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| Sony Ericsson W580i White Phone (AT&T) | 
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| Brand: Sony Ericsson
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $0.01
You Save: $399.98 (100%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 60
Color: White
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
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Model: W580i
EAN: 7311270151969
ASIN: B000UWGSWM
Release Date: August 24, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Please do read my review: don't buy it! November 11, 2007
3 out of 27 found this review helpful
I just bought this phone today - Nov 11, 2007. I think I made a bad decision. I bought it simply when we opened up the family plan, my wife got one. So I thought it will be easier for us to get two same phones. So all below is just my first impression.
1) I already have an iPod which I'm going to use for some time in the future and won't drop. The music playing features and function can compete against an iPod any kind.
2) The menu options and the console to control is just ok. Navigating isn't hard but just ok. The graphics look so so - like a very crapy phone I used a while back - maybe this is just my personal reason.
3) The handsfree and headset is one thing but without the clip is very easy to fell off from the ears because the weight of the mic.
4) Since it's a Sony - so memory chip is M2 with an memory stick adapter. I personally like Secure Digital better because of my computers, my cameras, etc.
5) You don't have viberation alarm! You can set the profile to use "in-meeting" mode but alarm sound still rings up in this mode. This is one of my most unacceptable.
I haven't made calls or receive calls much yet. So I have not found any pros or cons on this. In general, for those won't use the music features and functions much of this phone but just the voice (btw, text messaging and email etc probably won't be impressive either because of the tiny keypad). Back on this: the touch and the feel of the phone/keys etc seems cheap - I like the feel of Motorola RAZR V3 I was using better.
I may make a personal bad decision - but for those who may ended up using the phone like my situation. I don't suggest you to buy. If you are really crazy about the music, get an iPod or iPhone!
Small, dainty, NOT white November 10, 2007
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I've had the phone for a little under 30 days now. I doubt this review will be much help. I love everything about this phone except:
Battery cover is difficult to take off. I found myself using the point of a letter opener to try to pry it open. If you take it off every other day, it gets easier! Trust me, it really does! You'll also need a long fingernail or a thin card (i.e., driver license or credit card) to insert the SIM card or the M2 card in place.
Battery life is hit or miss. At first, it only took about 3 days until I had to recharge the phone. I blame this on my curiosity of trying everything out. To make your battery last longer, turn off the flashing lights, reduce the backlight to 50%, and turn off the screensaver. Now, I'm getting about 5-6 days on one single charge.
My phone is NOT white like what Amazon or any other website says. Depending on the light, it's sort of silverish/whitish. But I'm not complaining...I looove the color.
Compared to my old RAZR phone, this phone is dainty. With the phone closed, it fits in the palm of my hand. Some people look at me funny when I'm talking on the phone. WHY is that guy talking in his hand? :-)
The headphone jack is a bit bulky, if you try to put it in your pocket. I wish you could just insert the headphone jack like you see on Ipods.
Not sure, if anyone else might be having this problem, but I found the phone charges faster on the wall jack - NOT the USB jack to the PC. On the wall jack, it takes 2-3 hours to charge. On the USB jack, it took almost 7 hours to charge, but only charged up to about 95% (It was time to go home from work!).
...and the one thing I'm looking for...something with a case where you can wear it on your arm and operate the keys while working out!
HUGE improvement from the RAZR.
 Forget iPhone, this one is GREAT November 6, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I wanted to buy iPhone but paying $399 for iPhone is too much. Instead I bought this one at Amazon for $0.01. This phone has good mp3 player, good call quality, camera (you can record video, with iPhone you can't).
No complaints whatsoever...
great phone!!! November 6, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have been getting so many compliments since I received the phone. Crisp display, photo quality is good except the phone camera doesn't have a zoom feature. I guess it's fine since it's a phone, not a real camera.
W580i Slick phone with a few problems November 2, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
When I first got the phone I was amazed at the types of things I could do with it. The phone feels heavier than I thought it would, but the weight is balanced in your hand whether open or closed. As other reviewers stated, this phone is more of a light silver than pure white.
The reason this phone gets a 4 over a 5 has to do with AT&T. And since this product description includes AT&T I will comment. Many features that come with the phone are locked or altered. An example the games. Sure, you could unbrand your phone, but that is something that some people would feel very nervous about doing. The real problem (and something I was aware of when I purchased it) is that you can not use regular MP3 songs as ringtones without modification. I chose to edit my MP3's down to about 30 seconds and they work just fine. There is also a small circular button on the lower right of the face of the phone that opens up a connection to the internet. I found this out when I removed my phone from my pocket only to find I had inadvertantly connected and was on for about 30 min. This just seems like a money grab by AT&T and a sneaky one at that. I fixed the problem by creating a "fake" profile for all applications that would access the internet.
Overall, I would recommend this phone. Despite a few problems with what AT&T did to this phone, most problems can be worked around and the functionality of the phone doesn't suffer too much (at least for what I use the phone for).
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