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Score: 7.9/10

842 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This mobile phone is a good all rounder. “I choose this over the iphone as i wanted something smaller but with built in…” Russ, Worthing View all 842 real customer reviews

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842 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
78% of people recommend it.

Reevoo's summary of reviews:

Pros: easy menu system, great camera, features Cons: freezes and crashes frequently, clumsy keypad, no folder security, software slow to respond

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All purchasers (830)
Battery life6.8
Design8.3
Ease of use8.1
Features8.3
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.2
Overall rating7.9
Basic text and chat user (144)
Music and entertainment lover (14)
Style and looks come first (9)
business user (2)
Business or web user (1)
Other (660)
 

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Score 9.0/10

Tracey , Lisburn , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Attractive clean design, sturdy, easy to use, great organiser and good camera.

- Battery life not great, needs charged every couple of days, my old K750i only needed charged once a week, and the keys are smaller which makes texting slower until you get used to them.

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purchased 13 Mar 2009

Phillip, Stockport , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ phone is easy to use and has more than enough programs and features to use.

- The life of the battery is not as long as previous phones i have had

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purchased 04 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Alistair, Milton Keynes , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ The buttons are a little close together for my liking however overall, very pleased with this phone. It has an excellent music player and the camera phone is not bad at all. Pictures are very clear. It is nice and slim and does not take up much room in your pocket either....not like my previous Sony Ericsson K710i ....that was very chunky by comparison

- Just the buttons really

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purchased 27 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ The simple easy to use design The battery life

- the weight Inside of camera cover has to be cleaned regularily due to dust getting in

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purchased 23 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Mostly really good all rounder. Good battery life, great internet and photos and video. Looks amazing with all the little blue lights too. Lovely slim phone.

- I like phone games a lot and was a bit vexed that all I got with the phone were demos. Usually with sony phones you get at least one full game.
Its really not a big deal though seeing as rest of phone is great :)

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purchased 18 Mar 2009

Score 5.0/10

Geroge, Milton Keynes , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ looks good. Thin

- poor navigation and shortcuts. Difficult to use sloping keys, battery life

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purchased 02 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Liz, Bristol , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Slim and compact, pictures fab, music fab !

- I bought the phone for my daughter and unfortunately it was dropped and the screen broke straight away, I have had many other Sony's and they have been much more robust than this phone, so dont think really suitable for young ones unless you are going to get insurance ! Think I will be doing that next time !
Buttons bit small

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purchased 15 Feb 2009

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ nice design,

- im on my 2nd replacement within a month. they re not reliable at all, heat up way too quickly, freeze and crash on you. not worth the money to be quite honest.

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purchased 30 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Dominic, Newport , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ great phones as always thankq sony ..just needs gps and wlan capability other than that brilliant phone

- screen as always is too small images are really sharp though but still a bigger screen would be nice

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purchased 30 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Great compact phone

- The camera isnt as good as what my sony Ericsson K800i which is only a 3.2 pix

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purchased 31 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Chris, Buckinghamshire , “Other”

+ I think the good points are that it is easy to use and the battery has a short charging time.

- I don't really have any bad points

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purchased 08 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ The camera is amazing and the sliding action to get the 5mp camera is very slick too.

- If you like to be the odd one out with your phones its not for you, very common phone now. Also the battery life is poor, HAS to be recharged, used all day or not.

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purchased 19 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

richard, frome , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ my partner was happy and didnt moan 4 once.lol.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 24 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

susan, walsall , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ all good really easy to use

- hasnt got a light other then for the video

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purchased 20 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

Sara, Southampton

+ Its a nice looking phone and very easy to navigate.

- Battery life could be longer, but not a major prob

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purchased 14 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Conkers, Clevedon , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Slim smart looking phone

- Buttons are a bit small if you have big fingers

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purchased 26 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anil , leicester , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ nice easy to use handset
good media featuers
slim
lightweight

- small phone memory
touch scrren

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purchased 27 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

richard, goole , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Reviewer left no comment

- size of font

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purchased 25 Feb 2009

Score 4.0/10

Adam , Derby

+ It's nice and slim

- Mine wont trun on and wont charge up

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purchased 18 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

sylvia, thamesmead, london

+ I love my phone.

- dont know if its the phone, but reception is very bad on this phone. I didnt have this problem with my previous phone. Have to leave the house to make a call.

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purchased 07 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

Simon , Glasgow

+ The camera is great. It is easy to use and is good for music.

- The battery doesn't last as long as my old one but it is quick to charge.

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purchased 16 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great phone - really straightforward and easy to use.

- The keypad might be difficult to use if you have larger fingers

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purchased 11 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Looks good, great graphics and picture quality.

- The keys are a little stiff, not sure whether thats just because its new, but txting can be a little slow because of it. Predictive txt is also a little problematic, showing the words over your text, you should just be able to click a key to give the different words possible and move to the next one instead of hving to scroll down a list and pick one.

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purchased 16 May 2009

Score 1.0/10

Kim , Enfield

+ Not a lot

- Battery Life, Just cuts off a call for no reason, its very slow to use

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purchased 13 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Lourine, London

+ Easy all round phone....

