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Expert Reviews from other websites (1 review)Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Review at Mobile Phones UK (1 March 2010)  Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Consumer Reviews (60 reviews)Write a review of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10! 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 Louise on 29/10/2011theres no doubt about it this phone is an extremely good model from SE. a few downsides to this phone is i've had it for over a year now and the charging socket has broke numerous times. i know others with this phone that have the same problem frequently. i spoke to a phone specialist who confirmed that sony only weld the charging socket in place around 4 times whereas other phone manafacturers weld them in place from 6 to 8 times. i think sony should improve this one particular feature on many of there models as i also found the same problem previously with the vivas. Rating: Reviewed by Peter Dixon on 24/10/2011 I LOVE IT what else is there to say about it. The only down side is the battery, none the less a good one but would have been perfect with a stronger one. Five stars from me. Rating: Reviewed by Ben on 02/10/2011 Just terrible. I have had 3 of them replaced by Orange, the first on i got and i worked fine for about 3 months then one day i was calling someone and you couldn't hear anything. 2nd one just didnt charge the 3rd one would get down to 28% and then turn off and would have to force close any apps you were using so i am now on my 4th and it is on android 2.3 (gingerbread) doesnt make it any better just slower that they already are. When this on break its back to BlackBerry! DONT BUY THIS PHONE, GET A BLACKBERRY. Rating: Reviewed by Soufeed on 26/09/2011 Exelent perfomence.13yr kaspersky antivirus security.And outo matic atm servies.I like that Rating: Reviewed by Chris on 21/09/2011 Beware! Fantasic phone, but many, many issues. When it works it's great. Sony Ericsson support is poor - as is the backup function when software upgrades are "required". Unfortunately, after my last upgrade, the phone began to randomly re-boot again and again and again, leaving me without a phone for hours at a time. It means you can't trust it to use it as an alarm, can't trust that it won't shut down during a telephone call, etc. Now... It doesn't charge, won't switch on, I just get to watch the phone blink a red LED at me... Very poor build quality and operating software. The last Sony Ericsson I owned was a K800i (y'know, the one with the dodgy joystick) - that, too, was a great phone - when it worked. I'LL NEVER, EVER BUY SONY ERICSSON AGAIN. Hope that helps ;-) Rating: Reviewed by Md. Anik Hossain on 08/09/2011 Well a great smart phone, but still 8 out of 10. Rating: Reviewed by Keith Morgan on 27/08/2011 It is my first smart phone, and I am having the same problem as too many other people with this phone....It keeps switching itself on and off and overheats. It is unusable, and Sony Ericsson do not as yet seem to be addressing this as a real problem for a lot of people, Rating: Reviewed by MO X10 on 24/08/2011 "FIRST OF ALL" NONE OF THAT MATTER'S IF THE PHONE WONT CHARGE AND SONY WONT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. 99.999 % OF ALL SONY X 10 USER'S END UP HAVING PROBLEM'S WITH THE USB CHARGING SOCKET , I'M HAVING ONE RIGHT NOW ( TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE PHONE GOT REPLACED BY SONY , AFTER KICKING UP A FUSS, FOR THE SAME USB PROBLEM RECENTLY ). ADVICE : STAY WELL AWAY FROM THE SONY XPERIA RANGE , IT LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER ,IT EVEN FEELS GOOD , BUT IT'S NOT WORTH THE HEADACHE WHEN THINGS START GOING WRONG AND YOU HAVE TO PAY UP BECAUSE OF CHEAP PARTS AND WORKMANSHIP . AMEN TO THAT ! MO LONDON Rating: Reviewed by Arka on 10/08/2011 Its jst ossssssssssssssm,nthn 2 say against ths baby,and it uses android2.1 nt the 1.6. Rating: Reviewed by Arun on 03/08/2011 i just bought a new one and updated to 2.3.3 official update. its a real super phone and without any tweaks i got a quadrant score of 1054 : much better than samsung galaxy s[5mp without flash]. loving everybit of it and this should be your phone if ur confused between 20k range phones in india. Rating: Reviewed by Jodi on 01/08/2011 i have had my handset for less than a year and i am now on my 5th handset handset 1,2,3 kept failing when talking to people so i could here them but they couldnt