... This and reviews of many different Sony Ericsson phones made me decide I wanted a phone by this manufacturer.
However, in all the reviews of Sony Ericsson phones, one problem stood out: the joystick was very weak and was soon rendered useless. Needless to say, my initial budget of around ... Read review
Advantages: A good phone and good for the money Disadvantages: Buttons feel a bit weak, checking the balance is annoying, pointless Music Store button
...and reviews of many different Sony Ericsson phones made me decide I wanted a phone by this manufacturer.
However, in all the reviews of Sony Ericsson phones, one problem stood out: the joystick was very weak and was soon rendered useless. Needless to say, my initial budget of around ten pounds was pushed right up to sixty pounds and I bought the joystickless Sony Ericsson K530i with favourable reviews.
This phone has ... ...to view them on Sony Ericsson's own website, but I will mention some of them here.
Despite its many features, first and foremost this is a phone, so this is what I should be describing. I haven't made many phone calls with this as I'm not a great user of phones, be they mobile or otherwise, so my description may not be very accurate, but so far the sound has been of a good qaulity and the volume can be turned up loudly enough to hear ... more
I have never been a great fan of mobile phones but I recently decided that it was time for my slightly bulky Siemens C45 to retire. I still have it of course, but it could only save ten text messages at one time, was very slow and was a bit unpredictable with receiving calls.
But that's enough about my old phone!
I said that I have never been a great fan of mobile phones, but I have also never been a great fan of mobile phones with loads of features unrelated to its use as a phone. So I started looking at the entry level phones. There was an LG for ten pounds and a Samsung for a similar price, but the reviews for them were not at all favourable.
Then I came across the W200i which I pretty much set my heart on, but found out it was only available from Orange (which I didn't want). This and reviews of many different Sony Ericsson phones made me decide I wanted a phone by this manufacturer.
However, in all the reviews of Sony Ericsson phones, one problem stood out: the joystick was very weak and was soon rendered useless. Needless to say, my initial budget of around ten pounds was pushed right up to sixty pounds and I bought the joystickless Sony Ericsson K530i with favourable reviews.
This phone has many features so it would be best if one were to view them on Sony Ericsson's own website, but I will mention some of them here.
Despite its many features, first and foremost this is a phone, so this is what I should be describing. I haven't made many phone calls with this as I'm not a great user of phones, be they mobile or otherwise, so my description may not be very accurate, but so far the sound has been of a good qaulity and the volume can be turned up loudly enough to hear clearly in noisy surroundings. Calls seem to take a while to be connected, but that is probably more to do with Three, the network provider, rather than the phone.
The calls list has a big disadvantage; the numbers don't stay on the list for as long as I'd want them to - they disappear after a few days.
The phone has a 3g internet connection which doesn't have brilliant reception, but, again, that will be more to do with Three than the phone itself. The phone comes with a browser in order to use the internet but it isn't very good and disappears if you open anything else. I suggest downloading another browser such as Opera Mini. This is an excellent little browser and although it has some faults of its own, it can be used, if you wish, with a little cursor like on a standard computer.
It also comes with a mobile version of Windows Live Messanger which, at the time of writing, is free to use on Three (subject to fair use policy). This is a nice little application but can be a bit faulty (flickering, going back to the contact list at odd times, requiring a password every time it goes out of range and you choose for it to be reconnected).
The text message system is nice and easy to use and requires no description on my part.
The address book is annoying. It looks nice, but it does not have enough space on each line of the address section, so you have to abbreviate people's addresses if they have long or a lot of words in it. Also, to view a whole address or email address you must select 'edit contact' from the menu which, I'm sure you'll agree is badly designed and silly.
The phone has a nice calendar feature which allows you enter a fair amount of detail per appointment.
The camera is sort of useful for when you don't have your camera with you and something is better than nothing, but as an amateur photographer I am dissatisfied with the picture quality - it makes photos look like thy have been edited to look a bit like paintings. One must also press the 'back' button every time one wants to take another picture. There is also no zoom in the high quality/large size settings.