- key pad takes a lot of getting used to.

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purchased 09 May 2009

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ lovely camera and easy to use

- conatantky freees mind use, shuts it self off and loses all information u where working on. no very good either with signal even tho me and parnter on same network he alway get signal and i dont on this phoen

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purchased 14 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

Michelle, Ayrshire , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ This phone looks good and is easy to use. Both my children can use it and they are 5 and 7, they mostly play games on it and listen to music but can also navigate through the menus. It must be a good phone as my boyfriend wanted to sap phones as soon as he saw it.

- Wher I live I have a poor reception area and often find myself outside in the raion making calls. Not the phone,s fault though.

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purchased 27 May 2009

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Flash works intermittantly from new, people call and it doesn't ring, it's rubbish

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purchased 27 May 2009

Score 7.0/10

Sharon , Blackpool

+ camera is definitely the best feature.

- the keys on the keypad are quite difficult to use for texting purposes. They are too small, larger keys would make the phone perfect.

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purchased 27 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

raymond, birmingham , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ easy to use

- will not connect to my mp3 via bluetooth

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purchased 30 Jun 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ the phone is very easy to use and the slimline design is what attracted me to it

- keys are a bit small

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purchased 29 Jun 2009

Score 9.0/10

dana, hexham

+ good quality picture

- nothing

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purchased 31 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

kathleen, barnsley. south yorkshire , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ l really think this phone is really good. l like all the features, l think the camera is excellant, l would reccomend the phone to anyone

- No bad points

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purchased 31 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

Peter, Northampton , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Design, slim body, excellent camera, good data organisation.

- poor battery life, very small keys make texting difficult.

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purchased 26 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

izzy smith, stockton on tees , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ its the best phone iv had the cybershot camera is as good as my digital camera the sound quality is brilliant and its really easy to use it looks great and the slide open for the camera and the touch screen afeect makes it look amazin i would recommend this phone to anyone

- the battery life isnt as goos as other sony ercissons needs chargin every 2 days but then i use my phone a lot so if your not a mad texter like me it may last longer but got no bad points really to say about it as it does charge a lot quicker than other phones ive had

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purchased 25 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

Graham, Chesterfield , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ The music quality is great and the web browsing is easy to use.

- On a couple of occasions the phone has frozen / switched itself off. The camera picture quality is not great in low light.

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purchased 07 Jun 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Style and looks come first” More like this »

+ Looks great and works great. It's practical and useful for all sorts.

- It takes a few days to get used to the slanting keys, but that's not actually a bad point. It's a good change.

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purchased 24 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

claire smith, Normanton

+ The phone is brilliant

- vodafone the service has been harendous.

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purchased 21 Jun 2009

Score 9.0/10

janet, wirral , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ excellent camera with flash

- phone needs to be dismantled to get to memory card

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purchased 22 Jun 2009

Score 7.0/10

anthony, nottingham

+ everthing

- nothing

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purchased 22 Jun 2009

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- soemtimes slow to react to commands

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purchased 27 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Slim and compact phone with a very good camera. Nice solid metal feel to the keypad. Charges fairly quickly.

- Keypad buttons are a little small. Sim card can slip slightly from its location as there is no clip (needs to be pushed back in)

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purchased 21 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anthony, Hornchurch

+ The camera is very good, it has a good media setup that is easy to follow.

- Its not exactly compact

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purchased 02 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ easy texting, simple, great camera

- Gets very hot after being on the phone for a while, if dropped battery always falls out

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purchased 07 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Josh, Norwich

+ 5.0 Mpg Camera.

- Small keys, easy to press wrong key accidently.

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purchased 20 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Slim, compact, stylish.

- Battery life could be better.

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purchased 26 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Becky, Brighton , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ The keypad is very easy to use. The phone is small enough to fit comfortably in a pocket. Looks great.

- Keys are sensitive so keypad needs to be locked when phone is in pocket or handbag.

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purchased 16 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ easy to use and just a good phone!

- That it wasnt cheeper!!!!

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purchased 17 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- No free games with the phone

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purchased 27 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

sarah , liverppokl , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ camera

- battery life

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purchased 28 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ usual easy to use sony ericcson, nice small compact phone.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 12 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Business or web user”

+ All functions VERY GOOD!

- No fasting access to mSD card.

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purchased 28 Feb 2009

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ I found the texting feature very easy to use.

- I found the buttons quite small and it is easy to press 2 keys at once. The navigation button is quite sensitive and I went to the wrong application or menu choice.

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purchased 21 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Maxine, Warrington , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ The phone is slimline and is great in my bag - I can always find it. The camera is easy to use, but I would like a few more features on the editing software.

- The text alerts are awful and I can't hear them very easily. I rarely respond to texts these days because of this even though the volume is turned right up.

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purchased 27 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Beth, Whitby , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ It is really nice looking and it has good qualities and is also easy to use.

- It is a bit big and the toutch pad on the camera is really annoying.