hear me, handset 4 kept crashing while i was on the phone so had to keep ringing and ringing the same person to have a conversation and handset 5 doesnt give me my calender information, has started with same problems as 1,2 and 3, the internet takes forever to go in/come out of etc etc bad X10, bring back the good old simple handsets where there is far less that can go wrong!!! Rating: Reviewed by Will fC on 14/07/2011 Battery life sucks!!!!!! Sony customer service sucks!!!!!! Got my x10 within 1 year and couldn't charge the battery!! Send back to sony and they said liquid damage and can't fix!!!! Swear to god my x10 never touch any kind of liquid!! I checked via internet and I found out lots of people have the same charging problem. People can get a new one back in the US but in Canada it’s not even under warranty!!!! They want us to buy a new one!!!!!!!! I will never buy any Sony Ericsson products in the future!! And I will not recommend this brand to anyone!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Gavin on 24/06/2011 In reply to Rob...get a text app called Handcent, then you can change the size of the text and style and colour...looks like Iphone text messages too... Rating: Reviewed by Gavin on 23/06/2011 Just a quick update about this phone...the update to Android 2.3 is coming out August time and if you download an app called Vignette from the Android store it uses your camera light as a flash instead of you having to turn it on manually. Fantastic phone... Rating: Reviewed by Terror-pinn bromsgrove on 17/06/2011 I have been using nokia bluetooth headphone set So yea it does suport bluetooth Rating: Reviewed by big o on 28/05/2011 have had two of these phones so hard to get to grips with glad to get rid of it. Rating: Reviewed by Charleen Johnson on 20/05/2011 Dont buy phone has battery fault my phone has not charged now for 3 days and then sometimes charges when it feels like it only had for 6 months also the facbook app is useless im getting iphone tomorrow stay clear of this phone i warn you x Rating: Reviewed by Chris Veitch on 14/05/2011 It was a bit of a rubbish phone as the keyboard never worked properly when writing a text. An upgrade sorted that and improved the phone, but they changed the predictive text which did work for something that doesn't. Not quite sure which bunch of people would think predictive text is the word that comes up when you have finished writing it or comes up with something totally unrelated and not predictive at all. The team that developed that bit should not get a bonus and Sony E should rectify this problem. Have sent emails but typical Sony, no relationship or dialogue with the customer. Rating: Reviewed by David Begbie on 12/05/2011 worst phone i have ever had, i am in contact with Orange every other week with a problem, this is the third handset in just three months, wopuld not recommend anyone else getting this phone when upgrading thinking about going back to my 995 Rating: Reviewed by Wilbur from Leeds on 12/05/2011 Yeah its ok. So what the battery is poor and no flash on the camera and it keeps crashing and losing all your recent contacts and you cant speed dial in an emergency and the flap on the usb socket gets in the way and it keeps switching sound off when locked in your pocket and when you update it online it deletes all your apps but apart from that it's a SMART phone. Rating: Reviewed by rob on 05/05/2011 i bought a new one off ebay. very nice phone and seems to run well the only problem is the size of the text which is very small you can hardly see the text in text or email messages sadly it cant be changed. you would need very good eye site for this phone. SE have announced that they will be doing and gingerbread 2.3.3 update which is good news. sadly am selling mine again due to the text problem apart from that its a very good phone for the money. Rating: Reviewed by iehfdh;d on 05/05/2011 wow it blew me away Rating: Reviewed by jill on 05/05/2011 Worst fone i have ever had, its slow, deletes all my contacts and txt messages, freezes al the time, messaging etc always force closes, internet not the best Original reviews are right the phone was like that at first a year on its rubbish!!!! Dont waste your money Rating: Reviewed by Alex,eastbourne on 25/04/2011 Im a bit (lot) obsessed with mobile phones,i change mine every six months,so over the last 15 years i reckon i know a few things about phones,so if u are unsure what to get then i can help.Get this phone,i have read a lot