Sony Ericsson W980
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Sony Ericsson W980

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  • ownerofphone
  • TIE
  • 16 Dec 2008

I bought this phone 2 weeks ago. Its performance did not let me down. It does not lag also. The walkman-on-top is perfect, with no lag while playing tracks. There is vibration on those touch buttons when pressed,making tracks-choosing easy and effortless. The music quality is good, and with headphones on, the music is clear and nice.

However, rock musics are not as nice when listenned on headphones, which is quite disappointing. The headphones must also be connected to an adaptor which i find it troublesome and unglem.

Next, the camera is fast, does not take pictures too slowly. However the pictures are generally big in size if taken in 3MP. There is also no flash no autofocus. But i am still happy with the picture quality.

The other features like 8Gb of memory is wonderful, allowing me to put in many games and music as i like, without worrying for the space. Its abundant space is good. The colour display is great too. The light that flashes along with the music is also cool and wonderful. The loudness of the phone is good enough, the battery is also acceptable, its not bad.

Overall, i would give the phone 8/10. :)
Score loss at the camera and some small errors that will occur which require the phone to be switched off n on again to recover.

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    • Anonymous
    • FU$
    • 15 Dec 2008

    I have this phone and there is a problem with SIM card slot. It is hard to pull out the sim card. Is it normal?

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      • Anonymous
      • nD5
      • 15 Dec 2008

      New photos of W1001 availble here http://concurs.22web.net/membru.php?id=31

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        • cyrus
        • Nhh
        • 15 Dec 2008

        yeah i ahev had the same problem!!!i totally luv sony's and really really dig the w760i....i have been asking all mtn outlets in cape town if they have it but nun of them even no wen they getting stock or theysed they ordered it but dnt no wen its cumin...bull!!!! i have been getting that answer for a whole mnth already....how unbelievable man...i mean, couldnt sony be a better dealer...or mtn a better service provider....hw cum dnt they no...atlaest they culd have sed maybe they getting it soon or some other line better than i dnt no...and better clarification between customer and sales rep cos they seem a bit unsure wen faced with a question like that, u making ur staff seem uninformed..mtn....ya nw i have to settle fro a c902...which i hope is nt bad....i really really wanted the w760i

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          • Axe
          • mcG
          • 14 Dec 2008

          Hi guyz , i just want an answer for this question ...
          i had w880 its speaker is very bad
          im thinking about buying this mobile phone or the n96
          what do you advise me and whats the specifications for their speakers

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            • Mr Stallone
            • uCj
            • 13 Dec 2008

            Any user would kindly give more feedback about this phone? I would like to have 1, but I'm worry about the performance and feature of it.

            Is the camera clear?
            Is the sound clear?
            Is the performance lag? (Due to share memory 8GB)

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              • Big Al
              • nEr
              • 12 Dec 2008

              Can anyone tell me how to change the 2 soft key options. Mine is set to connect to WWW. I keep connecting when i hit the "back" button

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                • jej
                • nCb
                • 12 Dec 2008

                heyy everyone...i love this fone...only 2 problems. can any1 plz help me out:
                1. how do u phone lock to secure no1 else uses ur fone to chk msgs etc with a code?
                2. How do u give missed calls...usually i have to put it on my ear to do that...because wen i press call...the "speaker on" option comes immediately before the call goes....so is there a way to givin missed calls w/o puttin the fone on the ear??Please HELP!

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                  • Anonymous
                  • Nxs
                  • 11 Dec 2008

                  i want this phone so badly but i have been waiting for three weeks now for mtn too get it but they still dont have it

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                    • Quik
                    • P53
                    • 11 Dec 2008

                    I really don't understand with my phone, it often restarts itself while i'm listening to music, very disturbing for me. Is it my phone that only got this problem?

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                      • boom
                      • M{3
                      • 10 Dec 2008

                      heyy
                      i bout this fone yesterday..but how do i key pad lock it...so my sisters dont see my msgs b4 me!??

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                        • koss
                        • uEy
                        • 10 Dec 2008

                        Anonymous, 09 Dec 2008hi, bro i bought this phone and i traveled to an other coun... moreI think there's nothing you can do about it..

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                          • tSk
                          • 09 Dec 2008

                          D, 07 Dec 2008Hey hi ya'll again. I just bought W980 this saturday. its a... moreonce ur connected to internet and if u want to exit from it, this is wht u should do. select options, and then select exit browser. thats it. u dont have to select the keypad (end call). hope this wil help u.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • MDV
                            • 09 Dec 2008

                            okei, 28 Nov 2008yes.. but it depends on FM frequency regulation in each country.hi, bro i bought this phone and i traveled to an other country... and now the FM transmitter is not working ( due to legal constraints) plz if u can help me solve this prob, or else im selling and loosing this nice phone... thnx

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                              • dimm
                              • uEy
                              • 09 Dec 2008

                              sophia, 08 Dec 2008yo..can anybody tell me if the phone is good or not i cant ... moreas long as you always take picture not less than 50cm distance from the object and not in the dark light the camera should be good.

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                                • Sean
                                • 3a0
                                • 08 Dec 2008

                                i suppose there is no real way to decide whether to get this phone or not on the comments because there are so many mixed reviews which mostly contradict eachother. I will just have to make a decision for myself. :)

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                                  • Fayez
                                  • p$K
                                  • 08 Dec 2008

                                  sophia, 08 Dec 2008yo..can anybody tell me if the phone is good or not i cant ... moreHey, if you like the FM transmitter this is the phone you want. If not buy the w902 is the best phone ever.

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                                    • sophia
                                    • w4L
                                    • 08 Dec 2008

                                    yo..can anybody tell me if the phone is good or not i cant decide if i should buy it or not cause there's people saying that the camera is bad but the sound quality is good....so i'm wondering... what is what??
                                    good or bad??

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • ibc
                                      • 08 Dec 2008

                                      i heard many feedback from other ppl, saying that W980 loudspeaker quality is bad,worse than some walkman phone, and even the ringtone quality is worse than the music quality when using walkman 3.0. But the earphone quality is great! Izit the loudspeaker quality that bad? Omg, any way to solve this prob?

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                                        • tVm
                                        • 08 Dec 2008

                                        is it da se phone no 1 can louder than w550????