Sony Ericsson Z750
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- jc3394
- 5%r
- 04 Jun 2008
I just got this phone from ATT after using the W580i, and it's a breath of fresh air. The buttons are larger and for me lets me text much faster. The interface is a little different from the w580i and Z520a and I'm still getting used to it. But all in all it's a great phone. The front doubles as a mirror and scrolls the songs you're listening to. The new media player is awesome! (similar to the PSP/PS3 menu interface). In the sun the front display is really hard to see but the main screen is large and in charge lol that also changes it brightness based on the surrounding ambient lighting.
The ATT version has removed the video calling feature by physically removing the camera as well as the software and has all the MEdia Net and ATT Music and CV (Cellular Video) options.
One thing that I noticed right away was the battery life. Assuming that it was the 3G I just let it go. But after a week of owning the device I notice that the battery life is only about 1 day, requiring me to charge it nightly. I’m not a heavy calling person – at most 20-40 mins a day but I send text and picture messages to no end and use the music player.
But I think I found the answer on an ATT forum it may not be the 3G trying to connect but the phone searching for a data connection. Here’s the instructions to correct it posted by Stuggernaut:
Click MENU button
Go into SETTINGS
Switch to the CONNECTIVITY tab
Scroll down to STREAMING SETTINGS and select that.
In there there are two options "Connect using" and "Allow local conn."
Click on CONNECT USING
In here I noticed that unlike other options, there is a second TAB. The first time is "Mobile Connections" and the second one is "Local Connections"
Go to the LOCAL CONNECTIONS
There are two options in there."PanUDefaultAccount" and "USB Ethernet"
Switch to USB ETHERNET
I’ve done this and so far it seems to be working great - I’ll post my findings after using it for a while.
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- Clinto
- NH6
- 03 Jun 2008
Let get this straight...
SE released the Z610 then a year later a Z750
only difference is a better screen & HSDPA
I dont blame them for trying to increase the longevity of this case...
it really is sexy!
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- nana
- ib0
- 03 Jun 2008
Anonymous, 31 May 2008it should be available in singapore, if it is out of stock ... morecan som1 in malaysia tell me about da price cuz i also want 2 try the W910i 2...is dis mobile better than the W910i model....???i`ve heard many complain about the W910i speaker...,i love dis design but can som1 compare it with the W910i 4 me..
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- Anonymous
- jxB
- 31 May 2008
it should be available in singapore, if it is out of stock then just get it online, it will be available on many sites like amazon and many more. make sure you buy Z750i and not Z750a if you are out of US.
reagarding the phone, the phone might give a look of that its bulky but its not at all bulky , infact its light compared to many other phones.
in US its available in Bestbuy, if anybody wants to see the phone in person. they can go and have a look to it.
this phone can be used as modem upto 1mbps speed easily possible and you can use the internet setting option to be set accordingly and connect it thru laptop for browsing but that will be thru your data connectivity and charges for data will be applied.
so i recommend to get data plan and you can easily let go your net provider service which usually cost more than the data plan charges, atleast true in US, i am not sure of other countries
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- Anonymous
- AQ5
- 30 May 2008
I am also interested to know about battery life & can we off 3G in cingular service. I read the specs, can you guys try the voice activated menu. How it is working? I don't think we need a service for this, it should be SE phone software. Any comments on this. I like this site, anyone can comment here without reg.
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- Hello
- AQ5
- 30 May 2008
Thanks man. By the way if you are not using ATT, then ur not in US, where are u using this phone? If someone has any idea, is ATT is allowing us to off 3G?. please respond. Even from deals2buy, we are getting cash back of $99.99 upto 2 phones till 6/15/08. Eventhough the phone looks light bulky, for cashback it's worth. My laptop has bluetooth, other than songs, whatelse can I transfer between SE & Laptop using bluetooth. Can I search internet in SE using laptop's internet connection (not ATT wireless internet) with bluetooth?
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- Anonymous
- jxB
- 30 May 2008
I am not sure about ATT turning that mode off, but it could be because ATT bought 3G spectrum from Ericsson and they sold their 2G to Suncom. ATT wants the user to just use 3G so that they can earn the returns of what they have invested, if thats the case then its going to be with any 3G phone.