of deal reviews about the x10,well the truth is that this phone is the best I've ever had. Surfing the internet is a breeze.very fast. The music player and camera are truly amazing,im writing this review on the phone,testing is a pleasure!!!! Im now converted and im very impressed with Sony,by the way navigating all the features is very easy even without a manual,playing games is awesome experience,even if software is the older one,its still amazing and soon you can upgrade to the new android version,but to be honest its no big issue.i prefer this to the iphone,which is over rated,all my friends are impressed when they see features like the Sarah or the media scale,and watching videos is brilliant. Buy it!!!!! Hope this was helpful Rating: Reviewed by sarah on 24/03/2011 my x10 keeps switching it self off my freezin is their smething i can down load to stop this , Rating: Reviewed by charlie on 11/03/2011 Ok the resin i don't like x10 it doesn't have any radio and as. A radio dj I listen 2music alot music Rating: Reviewed by Mark D on 10/03/2011 just returned my X10......had SE phone for a few years but what a big dissapointment this one was. Poor battery.....in call volume poor....ring tone loudness poor and didn't find it particularly user friendly. Perhaps when they iron out some of the issues it might be worth considering until then leave it alone Rating: Reviewed by Kevin Smith on 07/03/2011 The Sony Ericsson has presented a wonderful smartphone in the cell phone market, The XPERIA X10. The XPERIA X10 is an Android 1.6 operating system based cell phone. It comes with a very amazing 119x 63x 13mm of size and 135gm of weight. The display of this amazing smartphone is embedded with a fantastic 4.0 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen with 65K colors. the display is powered by some wonderful features like Scratch-resistant surface, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off and Timescape/Mediascape UI. Rating: Reviewed by stokie74 on 22/02/2011 my x10 keeps turning on and off and keeps doing this till battery is dead then wont charge 4 ages n wen it dose charge the same happens again as soon as i try do anythin with it and iv done the se softwear update iv rang t mobile about it n they said i need send it 2 b fixed but iv read that many things about this ppl av ad it fixed and its happened again iv ad the phone 4 4 months and they say i cant change 2 a differant phone Rating: Reviewed by Unhappy on 19/02/2011 Were do I start?! Sony itself we like the phones but with the X 10 they seem to have gone wrong. We got the phone in Oct 2010 first impressions looked good. The first fault was that texting to other mobiles was not possible also the phone turned it self on and off, this phone was then returned to the store, because it was within two weeks they replaced the phone for a new hand set. The replacement phone again started to turn itself on and off again we returned to the store and they then sent this off to be repaired. We had the phone returned to us from being repaired still with the same problem, so as in accordance with the letter from the repair centre saying all they had done was to update the phone. So I went onto the support zone and did an update after following the instructions to the letter the phone turned up to be corrupt. This phone was then returned for repair for the second time. The phone was returned to us again and whilst checking in the store for the phone to be okay the phone turned its self off and on again so yep you guessed it the phone was returned for repair again this time I was informed that the phone would be exchanged by the repair centre. We received the phone back and yes it was a new phone so did not bother to check the phone out in store. But when I got home I tried to connect to the internet via the wi-fi. The phone said it was unable to start the wi-fi application. After numerous phone calls to the network supplier 3 and many repeated stories to their call centre and repeated calls to speak to the manager they are now replacing the phone for the 4th time and all the repairs so fingers crossed this might work but with our track record I fear the worst, might have to resort to the K800i again that's still working after 5 years without problem - but have to pay £35 a month for the privilege!. Im sure Sony won't read this but if they do please go back to old when I use to like this company for reliable phones I now have the dilemma of what phone to go for next after my 24 month