Sony Ericsson W890 Candy Bar 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs
299 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary
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
Product Details
Music based Quad band 3.2MP camera More »
Real customer reviews
299 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
81% of people recommend it.
| All purchasers (297) |
|
||||||||||||
| 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
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
purchased 02 Oct 2008
rohit, london
Score 7.0/10+ nice cute phone
- speakers not good enough
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
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...
purchased 13 Oct 2008
Brenda, London , “I am classy”
Score 9.0/10+ The style,size and weight
- nothing really
purchased 14 Oct 2008
Arlene, Airdrie
Score 9.0/10+ Easy to use, fast internet access, large memory
- battery life when using web
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
purchased 22 Oct 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 6.0/10+ It looks nice
- The camera's rubbish, battery life poor.
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!
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
purchased 19 Dec 2008
Bharat, Scotland , “Techical”
Score 8.0/10+ Slim and light, with good features
- Menu and softwrae could be better
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
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!!!
purchased 16 Jul 2008
paul, hereford
Score 8.0/10+ looks good and compact
- keys a touch on small side
purchased 20 Aug 2008
Sheryl, Beverley
Score 6.0/10+ we are very pleased with the phone it looks great.
- the phone often crashes.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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 .
purchased 29 Sep 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Its perfect! easy to use and looks good.
- none
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
purchased 01 Oct 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Small size. Quality construction.
- No 3.5mm headphone socket
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.
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
purchased 23 Jan 2009
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ stylish,compact
- buttons a bit small
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
purchased 20 Dec 2008
srihari, london
Score 7.0/10+ its good on whole
- except battery life.. nothing
purchased 20 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ good looking
- too small keypad
purchased 21 Dec 2008
chris, swansea , “listen to opion”
Score 2.0/10+ none
- poor reception
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
purchased 26 Jul 2008
Stuart, Haslemere
Score 6.0/10+ It is a stylish phone
- It is nowhere near as good as the W580i
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.
purchased 01 Jul 2008
Stephen, Bournemouth
Score 9.0/10+ Looks great, easy to use, slim
- None
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
purchased 15 Aug 2008
lee, ammanford , “easy going”
Score 9.0/10+ easy to use phone with good features
- small numbers
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.
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:-(
purchased 29 Sep 2008
james, edinburgh , “know my gadgets”
Score 7.0/10+ memory card
- camara
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!!
purchased 24 Sep 2008
Like this product? Want to keep track of it? Add it to your shortlist »
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 GuideManufacturer'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.
Check alternatives
People who viewed this product also viewed these:
Get the latest consumer news and tips in your inbox!
Please enter your email address below