I can usually work out how to use electronic devices, only referring to the instruction manuals when there is some complicated feature unique to the device. It was so in this case too, but unfortunately the instruction manual was hopeless. It contained the most obvious instructions for the easiest things and did not explain features such as what he different settings do. I don't believe it even mentions how to increase the volume for during a phone call. I eventually worked things out, but it took some time. If you are not technically minded, make sure you know someone who is and who is willing to help you!
I won't review the other minor features of the phone (and I haven't even used the music player). For details of these, please refer to Sony Ericsson's website.
The physical aspects of this phone are nice and standard with nothing too fancy. The camera lens on the back is unprotected which isn't very wise - one's fingers touch it while holding the phone and it will also become easily scratched in this state. I had a few problems with the buttons shortly after I bought it - some grit had found its way under there and jammed a button. Due to the spaces between and under the keys this can happen easily. The keys also feel a bit weak and flimsy. When bought from Three, the button which should be for launching the web browser is instead a dedicated button for Three's Music Store which I will almost certainly never use. This button is therefore redundant in my case and it cannot be reassigned to anything else.
The battery life of this phone isn't very good at all, but then I am comparing it to my old Siemens C45 which could last for weeks, even months without needing to be charged.
Finally, before buying this phone, if you wish to do so, make sure you really want Three's tariff of 12p per minute and 12p per text. It's a nice simple tariff, but do you really want to spend that much?
Advantages: Awesome outlook, picture and sound quality, a lot of useful features. Disadvantages: Haven't find anything bad so far.
Sony Ericsson K530i - my review
'''INTRODUCTION:'''
I have used Sony Ericsson W200i since 2005, and now, few months ago I bought Sony Ericsson K530i. I didn't need anything amazing, I just needed simple phone for working, mostly I call and send sms-s with that and this is pretty good phone for that.
Why I chose Sony Ericsson?
1) One good thing about Sony Ericsson phones, is surely battery life.
2) Sound and picture quality is awesome.
3) Sony ... ...said, my old phone was Sony Ericsson W200i, it was walkman, but I didn't find anything wonderful about the walkman, so this time, I decided to buy Sony Ericsson phone, which don't have walkman music player. First time, I used it, I found out some music player, and in my opinion, it was exactly same as walkman music player. Sony Ericsson phones has really good quality, and Sony Ericsson phones are excellent business phones. This is pretty new phone, ...
ihate22 31.12.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sony Ericsson K530i
Advantages: 3G, Longer Battery life, Camera, Audio quality, Disadvantages: Video playback, no dedicated music keys (but this is K series not W series):-)
...Constant updates and support from Sony Ericsson. BASS effect is very good and headphone clarity is very good. 5310 sound clarity messes up when equalizer is set and at full volume.
Well JAVA applications are well supported than 5310. For instance Opera JAVA edition installed with ease while it had troubles with my 5310.
The Firmware of K530i is strongly built while 5310 hangs for me when listening to music and messaging at same time 8/10 times. ... ...time is only 30-40 minutes when hearing to songs thru. speakers after fully charging the phone. But after full charge, K530i music playback lasted for nearly 4.5 hours with still two bars of battery left.
Also voice clarity in K530i is better than that of 5310 XpressMusic.
Though 5310 XpressMusic has dedicated music keys which initially attracted me, it is flimsy and 5310 performace is poor when compared with K530i. Though K530i has no dedicated ...
nishanthl21111987 01.11.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sony Ericsson K530i
Advantages: Looks great, works well, lots of great features Disadvantages: Small-ish memory
...classy and chic offering from Sony Ericsson this year packed with the latest technologies. The slim candybar design is available in two colours, both black and grey and the metallic paintwork and sophisticated keypad make this phone a real looker. The wonderfully sized TFT screen means that images and menu screens are easily viewed in vibrant colour with modern icons as a default menu. Weighing just 92g and measuring 102mm x 46mm x 14mm this is a ... ...standard for this price range. Sony Ericsson have high quality camera's built into them as mobile phones go and so although 2MP is slightly behind the times now, for capturing those funny moments, or memory's on the move, this phone is perfect. With 2.5X digital zoom those close-up shots are easily captured as well. This phone has SMS, MMS, Email and Video messaging capabilites which means you are always able to say what you need to create fun and ...
debbsfranklin 21.08.2007
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Advantages: Easy to Use, Hardwearing, never lets you down. Disadvantages: only a 2.o megapixel camera but not a huge problem.
