Sony Ericsson W890 - user opinions and reviews

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it's less that centimetre thick! have you seen any other phones this slim with a flash? didn't think so.

why are people on here so obsessed with the list of features of a phone rather than weighing up what the phone is actually like to use?

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  • 2007-11-14 18:07
  • T30H
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no autofocus? that's bad..realy bad and as someone else observed that the phone doesn't have a flash....it's a very big minus...Now I realy don't know with what phone should I change my w810....

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  • 2007-11-14 13:00
  • p3G6
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no flash? having a 3.15 camera and no flash is unacceptable

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  • 2007-11-14 03:29
  • A{gB
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W890? Very very very good phone, its missing two things, 1. Infrared 2. Flash [camera], i can live without infared i dont use my own anyway, but with a 3MP camera it would have been appropriate if this phone had flash, cant win them all but it is still a phone i would like to own!

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  • 2007-11-14 02:25
  • PHuq
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PT2N-
It's nice that you haven't felt that Symbian isn't a waste of money, but it's a waste of TIME.

Usually freezing, or slowing down. With the many more features Nokia is bringing out on the S60 platform, they better bring out a Symbian profile that can handle all of that, other wise while you're rocking your music and checking your GPS and turning the orientation, your phone will just die right there.
Sorry, but Nokia sucks in terms of ergonomics with their hardware, and useability when it comes down to their software.

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  • 2007-11-13 21:26
  • q}46
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its got 2 Stereo Speakers.....this W890i !!

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  • 2007-11-13 19:23
  • mqcM
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storm20,

when you find a Nokia that can replace this phone please let us know the model :-)
i think you wil be very disappointed when you see Nokia offering...

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  • 2007-11-13 15:24
  • iBEx
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this phone has many cool stuff like
the 3.2 megapixel cam
the big and clear resolution
walkman 3 and new media browser
very slim like the w880
3G and video calls

but the lack of the flash really sucks
i possess w810 and I wanna upgrade but I really cant find a walkman phone deserves to be possessed
I think iam gonna turn to nokia

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  • 2007-11-13 14:24
  • fvyJ
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second gen of w880i. i should have bought this phone

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  • 2007-11-13 13:57
  • vpds
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dude why r ull all fogetting no ones even mentioning it the cell has got stereo speakers finnaly like the nokia n now it will rock out nokia 6233 and 6300 music edition go on sony go on

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  • 2007-11-13 11:51
  • P$6C
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Nokia does not ahve auto focus in this thickness as well.
take a look at the 6300 5320 6500 act.

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  • 2007-11-13 10:14
  • iBEx
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no autofocus move to nokia dude se phones waste of money no symbian os

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  • 2007-11-13 09:45
  • PT2N
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adiel,

did you know the w890 will also have the cool sensor to automatically rotate the screen view when holding the phone horizontally?
like the w910...
this is a great feature don't you think?

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  • 2007-11-13 09:09
  • iBEx
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@ Zorro
Secondly w810i and w850 both have 2 MP cam but w810i cam is way better than w850, I have taken truly amazing photos with that set, I am just giving this example to show how good is the cam in w810i. We will have to wait and see what w890 can do.
As far as w610 is concerned its again one of those sets which could have been so much better but SE again proves that they are not interested in making every set as good it should be. I persuaded my friend to buy a w610i when it came out..but he returned it after only 4 days...u know why??it has a TFD screen which looks much cheaper and is no match with TFT screen, battery time sucked thanks to its slimness, it can only zoom in VGA mode and as far I remember there is no landscape mode in camera..again a set that could have been so much better was ruined by SE stupid planning.

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  • 2007-11-13 08:58
  • PF2x
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wow i didn't relize up till now that this phone have the screen convertion feature (same as the W910).

take a look:
http://artedelcelular.blogspot...on-w890.html

damn how could i have missed that?!!??
totally cool feature :-)

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  • 2007-11-13 08:58
  • iBEx
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@ Zorro
I do understand that different people have different preferences but I am talking about such shortfalls like giving 3.2 MP cam and skipping flash, I am not saying they should have made a 5 MP cam or 8 GB space or support for symbian OS or 16M colors...all I am saying that if they are providing a 3.2 cam they should have included flash because without it the cam is going to suck.
And about this set outperforming w810i...ha ha ha..I take it as a joke. W810i is one of that exceptional set that lacks nothing..bigger screen does'nt matter since its the performance that counts. Now w810i is the most "modable" set as I have about 50 flash themes installed, about 120 icon packs in my mobile, sound quality greatly enhanced, I can literally change anything I want in my mobile. Let's see what this mobile will be capable of when it comes out. Don't declare that it outperforms w810i because I don't think its that easy...believe me :)

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  • 2007-11-13 08:41
  • PF2x
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I gree W810 is a great phone but it is very big :-(
if this phone will have same preformance - it will be a major improvement as the size if about a half :-)

anyway just in case someone missed this amazing promo clip for the W890:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTGbtVYU7rM
thank you mobile-review !!!
a great promo review is also availabe on thier site:
http://www.mobile-review.com/a...new-en.shtml

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  • 2007-11-13 08:18
  • iBEx
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@ Zorro
I do understand that different people have different preferences but I am talking about such shortfalls like giving 3.2 MP cam and skipping flash, I am not saying they should have made a 5 MP cam or 8 GB space or support for symbian OS or 16M colors...all I am saying that if they are providing a 3.2 cam they should have included flash because without it the cam is going to suck.
And about this set outperforming w810i...ha ha ha..I take it as a joke. W810i is one of that exceptional set that lacks nothing..bigger screen does'nt matter since its the performance that counts. Now w810i is the most "modable" set as I have about 50 flash themes installed, about 120 icon packs in my mobile, sound quality greatly enhanced, I can literally change anything I want in my mobile. Let's see what this mobile will be capable of when it comes out. Don't declare that it outperforms w810i because I don't think its that easy...believe me :)

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  • 2007-11-13 07:55
  • PF2x
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Wonderful upgrade to the W880, the Quad band support is definitely welcome, along with the ostensibly better keypad. Does anyone believe it still might be too small? I hate it when my thumbs cramp from tiny keypads. Still a gorgeous phone, can't wait to get it here in the States!

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  • 2007-11-13 04:29
  • FvXk
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i want a new phone for christmas and this is the perfect one=]
but will it be out for christmas??

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  • 2007-11-12 22:54
  • pKH6
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