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Sony Ericsson Z530i
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Date: 09/11/2006
The Sony Ericsson Z530i is an average mid-range camera phone. It weighs 93g and is a neat clamshell design. Sony Ericsson provides great personalisation by enabling you to change the external colour as a range of front and back covers are available. Some people have found the keypad difficult to use.
It has a basic VGA camera similar to most other camera phones of this type, although within the same price range it's possible to get up to 2 megapixels. Sony Ericsson have included the Video DJ feature which lets you edit video clips by combining and adding music and images.
The external display is monochrome. The main screen is colour but only supports 65k colours with a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels and is therefore not as highly specified as other phones of this type which offer up to 262k colours and 240 x 320 pixels.
A great feature that this phone offers is the built in music and media player which allows you to play MP3s and videos. The internal memory of 28 MB will not let you store many songs, videos, sound or pictures but you will be able to store more with a memory card. You can buy an external memory card of up to 1 GB.
The Z530i has 40-voice polyphonic and MP3 ringtones. The 40-voice polyphonic tones means that 40 notes can be played simultaneously. The Music DJ feature lets you create your own polyphonic ringtones.
The Z530i offers excellent connectivity with the option of Bluetooth, USB, and infrared. Bluetooth is the most sophisticated of the three and allows you to connect wirelessly to another Bluetooth device up to 10 metres away. When connecting with another paired device you are able to transfer and exchange various information from one phone to another or to other devices such as a PC.
The network connection for this phone is tri-band which is common for most phones. This means that it works in Europe and America but not Japan.
The battery life for this phone is very good. The standby time lasts up to 400 hours, and talk time lasts up to 9 hours.
Another feature this phone has is a speakerphone. This is a practical feature allowing you to have a hands free conversation.
The phone has an internet connection with GPRS. Many other phones in this price range have 3G or EDGE which are significantly faster.
Overall, this is a fairly average phone and we would not recommend it as there is more on offer for this price range in terms of features and quality.
Features of the Sony Ericsson Z530i include:
- 4X Digital zoom
- Camera VGA
- Camera integrated
- Video Clip
- Video record
- Macromedia Flash Lite (trademark of Macromedia)
- Picture editor
- Picture effects
- Picture phonebook
- Picture wallpaper
- SVG Tiny 1.1
- Screensaver
- Themes display
- VideoDJ
- Viewfinder display
- Wallpaper animation
- E-mail
- Instant Messaging
- MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
- QuickShare
- MMS Video
- Predictive text input
- SMS long (Text Messaging)
- Sound recorder
- Games Download
- Games Embedded
- Java
- Media Player
- Music tones (MP3/AAC)
- MusicDJ
- PlayNow
- Polyphonic ringtones
- Style-Up Covers
- 3D games
- Java MIDP2
- Bluetooth
- GPRS
- Infrared
- USB support
- Fast port
- Synchronization PC
- USB mass storage
- Internet
- Modem
- Access NetFront Web Browser
- RSS feeds
- Camera button
- Navigation key
- Icon desktop
- Selection keys
- Side Volume Keys
- Vibrating Alert
- Voice Mail
- Organiser
- Calendar
- Contacts
- File manager
- Memory Stick
- PIM Sync
- Alarm clock
- Business card exchange
- Calculator
- Code memo
- Conference calls
- Memory Stick Micro (M2) (Trademark of Sony Corporation)
- Phone book
- Speakerphone
- Stopwatch
- Tasks
- Timer
- Notes.
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Displaying reviews 101 - 132 of 132 (displayed in order of date):
Reviewed by Piyush More on 23/04/2007
I have Sony Ericsson Z530i.It is the best phone i have sean.But I don't know that how copy softwares and games from computer to phone.
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Reviewed by Tina on 21/04/2007
Yukkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkky little phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Sam on 21/04/2007
Brilliant sound!Ideal first phone
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Reviewed by Dave on 21/04/2007
This phone is great my frends sed so i bought it and it really good the camera i not bad too all of u sayin its rubbish
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Reviewed by Kelly on 14/04/2007
My first one of these lasted exactly 3 hours. I had to wait 2 weeks for the company to replace it and the new one doesn't ring half the time - just goes straight to my voice mail.
