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+ This mobile phone has no outstanding positive points. - It scores very poorly on ease of use. “I love this phone - paticularly pleased with the large screen and the size of the…” Rob, London View all 44 real customer reviews

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44 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
49% of people recommend it.

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Battery life	5.8
Design	6.6
Ease of use	5.8
Features	6.8
Overall rating	6.1

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Score 3.0/10

Tony, Haughley

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The Symbian O/S on the phone is VERY VERY slow

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64 of 64 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Mar 2007

Score 3.0/10

tijl, hurst

+ Reviewer left no comment

- the software is really unstable /crashes/reboots whenever, syncing with outlook corrupts my contacts and calendar items and it is slow.

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62 of 62 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Rob, London

+ I love this phone - paticularly pleased with the large screen and the size of the memory. Music sounds great.

- Not much really - battery not great, but par for the course, given the size of the screen. Also, the screen can be a bit difficult to read in bright sunshine.

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24 of 24 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

robert, doncaster

+ nice to use and work with

- no camera

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18 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Tawanda, Bracknell

+ It can store a lot of music and its small and compact.

- The battery can not stand a busy phone user you have to be close to a recharging source all the time.

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16 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

steve, nottingham

+ its small compact and easy to use

- its hard to put ringtones to contacts

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15 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jul 2007

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good predictive text

- Poor battery life, bad operating system, email doesn't work, slow to start up and shut down

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13 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Mark, Bolton

+ Once you get used to not having the usual soft keys and normal number pad this phone is easy to use with the touch screen working very well. It is also very good for internet browsing which is the main reason I went for it.

- Low battery life

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Aug 2007

Score 2.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Touch screen.

- no camera, hard to get the hang of.

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Oct 2007

Score 9.0/10

Gary, Ayr

+ love the phone great radio reception got this phone for the radio rather than a camera

- none

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Nov 2007

Score 3.0/10

Russell, Sheffield

+ music good phone looks good, thats about it!

- texting hard to use. phone locks up, screen and graphics are rubbish

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Nov 2007

Score 8.0/10

Samantha, Kettering

+ the walkman has a good memory, so i can store and listen to hundruds of songs! pictures are high quality and look really good!

- it doesn't have a long battery life and sometimes there are problems clicking things on the touch screen. the signal isn't very good and i often loose the network which means i am unable to send or recieve phone calls and texts, ive been told this is because 3g is being upgraded.

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jun 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Best music mobile I have seen to date. Loads of storage (rivaling an iPod Nano), an excellent pair of ear-buds and plenty of battery life that will keep you well choon'd up for ages.

- Number keypad is a little fiddly, you need tiny finger-tips in order not to press 2 buttons at once. Not a major problem though, you have touch-screen (with QWERTY keyboard) and of course the coolest handwriting recognition software I've used.

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Jun 2007

Score 1.0/10

chris , gloucester

+ none

- worst phone i have ever had , cant wait to get rid , have already puit sim back in my 850i

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Oct 2007

Score 8.0/10

Mike, Aberdeen

+ Organiser is very good, excellent for appointments. The walkman function is really great,

- Not much bad points, probably the battery life could be a bit be longer

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Nov 2007

Score 7.0/10

david, sunderland

+ memory for music downloads

- short battery life

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Jun 2007

Score 1.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ memory

- no camera

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purchased 02 Jun 2007

Score 8.0/10

Steven, Aberdeen

+ Great music player with massive memory to go with it. Overall navigation is good with good and easy 2 use touch screen.

- Batt life pretty poor but when u think of the massive screen size thats its powering up it balances out alright. NEEDS A CAMERA!!!!!! Massive clear bright screen and cant take pics whats the point.

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purchased 31 Jul 2007

Score 6.0/10

Paul, Belfast

+ excellent music player and easy to use once you get used to i

- the clock continually resets itself, the phone switches itself off and sometimes doesnt load a particular application (ie a game)

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purchased 21 Aug 2007

Score 7.0/10

jon, eastbourne

+ walkman sound quality good
web browsing good if a little slow

- battery life runs down fast
applications close(end) with to many programs running

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purchased 22 Aug 2007

Score 4.0/10

darren, bangor

+ the only god point is the 4gb internal memory and picture sixe.

