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Score: 7.9/10

120 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This mobile phone is a good all rounder. “A compact phone that does all the basic things, as well as being a fantastic music…” Tracy, Grimsby View all 120 real customer reviews

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120 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
83% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (119)
Battery life7.4
Design8.2
Ease of use8.2
Features7.7
Value for money (at time of purchase)7.9
Overall rating7.9
Basic text and chat user (29)
Music and entertainment lover (19)
Style and looks come first (4)
Business or web user (3)
Other (64)
 

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Score 9.0/10

Tracy, Grimsby , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ A compact phone that does all the basic things, as well as being a fantastic music player. It has a good amount of storage that can be expanded. It was a good price and would be suitable for anyone wanting a stylish phone at an affordable price.

- None found so far.

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161 of 182 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Apr 2009

robert, stratford upon avon , “Other”

+ small and compact, lightweight.

- keys are to close together, battery runs out after 2 to 3 days of use. when sending pictures it strugles to let you type in text.

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99 of 141 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Apr 2009

Score 7.0/10

andy, mk , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ looks more expensive than it is, excellent build quality, clear screen, good camera, good music but fiddly, comes with usb cable,

- only one alarm, organizer hard to use, cant customize soft keys properly, button to go back from menus also starts internet so you keep accidently opening internet. circle around cursers keys looks orange but lights up pink.

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81 of 110 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Janet, Winterton, North Lincolnshire , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ I find this phone easy to use and I also like the size and look of it.

- I have not come across any bad points to date.

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58 of 80 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

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

+ Easy to use, easy to up/down load pictures to and from PC, video is clear but has poor sound quality
Has a 1gb memory card- hold lots of extras.
Locks automatically when closed to avoid the keypad being used inadvertantly.
No need for additional software- data cable just plugs in and and 'you're away'!
Radio works well- good sound quality
Looks good too

- Limited ringtones and am having difficulties in downloading music from my PC/CDs.
Battery life is very poor even when not regularly using all the features so have had to get into the habit of recharging every night.
Video has very poor sound quality

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43 of 52 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ ease of use

- Battery runs down too quickly

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47 of 65 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

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

+ Great phone, got it for my son, alot more sturdy than the last phone he had, he loves downloading music onto it.

- Reviewer left no comment

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46 of 65 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ an easy phone to use,as un-technological as i am! It is a pretty little phone,simple,neat design,with reasonable sized key-pad(one doesn't need match-thin fingers to press individual keys) It seems to be sturdy and hard-wearing,too,which for me,as a gardener,is vital! A good all round phone,i think!

- the only problem i have come accross as yet is that i have had some difficulty fomatting mp3's to play on it,but have not yet tried very hard to do so!

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31 of 40 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

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

+ great walkman

- battery life.

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44 of 70 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

FIONA SMEED, ESSEX

+ I LIKE THE STYLE AND SIZE OF IT.
EXCELLANT RECEPTION.

- BATTERY DOES NOT LAST VERY LONG BETWEEN CHARGES.

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25 of 36 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 May 2009

Score 8.0/10

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

+ Good combination of features with both Walkman and mobile phone.

- Keyboard has slippery keys with not enough positive action.

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27 of 45 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Karen, Chester , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Good style and light weight. Fantastic slim design and colour. Can store lots of songs and radio signals are good. Navigation is easy to use.

- Camera is not so clear when taking a picture with not much natural light, i.e indoors.

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10 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

David, Sheffield

+ most things

- the predictive texts puts capitals in the middle of the sentence by default.

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11 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

andrew, cardiff

+ easy 2 use really good battery

- Reviewer left no comment

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8 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “I don't use my”

+ Great reception. Easy to use. Bluetooth download of contacts worked well. Good looks.

- I keep running up the web browser accidentally. I can't get my head around phone contacts and SIM contacts.

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14 of 21 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jun 2009

Score 9.0/10

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

+ Easy to use...good design and to look at. good value

- cant think of any

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8 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Jul 2009

Score 7.0/10

pete, grimsby

+ this phone was bought for a friend and she is quite happy happy with it no problem at all

- battery

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9 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Lisa, Cambridge , “Style and looks come first” More like this »

+ Listening to music using music as ringtones

- Battery

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27 of 49 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

irene, rochester. kent

+ found easy to use even my eleven year old has got one

- can not download music videos

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18 of 31 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very good phone with superb games great sound quality and good value for money

- i have to keep unlocking the phone when i leave it and i cant find some phones via bluetooth

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12 of 19 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Jun 2009

Score 6.0/10

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

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Poor sound quality (for calls), hard to text with one hand because the keypad is all jammed so far down in the phone and quite small (and I don't have fat fingers!), generally not a very intelligent phone, also doesn't have a torch, only one alarm can be set at a time, new texts come straight up without showing who they're from, lots of little things. But it's not trying to be top range, it's still that nice Sony layout and still better than lots of others in its league.

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9 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Douglas, Buxton Derbyshire

+ Easy to use , and fits well into a pocket

- The colour purple!

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16 of 29 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 May 2009

Score 7.0/10

steven, Elgin

+ good sound

- freezes alot. slow at opening menus

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15 of 27 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Jun 2009

Score 10.0/10

kelly , lambourn , hungerford , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ i like this phone because its small and compact and its ok to use .

