Sony Ericsson W980 - user opinions and reviews
- Ricky
- qVS
PapJeff, 11 Feb 2010I've had my SE W980 for 7months now and its been great so far. I've taken lots of photos and d... morePlease tell us your firmware?
- PapJeff
- ftM
I've had my SE W980 for 7months now and its been great so far. I've taken lots of photos and downloaded lots of games, themes and songs and I still have over 5GB of memory left. The radio works perfect and gives great fm reception on all the stations here (Accra, Ghana). The sound quality of the headphone is however not as great as the one that came with my previous phone which was the SE W850.
I've dropped my phone a couple of times and luckily it still works okay.
Seriously, I think you should go for it if you are considering it.
- alphacinator
- tA8
My cheap belt bag is not waterproof and I found out while delivering junkmail in letterboxes in the rain that the mobile got drowned and no matter how many times I tried to revive it, it wouldn't come on. Oh well, my mobile insurance company told me to choose a different phone because the W980 is no longer available. So I chose Samsung's S8300 Ultratouch which is over $500 Australian retail but all I only pay is the excess fee $125.00 and the phone is mine.
- Ricky
- QB1
w980, 01 Feb 2010my one works fine i have vf soft on I am in the U.S. and just updated to firmware to R3EA037 thru SE. Is this the latest firmware?
- w980
- Mfx
5ushi, 31 Jan 2010I was recording video the other day with the W980. OK, the W980 ain't camera orientated but he... moremy one works fine i have vf soft on
- Alchemy
- uE5
5ushi, 31 Jan 2010I was recording video the other day with the W980. OK, the W980 ain't camera orientated but he... moreI'm 100% sure w980 can record video in QVGA at 15 fps not 30 fps, and my w980 can get 14 - 15 fps
- 5ushi
- u90
I was recording video the other day with the W980. OK, the W980 ain't camera orientated but hear me out.
From what I understand and read, the W980 can to QVGA at 30fps. But I can only get 14. Can anybody confirm this with their W980?
Just record the video with the 'normal' video length setting to get the best possible video on the W980, and try moving that to a folder on Windows or whatever OS you use. Do you get 14fps in Properties or 30?
Cheers in advance for all those who are willing to help.
- rahul
- TRH
gayan3000, 07 Jan 2010hi guys if anyone can help me out someonce asking me to swap his s.e. w980i with my nokia n81 ... morecan anybody exchange my sony w980
- Ricky
- qWu
Anonymous, 26 Jan 2010Why do these idiotic designers always have to place the keys so close together? The keypad on ... moreUse your finger nail!
- 5ushi
- P}P
Anonymous, 26 Jan 2010Why do these idiotic designers always have to place the keys so close together? The keypad on ... moreThe W980 is a Japanese-designed phone. You may hopefully have realised that Japanese people (and us Asians in general) don't really have the size of 'body built' that Europeans and Western people have (ie, we Asians have small hands thus fingers)
The W980 has a extremely well laid out number pad. But yes, you are correct in saying that the D-Pad area is a wee bit crowded. Bad use of space, I'd say...
- Anonymous
- mED
Anonymous, 26 Jan 2010Why do these idiotic designers always have to place the keys so close together? The keypad on ... moreYou must have massive fingers dude ,try to get them fixed somehow ,hehe!
- Anonymous
- 0CC
Why do these idiotic designers always have to place the keys so close together? The keypad on this phone is a great design until you get to the call and cancel keys which are almost molded into the soft keys. Fucking stupid asses...
SE arent the only ones, but on most of their phones they have this same tendency of putting the soft keys right next to the call or cancel keys. This is one of the main reasons why I have bypassed a lot of the SE models, cause I hate pressing two or three keys at the same time...
- 5ushi
- u90
I would have chosen Nokia purely due to the fact that it is alot more customizable than the W980 app-wise.
The W980 though cannot be overlooked in regards to audio-quality. SE is not in my good books and hasn't been for a while, but they did get one thing right - audio algorthym. I've gotten through Samsungs, iRivers, Apples, and Sonys, all of which were full-time mp3s and iRiver and Samsung having DSPs unlike the W980, but it beats them all hands-down.
I do hear Cowon S9 and the new Sony Walkman A series do pretty well with proper DSPs, but have yet to test them out. Though I guess that the Sony A will sound pretty similar...
- Anonymous
- wHR
can anyone tell me where to download dictionary for this phone? thanks a lot~~
- Anonymous
- vp9
Hussain, 04 Jan 2010i learned from a friend that this phone has lot of software plus LCD issues. I am currently st... moreTry Samsung g400 ^^
- Anonymous
- S35
gayan3000, 07 Jan 2010hi guys if anyone can help me out someonce asking me to swap his s.e. w980i with my nokia n81 ... moreyes!
- gayan3000
- w9K
Anonymous, 07 Jan 2010Hi gayan ,yes the phone is out of market but I dont think u should swap because the phone is a... more@ 6CBp -
thx for the reply bro :-) too bad i really liked the looks of the w980i :-S hmmmm guess ill just skip the deal with my friend then , thx again :-) ...
- Anonymous
- 6CB
gayan3000, 07 Jan 2010hi guys if anyone can help me out someonce asking me to swap his s.e. w980i with my nokia n81 ... moreHi gayan ,yes the phone is out of market but I dont think u should swap because the phone is a failure of SE software so u'll be suffering eventhough I dont like Nokia at all.
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