Sony Ericsson P990 review: A coveted smartphone
Highly awaited as it is, Sony Ericsson P990 is going to be the flagship of the Sony Ericsson product line. Equipped with every possible current connectivity features, an autofocus 2 megapixel camera, a second video calls camera, a conventional keypad and a QWERTY keyboard, Memory Stick slot, FM radio with RDS, the latest Symbian 9.1 OS, and last, but not least with a large 2.76" TFT touchscreen with a QVGA (240x320 pixels) resolution it surely made the news for many impatiently waiting fans when it finally hit the market.
- Mick O'Brien
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Ok, I've had 2 990i's, first was stolen by someone who saw it a solution to their next fix, so went out and got replacement. Now the model is getting old, the Symbian OS is turning up to be dead in the water, the crashing problem has been reduced but not sorted, re-packaged as "improvements". The hardware is still awesome, the Wi-Fi been handy in a free zone. Qwerty keyboard useable to me but sausage fingers have troubles, Has bounceability, wish the audio O/P could be louder, no radio with bluetooth. (even if you plug in the hardware ariel/headphones).
Good phone if you are happy for the +'s to outweigh the -'s (avoid if you don't do -'s,s) and can think out of the "Windows" box. pick a second hand up for about £60 on E. Mines got the max 8GB mem upgrade, now I wonder if i can squeeze in a movie or 2 in there?
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- 2009-10-20 12:30
- Tr8a
- Saif
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Hi All,
Hope you people are fine....
Be frank, am using this P990i for the last 2 years. its superb good,very fast, very nice , i already used almost all the features and its damn good, its very fast also..
I love this phone...still now i never thinking of a new one..
becoz am very happy with this....
u can see the Business card scanner, its really useful a business travel people like us..........
Camera -Superb
Sound- superb
All u need is to update software when its released...
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- 2009-10-07 12:58
- 0m3b
- GMax
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> In reply to flipsides @ 2009-01-23 10:29 from vp9{I have my P990i running with a 4GB MSDuoPro without any problems. I love this phone!
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- 2009-08-31 08:18
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- cajetan
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forget it - everything from the many software bugs to the lousy battery life - can't recommend this phone at all - did i mention that it hangs a lot as well so while u r thinking the phone is working your friends that r calling u goes straight to the answer phone and oh i have undated the software via the SE updater so u don't even want to know my thoughts when i first got it!
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- 2009-04-19 21:30
- uBF%
- roseshit
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P990i is better than W950i?why?i need the answer immediately.thx
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- 2009-02-05 18:09
- ji{R
- flipsides
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ei people, just want to know if how much memory the p990i can support? my friend say it can support up to 4gig of ms pro duo, but im not sure about it, so i need a 2nd demotion. thnx
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- 2009-01-23 10:29
- vp9{
- Anonymous
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> In reply to Mr a @ 2006-09-25 17:45 from ntqkI have P990i over 2 years now and to be honest it is the best cell phone I’ve ever had. There are no problems with softwares at all. There are plenty of options and features to use. The only problem which I’m not sure wether it’s a problem or not is, the booting is a little bit slow but other than that it’s great and if you wanna buy one I should say its a very good decision you made.
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- 2008-09-12 08:05
- TSGV
- nick
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I have been using this phone for the past 6 months.At first I had issues in every single thing in that phone.So, after a great research I finally got to know that the updates provided on SE website for P990i fixed almost ALL the issues.I configured my PC with the phone using the provided software and all I do is Update the software inside the phone.I did it twice till now,and I see a good response in the way it is working. But before updating the software, make sure to backup the whole stuff on your phone. This indeed is a very good phone. Except the look is a bit bulky.
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- 2008-03-21 14:32
- DxCp
- Michelle Angela
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well.,. i already have this Smart Phone.,. and i'm using this phone for about 7 months... after having this phone,., i never dreamed of buying a new one... i'm very much happy and satisfied with Sony Ericsson P990i.
