Sony Ericsson W710 review: Sports and music

29 January 2007
What's better than a Walkman music player by your side while running in the park? Well, there is one and that is to have a Walkman phone and a pedometer in an all-in-one pack. Well, you've guessed it; it's the Sony Ericsson W710, the latest Walkman mobile phone from Sony Ericsson. The clamshell sports a 2 megapixel camera, a Memory Stick Micro memory card slot, a FM radio, and a set of nice fitness applications to store your results and to calculate how many calories you have burned on the track that day. It's a highly attractive combination that makes the first steps for Sony Ericsson on the mobile sports track. We'll see how it keeps up there.

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  • Kamryn
  • gxj
  • 16 May 2011

soheil, 29 Jan 2007it is not great sony ericsson havent successful with w seriesGot it! Thnaks a lot again for helping me out!

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    • beaupeep
    • iws
    • 15 Jun 2008

    yea, i agree with rubber pealing off, now it started on my phone after one and a half year.... over all i like this phone... but battery is not good... life span is too less, if charged once, it will discharge all the power with 2 day (for me, making calls is very less, in 48 hours, consider 1 (max) out going and max(1 or 2) in-coming). I have to charge it very next day from the day of the charging. I am planning to change my w710 very soon.

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      • ajt
      • Q$5
      • 25 Mar 2008

      my phones rubber band is totally peeling off. Is there something that can be done about this? This sucks since I spent over 200.00 on this phone.

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        • Anonymous
        • jVq
        • 28 Jan 2008

        One of many problems I had with this phone was the auto shutdown when I closed the flip. Maybe it was in my head but it seemed like it would always stay on if I closed the phone carefully. The problem seems to have stopped. Really strange.

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          • Anonymous
          • ibc
          • 30 Nov 2007

          I'm also having the auto shut down problem once it is covered. No flash - bad thing. Camera resolution is not as high as the Nokia N72. The greyish rubber hasn't peeled off after about a year using it cz I've put on the hard plastic cover over it, which is now nearly 60% cracked. Still looks new for me.. my advice - put a hard plastic cover over it and it'll look like you've just bought it

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            • eric
            • j5A
            • 28 Nov 2007

            i had this phone for half year, the phone started randomly shutting down when i close the flip. i updated the software to 2.7.9.14-1, the problem happens less than usual now, but still does sometime. overall it's a great phone.

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              • Anonymous
              • TKb
              • 08 Nov 2007

              what is the price of w710(brand new) ?

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                • keith
                • 0He
                • 01 Sep 2007

                got my phone it is great but my head set dont want to stay plugged in on my second one give me some help thanks keith

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                  • Seth
                  • NH7
                  • 04 Aug 2007

                  thinking of acquiring the phone since i've read all the somewhat good reviews. can someone tell me if it has a flashlight like the k750 model?

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                    • sip
                    • vxh
                    • 05 Apr 2007

                    what kind of video format does the w710i play?

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                      • Anonymous
                      • F4p
                      • 18 Mar 2007

                      Can these people who write the review say something about how long the battery life will last instead of keep telling us that we cannot test the battery life because it was under heavy usage.Its no use buying a phone with only battery life specifications from the manufacturer, of cause they will boast around about their own products, please if u guys wanna do a review please do a complete one

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                        • Anonymous
                        • RKs
                        • 04 Mar 2007

                        very good one but rubber really peels off

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                          • alexquick
                          • QBd
                          • 15 Feb 2007

                          the rubber peeled off? i dont even know how thats possible wow. i think thats isolated.

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                            • lauren
                            • jZT
                            • 09 Feb 2007

                            uh...this phone sucks ...after 2 months the grey rubber exterior started to peal off and now its almost totally gone ...

                            BAD BAD BAD

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                              • NDK
                              • iAd
                              • 04 Feb 2007

                              Great phone. I thought I'd wait for the review so I wouldn't be dissappointed when I buy it. But I bought it and I have to say I'm not dissappointed at all. Fulfills my expectations and more.
                              Planning to buy a bigger memory card though - got a lot of music, ringtones (who uses midi now anyway - it's all mp3 for me :P), pictures etc.

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                                • alexquick
                                • RbX
                                • 30 Jan 2007

                                i've had this phone since right when it came out and people seem to be pretty negative about it but i'm happy with it. i don't really use the fitness app, but i do enjoy having the pedometer because i do a lot of outdoor/walking type things and i get curious how far i've gone. as far as working out though, i don't enjoy listening to music or anything so i dont use it for that.

                                i really like the simplicity and the fact that everything on the phone works how it should. internet is easy, file management, multitasking all works great.

                                only complaints are the crappy camera (my last two phones were SE W800 and Sharp 903SH) and i wish it had a higher resolution screen. other than that, great phone.

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                                  • soheil
                                  • nqp
                                  • 29 Jan 2007

                                  it is not great sony ericsson havent successful with w series

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • PB1
                                    • 29 Jan 2007

                                    it looks like just another W series.
                                    so many W models, so little inovation....
                                    :P

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                                      • Drsilverworm
                                      • Yhd
                                      • 29 Jan 2007

                                      This seems like a very ideal phone. Too bad we are just now seeing a review, with all the new SE products coming out just around the corner...

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                                        • Derek
                                        • Rxc
                                        • 28 Jan 2007

                                        1st to post :d