contract finishes with 3 - for which they will not cancel, but dont even get me started about the 3 network!!! Rating: Reviewed by ALI on 01/02/2011 Very very good Rating: Reviewed by karen on 26/01/2011 i got the x10 last march and i dont like it. I am swappin it for j blackberry. It has been sent back to tmobile twice because it kept on crashing on me. I dont like u only get 7or less hours from the battery and that there is no radio :-( i think it could just be me that doesnt like the phone but in general it is a good phone. Rating: Reviewed by Robert on 21/01/2011 I HAVE HAD AN X10 NOW FOR 6 MONTHS ON A 24 MONTH CONTRACT THE 1ST ONE WORK VERY WELL UNTIL IT STARTED TO PLAY UP AT 4 MONTH OLD IT WOULD NOT TRANSFER INFO LIKE E-MAILS AND FACE BOOK IT WOULD NOT RING WHEN GETTING CALLS THEY GO STRAIGHT TO VOICE MAIL,IT WENT FOR REPAIR AND NEVER WORK WHEN IT CAME BACK IT WAS JUST THE SAME LIKE IT HAD NEVER BEEN AWAY,IT WAS EXCHANGED FOR ANOTHER HAND SET IT WOULD NOT CHARGE SO I DONT KNOW IF IT EVER WOULD OF WORKED AFTER 4 DAYS OF TRYING TO CHARGE IT I GAVE UP BACK IT WENT ANOTHER HAND SET CAME IT CHARGED OK AND WORKED OK FOR A MONTH NOW ITS GOT ALL THE SAME FAULTS THE FIRST ONE HAD ITS GONE BACK AND I PICK UP ANOTHER HAND SET TOMORROW SO TO SUM UP IN 6 MONTHS OF OWNING AN X10 I HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED ONCE REPLACED 3 TIMES AND I'M NOT VERY HAPPY WITH IT OR O2 WITH THE WAY THEY HAVE DELT WITH THE REPAIRS ETC ITS ALMOST LIKE ITS MY FAULT FOR HAVING IT AND I GUESS IT COULD BE I SHOULD HAVE GONE TO VODAFONE AND GONE THE SAME DEAL BUT HAD AN IPHONE AT THE SAME PRICE Rating: Reviewed by milo madacky on 20/01/2011 Don't bother. You won't pass android 2.1 as SONY can not be bothered. It means, it's obsolete and all of those like me who took this one on a contract feel like a bunch of idiots. Video is not that bad, if you can stream it. Can't use flash video as it's not supported and at times is sluggish. Rating: Reviewed by gerard blood on 09/01/2011 a very good looking phone but----oohhhhh what terrible battery life the worst ever it was fully charged at 8 in the morning and never touched any apps all day just to test battery life and to my surprise it was absoulutely dead by 3.30 in the afternoon, i then bought a brand new battery for it and the exact same thing happened again & this was not the only problem when its in your pocket it jumps to different apps and when you need to use it it,s on a different page, i have only had it 3 weeks and have now just sold it and bought a fabulous htc legend & believe me what a tremendous difference the battery lasts a full 3-4 days a far superior piece of kit a far better mobile i will be perfectly honest DO NOT PURCHASE th xperia it really is pathetic HTC RULE (genuine) Rating: Reviewed by D.McNeill on 07/01/2011 I read all the reviews going for this phone on mobile-phones-uk.org.uk and lots of others. In my opinion this review got it spot on. Reading back over some of the others has left me scratching my head in confusion. Were they reviewing the same phone as i'm using??? This phone does everything well. Typing messages is no problem. Yes sometimes you hit the wrong key but i've done this on all touch screens, including the iphone4. Internet speed is awesome in fact to quick for an old duffer like me. Voice volume on calls is fine. Not as good as some of my old Nokia's but loads better than my old Motorola's. Signal strength is just as good as every other phone I've ever used. Touch screen is responsive and a pleasure to use. Camera is excellent. For all the critics....READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. You could quite easily never have to use a compact camera again. Battery life is the same as any other modern smart phone. Charge and discharge the battery 5 or 6 times, down load apps killer and use some common sense and you'll get at least two days. If you are a heavy user then buy a spare battery and get an in car charger. No smart phone will last much longer than this model with everything switched on and running. The size of the phone sits comfortably in my hands and fits well in my pockets but my wife finds it to big. Big phone= big hands. Don't complain it's to big if you're the size of a pixie and have a handbag the size of a postage stamp. Music and vid players are very good. Mediascape etc works well. Screen is very impressive, bright, clear and crisp. Just updated to Android 2....something! But to me that really doesn't matter nor do I think for