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Sony Ericsson W580i Unlocked Quadband Phone (Black) | 
| Brand: Sony Ericsson
Category: Wireless
Buy New: $298.00
as of 7/31/2010 14:57 EDT details
New (1) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $164.95
Seller: wcs717
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 17472
Media: Wireless Phone Accessory
MPN: W580i
Model: W580I
EAN: 7311270166987
ASIN: B00127O9D4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Brand Type
Form factor Slide
Network
GSM Network GPRS, GSM, Edge
Service 900, 1800, 1900, 850
Connectivity
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi (WLAN) no
Infrared yes
USB yes
Fax / Data no
Display
Main Display Color TFT
Color Display 262.144 colors
Resolution 176x220 pixels
External display no
Memory
Internal Memory no
Storage Types MemoryStick Micro
External memory (UPTO) 2GB
Memory slots 1
Basic
Battery Lithium Ion
Standby time 375 hours
Talk time 9 hours
Call
Vibrate alert yes
Photo ID yes
Ringtones AAC, MP3, Polyfone, Realtone / Truetone
Camera
Camera yes
Megapixels 2.0 megapixels
Maximum photo resolution 1600x1200 pixels
Digital zoom 4x
Optical zoom no
Auto focus no
Flash yes
Recording video yes
Second (front) camera no
Entertainment
FM radio no
Java yes
Audio player AAC, eAAC, MP3, ACC
Video player MPEG4, 3GP
Features
Add ringtones yes
Organiser Calculator, Calendar, Reminders, Currency convertor
Video call no
Other features Built in hands free
Format
Weight 3.3 oz.
General
Brand SONYERICSSON
Form Factor Slide
Messaging
SMS yes
MMS yes
T9 text function yes
E-mail YES
Internet browsing no
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 9
 Awesome Phone March 30, 2008
speedriff (Atlanta, GA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is one awesome little phone. First of all the screen is the brightest and most detailed I have found on any phone. In the store it is so bright it just screams at you. I have found that reducing the brightness to 70% is more than adequate. If you have trouble reading a phone in direct sunlight, fear no more. As for features, there are just too many to mention. I first learned about it from the Toyota website as I just bought a Prius. It is one of the VERY few phones that will integrate seamlessly with the car. It can even upload its phone book via Bluetooth to the car. Most phones (except smart phones/PDA's) will not. They are also 3 times the price. It has a great sounding MP3 player. It is stereo Bluetooth, FM radio...I could go on and on. There are some great themes free online so you can customize away. If there was one gripe it would be that it doesn't come with an M2 memory card which it needs if you are going to load up on music and photos. I can't complain though as this phone is very affordable. Some complaints I have heard are that the number keys are too small. Well, I'm 6'2" and about 280lbs. (not a small guy) and I don't have any problem getting my fingers to work the buttons. The other complaint I have heard about is battery life. Well I have talked and talked and played with this thing for 3 days now, and the battery is still more than half. I'm not sure what people think is good, but after my RAZR...pffft...this thing is great. My techie coworkers were amazed by the display and all agreed that it was unbelievably bright. I would recommend this jewel to anyone who wants a great phone that has a lot of cool features. It blows away the Samsung SCH-a737 and the LG Shine. Go to a local AT&T store and play with one. Then buy one at whatever outlet suits you.
Best Phone I've Owned So Far July 14, 2008
M. Ortiz (Dallas, TX USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recently sold my iPhone and bought the Sony Ericsson W580i. This cell phone is amazing. It is by far the loudest cell phone I have ever owned. Ringtones sound very nice and clear, and so does the music.
 A nice useful phone July 23, 2008
SecondClaw
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have now been using this phone for almost seven months and I am pretty happy with it (AT&T Pay as you Go service). Some observations ...
Pros:
- Very comfortable and small. It feels good in hand. Nothing about the device looks cheap.
- Awesome voice quality and no dropped calls.
- The screen display is very bright and colorful - the best I've seen of any device so far.
- Decent bluetooth integration, though I do experience some dropouts. Bluetooth MP3 functionality (fast forward, next track, etc) is acceptable, but not great.
