Sony Ericsson T610 - Vodafone - Pay As You Go

T610 problem after problem - 12 Nov 2007

0 out of 0 found this review helpful.

Very disappointed with this phone, first I had problems charging it as the charger to the phone connection is weak. Then I had problems turning it on. Looks nice and has a lot of nice tones and things but when you start to use it you can see how cheap and flimsy it is. My husband has one aswell and his is now starting to freeze. I've now gone back to reliable old Nokia.

Too many flaws - 02 Apr 2005

3 out of 3 found this review helpful.

This is probably the most frustrating phone I've ever owned! The first thing I experienced was barely audible ringtones. Unless the phone is on your desk or in your hand, you'll never hear it. I don't think I'm going deaf in my old age but this phone's ringtones are next to useless. Coupled with the fact that you cannot turn off the rising volume setting...it just doesn't work...and there are pauses inbetween rings...how useless is that!? It's probably cost me a fortune in having to call people back after missing their calls. I had to pay for some downloaded polyphonic ringtones that I could actually hear to make it useable. I've never had this problem with any Nokia phones I have owned.

The screen is terrible, fuzzy and unclear. In bright sunlight you just cannot see anything at all so you have to go indoors or find some shade so you can actually use it. I don't know what the screen is coated with but it's always marked with smears so you are contantly cleaning it (at least it comes with a cloth for this purpose.

The camera quality is poor to say the least. Useless in anything except bright sunlight.

A capacity of 8MB means storage space is severely limited.

The Bluetooth function is good...or would be if there was some storage space on the phone.

I also find it highly annoying that it's far too easy to connect to WAP services as there are a couple of buttons that only need touching and suddenly you're connected.

The whole thing has crashed/frozen several times. Very annoying when you need to call somebody urgently.

Beware Mac users...although this phone is supposed to work with iSync...it doesn't, not properly anyway. It totally screwed up my address book although the calendar seemed fine.

On the whole a pretty depressingly flawed phone. I can't wait for my Vodafone contract to expire so I can get something else.

Excellent - 18 Jun 2004

6 out of 8 found this review helpful.

Yet another excellent phone from sony erricsson. Once you have had it about a week you will know your way around the menus and all the features. The camera also featuers a function which is similar to a zoom on a normal camera, differnent light settings and different digital effects, which is great to say the phone is so small.

seriously flawed - 20 Feb 2004

12 out of 14 found this review helpful.

Lots of nice bells and whistles on this phone, looks cool too and all that but it's all outweighed by one design flaw:
You can connect to the WAP network on this phone very easily - too easily - either by pressing just ONE button - or by hitting the joystick. This means that every time you put it in your pocket without remembering to lock the keypad - easily done - it's VERY likely to dial the network AND to stay connected until you discover it, perhaps hours later - a bit more serious than with most phones, which, if they dial a number accidentally will only end up getting you billed for the time it takes the person on the other end to hang up.
Also, pay no attention to the extravagant claims made for the battery life - I find I have to recharge every day or two, just like my previous phone, and that was the main reason I changed models. Very disappointing.

Really good phone - 13 Dec 2003

39 out of 41 found this review helpful.

I used to own a T68i, which was the worst phone I ever owned, but thought I would give the T610 a try as a few people have said that Sony/Erricsson have got their act together. They were right.

Good Points:

Bluetooth: I have a bluetooth headset, and love the fact it is wire free, and you can leave the phone in your coat, in another room and still be on a call. Wire free transfer of pictures, sounds etc with PC (provided you have a bluetooth dongle or similiar on the PC).

Screen: Huge, with 65,000 colours - really clear.

Themes: You can completely change the look of your phone by downloading themes from the Sony wapsite.

Polyphonic Ringtones: 32 channel ringtones which mean better sound.

Camera: Only 2 button presses from the main menu takes a picture, then it is really easy to add sound, text etc and send via MMS.

Speed: This phone is 100x quicker than the T68i in terms of general navigation round the menus, writing text messages etc. Whilst the text message input is not quite as quick as a Nokia, I am of an age where this does not affect me as I can't press the buttons that quick!!

Case: The phone has a metal case, which feels great. The buttons are also laid out with space inbetween, which means it is easy to text etc.

Bad Points:

Battery Life: Definately not the 300 hours advertised for standby.

Reception: Not quite as good as my Nokia 7210, but better than the T68i/Nokia 8210.

Ringing Volume: Even on it's loudest setting, certain ringtones cannot be heard that well in noisy places (unlike a Nokia on Loud setting, which is deafening). However, you can compose ringtones where the instruments are really loud, or use the 'Old Phone' Ringtone which is load.

No Radio:

Games: Supplied with one game, but you can download more at the Sony wapsite.

This is a really nice phone, which looks the business, is easy to use. It is 'different' to use than a Nokia, which some people may not like, but once you get used to it, the menus work great.