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Reviewed by chris naylor on 12/04/2007
sick phone got it yesterdat you should get one
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Reviewed by Caitlin on 06/04/2007
its all wrong the Z530i is the best phone its really really good! your mate caitlin.
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Reviewed by Muhammad Asad Ali on 05/04/2007
phone rating should be five star but rate should be down in pakistani markets
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Reviewed by angus routledge on 29/03/2007
this is an exerlent phone the only thing is it does not have alot of memory for songs but it does have a micro m2 memory port so you can got more songs on it
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Reviewed by brielle on 29/03/2007
i used to have a slightly cheaper fone so 4 my bday i got dis 1. First of all da camera n video quality is horrible i dont even take pics wit my fone coz dere is no point dey look lyk rubbish. The keypad is hard 2 txt wit n my bluetooth doesnt work 2 greatly. My older, cheaper fone was a lot betta it has good quality camera, infrared dat always works and a gud keypad! I think im going bak 2 dat fone!
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Reviewed by lil audz on 29/03/2007
I got this for my birthday..... I think its Kool it lookz good and its got good stuff but da picture quality is really bad and i luv taking picz So I am a bit dissapointed but i still love it.
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Reviewed by jack harrison on 25/03/2007
i have this phone and i have 2 covers for it and i think it is realy good
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Reviewed by Sheniz on 25/03/2007
i think this fone is to to boring the camera is rubbish it doesnt work properly and it is bad quallity.Sometimes i find it hard to get signal,and i should point out for about a month it froze out on me it just stopped working i tried charing it and it never worked.The fone is just bad quallity all around but however it is a good size and a nice shape.
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Reviewed by Hanna K on 22/03/2007
This phone has the most annoying keys ever made!! The content is decent, camera is ok, kinda dissapointing though.. But the thing i hate the most is the keys! It takes me sooo long to text, compared to what I was like on my nokia, i am a very fast texter(im a teenager :D lol ) and i press wrong keys on this phone and they are hard to press. The design of this phone is ok. I dont like the big thing on the back..it looks like handle. This phone is too bulgy/big/whatever! Sound is ok, but i don't use it. I am currently stuck between choosing a Motorola L6 and Motorola L7, if you have any advice, email me on dead---@hotmail.com Sony ericsson has made some great phones(ive had 4) and I've been satisfied with them all, except this one. I cant wait to get a new one! This phone is very annoying...altough the Face Warp feature is fun.
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Reviewed by amin davari on 12/03/2007
this is a very nice pfone for daily using. the battery of this is very long time support
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Reviewed by Harsh on 05/03/2007
ATTANTION : NO RESALE VALUE...POOR PICTURE QUALITY & IT'S MEMORY CARD VERY COASTLY....SO NOT A PROPER SETISFIED MODEL...IT'S MY EXPERIENCE..I WILL CHANGE WITH NOKIA SOON.
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Reviewed by sahal on 03/03/2007
i bought it it was ok but i tell you what you need bigger screen the
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Reviewed by Danny on 02/03/2007
descent phone had mine for a while never let me down camera not that good but thats the only bad thing
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Reviewed by sandy on 01/03/2007
I dont agree that this phone has poor quality and poor bluethooth function as above said in the review. This phone has the looks and good connectivities and a attractiveness. though u have also a extandable memory which is very good. we have an mp3 in it which is very good. It may be of some problem to other customers that there phone is defected but although 2 me its a wonderful phone.
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Reviewed by greg on 24/02/2007
The phone is ok to use for phoning and texting , when you get used to it trying to slip out of your hand but , the camera is rubbish . It is far too grainy . The sagem myx7 has a much superior camera .
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Reviewed by Pete on 23/02/2007
Its a phone not a camera or an ipod!!! If you want average photos and average sound in a phone with great blue tooth thats really cheap then buy the Z530i.If you want great photos or great sound spend a couple of hundred dollars more, its affordable and does the job!!! To all those complaining about performance of camera and screen you should have read the specs before buying and to those complaining about the phone making squeeky noises, its a flip phone with interchangable covers what do you expect for the price. GET OVER YOURSELF, THE PHONE IS VALUE FOR MONEY!!!!