- Sports functions (like a pedometer) which work fairly well.
- Well designed menu structure and lots of functions to tweak.
- Good quality radio with RDS.
- Very good speaker quality.
- Great organizer functions, with a well designed Alarm.
- Nicely customizable themes and startup/shutdown animations (yea this is important to me!).
- Good internet browser.
Cons:
- Proprietary USB and Headphone jacks. I just don't get it! And naturally in this case you cannot listen to music and charge the phone at the same time.
- Proprietary memory stick expansion slot. MS is slow and expensive - total waste of money - but no choice on this phone.
- Firmware bugs ... too many to mention here, and no hope of getting them fixed.
- No way to organize contacts into folders.
- For an 'mp3' player, actual mp3 function is very basic. Depending on the firmware you get, you may not even be able to listen to an album in track order! There is no gap-less playback either.
- Horrible battery life. With BT turned off, and not using the phone AT all, the battery drains within 5-7 days.
- SE's sync software. That software barely works, especially via Bluetooth. I pretty much gave up on it.
Useless features:
- The 'shake' feature which uses internal accelerometer to switch or shuffle tracks is cute for a little while - but there is really no point to it.
- The cool colored lights on the side. They would actually be handy, but a recent firmware bug reverts them to a puke-green color upon use of the Walkman - useless.
Bottom line is that for its primary function, this is an excellent phone, with basic MP3 and digital camera support (do not expect anything amazing here), and I have really enjoyed using it. I however had to de-brand it from AT&T to enjoy full benefits of the device.
Walkman FM radio +++ but small keypad November 2, 2008
Mother of Twins
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this phone because it had Walkman FM radio, too. This phone is pretty (I got the PINK one), lightweight, has lots of whiz-bang menu selections, but doesn't wow or impress me as much as the Samsung A737 or Samsung A747 models which I bought for my children. I listen to the radio a lot, more than MP3s and really thought this feature would be cool. If you like effects, it has 16 settings for flashing light patterns customized for every caller. It takes a day to find out how to set the patterns in all the menus....
The keypad is a bit on the small side, and feels like dry plastic. It's OK for me because I have small hands, but I don't think a man would enjoy using the small, non-descript keys. The letters on the keys are hard to see being so small. When I enter text, I still have to look--er, squint--at the keypad. I don't pay for texting service, so it's not a huge hassle, but if you text, I can't imagine it would be much fun.
When I enter an phone number in the address book, it doesn't put hyphens between the area code, prefix, and last four digits. That's not fatal, but a pet peeve, and makes it difficult for me to figure out the numbers as they come up.
The M2 Memory Stick is not common, but Sony Ericsson uses it. They supply a 512MB one. Buying one with more memory will not be cheap. The access slot is on the top. It took me a while to figure out how to open the little, flat plastic door. Which side to open? It doesn't have a flap, can't open with a fingernail, so I use an unfolded paper clip or other similar-sized object to pry it open.
You need the wired earphones to have FM service. If you like radio, it's just one more thing to carry around. The sound quality is EXCELLENT on this wire unit and the ear buds very comfy. It also works as "handsfree" phone device if you don't want to do Bluetooth.
The display, although narrow, is bright and sharp. The sound is good, and it interfaces well with my Bluetooth earpiece and Palm device. The phone is very lightweight and slim. I dropped it a few times but the case didn't scratch or crack. The pink IS pretty, and has little red "jewels" between the number keys (other color models have different color jewels). The speaker phone option works well and is clear to hear. The slider is a little unusual to work at first, but works very nicely. Sony Ericsson phone support is SUPER, too.
Good phone when it works. September 18, 2009
J. Ivan
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've gone through two phones in a year. With the first phone i had when you made a call the only way you could here the other person you were talking to was on speakerphone. That makes it a little hard when you are in a pulblic place. I sent my phone out for replacement and received a new one.
My second phone lasted 8 months, one night i turned it off and the next morning it would not turn back on. Sony makes some great products and i prefer Sony with my electronics, but after three differnt phones I'm staying away.
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