod. It's stylish and solid. No issues Rating: Reviewed by Michael on 29/09/2009 BEST PHONE EVER!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by spam on 28/09/2009 well i received this phone on 25aug 09 and on 25th sept o9 it totally crashed no network coverage.bluetooth busy and wnt charge sayin needs a sony battery..this is the same issue i have had with previous sony ericssons t700 and c905 i have had 4 of them so i have opted now for the nokia n86 as they seem far more reliable. i have tried updaying software and this as not made a dif at all.my network provider wanted to repair it or try but i was not happy with this at all as i only had it 4 wks and for these same probs to occur i not satisfied with that Rating: Reviewed by helen on 26/09/2009 dont bother getting it from o2, if you do you cant get you tube or bbc i player. phones fine. Rating: Reviewed by Paul on 25/09/2009 Fantastic Phone, Sleek & Sexy Rating: Reviewed by Johnny Glasgow on 24/09/2009 bought this sim free for my son ,week later got message not a sony ericson batterry ,took back to shop was given a relpacement,two days later got message insert correct sim card ,took back to shop was given a replacement. I contacted technical repair centre of the shop chain was told there's a " faulty batch" Phone itself is not bad when it works Rating: Reviewed by Jay on 21/09/2009 Picked my w995 3 days ago and havn't put it down since.The memory on this phone is amazing, i'm currently on my 20th or so album and i've still got 6.7 memory left. Sound quality is really good and picture quality is sharp.Unlike all the touchscreen phones which are very gimmicky and somewhat untested, this phone is solid,proven,packed with technology and is so well built you could put it in a sock and beat a bear to the ground with it. Rating: Reviewed by lesley on 20/09/2009 love the phone, camera is off the scale the only problem i seem to be having is with the bluetooth, can anyone help? Rating: Reviewed by Ben on 16/09/2009 Had to send mine back for numerous probs after 2 months. Says its nt got 3g signal on voda when its in 3g area and set up right got it back it lasted a month then same prob again. Good camera and music but sony need to get better software Rating: Reviewed by GoldenBalls on 14/09/2009 I have to say this phone is not all that its been hyped to be. If you want simply a phone with an MP3 player then sure its okay, but if you want more out of it it will kill your battery faster than a school boy with a flesh light toy! The picture quality is pretty bad for an 8mp camera, it is worse than my 4mp slim line digital camera I got from Aldi a few years back for 40 quid! Very grainy for my liking. Don't get me wrong, it does have some good features but its not a phone I would recommend to anyone and definitely not one I would go for again! Rating: Reviewed by cwp on 07/09/2009 Outstanding phone! I've always had Nokias but, having been disappointed too many times by their build and software quality, I've defected to SE. And I'm SO glad I did! The W995 is superior to the Nokia in every way except one (the calendar's a bit rubbish), and it feels lovely in your hand. The operating system is so much prettier than Nokia's, relying more on pictures rather than text (e.g. instead of a Phone Locked message you get a piccy of a key). And why not?! It really makes Nokias look outdated. Some of the menus are a bit of a fiddle...after so long with Nokia things aren't where I expect them to be....but that could just be me. Camera - excellent (actually worth having!) MP3 player - excellent (although I do somtimes accidentally press the side Walkman button....it's a little TOO conveniently placed) Operating System - excellent. If SE sorted out the calendar the W995 would be a 5/5, but as it is I give it 4.5/5, which rounds up anyway. Rating: Reviewed by barry on 06/09/2009 Dont even think about buying this phone its so unreliable its a shame but true cant watch bbci player switches off randomly its poor from sony and orange wont swap it for another so im stuck with it so i bought a preston its ok but not great but it works and thats all i want it to do at the end of the day. Rating: Reviewed by Emma on 06/09/2009 Disappointing phone, keft with a phone that doesn't work, constantly had problems with wifi and wap plus now won't charge because it always says 'use a Sony Ericsson battery' which it is. Argh!! Rating: Reviewed by bamm on 05/09/2009 i really like this phone and i just got it today. but the only thing