- there ent .

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10 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 May 2009

Kathleen, Linlithgow , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ all round lovely phone

- haven't found any yet

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22 of 42 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ ease of use. predictable

- small keypad

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Sep 2009

Score 7.0/10

Steve, Wigan , “Style and looks come first” More like this »

+ Compact,smart to look at,the price was very good,with the discount given.

- Instructions are rubbish,not very easy to follow for someone that is not gadget minded. Camera not that easy to use.

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

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

+ easy and simple to use

- none

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ easy to use and understand

- none so far

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

John, coventry , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ This is my first ever mobile phone, which I initially brought for work purposes, but it's to good for work so I use it as my personal phone, I have found it really easy to use, the instructions are easy to understand, and it looks really good and stylish, many of my friends and family like it also, and I have recommended them to use the website for their future purchases of mobile phones.

- Reviewer left no comment

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Amy, Exeter

+ Its a nice small compact phone I like the way it looks and the walkman software is good

- Its a little annoying to navigate back when your finished using it as the slide feature doesnt automatically close applications and the battery life isnt great when you use the walkman alot but otherwise its a good phone

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purchased 16 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

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

+ small compact and very easy to use

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 27 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Toby, Sampford Peverell, Devon

+ Well made, small light, reasonable battery, plenty of features, not too pricey. A good mid priced phone.

- I can't really say it has any bad points, as such, you get what you pay for and it's not a "top of the range" item. Compared to "top of the range" it falls a bit short but you don't get a Bentley for Ford prices!

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purchased 26 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

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

+ The chrome finish is real stylish and as my forst slider I find it a very conveniant way to lock/unlock or answer a call. The music, both recorded and radio is easy to use and gives a reasonable sound quality through the supplied earphones. The internet works well but the screen is not really big enough for regular use but is fine for occassional use.

- The battery life is the biggest limiting factor though I knew about this from other reviews here, but 4 hours listening to the radio and the phone completely died. Also the earphones don't fit my ears but that may just be me, but either way I'nned to buy more.

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purchased 28 Oct 2009

Score 4.0/10

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

+ Overall apperance

- only one alarm, on off button in bad position, camera is terrible

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10 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

jennifer, northampton

+ Easy to use and some good features.

- The keypad seems very small and awkward.

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4 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Jul 2009

Score 6.0/10

Charles, Newton Stewart , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Reviewer left no comment

- sending a sms to several contacts is awkward

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purchased 25 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Andrew, Blackpool. Lancashire

+ Brilliant all-rounder. Have always had Sony Ericsson phones, but for the price this is the best

- None

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purchased 04 Oct 2009

Score 1.0/10

paul, spalding , “Business or web user”

+ Reviewer left no comment

- the reception in my area was so poor compared to a freebie nokia

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purchased 17 Oct 2009

Score 7.0/10

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

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Lack of clear user manual

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28 of 57 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Apr 2009

Score 5.0/10

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

+ Reviewer left no comment

- pink lights on keypad

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24 of 50 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Apr 2009

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ battery life is very good

- when making/receiving a call there is a horribly loud screeching noise for a few seconds

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6 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 May 2009

Score 8.0/10

Dave, Worksop

+ A smart looking compact slider. music playing very good, just wish it had more volume

- Only dissapontment is the quality of the display which is not as good as my old Nokia 6300

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10 of 24 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Jun 2009

Score 10.0/10

jeffrey, blackpool , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ slim light

- non

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15 of 35 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

david, erskine , “Music and entertainment lover” More like this »

+ good batery life holds loads of music good value for money

- ncomes to mindone

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18 of 42 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

thomas, alloa , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Reviewer left no comment

- can not add personnel themes

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21 of 50 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Apr 2009

Score 4.0/10

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

+ You can make calls!

- It feels a bit cheap and the camera is not very good.

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8 of 27 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Jun 2009

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Product Features

3G No
Touchscreen No
Type Slide Phone
Band Quad
EDGE Yes
WiFi No
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels 2
Screen Resolution (pixels) 176x220
Bluetooth Yes
XHTML Browser Yes
WAP Yes
FM Tuner Yes
SatNav No
MP3 ATRAC Playback Yes
Operating System Proprietary OS
Memory Card Slot Yes
Weight (g) 96
Talk Time (hours) 8
Standby Time (hours) 480
USB Port Yes
Video Recorder Yes
Instant Messaging No
Built-in Camera Yes
Dimensions (mm) 96x47x14.9
Java Yes
SAR (W per kg in 10g) 0.88
Games Yes
HTML Browser Yes
Phone book capacity (names) 1000
Colour Multi
Networks Tesco Mobile

Also known as: Orange Sony Ericsson W395, Vodafone Sony Ericsson W395, T-Mobile Sony Ericsson W395, Sony Ericsson W395., O2 Sony Ericsson W395

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Manufacturer's Description

Give your music a boost
Boost your favorite tracks through the stereo speakers. The equalizer and the deep bass offer excellent acoustics, no matter how loud you play.

A true music machine
Control your music via dedicated keys and the Walkman™ player. Identify the song with TrackID™, then use PlayNow™ to download.

Instant picture sharing
Snap pictures with the 2.0 megapixel camera and enjoy them on the large 2.0" crystal-clear screen. Or share them in an instant through your blog.


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