most people. Android apps........so many free apps it gives me a headache deciding. After testing the iphone4, Desire and various other phones this one felt right for me and at a fraction of the price. Rating: Reviewed by mark on 31/12/2010 Everybody who slates this phone has either just got it or doesnt understand it. The is a good piece of kit and couple it with android and its a really iphone contender. I do think that the iphone touch responce is better, but im glad I chose this over the 3gs. Im even typing this review on it now! Thanks to the 3.5g connection you can lunch full desktop web pages in seconds. Well done sony ericsson!!! Rating: Reviewed by Samuel Blackpool on 20/12/2010 I was looking forward to this phone and when I got it I was let down. It keeps crashing on me even though I had updated the software. Also battery says nearly empty when its nearly full. When I am making or receiving a call it switches off and on. I am really disappointed with this phone so I have sent it to sony erciccson to get them to look and fix it. When I get it back, I may sell and go back to nokia ( wished I had stayed here originally ) Buyers beware.... Rating: Reviewed by rob on 18/12/2010 the x10 i have was great at first but its gone wrong and its been sent for repair which didn't fix it, it went away again for repair this time it was replaced and now it wont charge,so its on its way for repair again this has all happened in the last month the phone is on a two year contract and at 5 month into the 24 months its been away 3 times which has taken 5 week. at the moment i cant make up my mind if its the phone that cant take the use or when it goes wrong 02 cant fix it Rating: Reviewed by Kev M on 18/12/2010 This is probably one of the worst phones I have ever had. It may have all the bells and whistles but it does fall down badly on one of its functions, this is making a telephone call. It keeps losing the signal and you have to dial the same number twice to make a connection. When no-one is even touching the phone it will all of a sudden star up an app, or play movie clips. In the next couple of weeks it will be going in the bin Rating: Reviewed by Niz on 17/12/2010 Is the best phone for the money you can get on ebay below 200 just needs multi-touch to be perfect 95% out of %100........ no it has HD 720p recording FWVGA recording both with auto focus while recording......... the screen colors has improved dramatically from 65k to 16 million colors Rating: Reviewed by gka3000 on 05/12/2010 someone at s.e. have promised the x10 users to release the new update for the phone , and thats on a official s.e. blog as far as i know . promised to release it at the end of October its been September still not a word of releasing the new software . also may i tell you this phone wont have any multi touch . its a shame for the prize you pay for . plus no video calling - many users dont use it so thats ok but what about the fm radio i dont think its a good idea to remove the radio we dont wanna waste our money listening to radio over the internet do we ? . such a wonderful camera but no good flasher and the camera is only good on day light that makes a 8mp camera useless . Rating: Reviewed by Dick on 25/11/2010 Now have this phone on Orange after trying Galaxy Apollo, which I wasn't very impressed with. Can honestly say I am pretty pleased with it overall, especially considering some of the reviews below. I found the initial battery life shocking at around 4 hours, but after 2 complete charge/discharge cycles can easily get a day with heavy usage, and a comfortable 2-3 days with my usual moderate usage. My only other real gripe was the poor in call volume as reported by other users. Any prospective owners should be aware that the phone is currently being upgraded through the update service to Android 2.1, and some other useful changes are being made at the same time. The most notable of these being HD video recording with continuous autofocus, better keyboard, easier call links, and in my case at least, better call volume! Now I would have to say I'm perfectly pleased with the phone, it has an excellent screen, plenty of battery life, has a good quality feel, and it was free on an relatively low cost tariff! Rating: Reviewed by Robin on 13/11/2010 I've had my X10 for about 3 months now so this is not a fresh out of the box review. But first the minus points. The contacts list is a little difficult to use and I haven't worked out the speed dial function yet. No flash