Sony Ericsson Z558
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- iann
- i27
- 18 Nov 2006
actually someone selling it on
oztion . com . au
its cool i love it!!!!!!!!!!
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- Anonymous
- U2T
- 15 Nov 2006
It won't come out in Australia. This is an Asian only release.
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- anthony
- Srq
- 13 Nov 2006
it looks a very smrt phone
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- Anonymous
- Ydg
- 13 Nov 2006
n95 has many other options as well wifi, voip, hsdpa.... just to name a few
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- Anonymous
- U2T
- 09 Nov 2006
The touchscreen is meant for the asian market, which has been said below, to be much easier to input.
That's why this phone won't be available for the rest of the world.
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- SeF
- 2A3
- 06 Nov 2006
Really like the touchscreen thing... for such a small screen like this they've been able o put touchscreen,.. why need for a large display... only PDA smartphones utilizes large display and this is a non-OS phone... the Z558 touchscreen is used mainly for easy chinese language typing... if those people who criticize this unit may be the fans/people who wants SE to produce a complete phone like N95... anyway Still P990 can still compete eith N95 with it's features,... only N95's advantage i can see is the presence of GPS,..
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- raufy
- 2Z3
- 04 Nov 2006
se z558 is a very good fone with sexy style.
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- harlekkin
- U6S
- 02 Nov 2006
The stylus thing...
it doesn't really make all that much sense to me. A 1.9" screen on a flip phone doesn't need a stylus...it's rather impractical.
If it was a flat, candy-bar style phone that may change things...
It's really just another gimmick so they don't seem to repeat themselves with their models.
And if you're that lazy to scroll through the menu you need to touch the screen...well then a stylus won't do you that much good either.
Harlekkin
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- MiS-eS-d
- 4XV
- 26 Oct 2006
well, umm, it doesn't really matter, if you look from all sides it's like this
people that look at SE most likely like Sony. now Sony has a lot of items out there like digital cameras that are really cute. so why on earth would they put good functionality in their phones when they want you to buy that sleek and sexy camera that they made just to fit into (sorry guys) your nice purse that matches so well with your outfit and sits right beside your SE cell phone
2nd, no phone out there is perfect. the N95 is no exception. wake up, it's a device that you use to contact someone. it's a device that you use so that when someone needs you they can find you. whether it's by text of by call or by e-mail, or whatever new way that people have of finding you(i know of 3 others, but they're service provided) it's still used for communication.
so now, we can use one phone as a day timer, an alarm clock, a computer, you name it, the thing does just about everything but wash my dishes and make grilled cheese sandwhiches? how much of that stuff are you actually going to use? how fast is it going to be off the market? how easily will the phones program be corrupt(i don't want to talk about it, it brings back bad memories)
the point is that it's a phone and everyone has their tastes, so people who like nokia, stop complaining that they're the best, because they may be the best for you, but it's not always true for the next person. there are people that believe that less is more, and actually live with that rule. i know seems surprising, but some people either don't want to be so technically advanced or just don't want to have it all in one package. don't call them strange for doing so.
i can personally say i'm a fan of SE, just because it's a phone that has lasted me the longest and it was functional for what i needed it for.
but to the same regard, i can also say, i've been through all the other phone companies aswell. some break some have program problems, some are bulky, some are just plain old ugly, and each had their own perks aswell. motorola(to the best of my knowledge) is kind of in between most companies, they're trying to reach nokia status of creating lots of phones at the same time, they just know that they need a merket for it first. nokia, dear lord, their phones are really cool, but not straight forward at all, mind you, i was switching phones companies, so that could have been it too. i like it though, nokia works well for what i need it for, but i don't use the million features that it has. i use what i need and nothing more. but i drop it often...
i like SE the most because i drop it often, i mean i dropped my phone on a train track, when i was catching the subway. my phone sat there for 24 hours, didn't crack, didn't break, there was no problem with my phone list, and there was no problem with my phone physically other than the battery fell out. SE phones also have some feeling of "lifelikeness" that i like and i like that they click when you open them(i'm a flip phone girl) but those are tiny quirks that i'm sure you'd find in any phone. they are also built to do exactly what cell phones are made for, connection with people. they add a few functions to compete, but ultimately make it so that anyone can use it, which is pretty smart since i know a lot of older people who refuse to use anything but motorola and SE just because they're more user friendly. and since i'm not paying for any extra features that i'm not going to use, it happens to be cost effective and not $1000. i am a bit dissappointed in them for putting a stylus in this package though. you're calling people, not drawing pretty pictured on your phone and texting them(picture texting them) pretty pictures of a dog that you really can't draw in the first place.