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purchased 16 Mar 2009

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ camera

- slow, battery doesn't last

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purchased 24 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

Jennie, Dronfield , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ good camera, nice fetures

- very slow, freezes

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purchased 10 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Danny, Bingley , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Pretty much everything

- hard to access some features (awkward)

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purchased 27 Mar 2009

Score 7.0/10

Scott, hull , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ it looks great

- the camera light is not very good

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purchased 03 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Kelly, Liverpool , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ I really like my new phone. It's very easy to use and the menu's are easy to navigate. I like the set up of the phone and the colours and themes allow you to 'make it your own'.

- I don't like the zoom function on the camera, it makes the image very fuzzy.

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purchased 04 Mar 2009

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Style and looks come first” More like this »

+ Reviewer left no comment

- buttons

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purchased 20 Feb 2009

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Reviewer left no comment

- awkward buttons. takes a long time to turn on/off.

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purchased 16 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Amy, Sandy , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ its just generally amazing. absolutely no faults with it whatsoever!

- none

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purchased 04 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Geoff, York , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Reaction time of the phone is poor, the button pushing is far to slow to react, the phone can be two button pushes behind which is very annoying

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purchased 08 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ looks great and easy to use

- battery doesn't last that long

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purchased 01 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

craig, leeds

+ Its a good looking phone and much better appliance than its previous make.
Its features are the same but a better quality.

- NA

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purchased 06 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- the txt fonts are to small when reading should be bigger or have a zoom in facility

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purchased 18 Feb 2009

graham, newcastle upon tyne , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ good camera looks good

- got no memory card with phone

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purchased 28 Mar 2009

Score 3.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ loks

- speaker quality buutons break easy

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purchased 13 Nov 2008

Score 8.0/10

Clara, Bangor , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Easy to use

- It switches itself off when it feels like it

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purchased 01 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ great camera and media player

- screen is a little small

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purchased 11 Apr 2009

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Quality of product is poor. Lous speaker does not work, battery casing (back panel) does not fit.

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purchased 11 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

s, south london , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ the phone is great to use and easy on the eye ...... i like the mpe and camera apps.

- i have had no probs

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purchased 14 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

nicola, wales , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ so far i have only found good points i like the phone and every thing about it

- the keys are a little small wich is fine for me but some may struggle

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purchased 14 Apr 2009

Score 7.0/10

lisa, blyth , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ easy to use

- video camera is poor as you can only record short films

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purchased 16 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Gill, Coventry , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ I love the camera, it is touch screen and easy to use, as well as taking a good picture

- The keys, not bad, but could be easier to use - the outer letter/number pads are not as responsive as they could be

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purchased 22 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

keith, birmingham , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ camera, loud ring tone. have not try'd video as yet

- battery life

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purchased 07 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ camera, sound quality and design of phone are good

- short battery life compared to other phones I have had

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purchased 09 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ Slick design.

- Thin Phone.

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purchased 21 Apr 2009

sam , sheffield , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ camera is fantasic . the phone overall is very good and easy to use

- battery doesnt seam to last long or that could just be down to the fact that i use my phone alot

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purchased 24 Apr 2009

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ Good design and camera as with all cybershot phones is very good

- Screen is small and very poor quality

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purchased 14 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

nicole, coalville , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ cheap and stylish

- number buttons 2 small

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purchased 26 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

Samantha, Letham, Angus , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Easy to use and handle

- none so far

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purchased 16 Sep 2009

Score 5.0/10

jakir, london , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Camera

- Too heavy

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purchased 24 Feb 2009

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Product Features

3G Yes
Touchscreen No
Type Candy Bar
Type Bar
Band Quad Band
Band Quad
EDGE Yes
WiFi No
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels 5
Screen Resolution (pixels) 240x320
Bluetooth Yes
XHTML Browser Yes
XHTML Browser No
WAP Yes
FM Tuner FM Radio
FM Tuner Yes
SatNav No
MP3 ATRAC Playback Yes
Operating System Proprietary OS
Operating System Proprietary
Memory Card Slot Yes
Weight (g) 107
Talk Time (hours) 9
Standby Time (hours) 400
USB Port Yes
Video Recorder Yes
Instant Messaging Yes
Built-in Camera Yes
Dimensions (mm) 49x108x10.5
Java Yes
SAR (W per kg in 10g) 1.34
Games Yes
HTML Browser Yes
Phone book capacity (names) 1000 x 20 fields
Colour Black
Networks O2
Networks Orange
Networks Vodafone
Networks 3 Mobile
Networks T-Mobile

Also known as: O2 Sony Ericsson C902, Vodafone Sony Ericsson C902, Sony Ericsson C902., Ericsson C902

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Manufacturer's Description

People in focus
If you have people in your photo, activate Face detection. Your C902 will automatically find and focus on a face.

In the dark
Don’t let poor lighting stop you. For still pictures, the photo flash automatically fires when needed. The flash can be used in BestPic™ mode and for videos too.

Share your life
We take pictures to share them. With your C902 you get your own personal blog. Post your pictures – or videos! – in seconds, for all to see.


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