for the camera but it does have a adequately bright camera light. No flash player (which goes for every other smartphone as well), and that's about it. Battery life is what you'd expect from a smartphone. It easily lasts 24 hours and charging it while I sleep is not really a big issue for me. The 8.1 camera takes great shots. The internet is extremely fast and I love Google maps which doesn't need an internet connection just line of with the sats. The timescape feature is a great little function which is not just for all you FB and Twitter freaks out there but also logs all your texts, emails and calls in order of occurence. You are spoilt for choice when it comes to apps as 70% of them are free. The screen is large and crisp and the phone itself looks beautiful. And there's always that smug feeling that you are not following the iphone herd. An outstanding phone which will be even better when it is upgraded to Android 2.1. Rating: Reviewed by eric uk on 11/11/2010 great looking phone great for apps and internet fast text texting with massive querty key board plays movies and music with a great media player camera takes supurb pictures and for the downside takes 10 minutes to make a phone call and you cant hear who you are talking too unless you have earpiece at full volume after all its meant to be a phone Rating: Reviewed by Gianluca on 28/10/2010 - The phone physically is good looking and fits well within my hands but the screen is prone to fingerprints. - The touch screen interface can at times be laggy and you have to wait to make calls as the transitions in this process are slow. - The in call volume is extremely quiet even at maximum. - The phone is still running on the outdated android 1.6 and updates have been delayed. - Apps available are impressive. - Easy user interface. Rating: Reviewed by Iris Waller on 19/10/2010 I am amazed at the fantastic reviews. I left a review 3 weeks after I bought the phone, and it was not positive. Orange have replaced the handset twice now for me, and still, it is absolutely useless. Yes, the apps are fun, android is sleek, and it is a good looking phone. But one thing it won't do, is make phone calls. Or receive calls. I get exasperated texts to answer my phone - but it does not ring. It just shows missed calls afterwards. Reception is awful, wherever I am, and the conversations cut out. It won't let me into any wifi network, and if, it loses connection immediately. And last but not least, the camera, which made me choose this phone over the iphone, is a tribute to a Lomax - not a picture in focus, extremely slow, and the camera roll is clunky. Mediascape as a feature does not make sense - direct access like on an iphone would be so much quicker. All in all, if you want a games console, this one is fun. As a phone - forget it. Rating: Reviewed by Ramzi BAKIR on 12/10/2010 SE Xperia 10 is one of the worst smart phones I have ever had. it is slow slow, the icons are small, number of home screens are 3 and it is not very user friendly. Beside that, it runs Android 1.6. SE promises an upgrade since ages and nothing comes. This is my LAST SE phone for sure. I don't know iPhonse, but the best, by far, smart phone I have ever had is HTC desire. It is perfect in evey thing except the camera of SE is better. Do not spend your money for Xperia 10!! Rating: Reviewed by Amanda on 11/10/2010 I got this phone a few days ago and I have to say so far I love it!! Only thing is... I can't figure out how to put the light on when using the camera!! Any help would be hugely appreciated!! :o) Rating: Reviewed by Dmitry on 09/10/2010 This piece of junk loses WiFi and loses signal cell signal few times a day. People start complaining they can't reach me and my inbox is now full of messages. Oh, and the battery is just enough to last for a day -- I put charger in my pocket sometimes too. Stay away from X10! It's a shame because SE was a great company especially with P910 or P990 (much less with the latter though) Rating: Reviewed by Nick_M on 08/10/2010 Unfortunately, I had to return my handset after just under a week. The main issue was it's awful earpiece volume and quality, unusable outside. I found the camera slow, and wi-fi was awkward, always switching to 3g. Other features were good, it's a great browser, the screen quality is good, but not to the same degree as the AMOLED screens. Battery was poor, and I know all smart phones have poor battery life, but I now have a Samsung Galaxy S, which has twice the battery life of