Sony Ericsson C702 Candy Bar 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

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+ This mobile phone has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on battery life. “Looks quite good” Gary, Northern Ireland View all 41 real customer reviews

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41 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
63% of people recommend it.

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Battery life	5.8
Design	7.6
Ease of use	7.4
Features	8.0
Value for money (at time of purchase)	7.5
Overall rating	6.8

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Score 7.0/10

robert, gateshead

+ Reviewer left no comment

- the phone keeps turning itself off and then instantly back on again

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purchased 18 Jun 2008

Score 1.0/10

Gary, Northern Ireland , “Engineer and football manager.”

+ looks quite good

- For no reason this phone decicides to shut itself down several times a day this usually happens when you are about to use it. I have found it really unreliable and can't wait to get rid of it. I have had annual upgrades from the k750i k800i all have been great phones however erricson have got somthing wrong with this one. I will not take another chance erricson. This is a real turkey phone.My advice is don't bother.

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33 of 34 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jul 2008

Score 6.0/10

nick, launceston , “im an engineer”

+ easy to use.good camera

- battery life.camera start up button on side.

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27 of 28 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jun 2008

Score 8.0/10

Simon, London

+ I'm used to Sony Erricson phones, so it was easy to use. it looks good, and works well most of the time.

- the sounds is a bit muffled at times which makes it hard to understand conversations and the software sometimes crashes or freezes for a few secs.

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23 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Oct 2008

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Im pretty great”

+ Small.
Big screen.

- Hard to press buttons.
Menu is lagged.
No camera flash.

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18 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Oct 2008

Score 7.0/10

Richard, Winchester

+ Weatherproof
Easy to navigate the menus
Big screen

- Battery cover is very difficult to get off
Battery life is poor
keypad can be quite hard to type on

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19 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Oct 2008

Score 2.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ rubbish. keys are too small.

- Reviewer left no comment

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17 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jul 2008

Score 9.0/10

John, Shropshire

+ lots of features and the GPS works really well.

- keypad took some getting used to and it does reset itself quite regularily but nothing disasterous

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16 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Jul 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy connectivity with computer - Mass storage mode.

- Very small, stiff keys.

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16 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Sep 2008

Score 3.0/10

Dan, Leeds

+ Waterproof, a little sturdier than most, reasonable camera

- Terrible GPS performance, shocking battery life, slow performance when running more than one app

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jul 2008

Score 5.0/10

Mark, Dunfermline

+ Sat Nav

- Battery life, Software keeps freezing fone.

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15 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jul 2008

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ i dropped in down a drain n it stil works lol

- resets itself every 5 mins

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Sep 2008

Score 7.0/10

John, Darlington , “nothing”

+ The phone looks good and it operates very well. The features are great.

- The battery runs out quite quickly and the keypad is a little fidly

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13 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Jul 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Screen scratches easily - which for a dust/water proof phone is a bad thing

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Sep 2008

Score 5.0/10

Kimi, Finland/Switzerland , “Kimi Raikkonen”

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Keeps freezing, turning off by itself and sim card keeps saying INACTIVE SIM

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Sep 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ It has an SOS light function-brilliant! Hope I never have to use it, but at least I am prepared if I do.

- Battery doesn't last very long at all.

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Oct 2008

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Farmer, Clubber, ”

+ The phone is good to look at slick and the camera is also very good!!

- The battery life is fairly poor compared to my previous ericsons, and the phone also takes turns where it freezes fairly regular and takes minutes to come back.

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “college student”

+ great, has everything you want, camera, gps etc.
and splash and dust resistant comes in useful, i guess you will have to beleive me on that!( i dropped mine in a puddle)

- freezes ocasionally not sur whats wrong but it quickley gets back to what you are doing(this rarely happens)

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ built in GPS/sat nav is brilliant. Nice set up for photo albums etc.

- Battery only lasts 2 days even without use.

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Oct 2008

Score 2.0/10

Nicola, New Milton , “busy hard working mum”

+ The camera on the Sony Ericsson is great, but this is the only good thing about it.

- The battery life is rubbish, you need to charge it every day, and the phone keeps jamming up and you continually have to turn it off and then on again to try to use it.

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Elaine, Belfast

+ Overall, very pleased with the product and would highly recommend to potential purchasers.

- None.

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Dec 2008

Score 4.0/10

Nicola , Gloucester

+ Reviewer left no comment

- It keeps crashing when texting, phone will just switch off for no reason and then back on again!

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

brian, nantwich , “very satisfied”

+ its a brilliant phone

- no bad points

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8 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Jul 2008

Score 4.0/10

David, Grantham , “Business or web user”

+ looks impressive and the camera is really tempting. Main reason for choice is that i needed a phone where a THB cradle was available for my car kit. battery life is no problem but i don't use many of the power draining functions.

- wish I'd read the reviews posted by other people first! only had the phone two weeks and it's already frozen couple of times, resolved by switching off and back on again. Also, if you turn on speakerphone, won't go back to original state unless you yet again turn phone off and on again. Have been recommended by the Sony Ericsson web site to down load the current software to fix the problem, just haven't had time to try this yet, hope it works. Buttons are fiddly to use and can't believe that there is no opportunity to decide how long the phone back light stays on, it's preset, no option to change it. very disappointed that none of the navigational functions work, assume that this is down to the limitations of my network provider. Overall, not a good advert for Sony Ericsson, expected much more.

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purchased 16 Jul 2009

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Expert reviews for Sony Ericsson C702

PC Advisor expert review - by Carrie-Ann Skinner

The Sony Ericsson Cybershot C702i is a compact handset measuring 106x48x16mm, which features a rugged aluminium and plastic casing complete with a 2.2in reflective screen.

This Sony Ericsson C702 review continued on PC Advisor

reviewed 18 Aug 2008

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	No
Touchscreen technology allows you to move and click things directly on the screen using your finger or a stylus pen.
Type	Candy Bar

Band	Quad
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	3.15
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	Yes
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	Proprietary OS
Software on which the device runs
Memory Card Slot	Yes
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)	105
The weight of the product in grams.
Talk Time (hours)	7
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)	300
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.
HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)	Yes
USB Port	Yes
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
Video Recorder	Yes
Video recording functionality allows the capture of videos in mpeg or avi format which is great if you want to capture a whole scene, not just one moment.
Instant Messaging	Yes
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	Yes
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.
Built-in Camera	Double Camera
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)	48x106x15.5
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
SAR (W per kg in 10g)	1.00
SAR stands for Specific Absorption Rate. A phone’s SAR rating is a measure of the amount of radiation it emits. Check the mobile phone radiation Wikipedia page if you would like more information.
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	Yes
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.
Phone book capacity (names)	1000 x 20 fields
A phone’s phone book capacity indicates how many contact details it can store. Many modern phones come with optional memory cards that can be used to store extra contacts. A contact file is generally small and so ‘Practically Unlimited’ is often given because you would have to have thousands of people in your address book to fill it up.
Colour	Multi
The main colour of the product.
Networks	O2
Networks	Vodafone

Also known as: O2 Sony Ericsson C702, Ericsson C702, Sony Ericsson

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Picture geography
Geo tagging is here. When you take a picture, information where you are is added to the image. Share instantly – blog or send a picture message.

Face focus
Face detection puts people in focus. If there’s a face in your viewfinder, your C702 will automatically detect and focus on it. Clarity is right where you want it.

You know the way
With the C702 at hand, you won’t get lost. Your phone comes with built-in A-GPS. Let Google Maps™ Mobile guide you to your destination.