Review: Sony Ericsson G900 / G900i

Sony Ericsson G900 Review

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Sony Ericsson G900 Consumer Reviews

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Reviewed by Ritche M from Philippines on 7th Oct 2008
there are a couple of mods for this phone at the following forums: 1) esato.com 2) se-nse.net 3) persian-forums.com mods available: 1) camera mod 2) sound mod 3) alarm mod 4) etc... :)
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Reviewed by Arianne Ruivivar from Sri Lanka on 6th Oct 2008
OOG! It's superfragilistic. I love my Ham!!
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Reviewed by Nick from Indonesia on 30th Sep 2008
Not nearly as good as the M600i. It has a few more features; wireless & the camera, but it has not been designed as nearly as well. The M600i had a fly wheel at the side for easy scrolling, and was easier to operate. Not impressed by the camera either - bring back the M600i.
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Reviewed by roker from india on 28th Sep 2008
the poorest of all
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Reviewed by Dave from Thailand on 22nd Sep 2008
Had this phone since July and love it. It does everything I ever wanted a phone to be. I even bought two. One for me and one for my wife and both work very well. Those that talk about it being slow and not taking good photos were simply unlucky. The photos aren't as good as a other camera phones but its designed to organize your life and it does this well. Sure I had issues syncing the phone, but that's the beauty of mobile phones today. I sync the phone with my outlook calendar via goosync and easily get my email as well. I use google maps on it and the media player software works great. Even better is the speed of the wi-fi. In a city like Bangkok you are never far from a free wireless connection. The touch screen and buttons are very intuitive. If Thailand only had 3G networks I'm sure it would work much better. For the price, it's well worth it.
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Reviewed by jepong from Philippines on 20th Sep 2008
here in my country, SE phones rule! LISTEN PEOPLE, you have to try this piece of technological breakthrough before you comment it bad... we're the texting capital of the world, we have 89million of population and over 2billion txt a day!!!! and this phone can cover this huge RESPOSIBILITY.... buy one tomorrow folks
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Reviewed by Katz7 from India on 18th Sep 2008
guys, i just got this phone not even a week back. and its sweet... much much better than the N series. Its smart, sophisticated, good looking and a brilliant handset. The touch screen is great,and the wifi is superb. couple of things i didnt like in it are 1) the call receive and end call is on the touch screen, 2) the volume of the speaker isn't tha great, being a sony phone, other its a remarkable piece of technology.
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Reviewed by Avshash from Israel on 18th Sep 2008
Definitely not a good mobile. I don't recommend. not user friendly at all. It does have good features on paper, but in reality this mobile is very slow, the camera's results aren't good (although it is 5megs). Was unable to assign rotated images to contacts (only landscape!), media gallery is slow too. SO: Pros: Wifi works fast (this is a web surfing mobile), full touch screen, Customizable Symbian UIQ3 OS. Cons: Slow, not user friendly, poor pictures quality.
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Reviewed by eyemole from UK on 18th Sep 2008
This is good phone.I really liked it. But I had some problems like sound stops working sometimes. In this state phone USB detection stops working and powering off also does not work. But surprizingly other functions work well. I saw in this forum people talking about new firmware. Could anyone please tell from where to get new firmware.
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Reviewed by dna from UK on 16th Sep 2008
Excellent phone. Those who've written bad things are simply incapable of using it. It needs a firmware upgrade before use (I recommend generic world1 as the everything works much quicker). This phone is superb but needs getting used to. If you're not technical stick with a toy phone like the N95. Applications open instantly from the second time onwards as they stay open in the RAM. Its packed with features which ALL work well. Battery life is adequate, reception is fine. To sum it up - its a brilliant phone but may be too advanced for some.
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Reviewed by SimonF from South Africa on 16th Sep 2008
I have had the G900 for a short while; it really is an outstanding phone. Once set-up and yes; the SW needed to be updated to the latest and greatest to resolve the response time... but the features and all the options etc it's great. I would recommend this phone to everyone that loves S.E, and for business use it’s absolutely perfect.
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Reviewed by Nezaras2000 from Syria on 14th Sep 2008
i bought this phone 1month ago and i like it, the camera is amazing the touch screen perfect and the software is excited, the only things i hated are there is no record a call when i talking and there is buttons to answer u can only press on the touch screen but everything else is great specially the battery so u feel it will not get empty ever and never
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Reviewed by MickeyC from UK on 12th Sep 2008