In my opinion this is one of the most practical and trustworthy phones i have ever owned. I have had two years experience of using this phone and have never had any difficulties. It has an easy to use main menu, many features and an ability to chose from many themes for that ultimate customization. The camera is now slightly out of date as most new phones come with something like an 8megapixel camera, whereas this is only a 2megapixel, however the ... ...for the 3 netowrk when i purchased it which gave it even more features such as planet3, for easy cheap internet surfing. I also found this a great and simple way to check your mins & txts. Overall a reliable and easy to use phone with the added exciting features. ...
Comz158 12.03.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Sony Ericsson K530i
Advantages: It works! Nothing badly wrong with it! Disadvantages: software could be much better...
...full of little signs that Sony Ericsson put no effort at all into designing it - e.g. it takes a minimum of 5 button presses to just listen do a different song on the same album you're playing. You can't listen to most albums in order - for some reason it seems to like to order them odd-numbered tracks first, then even-numbered tracks, and you can't change this. The only way is to create playlists, and you can't edit or add to playlists once they're ... ...nuisance, but I am very easy to irritate and I can put up with it, so it's can't be that big a deal.
Overall, a very good phone, and if Sony Ericsson had put just a little bit more effort and testing into the design, it'd be nearly perfect. ...
alanomaly 17.04.2008
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Digital camera, 2nd camera, FM radio, digital player
MPN
DPY1013251/27, DPY1013251/134, HGSE79, K530I
Weight
92 g
Body Colour
Warm silver
Available Body Colours
Thunder black, warm silver
Cellular
Aerial
Internal
Bluetooth Profiles
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP)
Technology
WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Band
WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 900/1800/1900
Phone Design
Candy bar
Vibrating Alert
Yes
Polyphonic Ringer
Built-in
Conference Call Capability
Yes
Additional Features
Intelligent Typing (T9)
Speakerphone
Built-in
Voice Recorder
Built-in
Call Timer
Built-in
Communicator features
Synchronisation With PC
Built-in
Messaging & data services
Cellular Messaging Services
MMS, Nokia Smart Messaging, SMS
WAP Protocol Supported
WAP 2.0
Included Services
Video Call
Messaging / Data Features
XHTML Browser, RSS feeds
JAVA applications
Built-in
Internet Browser
Built-in
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)
Built-in
Multimedia features
Downloadable Content
Themes, games, ring tones, screensavers, wallpapers
Digital camera
Features
Video recording
Digital Zoom
2.5
Sensor Resolution
2 Megapixel
Organiser
Alarm Clock
Yes
Calculator
Basic
Additional Timer Functions
Countdown timer, stopwatch
Reminder
Built-in
Calendar / Event Reminder
Built-in
Display
Type
LCD display
Technology
TFT
Colour Support
Colour
Display Illumination Colour
White
Features
Wallpaper, screen saver
Display Resolution
176 x 220 pixels, 320 x 240 pixels
Colour Depth
262,144 colours
Multi-language Menu
Built-in
Memory
User Memory
16 MB - shared
Supported Flash Memory Cards
Memory Stick Micro M2
Connections
Connector Type
1 x data port - Fast Port
Miscellaneous
Included Accessories
Power adapter
Manufacturer's product description
The Sony Ericsson K530 is a slim 3G phone that gives full and fast access to the Web, plus performance imaging with a 2 megapixel camera and a variety of news, weather and entertainment features.
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