Sony Ericsson K500 - user opinions and reviews

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Design
8.0
Features
8.1
Performance
8.1
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the joystick,most of s.eric like k500i is really hard.It is better to use other s.eric like k550&610i for 4 way nev.key

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  • 2007-09-04 13:17
  • jLBr
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Its a very handy phone and you can do alot with it.But sometimes the memorys not to good.

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  • 2007-08-18 22:26
  • Naw%
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i got this phone as a present from my mum's friend, and it was one of the coolest phone, well before the K700. I got the K700i later on but i prefer the K500 more due to its youthful design, bigger screen, and better keypad. But the most annoying drawback is the Joystick.

Definately the Joystick is the worse ever. Its rubbery/plastic and only lasts for months. And the quality of the silver frame around the screen and the joystick wears off easily, now it looks extremely crooked and cheap. The back cover latch on mine broke coz its exposed quite alot and just a small fall can easily break that plastic latch.

But otherwise, awesome phone, good camera too. I think this was the first megapixel camera from SE, and it wasnt the S700. Coz it has the option to capture images above 640, such as 1280, which is a megapixel! the K700 doesnt have this feature.

If they improved the Joystick and use normal solid colour frame, this could be the best phone ever.

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  • 2007-07-25 00:51
  • ngZZ
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I've nothing to complain but da joystick...i believe i'm a patient guy but sometimes patience has got its limit...esp when i'm typing Chinese characters, there is no other way to select next row of Chinese word except to press da joystick downward, and it gave me inward, causing select, then i have to choose English instead of Ch to reply my frens who use Ch, (sigh)... but I'm a SE fan!!! And it has never disappointed that new no-joystick phone has released, LONG-LIVE SE!!!

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  • 2007-07-05 18:17
  • ibfC
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no problem in this phone without joystick

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  • 2007-07-05 14:51
  • waUY
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i have been using the phone for the past 2 month and i have been having the problem of low batteries

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  • 2007-07-02 13:03
  • SsBT
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good durable fone

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  • 2007-06-25 19:17
  • PSdH
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I have had this small phone for 2 and half years now. For a basic affordable phone like this i will say, its being great. Recently i downloaded opera mini 3.0 and i enjoyed internet browsing, email services, RSS feeds among other internet capabilities. This month i downloaded the latest opera mini beta 4.0! I can now browse the internet with pc like web page views. There is zoom capabilities etc. Am looking for a Smartphone now perhaps the n72.

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  • 2007-06-25 12:03
  • M@T2
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my problem with this phone is that the memory is always full, i love saving my messages but it wil say memory is full NAAAAAAAAH!!!

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  • 2007-06-08 05:01
  • 2A3u
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i have heard, that when joystick dont work you must ERASE some things, because memory is full!

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  • 2007-05-31 17:29
  • MCGV
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Forgot to add that sure after 3 years joystick is a little bit worn out, but it made me used to it. If you have big labour hands, then it is not for you.

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  • 2007-05-17 09:35
  • j@S9
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I would never believe until I've got the result. I used this phone gently for 3 years now. The only problem I had was an old system version, which was updated later on at service center. I never use it's camera, so I don't complain about 0.6 Mega pixels. I also like that phone has sort of two speakers. For me it is really hard to miss a call, especially when using mp3 ring tones... Even in metro.
I won't substitute it till it breaks down. I found, reliability is not inferior to Nokia.

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  • 2007-05-17 09:27
  • j@S9
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i asked about the battery because 700 mAh don't keep my SE K700i alive not even half a day in use, without making ANY phone calls. it's very annoying because exactly when i'm not at home, my ph's dead and i need to make a ph call..:-(

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  • 2007-05-12 18:15
  • M@T2
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Adrian,

The battery on this phone is fantastic. It lasts days!

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  • 2007-05-04 02:33
  • PQ3V
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can anybody tell me how many mAh has its battery and is it enough for its functions? thank you

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  • 2007-05-01 11:31
  • M@T2
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i use the handset for last 1year.it is very useful but also harmful.there is no blue tooth support.

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  • 2007-04-25 16:16
  • vGkE
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This is a great phone. I have had it for the past 2 years and have had no problems at all! the speaker is great! It is a great phone!

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  • 2007-04-17 06:09
  • PQ3V
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The phone is just fine, everything works good (camera, mp3 player) but after a while (i think a quarter-year) my joystick refused to work. With this, a lot of functions get useless and unreichable. What allso would be a very good improvement, is bluetooth. I have it one year now, and now the recharging sometimes goes wrong. I've had it with this phone, think i'm going to buy the LG KG320.

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  • 2007-04-08 22:50
  • na@n
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this phone is better than the t630, it has more memory supports mp3's, my only complaint about this phone is that it does not have bluetooth only infra-red. fab phone.

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  • 2007-03-30 22:55
  • mx3y
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i have been using this phone for last one and a half year, the joy stick is problematic, i am sick of it. the sound of camera is also very loud.i also dont like the orange light of key pad and the key pad is hard to push.there is no blue tooth. With these exceptions the phone is otherwise quite good and economic.

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  • 2007-03-22 14:05
  • PGhd
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