5 Comments on Sony Ericsson W580i White Phone

silverrrrr on Fri, 19th Feb 2010 4:51 am


I dont think the color is “white” after i got this phone. . . its more close to “silver” color than i think. . .
I’ve be waiting at my house for all day. . . but i am really upset because this phone is not the color i want. . . .
it is “silver” . . . . . .
Rating: 3 / 5

C. Rao on Fri, 19th Feb 2010 5:42 am


I just bought this phone today – Nov 11, 2007. I think I made a bad decision. I bought it simply when we opened up the family plan, my wife got one. So I thought it will be easier for us to get two same phones. So all below is just my first impression.

1) I already have an iPod which I’m going to use for some time in the future and won’t drop. The music playing features and function can compete against an iPod any kind.

2) The menu options and the console to control is just ok. Navigating isn’t hard but just ok. The graphics look so so – like a very crapy phone I used a while back – maybe this is just my personal reason.

3) The handsfree and headset is one thing but without the clip is very easy to fell off from the ears because the weight of the mic.

4) Since it’s a Sony – so memory chip is M2 with an memory stick adapter. I personally like Secure Digital better because of my computers, my cameras, etc.

5) You don’t have viberation alarm! You can set the profile to use “in-meeting” mode but alarm sound still rings up in this mode. This is one of my most unacceptable.

I haven’t made calls or receive calls much yet. So I have not found any pros or cons on this. In general, for those won’t use the music features and functions much of this phone but just the voice (btw, text messaging and email etc probably won’t be impressive either because of the tiny keypad). Back on this: the touch and the feel of the phone/keys etc seems cheap – I like the feel of Motorola RAZR V3 I was using better.

I may make a personal bad decision – but for those who may ended up using the phone like my situation. I don’t suggest you to buy. If you are really crazy about the music, get an iPod or iPhone!

Rating: 1 / 5

K. Spears on Fri, 19th Feb 2010 7:29 am


When I first got this phone a week ago I loved it and was just what I wanted. Now a week later after listening to my downloaded music and my downloaded games (I bought from AT&T) and all of my pictures were all erased. I called AT&T and they contacted Sony and found that it is a problem with the phone. I got a new one now but I’m afraid to take any pictures or do anything with it except return it for my money back. I’m still unsure what to do yet.
Rating: 2 / 5

S. Beach on Fri, 19th Feb 2010 10:03 am


Has anyone with an AT&T family plan been able to get a w580i off amazon via a renewal?
Rating: 5 / 5

G. Gulley on Fri, 19th Feb 2010 12:44 pm


Bought two of these phones for a family plan. Call quality was terrible on both (in the city of Chicago!). Lots of dropped calls, static, etc. Phone is cheap plastic (our new Motorola Razr and Krzr phones have metal housings, very nice). Typical Sony poor build quality. While trying to get the battery cover off of one of them, I ended up accidentally popping off the Sony Ericsson logo which was glued to the cover! I’d like to see anyone remove an Apple logo from an iPhone. Based on forums I’ve seen, I’m not the only one who had trouble with this.

The user interface is mediocre, meaning it’s typical for a cell phone. One highly annoying problem is that I couldn’t see the time on the main screen because of the color of the font blends in with the wallpaper pattern. And Sony only provides two themes, which do not appear to have any way of setting the font color. The only solution is to customize the wallpaper with a picture that doesn’t blend with the font color.

Oh, and to listen to headphone using the so called “Walkman” feature? You have to use a special Sony adapter (included in the box) with plugs into the charging port, then plug the headphones into that. Now, this is the same as my KRZR, EXCEPT, the Sony adapter is this huge bulbous thing that sticks out of the side of the phone. Terrible ergonomics. It’s readily apparent how Sony lost to the iPod just by looking at these terrible design decisions. I could just picture a product designer at Apple handing a design like this to Steve Jobs, telling him this is the new version of an iPod or iPhone. They’d be in surgery about an hour later trying to get the thing extracted from various body cavities.

I’m glad these phones are out of our lives. My wife hated them as much as I did.
Rating: 2 / 5

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