Sony W580i A flawed gem?

Advantages: Easy to use, great features in an affordable phone
Disadvantages: Poor quality keypad.

...I bought the Sony Ericson W580i as a gift for my daughters 13th birthday, and she loves it. We got her the pink one which was exclusive to Orange shops, so it had to be on an Orange pay as you go, which caused some problems as they refused to offer the texts deal they were advertising at the time. Anyway onto the phone which my daughter mainly uses to listen to music, and make occasional calls to let us know where she is, and text her friends. All of the basic functions are easy for her to use (if not for us old fogies to use) and the 2.0 megapixel camera is ideal for quick snapshots of her and her friends and sisters when they're doing something silly. It all fell down when the keys started cracking though. After 3 weeks of use the first of the number keys cracked, followed quickly by 2 others. We then had problems with the shop we...

titchmarsh1 06.01.2008 (05.01.2008) · Read review
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W580i is totaly wicked!!!!

Advantages: Walkman, fitness application and slim and sexy!!!
Disadvantages: battery dos'nt last that long

...The W580i is total wicked I love this phone, I bought it when it first come out like a year ago!! I love my phone it's soooo slick, sexy and slim you can just chuck it in your bag and go and you can just pop it in a small purse on a night out or slip it in your back pocket!! It also looks great. And its not just about the way it looks, who needs an Ipod or MP3 player when you've got this phone you can store all your favorite tunes on here and listen to them wherever you go! Also check this out with Shake control, a song from your playlist is randomly chosen at the flick of your wrist, and it soooo easy to download and transfere all your tunes on to. It also comes with wicked comfy headphones and you can buy really cool speakers to!!! The camera is great too such a clear picture and sooo easy to use and download to your pc...

charlotte85 02.03.2009 · Read review
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My Sony Ericsson W580i

Advantages: Thin, Good Memory, Aesthetically pleasing, good value for money.
Disadvantages: Cover is worn quite easily, buttons crack quickly.

...I have had my Sony Ericsson W580i for around 1 and a half years now, after receiving it as a gift from my parents two Christmases ago. The version of the W580i varied to the dark grey and blue one stated in the picture, and was instead a white and orange version, which was bought on a pay and go tariff on o2. I was in desperate need of a new mobile and picked the W580i from the Carphone Warehouse catalogue, as it was aesthetically pleasing and had many advantages over my current mobile; 2mp. Camera, a 512mb memory card, and the new format were also appealing to me. When i first got the phone, i noticed that many of my friends and others i knew had also received the W580i for Christmas - proving it was a popular choice! 17 months on and I?m still using the mobile... Although it is beginning to get a bit dilapidated - possibly due to...

anf205 08.05.2009 · Read review
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Sony Erricson W580i

Advantages: free 515mb memory card, extra options, "Shuffle" control and music & picture quality very good
Disadvantages: buttons crack and stop working for no reason at all!

...I owned this phone for just over a year I was on 02 network and I paid £139.99 for it. The mobile phone software is very good but the phone itself is very disappointing!!!!! First of all the Sony Ericsson W580i comes with a 512MB memory card and a 2.0 mega pixel camera. This obviously means that there is alot of space for pictures, music and video files. The picture quality is also brilliant too. The menu's are easily accessable and is practically the same as other Sony Ericsson mobile phones. On the Sony Ericsson W580i you can listen to the local radio station, Play the Games (My phone came with two games), TrackID (This you put your phone next to a speaker and the song is ID'd but comes with a price), Video Player. A "Video dj" Which allows you to add your videos together, PhotoDJ which allows you to edit...

cwishay 27.11.2007 (21.03.2009) · Read review
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Sony Ericsson W580i in Pink!

Advantages: Nice little compact phone with plenty of features.
Disadvantages: Needed external memory stick in order to make full use of Walkman feature.

...I had the Sony Ericsson W580i as a temporary replacement when my other phone needed repairing. It cost me just £60 for the pink version as it was a customer return, not used but the seal on the box had been broken. Anyway back to the phone; was pleasantly surprised by how powerful the phone was considering how small and lightweight it was compared to my previous one, it weighs around 94grams. The menu function was clear and concise and it was easy to find what I was looking for. I found it quick and easy to enter additional contact infomation that wasn't stored on my Sim Card, and the whole phone was simple to navigate. The sound clarity when using the Walkman function was very clear and a novel way of shaking the phone to get to the next track was a lot less fiddly than having to keep going into the menu function. The phone...

lisajay 06.11.2008 · Read review
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W580i - Basicly the same as W910i for less!

Advantages: Walkman, Stylish, easy to use
Disadvantages: Battery Life and lack of camera flash

...Hi ,first review so here goes :) ... I bought this phone basicly, because I wanted the Sony W910i, but couldn't afford lol. I picked this up for about 100 quid, (w910i is about 200 quid) and was not expecting much because of the low price. However, having compared it with the W910i, this one does basicly exactly the same, but for half the price. Bargain! I also think that this one actually looks better, although it is perhaps more suited to a female as is not as wide as the w910i, and the buttons are very small even for my little fingers! I have the phone in Urban Grey..first things first it looks very sleek and slim, and I have had lots of comments on how cool it looks. It has LED lights in the sides which change colour when you change the theme - looks great but probably uses more battery than it's worth, as there is no function...

annie-apple 18.11.2007 · Read review
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Sony Ericsson W580i

Advantages: Good all round phone
Disadvantages: None

...I text quite a lot. One thing I have noticed is that they do not feel as solid as any of my other Sony Ericsson phones, and although responsive, don't keep up with me quite as well as my last phone, the W810i. The buttons on the upper part of the slider, and therefore the buttons most subjected to the batterings of the other items in my bag, are very solid and easy to use. Also, I'm glad Sony Ericsson put aside the joystick, as the directional pad is much easier to use, and much less susceptible to fault. The phone has an average memory capacity, which can be extended using a memory card up to 2GB. It has all of the features you would expect from a standard, recently released mobile. The camera is quite poor, but as I do not use the phone for taking picures (I have an excellent digital camera for that!) this wasn't much of an issue...

kiara5162 16.07.2008 · Read review
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The neat W580i

Advantages: stylish, good value for money, easy to use
Disadvantages: flimsy keypad

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anita_201 26.03.2008 · Read review
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the sony ericsson w580i

Advantages: light gd memory
Disadvantages: battery doesnt last tht long

...i find that the sony ericsson w580i is a very neat and compact phone it has a very slick look to it and keeps up with the standars of todays technolagy i enjoy using this phone very much but there are quite a few disadvantges to this phone 1 which i find is quite a big thing is that it does not hav a flash on the camera which i find is quite important because if u like to take pictures whilst you are out and about at nite time the picture quialty can be quite poor another thing i find with this phone is that the battery does not last longer than a day and if you are out and do not hav a charger then you are stuffed. but the reason i highly rate this phone is because it is very light and on the sides of the phone it has flashing lights of all colurs tht flash to the sound of the music it also has a button which u can press and shake...

LIVERPOOLSTAR 31.08.2007 · Read review
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Sony Ericsson W580i

Advantages: Flashing lights, good sound quality
Disadvantages: No flash on camera, screen easily scratched

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x--cath 19.11.2008 · Read review
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