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Score: 7.9/10

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This mobile phone is a good all rounder. “Its good to look at and its very slim and compact. texting is easy and fast and i…” C, London View all 299 real customer reviews

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299 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
81% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (297)
Battery life6.5
Design8.4
Ease of use8.1
Features8.2
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.3
Overall rating7.9
Style and looks come first (1)
Technophobe (1)
Other (295)
 

*not all purchasers provided a score or review

Richard, leamington Spa

Score 9.0/10

+ i like the alround look of the phone

- camera isnt brilliant

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Oct 2008

tina, hackney

Score 10.0/10

+ its small and easy to use and light in the pocket

- only problem i have is battery doesnt last a day

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purchased 02 Oct 2008

rohit, london

Score 7.0/10

+ nice cute phone

- speakers not good enough

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ light

- although can lock keys you can still press 999. I often catch the corner and hit the 9 button

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purchased 15 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ I like the design of the phone, and how light it is...

- The battery doesnt seem to last very long wether I play music or games or not...

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Oct 2008

Brenda, London , “I am classy”

Score 9.0/10

+ The style,size and weight

- nothing really

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Oct 2008

Arlene, Airdrie

Score 9.0/10

+ Easy to use, fast internet access, large memory

- battery life when using web

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Oct 2008

Wendy, Essex

Score 3.0/10

+ look

- fragile screen scratched after one day and i am always careful. The camera is terrible

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 6.0/10

+ It looks nice

- The camera's rubbish, battery life poor.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Oct 2008

Ben, Kent , “no”

Score 9.0/10

+ Really nice small conpact phone which looks really good. Has a good camera, very easy to use and the features look good

- The navigation key is easy to use side to side but not up and down, especially if you have man sized fingers!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Dec 2008

Chan, Leeds , “Student”

Score 8.0/10

+ Slim, good design.

- Battery life still not good enough. The phone body easy get scratch

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Dec 2008

Bharat, Scotland , “Techical”

Score 8.0/10

+ Slim and light, with good features

- Menu and softwrae could be better

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Dec 2008

Ed, Surrey/Hampshire border

Score 7.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The phone has been returned for repair / replacement as its is unable to connect to the network at our house when other phones can do so perfectly well

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Chilled out dad”

Score 7.0/10

+ Classy, simple and very practical phone with loads of good features.

- Battery life is fairly limited and seems to spend a lot of time on a charger. Plus I can't use the software on my laptop because I don't have internet at home and therefore I can't register the product. Even in 2008 not all of us want internet at home!!!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jul 2008

paul, hereford

Score 8.0/10

+ looks good and compact

- keys a touch on small side

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purchased 20 Aug 2008

Sheryl, Beverley

Score 6.0/10

+ we are very pleased with the phone it looks great.

- the phone often crashes.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “hard working nurse”

Score 3.0/10

+ slim fits into pocket nicely

- cant hear ring tone very well even when it is on the max volume! i have to charge battery at least once per day runs out very quick even though its a new battery.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Aug 2008

Fergus, Greenock

Score 8.0/10

+ Good slim, compact phone. Bright and easy to use.

- Key pad is a bit on the small side and a little touch sensitive.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Sep 2008

Kevin, Ipswich , “Experienced phone user”

Score 8.0/10

+ Very small and lightweight phone with a good sound quality.

- The keypad is nearly too small for big fingers

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 2.0/10

+ I get to listen to music

- it's too small, too complex, buttons are difficult to use

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ loads of memory for music,battery lasts well for the amount it is used

- navigating around the keypad is alittle slow and the buttons are fiddly

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purchased 24 Sep 2008

dawn, bradford

Score 9.0/10

+ i like this phone because of the large screen and can alsobe used as a walkman which is very handy for listening to my own choice of music at work and the memory can hold a large amount of music.

- the only thing i dislike but only a small dislike is the keypad can be a little fiddly and the letters?numbers are a bit hard to see .

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purchased 29 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Its perfect! easy to use and looks good.

- none

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purchased 03 Oct 2008

lee, kent , “????”

Score 8.0/10

+ pictures on phone and camera qaulity

- takes a bit of time to go through phone cause 1gb memory cards slows it and files are bit messed up. cant delete existing phone files such as music videos and pictures (80 pictures some are good about 10

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purchased 01 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Small size. Quality construction.

- No 3.5mm headphone socket

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ The phone is a good size and the Camera is excellent. Uploading and listening to music is easy.

- Haven't found any negative about the phone as yet.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Dec 2008

Alex, Balloch

Score 10.0/10

+ excellent all round phone! blue tooth, music player and everything thats needed from a phone

- buttons could be a little larger for people with bigger fingers

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ stylish,compact

- buttons a bit small

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purchased 19 Dec 2008

nico, belfast , “love erriccson.”

Score 7.0/10

+ compact and looks great
and is a erricson.