i do have some advice for those people who "desire" the perfect phone. try 1 of 2 things
write in to your company of choice that you want a very specific phone tell them that you think it would be a great idea if they made personalized phones from program to physical design they would make greater profit(the other motive behind nokia i believe is to give people the chance to be individual) so that you got exactly what you wanted and nothing more. then you would have your perfect phone and could stop complaining about every other phone out there.
the other is to make the perfect cell phone yourself. see how hard it is, then stop complaining about everything out there.(my stylus comment included)
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- Brian
- ceA
- 25 Oct 2006
I just bought this from www.hks-mobile.com I cant wait for this to arrive.
I love the stylus and well sony in general does it for me :)
http://www.hks-mobile.com/product_info.php?products_id=196
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- SeF
- whB
- 20 Oct 2006
looking at all mobiles now, it's true that other phones have outcome this mid-range phone, but this one really catches my attention,.. i think it's really nice, just have to be problem free and camera is performing good as a 1.3mp so i would really love this whenever i bought this in the future... have a plan of changing my K618(3G isn't important for me, even camera coz i have a digicam)... maybe gsmarena should make a review so i would know if it's good as a basic phone(problem free,imaging: good as 1.3mp) then i would deffinitely get this...
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- Sammy
- nEd
- 17 Oct 2006
GREAT phone and SE have come up TOPS yet again. Livvy... asked if its a smart phone, and I am not sure either... would say no.
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- Phoenix
- 2@q
- 16 Oct 2006
Jet Li's son writes:
y the fxxk they make such kind of phones. i wish that can have a company that creates laptop with gsm sysem inside the laptop and we can call people to everywhere in the work with our laptops lol gogogogogo
Well, Jet Li Jr. there is already such a system available, although it is not built into the laptop. Just insert your simcard into a EDGE/GPRS data card (e.g. GC 86 from Sony Ericsson) and slide the card into the PCMCIA slot of your laptop. So now you have a laptop from which you can make calls, send SMS, surf the Net, and also use your laptop as you wish without the need to carry a separate phone... Your wish granted ... Enjoy
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- SeF
- whB
- 14 Oct 2006
the phone has same keypad layout with Z610, by which the reviewer really adored, so i am just wondering that this phone and the Z550 one could have the same great keypad just as the Z610... i really love the design of the phone mostly the design outside and inside, and the best is the touchscreen interface... maybe there would be more touchscreen phones that se will prroduce in the next months..
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- Livvy
- nEd
- 13 Oct 2006
Is this a Smartphone???? I really like it but was surprised it wasn't 3G.....
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- Anonymous
- 2Cx
- 13 Oct 2006
how big is the screen plz reply in tell me
measure it plzzzz thank you
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- Anonymous
- P%a
- 13 Oct 2006
great phone,. love it. dropped it in the ocean and it still work.s thanks heaps
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- Jan
- nCN
- 12 Oct 2006
hey why the jeolousy from The BIG success that SE ACHEIVED i think SE will have a great future after all sony are the world leader in electronics especialy in multimedia, it"s japanees tech man not some idiot in finland and u know something i actually own a 2 nokia phones the n91 , 8800 when u use 8800 u hate it especially when u write a message the buttons too small when u press a letter propaly another 2 buttones will be pressed by the way especially if ur hand big and the n91 it"s lovely phone but it weigh too much and have some technichal problem but a great sound quality when u plug a a high quality headphoned the damned phone cost me 1270$ about 5 months ago and now it worth about 450$ at the end i think SE with a little more hard work it can be no1
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- jet li's son
- QYe
- 10 Oct 2006
y the fxxk they make such kind of phones. i wish that can have a company that creates laptop with gsm sysem inside the laptop and we can call people to everywhere in the work with our laptops lol gogogogogo
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- keita
- w0Q
- 10 Oct 2006
nokia phones are stritcly for techie loving pipol who would continue to make the future look great while se and moto including samsung though samsung korean phones are great, phones are for those old pipol who can't simply cope up wiht the advancing technology of the world today, they are incapable of appreciating and being able to see the exciting from boring since they are too practical and sad to say they are the burdens of the great future!!!