Sony Ericsson P1 review: A smart sharp-shooter
The Sony Ericsson P1 is an exciting new smartphone that is to be included in Sony Ericsson portfolio. Powered by Symbian OS and featuring a QWERTY keyboard, a touchscreen TFT display with QVGA resolution and a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus, it represents the next level of the development of UIQ smartphones. As such, it seems that the Sony Ericsson P1 will be the flagship of Sony Ericsson smartphone line overrunning even the Sony Ericsson P990 and we were more than curious to find out how it performed in real life.
- 88fly88
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hey guys just wondering if this phone lags alot when u install lots of applications or store lots of files in it?
Thanks in advance!
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- 2008-07-09 05:25
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- dan
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> In reply to Mojo @ 2008-06-05 23:02 from 0dwpwhat shortcut are you talking about sir????
the shortcut on the touch screen or the shortcut button on the right side??? coz i don't have a problem on either shortcut....
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- 2008-06-06 11:36
- vxvE
- Anonymous
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SE P1i
The "i" stands for "international" and is sold in the international market.
It's really a PDA instead of a regular phone and is quite pricey.
The phone call quality is quite good but the speakerphone volume must be kept
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- 2008-06-05 23:22
- 0dwp
- Anonymous
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> In reply to AMG @ 2007-06-11 09:29 from pTerNope.
The cover lens is not available as SE had to make room for a new battery design.
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- 2008-06-05 23:19
- 0dwp
- Mojo
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-02-06 05:10 from wu46You need the battery: BST-40 not the BST-33.
The updated battery has a slightly improved battery life and should be recycled fully as I've learned from my P1i from near 0% instead of in the middle ~30-40%. This should help increase the battery life.
Shutting off all other features such as Wifi also helps.
Using only the phone, battery life is ~3 days before recharging!
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- 2008-06-05 23:16
- 0dwp
- Mojo
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Quick correction in my review....
UIQ 3 and Symbian 9.x is O/S used not Symbian 3.
Also, forgot to mention another disadvantage of the phone...
The shortcut keys on the phone can be customized but be careful...
Once a shortcut is created, it is PERMANENT as stated in the user's guide and can NOT be removed.
Also, the position of the shortcut can NOT be changed as well.
Customize the shortcuts carefully!!
What a stupid feature to omit, the ability to remove or move a shortcut?! How shortsighted is that?!
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- 2008-06-05 23:02
- 0dwp
- Anonymous
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I have used a P910i for two and a half years - unfortunately it has now been damaged beyond repair. Does anyone know how I can load the backup from my pc onto the P1i?? I thought this would work no problem but I am told otherwise.....
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- 2008-06-03 15:04
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- lhon0901
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An added note on RAM: I've used P990i and now have P1i, so I know how P990i lags in terms of memory... It seems that I need to restart the phone once a week so that the memory will not get full/phone will not crash, w/c is a hing of the past for P1i... Used it for a week and never restarted the phone even once (until I updated the firmware, that is.) P990i users should definitely take this into consideration and upgrade to P1i if they can. Only an opinion, though. Hope I don't hurt P990i users out there. Ü
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- 2008-04-22 15:01
- vp1f
- Dude from Jamaica
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Personally, I think a lot of persons who complain about this phone don't know anything about smartphones or PC Technology at large. I will be getting my phone this Thursday and already I have researched all the features of the phone, when online at http://www.sonyerisson.com and used the virtual phone there. I also contacted my service provider to see if they are able to accomodate the network of the phone.
People!!!! You need to read and UNDERSTAND the capabilities of the phone, it is like a PC where you can install programs, surf the web, emulate other programs, etc.
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- 2008-04-20 22:03
- Rf7R
- WONDERING
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Hey everybody. I would really love some advices on this. Which one is better. N95 8GB or P1 ? I ve heard that P1 its a bit complicate to use and that N95 8Gb battery is way better. I ve never seen these phones but im really interested in buying one of those. So which one you think is worth spending my money off??? Please i really need some advice. Thank you
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- 2008-04-12 21:17
- nAka
- Tetophone
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I would like to know how it works with a
navigation system like Tomtom. Is the processor
strong enough?
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- 2008-04-12 14:28
- 0ETf
- Anonymous
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hi , i am planning to buy this smart phone , can banybody help whether it is really worth ..
what all problems are faced in this ?????
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- 2008-03-17 20:37
- 2SQg
- Anonymous
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In the task manager you don't have to terminate the apps one by one, tap "More" then "End all". Apart from that great review
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- 2008-02-29 13:44
- mc3t
- Mf From Ireland
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Sony Ericsson P900 was a brilliant phone. P1 is a disaster I've had two (1 new & 1 replacement) & they both had problems backing up. Error messages would appear saying that the phone cancelled the backup. Sony Ericsson were extremely unhelpful about this. Can anybody help me here???
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- 2008-02-15 21:46
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- Anonymous
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I just bought this phone and am very pleased with it. For me the keyboard is very convienent and fast though others may find it a bit confusing. A few problems I'm having with the phone are that the alarm will not sound when it is in silent mode, there is no way to delete recently used contacts in messaging and the battery life is not so good. I've heard that new batteries need time to reach their full life span but I've been through three charging cycles already. I keep bluetooth, 3G and WLAN off as well. Any advice? Thank you!!! Also does anyone know the latest firmare? Mine is R9J005...
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- 2008-02-06 05:10
- wu46
- mikoshoti
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p1i is cool i have one and still searching for the right applications for it i need flash reader if i used it for internet and watch videos it says java is turn off or your flash reader is old version so can any body help me where can i download flash reader for p1i thnakssss
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- 2008-01-20 12:36
- PU2F
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