is that the slider is a teensy teeny weeny bit wobbly. maybe i'm jsut being paranoid, but i dont like that. anyone else have the same problem? and how can i solve it? Rating: Reviewed by Charlie on 05/09/2009 I had this phone for just over 24 hours. On paper this phone was perfect. High res camera, familia layout (I have the w800i), torch, wi-fi, 3G and the list goes on. One of the first things that bugged me about the w995 was the build quality. Now i've never owned a slide phone but when the screen was slid out (open) I expected a high end phone to be solid and not have a slight play on the screen. I checked another w995 and it was the same. If its like this from new what will it be like in a years time. I found the camera quality very poor even compared to my 2mp phone. The ccelerometer that automatically rotates the display worked very slowly. It became tiresome waiting for the screen to turn. What I was impressed with was its size, the sound quality (with and without speakers), speed at which the w995 goes through menus and the quality of the screen colours. I'm gutted about the couple of issues that bugged me about this phone but I know I just could not live with t hem. Rating: Reviewed by jm on 05/09/2009 what a bad phone rubbish picture quality. i recommend NOT TO buy this phone!!!!!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by anup on 04/09/2009 This is my second W995 as my first one had a really bad volume problem as i could not hear the caller speak.My new one is just the same which is a dissapointment but very good camera and music player however just not happy with the calling problems Rating: Reviewed by Les on 04/09/2009 After just two weeks of use and during a call, the service was interrupted and the handset shut down..on re-start i was presented with a screen message 'Wrong sim card'.Removing and replacing the battery met with a further screen message 'Wrong Battery type..Use only a Genuine sony battery.No further use of the handset is now possible due to problems associated with the technical fault as above.The Software update interface was not available so the handset has to be returned to the dealer for a warranty repair.I Paid around £330 for this handset as a sim free unit.The sony web site implies that the tube speaker is supplied free with the handset...sony commented that in fact the tube speaker is only supplied with the handset when an online mobile contract is also purchased.I can see no small print on the web site to confirm this.In view of above, i have to report a 1 star rating on performance. Rating: Reviewed by ruthy on 01/09/2009 love this fone. had few others but this tops the lot. love the conversation feature. this samsung you can edit your own text message tone which with samsungs was a no go. well done se Rating: Reviewed by gakker on 01/09/2009 i recently baught a w995 on pay as u go, u say on here it is priced like a mid ranged phone, if u think £339 is mid range well then u need help. still its a sikko phone, sony, why bother with rubbish like the c905 and w706 when u are capable of this!!!???? Rating: Reviewed by The Hillsman on 16/08/2009 I got this phone as part of a replacement for my faulty C905 (12th one since Nov 08). I have to say so far ive been impressed. It has all the features the C905 has and more besides. BBC i player is a neat addition along with more games and applications... wifi is again included. The Sony Ericsson speaker that you attach to the phone is just superb, a lot of sound is produced from such a small device. This is complimented with an handy "stand" which is placed at the top of the phone on the back. This allows you to place the phone on a hard surface such as a table in order for you to watch videos. etc. Texting is easy as the keys are tactile and spaced perfectly. The walkman is as usual superb and has the added advantage of having a universal headphone jack as opposed to the traditional SE one. The phone comes with a 8gb memory card. It will support up to 16gb The camera outdoors and in daylight is as good as the C905 IMO however indoors and in darker light it is not. Thats mainly due to the LED light as opposed to the neon flash the C905 has. Overall im delighted with the W995 and its certainly a step up in qualty from the C905 Rating: Reviewed by blades on 30/07/2009 best phone ever itz sound Rating: Consumer Reviews from other websites (100 reviews)Sony Ericsson W995 Reviews at Mobile Phones UK (100 reviews)
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