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- 2008-01-24 04:39
- vxhI
- senthil
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my sony ericssion p990i touch screen is not workink whats the solution
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- 2008-01-13 09:33
- utAH
- Alej
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Imagine from 45K to 20K!!!! im a p800, and p910 user.... and i'm just excited to have this.... though P1i is also a good choice,,, it has no normal keypad.... unlike the p990.... I know it's late but I'm still excited.... i'm planning to wait for the p3 (not sure about the name) that says that it looks like the Iphone.... finally... hope to have p990.....
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- 2007-11-15 14:03
- PRQq
- Anonymous
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hi i got a frien that is going to have this phone soon, but we want to know if the package comes with the special screwdriver to remove the front cover
thanx
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- 2007-09-16 04:31
- Pq}k
- Anonymous
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everybody needs to update the software. - where can u upadate the phone' software??
htanx
corrie
previous useres comment:
This phone is great once you update it. Trust me, I had a lot of problems with it. But once I updated it, it was all a whole lot better
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- 2007-08-29 11:11
- E$7j
- Anonymous
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Hi,
i have this phone about 3 mounths and i don´t like it.too much bugs anda a kind complicate.if you are a new user in that kind of smartphone think twice.probably a E90 will be better for new users.but it is always a personal choise and time to get used.sorry for english mistakes.
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- 2007-08-15 00:02
- mFEG
- Sam
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Guys sam dis is... cld any1 help me out? i wanna know dat does da symbian of da p990 works as nokia.I mean 2 say does it supports all those applications and themes which r made for nokia???? or it has other apps??? pls pls help me out........
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- 2007-07-26 11:08
- 2F2N
- Anonymous
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plz help my p990i touch screen is not working. restarted my phone still no joy. my touch screen is not working. any advise
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- 2007-06-30 02:00
- N9Av
- moti
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hi im planning to buy the P990i phone but im still thinking if a novice like me can enjoy this kind of smart phone please answer concern guys so that i can enjoy the phone as soon as possible. thanks very much in advance.
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- 2007-06-24 12:04
- PRQg
- Owen
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ALL P990i USERS...
...i have some questions
1)
im planning to change my phone from N80 to P990i and before i do this, i would like to know if it's true that the touchscreen function of P990i is a little offset to the right? meaning that if you will press letter "S" on the virtual keyboard on the screen, it will press "A" instead? or if you press "OK" on the screen, you need to press a little to the right of "OK" to hit it?
2)
P990i uses wireless specification 802.11B and my Nokia N80 uses 802.11G which is a faster wireless specification (wireless G is faster than B even in laptop computers). Is wireless internet SPEED not annoying in P990i? i know that i may need to adjust with the speed if i change to P990i since my N80 has faster wireless intergration, so im wondering if P990i's wireless is TOLERABLE and DECENT even if it's only wireless B.
3)
my N80 can wirelessly share files between my computer via my wireless router. I can also pick an MP3 file from my phone and the music plays to my PC via wireless too. im using a software from Nokia and I installed it in my PC to make all these work. Is P990i also capable of doing all these wireless functions? does it also have a software for PC that will enable file sharing and wireless music via wireless connection?
4)
with regard to hardware or mechanical built of my N80, i dont have any problem at all: no creaking sound when i slide it or whatever, no loose parts, no paint or no color that fades or peels off, parts are all aligned properly, everything is tight even after using it for a year, dropped it already but no cracks or chipped off part or scratch, no part that gets fingerprints, etc...
so does P990i also behaves like all these? no creaking sound, no loose parts, not too fragile when dropped?...
i know i have a lot of questions because this is a difficult decision for me since N80 is such a perfect phone for me but im looking for something with touchscreen capability and if there's another phone out there better than my N80. thanks for all your time and will be waiting for feedback and HONEST and UNBIASED opinion.
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- 2007-05-28 09:45
- RKn%
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