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Reviewed by jess on 15/02/2007
i got this phone when it first came out, it was great for the first couple of weeks but then i started having problems. it kept shutting down, freezing and wouldnt even let me pick up calls! i got it re booted and its been ok latley except its still freezing. i think the memory is rubbish and it isnt the loudest of phones but the blue tooth is very good and fast the camera is good to.
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Reviewed by Usha Pavitra oza on 13/02/2007
This is very good phone, My love purchase this from Austrialia,& I like this mobile phones because Its giving me all of the entertaiment of mobile phone, & its sexy style is ultimate,only its vga camera can replace with 1.3 mp camera.
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Reviewed by kendra on 11/02/2007
I got this phone 4 my bday and i think its alright. I havent had any major problems with it except when trying to download music. The camera is horrible its very poor and the battery does not have a very long life. As 4 da phone being ugly it certainly is not and i have not had any problems wit the bluetooth or infrared. Judging by the other comments i am definitely keeping my receipt and warranty because ive only had it 4 about a week now. btw it doesnt have much memory space!
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Reviewed by nic on 04/02/2007
why do u ppl complain so much? it costs rm 699 here and tht's cheap/. most phones at tht price are basic colour or camera phones but in the z530i u get a camera(isn't good but) ,a good mp3 player etc etc. wht's to complain about? true, it does crash occasionally but which phone doesnt? wear and tear. --i've had my phone for half a year now and i've had absolutely no problems with it.
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Reviewed by Warren on 31/01/2007
from my other review i have changed my mind!! the camera is yellow! mp3 playback is poor! it goes Insert Sim then restarts itself and often freezes. but my last W550i Did the same aswell i am thinking on changing my fone to a motoroa L7 It is just the same as the walkman only the camera is poor! and the walkman is not orange! its like a white colour
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Reviewed by novu on 30/01/2007
I brought this phone from Austrialia and i am leaving in Bhutan. I liked its style and ordered it to my brother-inlaw, but it didn't work out here. I tried many times to switch it on but it didn't give a damn... Now i am at a great loss....
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Reviewed by otaviofcs on 29/01/2007
I've bought this phone in middle december and it works fine. I've added a 512mb memory stick M2 and it works very well with the headset. The sound quality is nice, and the sound reachs volume more then enough to not become a deaf guy. I don't use the bluetooth headset and I hate the way it plugs to may phone (toooooo large connector). But that is no big deal because it ends with my demand of carry all the time a phone and a mp3 player, with the advantage that I always know when the phone rings because it stops the music. For me its nice enough. It works with Linux as a pen-drive. As a matter of fact it opens as 2 pen-drives, one for the phone and the other to the memory stick. Once you end any one of the connections it stops both connections. The way it write over the previous files in the mem stick it's not working fine and every time you end an usb connection after write mp3's to the mem stick it become veeeeery sloooooooow to end the connection.
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Reviewed by Muhammad Usman on 27/01/2007
i found this mobile good but when i play a video file it does not support for full screen option. please improve this immediately i need this feature for my mobile updates i am from pakistan +92-333-4295314
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Reviewed by ferly on 11/11/2006
i like this mobile phones because giving me all of the entertaiment of mobile phones,i know of all specification of this mobile phones,i know the new models k800i more than this mobile phones,but i just like this z530i mobile phones.i still not understhan why the w300i is same models than z530i,but i just like z530i.
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Reviewed by Sydney on 20/09/2006
I rekon dis fone is da best.its worf da muny cuz its got evryfin.p.s. it looks well gud 2.if i woz u id by dis fone.best fone iv eva had n im 24 n hav had 31 fones HA! luv ya xxx
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Reviewed by Cahrlie n ya nan on 28/06/2006
dis fone is reeli gud, it has loads of features, da downside is SE dont giv u a mem card, or a cable 2 connect wid PC.Da features r cool but cud do wid a 1 mega pixel camara at least, but its a cheap an full of features an well worth da money. BUY DIS FONE!
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