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Summary: Disappointed
Review: The phone is difficult to use, with such a small keypad and the display, while crisp, is difficult to see unless you have a magnifying glass. Pictures taken with the phone are grainy, and quality is really bad. As for sending the pictures via AT&T, expect nickel-and-dime charges for the data transfer. I am returning my phone to AT&T and cancelling my service (still within 30 day guarantee).
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Summary: It's not the phone's fault, AT&T Stinks!
Review: I was seduced by AT&T's pitch in the NYC area of tons of minutes and very inexpensive phones. I picked the T616 on its reviews, and the phone was fine, except the reception from AT&T stunk. At my desk, I received no signal, while T-Mobile and Verizon users received full signals. My wife could barely hear me when I supposedly had a full signal. After 3 days, I cancelled the contract, after much hassle from AT&T (Their questions were "Are you sure you are using the phone correctly?" and "I'm sorry you are having reception difficulties, would you like a free leather case?" I switched to T-Mobile and have no problems whatsoever.
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Summary: A very good quality phone!
Review: This phone is an excellent phone. It has a very good color screen, it is well disigned, the camera is pretty good for a phone, and it has numerous features. For example, if you have a Palm Pilot or Pocket PC with an IR sensor, you can transfer phone numbers, to-do items, and more. You can aslo record soound, apply themes to you background, and surf the web. The phone has a very nicely layed out case and menu thats easy to navigate. It also has a very quality feel when you hold it in you hand. The only very minor problem with this phone is that the case smuges easily. Sony includes a nice cloth to wipe it down with. Besides that, this phone is incredibele. I got two of them under a family plan with att and have not been dissapointed. The price is ok, so I would give this phone a 5 out of 5.
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Summary: Do you still get 10% off...
Review: ... at http://muwap.us when you type in "amazon" for the coupon code? I want to customize my phone with all those ringers they have.
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Summary: Small but Feature Packed
Review: This is a good phone, not the greatest I've ever had but the service is good in Oklahoma and Texas. I've only had problems becasue I dropped the phone one too many times beyond that its a great phone. The camera on the phone does exactly what it needs to its a camera phone not a digital camera. The bluetooth in it is great with Macs and Pocket PC's enabled with bluetooth. The phones features can not be beat.
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Summary: Good one
Review: As far as i now this is one of the best phone from sony ericsson. Its compact and very easy to use.Pros: It has a good battery life, I charge my Phone once in two days. You could talk for 10 hours max. The Menu is the best i have used so far and has a lot of cool feautures . The joystick navigator heps you navigate without seeing the screen. It has almost all the feautures you would want in a phone. The voice control is amazing as it could recognize all my commands but beware it sucks the battery to death in a few hours. It has got some cool themes. It also charges pretty quickly. The reception is clear on plain open grounds but looses power in buildings. Cons; The camera is a big joke. As it is with all high resolution colour display ,its very difficult to view in sunlight. The internet Mmode button is placed in a wrong postion that triggers the net now and then, unless you lock the keyboard. The ring tones are pathetic, I could find only one that i could hear.It has an old phone ring tone which is kinda cool. You could download new tones and wallpapers in a jiffy. The reception is not that powerful. The browser is kinda diificult to get started with. The bottomline : Buy it , its a good deal , but choose a good carrier. If i have to buy another phone , i would buy T616 again
but not with AT&T.
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Summary: For ringers, can I still use
Review: the muwap.com site they mentioned here a while ago?
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: Sony's products are known for being very stylish, and this phone is no exception. Everything about it is organized, compact,and very very sleek. The menus are logical, however they take a little getting used to, but overall is very good. One thing that I like in particular is that you dont have to worry about random little things- for example if you're trying to store a number and get a call, it will handle the call, and once you hang up everything you were doing i the contact book will still be there and ready to go. Anyway, overall it is a great phone. The only problem I've experienced i the 5 months I've had it is that the joystick became slightly stuck in the past. It's not much of an issue, but somewhat annoying (although I've read that you can purchase a cheap replacement part if it's really an issue.) Overall, an excellent little piece of technology.
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Summary: Feature Packed Phone
Review: The feature packed t616 cell phone from sony ericsson packs so many features into such a small place that you wonder how the makers did it. With bluetooth, camera, gprs, and other key features, the t616 makes your phone fully capable of doing everything you would want it to do besides making toast. My t616 works very well however sometimes I find it hard to view the screen when I am outside because the sunlight makes it difficult. THe bluetooth is sometimes hard to use but the phone overall works fantastic.
-plsailboy
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Summary: Desperate to upgrade.
Review: Just one thing to clarify. Unlike what the previous reviewer said. There is 1 button voice mail retrieval with AT&T wireless. If took me quite a while to figure out... and for the life of me i don't think i could find it again. Just ask a cs rep.
Positives.
-Nice Design, compact easy to carry.
-Pleasing looks.
-Attractive Display.
-Nice standby time.
-Sturdy design. Feels solid.
Negatives.
-Slow button response and sometimes no response.
-The end call button and back button are different buttons. So when ending a call and then starting a new one or using a different function, you have to press 2 different buttons to get to the main menu. With the slight delay in button response and sometimes the buttons don't click when you think they do, it means you have to be looking at the screen otherwise you'll end up in a completely wrong menu. No easy navigation simply by getting used to the feel or buttons.
-This leads into the next and most frustrating problem. Glare. The phone is impossible to see in any sort of overcast or bright situation. And in Seattle, overcast is every day of the year. I've put away my phone in disgust many times because i simply can not read who's calling or can't see who to call or what menu i'm on. Even if you're covering the phone with one hand it's very hard to read.
-This would be less stressful if it had a true speed dial. But the only 1 button speed dial is to voicemail. All other speed dials are 2 buttons. And speed is definately not the key word. Apon starting a speed dial... it takes almost 5 seconds to even start dialing.
-A typical calling situation would be something like this. Grab the phone press 2 buttons to unlock, 2 buttons to speed dial, wait 5 seconds for it to start dialing... wait a little more... look at my phone, cover my phone with other hand and look harder at my phone... realize I still haven't even dialed because one of the buttons didn't respond or it stored a random number before it locked, then get locked out again and start over.
-Photo quality is weak. Photos will look good on screen then look awful when sent.
-Not enough memory and slow storage. If you use the camera, you will constantly be deleting text messages, photos and sounds to make room. And when you do take a picture... it will take 10-15 seconds to take the next picture.
-Poor to average reception quality. It's nice to carry an internal antenna phone, but not to talk on one. Will commonly have 1 bar less than some other phones on same service.
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