- there is no camera for some reason,i had the last 2 walkman phones and they had cameras? the touch screen is very sensitive,and accessing even the simplest tasks,such as messaging,is slow and cumbersome.the keypad is dated,with mistakes frequently being made.very frustrating.

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purchased 14 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ the touch sensitive screen is brilliant, all phones should have them

- even though the phone is locked you can still push buttons accidently in your pocket

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purchased 12 Aug 2007

Score 1.0/10

k, Cannock

+ IT SENDS A MESSAGE. YOU CAN CALL.

- NO CAMERA, CANT PUT MUSIC ON PHONE AND BATTERY IS OF POOR QUALITY.

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purchased 23 Jun 2007

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Product Features

3G	Yes
3G allows mobile phones and mobile dongles to achieve broadband speeds similar to that of home broadband. This allows users to browse the internet, email and download files and video whilst on the move.
Touchscreen	Yes
Touchscreen technology allows you to move and click things directly on the screen using your finger or a stylus pen.
Type	Candy Bar

Band	Tri
Different frequency bands are used in different countries. Most phones can be used across Europe as they are Tri Band. You will need a quad band phone if you plan to travel to the USA.
EDGE	Yes
A precursor to 3G, this technolgy allows improved data transfer rates allowing features such as video streaming. Read more about EDGE on Wikipedia
WiFi	No
Wifi allows you to connect your device to wireless routers or modems which allows you to connect to broadband internet.
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels	5
The amount of data that can be captured when taking a photograph or video. A larger number represents a higher quality image, though this is also affected by other factors such as the lens size and quality.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	240x320
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Bluetooth	Yes
Bluetooth is a technology for the wireless transfer of data such as contacts, photos and music between mobile phones, computers and a host of other Bluetooth enabled devices. Read more about Bluetooth on Wikipedia
XHTML Browser	Yes
XHTML stands for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language. XHTML enabled phones are able to browse most internet content.
WAP	Yes
Simple Web browser
FM Tuner	Yes
An FM Tuner allows you to listen to FM radio stations on the move. You can see a list of FM radio stations at Ofcom:“http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/radio-stations/analogue/analogue-main.htm”.
Email Functionality	Yes
SatNav	No
Satnav is short for ‘Satellite Navigation’. Satellite navigation allows you to see where you are travelling on a map and plan a route to your destination.
MP3 ATRAC Playback	Yes
MP3 playback capability
Operating System	Symbian OS v9.1, UIQ 3.0
Software on which the device runs
Memory Card Slot	No
Having a memory card slot allows you to save data to a memory card and then transfer it to another device. For example you may put a photo from your camera or mobile phone onto a memory card and then plug it into your printer to print directly. Memory card slots come in many formats: Compact Flash Card Memory Stick Duo Micro SD Card MMC SD Card SDHC Card
Weight (g)	112
The weight of the product in grams.
Talk Time (hours)	7.5
Talk time dictates how long your phone’s battery will last if you were to talk continuously on it from a full charge.
Standby Time (hours)	340
Standby Time dictates how long your phone would last if left on standby, ready to receive calls, but with nothing else being done to it.
USB Port	Yes
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
Instant Messaging	No
Instant Messaging allows you to communicate in real-time with friends from your phone using services such as MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, GTalk, ICQ or AIM. If you have a good data plan it’s a great way to stay in touch with your friends and save money.
Built-in Camera	No
Some GPS products come with a built in digital camera that allows you to photograph the place you are at and then add it to your map. Next time you wish to visit that place you just tap the image and the Satellite Navigation system plots a route. This is great if you don’t want to have to remember street names.
Dimensions (mm)	106x54x15
The size of the device in millimetres, in width x height x depth.
Java	Yes
A software platform allowing 3rd party applications such as games to be loaded. Read more about Java on Wikipedia
Games	Yes
This is an indication of whether or not the phone has video games installed to play such as Snake or Sudoku.
HTML Browser	No
An HTML enabled phone will be able to browse the internet as if it were a normal PC. The exception to this is that it will not be able to show Flash-based content. HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.

Also known as: Ericsson W950

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Manufacturer's Description

The large touchscreen, with stylus and handwriting recognition, will release you from the frustration of a tiny keyboard – using this phone is pure pleasure.