However here is how you can turn off the 3G mode and just use 2/2.5 G
settings-->connectivity-->mobile networks-->GSM & 3G Networks
select the one which you want GSM=2/2.5G
and other would be GSM & 3G
this feature is going to be there in all SE phones.
regarding the talk time in 3G mode, max this technology can achieve is 5hrs and that is also network operator dependent, if the phone is constantly searching for a signal from near by Base station then there is more requirement put on your power amplifier of phone, so it will use more of the battery life, same thing is true when your bluetooth is also on. so turn off the bluetooth when not in use (this also keeps away the hackers off from reaching ur phone)
then there are certain other things which consume the battery life like ur usage applications and the way you use your phone.
last but not the least, never let your phone battery die completely and then charge it, always recharge your phone when the battery is like 30 % left, this will ensure long battery life and its also more safe to use phone when battery has more than 15% of the charge remaining.
you can go and buy this phone, you won't regret.
cheers
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- Anonymous
- AQ5
- 30 May 2008
Yes Amazon has 99.99 cash back
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- Anonymous
- AQ5
- 30 May 2008
Guys, please respond the battery life and the option to off 3G. By this time so many guys might be using this phone. So, please post ur findings. Even I am interested about this phone. In amazon, there is a cash back around $100.
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- Hello
- AQ5
- 30 May 2008
Thanks for the reply. But in some forums it was mentioned that ATT disabled the option to switch 3G off in USA. Is it true? Even with 3G, is battery coming 5 hours? if so then I am fine & I will buy this phone.
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- Anonymous
- jxB
- 29 May 2008
that is not true, when u read on some of the forums that just somebody's opinion, when the company post its specs including the talk time they have that analysis done over a very big sample size and lot of research goes into that to keep good talk time, sony ericsson is generally famous for having good battery life phones.
the talk time in GSM mode is 9 Hrs and its 5 hrs in UMTS mode, now UMTS talk time is always going to be less because thats the inherent drawback of tecnology irrespective of the company phone u buy, its going to be less.
Make sure ur Bluetooth is turned off when not in use, and try to use GSM mode for voice call by turning off the 3G mode.
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- hello
- AQ5
- 28 May 2008
I am also interested in buying this phone. Please tell us about the talk time. I read in some forums that the talk time is about 2-3 hours. Is it right? Not even atleast 5 hours??
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- Anonymous
- AQ5
- 28 May 2008
Can anyone tells me what is the talk time u guys are getting on this phone. I want to buy this phone but after reading about battery life I ahve to rethink about this phone. Please tell me whoever using this phone about the sandby & talk time.
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- Anonymous
- jxB
- 27 May 2008
forgot to mention, it has also got bigger display and bigger memory than z610
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- Anonymous
- jxB
- 27 May 2008
Z610 and Z750 are whole lot of different phones, in terms of hardware, Z750 has more advanced hardware with 3G capibility, and that is the biggest and greatest difference. Z750 can be used in any corner of the world, there will not be a single place in world where you can't use this phone as it has various bands for usage and technologoies like GSM+EDGE+UMTS+HSDPA
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- Anonymous
- 0fB
- 26 May 2008
I'm just wondering...but is the Z750 have a 2nd camera like the Z610 ??
What's the the difference between these 2 phones other than the keyboards ??
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- takumi
- 0fB
- 26 May 2008
Anonymous, 26 May 2008this is absolutely good for all age ppl, specially young pe... morewow...i guess that's good for me.
a lot of thankies and cookies.
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- Anonymous
- jxB
- 26 May 2008
this is absolutely good for all age ppl, specially young person like you, as it has got FM radio with RDS, 2MP camera with 4x digital zoom, memory card that it can support is upto 4GB, it has got GPS, its quad band gsm+EDGE and triband UMTS with HSDPA 3.6Mbps data speed, this phone can be used as modem with 1 mbps speed easily. cheers
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- takumi
- 0fB
- 26 May 2008
this is going to be my first phone ever in my life.
my mom just got it for me as a birthday present.
is this phone good for a 15 year-old like me ??
please tell me.
i really need to know.
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- Anonymous
- jxB
- 23 May 2008
i has the VT camera and a doesn't have it, VT camera is used for 3G video calling