Sony Ericsson W205 Slide Phone mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

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- The battey life is really, really rubbish and sometimes the phone just randomly turns off !!!

+ That it can identify a song from just a few bars, very easy to use don't need to be constantly looking in the user manual. That the camera has a night mode on it and that it is quite light.

- That it doesn't have any games installed on it at all, which is a feature most basic mobiles have, so that is a big let down.

+ It looks alright, and if your just looking for a cheap phone then it's fine.

- There is a bit of lag if you can text quickly, and you can't remove the internet from the quick keys which isn't helpful becuase it's the same button as the unlock button so i keep ending up on the internet when i don't mean to be.

+ Decent performer for the money - a bit of a bargain

- Very slow!

+ can place m2 memory card

- it fell on the floor lightly and stopped working until i took the battery out and placed it back in again

+ Good around phone, easy to operate ans easy to navigate.

- Battery life, I found I had to recharge it after three or four days, I would had been more happier if I had to recharge once a week.

+ easy to use
looks smart

- the battery life is rubbish
the volume control for the music is difficult to use

+ handy size good music options good size screen

- downloading from other phones bluetooth took a while and sometimes didnt work

+ it is extremely light weight but this can also be a bad point as it makes the phone feel cheap

- the keypad is very sensitive and often when writing a text message they keypad recognises a different button being pressed than the one you select.

+ Bought this phone for our son. Fantastic value for money from Vodafone online. Easy to use and very stylish!

- None.

+ Nice design - great sound - good value for money

- Battery life drains quickly

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- The software was not as good as other SE's I've owned - the K750i and W200i. Text was far too big and this resulted in excessive scrolling. There was no 'T Zones' available in the Main Menu. Lastly, and more importantly for me, ther was only ONE alarm. The other SE's both had two alarms - a main alarm and a recurrent alarm. I use both alarms daily.
VERY disappointed!

+ Quite easy to use and looks good.

- Predictive texting isn't as good on other phones I've used.
Phone feels a little flimsy and cheap.
Not easy to copy music to phone from another source (e.g. PC) without buting extra wires.
Phone locked to Vodaphone network (not in itself bad, but I couldn't get all the phonebook numbers from my old SimCard, which wasn't Vodaphone)

+ the camera is pretty poor if u have on the highest ega pixel you cant zoom or anything.best thing is the sound volume its really loud so no need for speaker phone!

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+ good to have as a second/backup phone.

- The screen gets easily marked, as the phone is flat. Battery life not great, hard to take a picture with results not fussy.

+ The phone is really amazing, everything is generally good for me, so far!

- My bad pints were that, when i first received my phone, i thought it accepted any memory card, however when i later tried my SD card it would not fit in, and required a sony erricsson M2 card, this was very dissapointing as it did not state in the description of the phone, that it needed that specific one. Another bad point was that i very often listen to music, however in the exitment of receiving my fone, i forgot check if it included headphones. It did not, and one month on, i am still looking for headphones which will cost EXTRA money on top of everything else. The camera is reasonable, however do not use it to take pictures of someone famous as they do not come out clear enough, trust me, i tried it! Overall the phone is not too bad...

+ I am happy with all except battery life

- battery life

+ Looks good and has more or less all of the features that you would want

- battery life not great and the keypad is a little hard to text quickly

+ Lokks great and for the price was the ideal choice for my daughter who was after a walkman phone

- My daughter complains that the screen keeps freezing and the battery life is rubbish. Also the internal memory only holds one song so you have to buy additional memory cards to use as a walkman.

+ the keys are so small to press and clarity is nt good....i seems better on the websites but not really...

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+ Great little phone easy to use, video is good. Battery life is ok but all depends on how often you use the phone. Great all round

- camera is rubbish

+ It is a good, small, robust phone which i would generally recommend. I like Ericsson phones and also Vodaphone.

- The processing speed is very poor at times, for instance writing a text message, my keystrokes often outpace the phone... entries are displayed around a second after the input, which can lead to frustrating circumstances. I cannot imagine the software is that bad on the phone so i don't know why it struggles with something as simple as texting. Not always sure what the predicted text is doing either but still may well be me.

+ lovely, slim, compact and easy to use.

- None

+ cheep

- Battery life very poor

+ Easy to navigate, clear screen

- keys a little to close together

+ Looks nice

- Can't get music onto it very easily, comes with no lead and can't bluetooth - have tried putting songs onto a memory card and putting on that way - but still not very good

+ good quality walkman
easy to use

- slow
battery life is not long
bluetooth not very good

+ light weight and good signal and battery life

- camera very poor bluetooth not good and buttons stick after couple of usues

+ music excellent first time phone with external storage for music aswell

- wish it came with a few games my daughter was disappointed about this?

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- Very poor quality, cheap plastic phone, constant connection problems with incar blue tooth, woul never buy another sony phone.

+ A solid, compact basic phone

- Keypad is difficult to see in some light

+ Small light phone. Straightforward and easy to use. Good value for money

- Little bit plastic feel but for the money I'd overlook this

+ looks stylish

- does not come with anything to connect with a computer, comes with no games and very little pre loaded files, also comes with very little space

+ For the price you just can not go wrong.

- Battery life not so good

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- it is really slow and sometimes even crashes, i have had the fone 2 weeks and it has crashed at least 9 times and i havent even put ANY music, pictures or videos on there. i find it a shame as it would be a good phone if these features were fixed.

+ it come with free talk time

- It's cheap

+ Lightweight

- Screen too small, keypad too small, takes a long time to do anything, battery life isnt that good.
It is what it is - a cheap and cheerful phone I wish I had never bought!

+ excellent

- n/a

+ I like this phone as it is soo easy to use

- it feels quite cheap

+ Cheap.

- Feels cheap. Often slow while navigating through menu, When compared to a better quality phone the screen resolution is poor and build quality is poor.

+ value for money if it is music you want. Suited our purpose for purchase - a stylish little MP3 player/phone for a teenager on a budget!

- camera low quality imaging and overall construction is plasticy

+ its small and thin

- Predictive text is awful.
Very difficult to use, much worse than any other phone i have had before.

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- to use as a 'walkman' need to purchase extras such as memory card and transfer cable, battery life worst I have ever experienced, predictive texting tooo predictive!

+ its easy to use and over all good.

- cant see letters when e-mailing,pictures arnt that good.

+ Easy to use as the Telephone software is easy to follow.

- I find that the battery does not last that long if you are listening to music.

+ Stylish and easy to use.

- Memory is very poor.

+ you can ring and text people on it

- feels and looks cheap and nasty

+ love everything about this phone

- none

+ small. radio. most of the layout is the same as my last walkman.

- key for capital letters is the other side to my previous walkman. short battery life. screen freezes. small faonts, and unable to increase their size.

+ easy to use

- no memory card included.battery life was not as good as i had expected

+ cheap

- this is the worst phone I have ever had. sound quality is rubish, the screen is naff, it holds about 3 songs and very plasticy.

+ good little phone simple to use

- keypad a bit small

+ easy to use

- slider

+ good sound out of the speaker

- there is no light for the camera

+ Price. Looks.

- Sliding mechanism