the X10. Overall, the swap to the Galaxy S was a great decision, with almost all features superior on the Samsung. But the main reason for my 2star award is due to the simply unacceptable earpiece! Rating: Reviewed by Alan Armadillo on 03/10/2010 The hardware it's self is pretty good but the lack of support for upgraded android software and it's customers needs leave this phone far behind, I own one of these phones and can state the review here is a little out of touch, most of the competition are leaps and bounds in front of this phone, the android market is more suited to phones with updated software sony dont seem to want to deal with the 'massive' 4" display is let down by the lack of color (65k instead of 16m) sony's feedback forum is littered with complaints about multitouch, 16 m colors, android 1.6, contacts manager, lack of information - the list goes on, dont get me wrong I like my phone but I do wish I had gone samsung or htc who seem to understand the customers needs over their corporate attitude. The first month or two of owning this phone I loved it but it was my first android phone and when I played with the 'samsung galaxy s' I realized my phone was lacking big time and the fantastic sony app s were not as good as having a phone that performed anyware near as well as a samsung was a bit of a kick it the teeth. Lets tak a longer look at what the phone has to offer: 8.1 megapixel camera - not so good lense and no flash (niether does the competition). Video camera - currently not 720p like the cmopetition due to very late upgrade to android 2.1 (android 2.2 already release but not for this phone). Display is only 65k colors but larger than competition by a few pixels. Sony's own media player doesn't support most formats is very lacking in features but does the job and looks fancy. MP3 and AAC ring tones - like most android phone but beats iPhone hands down. Speaker phone that is absolutely rubbish with a speaker that only a child can hear clearly and a voluum that is totaly inadequate aGPS is good and seemingly better than some other phones with added benefit of having Wisepolit demo pre installed (worthless) SMS, MMS and email available and seemingly better than most but has it's drawbacks with a bad keyboard that misses registered keystrokes (very anoying). Picture wallpaper thats behind the times. Personal organiser functions (limited at best). Vibrent alert albeit quite. Internet that lacks flash due to lack of latest android OS but quite fast on wifi networks no better that other android devices. Memory is ok and on comparison with competition. Conectivity WiFi, bletooth, USB (Micro) and 3.5mm audio jack. Size bigger than Samsungs newer phone the galaxy S. Talk time 1 - 10 hours (dependant on phones usage) Battery is the same as competition (depends on applications running and phones usage) all in all dont bother it's superseeded by the Samsung Galaxy S and the HTS Desire HD and far less upgradable Hope this helps... Rating: Reviewed by Sophia on 28/09/2010 I have just purchased the S/E Xperia X10 about a week ago and i have to say, it's the best phone i've ever had! Its huge screen is amazing and very clear, I wasn't 100% sure if I should get it for that reason - it may have been too big but I am now used to it being just slightly bigger than my hand (I have quite small hands anyway). I just LOVE my superb camera - its 8.1 megapixels are frantastic and I'd just to clear up the earlier confusion - It doesn't have a flash but it DOES have a light that you can turn on instead :)... I also love the timescape feature, it looks 3D and everyone who I've showed it to has agreed with how amazing it looks. I think it's a great thing that it's all hooked up to the android system - it's easy to use and I've downloaded loads of great apps already...... OH! and one last thing my Xperia came with a 8gb memory card (free) which is fantastic..... It does all that my 8gb Ipod touch does and more and for that reason, I am selling my Ipo d :) I recomend this to anyone and everyone who wants a amazing modern phone!!! Rating: Reviewed by Simon from Eastbourne on 28/09/2010 Firstly to Sarah, hmm the "bluetooth that is not supported" on this phone works brilliantly. This phone is great, a bit tricky to work out at first, but you soon get used to it, and how easy it is. Great sound from the mp3 too, just a pity there is no equaliser, but that is the only bad thing I have found, as the battery significantly improves after you have done a software