- too slippy to text.
too small to text with
sony as a stand alone are a poor product

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purchased 20 Dec 2008

srihari, london

Score 7.0/10

+ its good on whole

- except battery life.. nothing

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purchased 20 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ good looking

- too small keypad

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purchased 21 Dec 2008

chris, swansea , “listen to opion”

Score 2.0/10

+ none

- poor reception

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purchased 05 Nov 2008

vivian, south shields/tyne and wear

Score 7.0/10

+ This phone is small, compact and easy to use. it has an excellent camera and is good as a walkman phone.
It has a widee range of software on it. anyone wanting a sony ericsson phone i would recommend this as i dont know of any major problems with it.

- It sometimes goes into standby by istself for a few seconds then comes back on and the battery life can be used quite quickly if using the walkman everyday like i do for work.

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purchased 29 Dec 2008

Beckey, Margate , “average student”

Score 5.0/10

+ Thin sleek design
Good memory

- Suddenly stops mid typing in a text message and shuts down. Happening more and more as time goes on.
Can't zoom with the camera, can zoom in after photo taken but then quality decreases.

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purchased 09 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “poo”

Score 9.0/10

+ It's an overall good phone, looks good is small, light etc but great for listenin to music being a walkman phone

- but it does come with a couple of problems, mine for instance doesnt always read the memory card so i'll have to turn it off and back on to get it to work, then also sometimes it turns itself off for no reason,

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purchased 04 Nov 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ comes with memory card

- Had phone approx a month & speakers packed up so couldn't hear it ringing.

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purchased 28 Dec 2008

Graeme, Shildon

Score 2.0/10

+ Listening to music on this phone is excellent, although thats not why I have it, it's still nice to have crystal clear quality sound like that when wanted.

- Battery life is extremley poor and although the phone does get some use, even when left on standby the battery life is shorter than I ever expected. Very poor rating for this. Also the buttons are somewhat small in my opinion, but as I dont write loads of text messages it isnt a big problem.

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purchased 26 Jul 2008

Stuart, Haslemere

Score 6.0/10

+ It is a stylish phone

- It is nowhere near as good as the W580i

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purchased 17 Jul 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “student”

Score 8.0/10

+ Suitably small
Look good

- Key for camera (shutter key). I got used to with using this key to access a camera mode but this one doesn't work.
Software for uploading music ("Sense me") make me confused.

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purchased 01 Jul 2008

Stephen, Bournemouth

Score 9.0/10

+ Looks great, easy to use, slim

- None

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purchased 23 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “im a dj”

Score 10.0/10

+ small and eay to fit in pockect

- my reception goes down at times

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purchased 15 Aug 2008

lee, ammanford , “easy going”

Score 9.0/10

+ easy to use phone with good features

- small numbers

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purchased 26 Sep 2008

Shazad, Ilford, Essex

Score 9.0/10

+ It's got good music capabilities, camera and bluetooth. Slim and Lightweight.

- few features less compared to Sony Ericssons K850i, touch screen needed.

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purchased 24 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Slim. Lightweight, Nice design, Easy to use features and applications.

- Bluetooth connection on my computer is unable to connect with the phone. Can't transfer files via bluetooth:-(

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purchased 29 Sep 2008

james, edinburgh , “know my gadgets”

Score 7.0/10

+ memory card

- camara

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purchased 14 Oct 2008

matt, london , “technical music games computers”

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to use , brillaint camera , music and radio fantastic

- jukebox comes up all the time after backing up to far! battery life!!

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purchased 24 Sep 2008

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Product Features

3G Yes
Touchscreen No
Type Candy Bar
Band Quad
EDGE Yes
WiFi No
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels 3.2
Screen Resolution (pixels) 240x320
Bluetooth Yes
XHTML Browser Yes
WAP Yes
FM Tuner Yes
Email Functionality Yes
SatNav No
MP3 ATRAC Playback Yes
Operating System Proprietary OS
Memory Card Slot Yes
Weight (g) 78
Talk Time (hours) 9.5
Standby Time (hours) 360
HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) Yes
USB Port Yes
Video Recorder Yes
Instant Messaging Yes
Built-in Camera Yes
Dimensions (mm) 104x46.5x9.9
Java Yes
SAR (W per kg in 10g) 1.38
Games Yes
HTML Browser Yes
Phone book capacity (names) 1000
Colour Multi
Networks T-Mobile
Networks Vodafone
Networks O2
Networks 3 Mobile
Networks Orange

Also known as: Sony Ericsson W890i, O2 Sony Ericsson W890i, Vodafone Sony Ericsson W890i, Sony Ericsson W890i.

Mobile Phone Buyers Guide  

Manufacturer's Description

Play it your way
It’s your music. So have it your way: SensMe™ lets you create playlists based on mood. When you want new songs for your phone, just click the PlayNow™ icon, pre-listen and buy.

Music intelligence
Tune in the W890i FM radio to your favorite station. Hear something you like, but don’t recognize? Identify the artist with TrackID™ in a snap.

Stylish and fast
Soft, curved edges, metal finish – the slim W890i oozes elegance. Use this stylish phone to get online. With EDGE, your Web connection is fast.


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