I've had my phone for the last two weeks and am really impressed. I had the N96 and was more than happy to send it back for this phone.... A little trickey at first but now that I'm used to it its great!! Updated the SW as soon as I got it wich was running a little slow but with the latest update it's running like a dream... Never been a fan of Nokia and will stick to Sony Ericsson all the way...
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Reviewed by arak from cyprus on 8th Sep 2008
nice phone and i have it over 2 months with no problems at all
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Reviewed by DM from Kuwait on 30th Aug 2008
This is the worst phone I have ever owned. I bought in June and in August, it started to act up. It restarts itself on its own, very slow respond, it lags a lot, the camera's performance is very bad. the flash is not as good as the Sony Ericson's phone such as K800i. You have to touch screen in order to answer your phone call as there is not specified a actual button for answering. If you want to answer the phone, you have to look for touch screen button and touch it exactly as you might accidently do the opposite. This phone is HIGHLY NOT recommended to anyone.
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Reviewed by Nick from UK on 27th Aug 2008
Probably the best phone SE have produced, NOT for those without technical knowledge. All the problems I have read about on here are down to user error, you need to read the handbook and get to know what this phone can do. 5MP Camera is superb once you sort out the settings, notepad and text handwriting is great BUT you have to practise, don't expect to just get the phone, switch on and be able to use everything without problems.Battery life is adequate when you consider what the phone does, the touchscreen is excellent and the keys are big enough to text, but handwriting makes this obsolete once you have mastered it. Screen size great and memory up to 8GB with M2 card. Phone lighter, slimmer and better than Nokia N95, a great package.
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Reviewed by Silas from Malaysia on 23rd Aug 2008
Got the Phone. Working fine after i update the software at www.sonyericsson.com. it was slow when i got it. :)
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Reviewed by nikolas from cyprus on 20th Aug 2008
sony ericsson g900 is a to good phone.it is to cheap [5 mega pixels camera , wirles internet,touch and go]I LIKE IT:-)
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Reviewed by Mahmud from Libya on 14th Aug 2008
Brilliant one of the best phone device in the world, good quiality good response spicytially in new released software, the sound is perfect I recommend it
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Reviewed by fadzz from Lebanon on 14th Aug 2008
CJ dunno what ur talking abt, there IS a search function to it, and the camera is pretty good, much better than the nokia n95,, u have to tweak around with the settings though. software is slow?, format it and do a software update and that'll solve the prb.. CJ i suggest next time u get ur info right before posting stupid comments. All in all great phone with great features,, recommended
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Reviewed by kerry from united kingdom on 12th Aug 2008
this phone is so good and slim it fits easily in your pocket and takes up no space. it is one sleek sexy phone. it is gorgeous
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Reviewed by saeed from uk on 8th Aug 2008
i got this phone its not really slow, i recomened its no bad phone. i like it........
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Reviewed by CJ from England on 2nd Aug 2008
Ok - I have had this phone for 1 month now - and not impressed. I was impressed to start with but here is my list of problems: 1. Software slow - gets very boring waiting for messages etc to open 2. Camera rubbish - 5MP? 2MP cameras way better 3. No search function in contacts - so have to remember everything by surname 4. Worst of all - signal!! What is going on? I have not had a conversation on this phone without being cut off for about 2 weeks - I even phoned Vodafone to see if a mast was down. Overall it seems to try to do everything (slowly) but the one thing it can't do is actually be a phone!! E-bay here I come.. CJ
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Reviewed by carly from america on 27th Jul 2008
this phone is the worst phone ever made in history like!!!! ok its alright to show off to friends but i cant actually work the thing like!!! because of all of its retarded features its the slowest thing ever like, like i press a button and it it takes 40 minutes to buck up like, my advice is like to stay about 100000000000 miles away from this stylish but worst phone ever, the camera is horrific! it doesnt even take pictures like, never rely on this phone like it is retarded!
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Reviewed by jordan nesfield from england on 25th Jul 2008
i bough this phone at 20 july i looked good but it froze so much time i tryed to say it wll stop so i took this back a got c902
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Reviewed by MacDavish from Mauritius on 21st Jul 2008
Ya zats z type i was really waiting for. Zo it doesn't hav a nice outlook & colour like the C902 but the features, 5 MGApixel camera & 128 RAM memory compensate it all. just love it. Bzw still waiting wen wil Sony Ericsson put mor zan 262k TFT colours in zer new mobs.
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