update. overall an exceptional phone. Well done Sony Ericsson!! I want to give more than 5 stars, as some people on here do, and others really shouldn't use technology!!! Rating: Reviewed by Leebo on 23/09/2010 My first touchscreen, previously had a SE W995. Thought the X10 looked a decent spec and was something different to the run-of-the-mill i-phone. Also I love Sony, and my last two SE phones have been excellent, so wanted to show some brand loyalty! I’ll start with the biggest issue for me. The texting on this phone is awful. The keys to the far sides of the keyboard (q, a, z, p, l, m) are very unresponsive, and after reading other reviews, this seems to be an issue shared by others. They would stick, not give me the correct character, and also failed to delete on occasions. Also, there is no standard phone keyboard option with T9 predictive text. The predictive text on my W995 is amazing, why would Sony take a backwards step and miss this off the X10?! Instead they give me an option to download a substandard keyboard (blackbolt/better keyboard/handsent etc) which I not only have to pay for, but are complete rubbish as well!?! They clearly already have the technology sorted, why not include it on the phone?! I do like the conversation style messaging though, that works very well. I also like the fact that I am able to mark a selection of text messages to delete, rather than having to go through them individually. In my opinion, the battery is actually ok, everyone complaining about the short life needs to remember that this is basically a mini-laptop with lots of stuff going on! The “flash” on the camera is very misleading and is a real downside. I don’t understand why they would offer such a good camera and then offer a light, rather than a flash?! Media player is good, and the included Sony headphones are AMAZING! Screen is awesome, and very responsive in every aspect, (other than the texting in portrait mode obviously….) Finally, it may have been user error on my part, but when I tried to transfer across my contacts on the SIM, I had to manually select every single one?! Generally I was disappointed with the phone. The bad keyboards/texting plus the camera that can only be used in the sunlight outweighed all the other better aspects, as generally I want a phone for texting, calls, internet and photos. The phone only really did two out of those four aspects, and for me, that’s not good enough! Have since sold the X10 and resorted to my W995 until my HTC Desire arrives… Rating: Reviewed by Ferhat on 20/09/2010 This phone is a junk and does not merit 5 star rating that this site has bestowed upon it. Rating: Reviewed by jimbo81 on 14/09/2010 Not one for normally putting feedback on forums. But seeing the negative comments prior to purchase put some doubt in my mind. So wanted to assure people that its the phone to get. Have been very impressed with it, had it a week. Battery zapped in 24 hrs, but turn 3g off when you don't need it, download task killer and you will notice a HUGE difference, also widgets available to download to turn 3g off straight from the home page rather than going in and out of the menu all the time. Also noted this weekend, brilliant in the sunlight, you actually can see the screen which is novel following previous phone. Rating: Reviewed by ceren on 15/05/2010 I love se phones but this one is not for me. The camera for an 8mp is not very good and there is no flash. The photos i took off it were blurred due to unresponsive screen and not what i'm used to having just left the se905. I guess it depends what you want cos it looks smart but if its a camera you're after don't pick this - I'm sending mine back. Rating: Reviewed by Kate on 04/05/2010 Fantastic phone. Two bad points, camera does not have a flash... Battery life is terrible, one day and thats pushing it. Rating: Reviewed by Dean on 13/04/2010 Got mine yesterday, after suffering for 6 months with a samsung jet:-( So far i am extremely pleased, the internet is very fast, the timescape function is awesome. Screen very responsive even with the lightest of touches. A couple of downers, the battery doesnt seem to last to long (had to charge it twice already) and the keyboard is a little small for someone with my fat fingers. overall, a great phone. highly recommended Rating: Consumer Reviews from other websites (111 reviews)Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Reviews at Mobile Phones UK (111 reviews)
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