Sony Ericsson W760

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Great phone, better debranded

29 May 2009 Ryan2015230

8 out of 10

I've owned and loved the W760 for two weeks after trying and hating the LG Vu.  The flash-based menus are intuitive and good looking, the interface runs smoothly and quickly, and the phone has a solid build quality for the most part.  In addition, the media/walkman feature is easily acsessible, unlike the LG Vu.  Furthermore, the debranded W760 inclued a FREE GPS system, in addition to many useful applications, such as a fitness tracker.

But what I love most are the little details.  The shake control.  The acceleromater.  The light effects.  The ability to recieve live podcasts and RSS feeds.  The EASE in which you can pick up and learn the device.

Note: my phone is debranded, meaning that all the useless ATNT features are gone, and the original Sony Ericsson features are restored

Pros

Fast interface when debranded
Beautiful screen
Beautiful flash-based themes
Intuitive menus
Easily synced with PC
Good call quality
Great Walkman sound quality

Cons

Lags slightly with AT&T branding
Not the most beautiful looking phone (better in person than on screen though)
Accelerometer is slightly slow when compared to iphone

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Sony cuts corners by using cheap components

24 Mar 2009 RyanPitch

2.3 out of 10

I'm on my 4th (new) of these in 6 weeks.  Each one started out great and within 2 to 8 days blew its speaker, even at moderate volumes.  Otherwise, I love the phone.  The display is stellar, the camera works well, even without a flash.  The slider is solid and texing has never been a problem.

Sony has a "cheap" problem though.  The predecessor to this phone had problems with all of the keys breaking.  Yes, I'm sure some engineer made a trade and came up with a cost-to-benefit and said, "If we make each key 0.040" thinner, then we will save $0.01 on each phone we sell."  In this phone's case, they fixed the keys and chose a cheap speaker.

I'd much rather have a phone that works well as a phone first and foremost.  It's got to be able to dial, transmit, receive, and transduce radio waves into acoustic waves so that your ear can hear it.  Period.  Beyond that, everything else is bells & whistles.  Those amenities are great, however without a proper loudspeaker, this phone is USELESS.

Pros

Brilliant display
Solid chassis

Cons

Cheap components
Multiple blown speakers

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Sony Ericsson W760

6 Jan 2009 Anonymous

8.7 out of 10

I got this phone for my wife and so far this is what we have to say about it. This phone has amazing software and lots of customizations.  I wish Sony would upgrade to Micro USB for charging and accessories.  The charging port on the side of the phone looks ugly.  Video Share has been horrible.  When I send her Video Share request she's able to see me but when she sends me a request from her phone it automatically declines the request and fails.  We've never got this fixed, even went to AT&T to replace it and all the W760s did the same thing, and even wouldn't Video Share with other W760s!  Other than Video Share it has been a great phone.  The accelerometer is awesome too, able to change the view on videos and play games with it.

Pros

Software
Customizations
Wallpaper and Themes
Phone Design
Reception is pretty good
Expandable Memory
Bluetooth profiles
Call Quality

Cons

Charging/Accessory port - not MicroUSB
Video Share problem
Small Keypad
No backlight settings
SD card port made cheap

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