The
Sony Ericsson T230 is an entry-level phone that replaces the old
T200. The T200 was a terrible phone, so the T230 is definitely an
improvement, but it's still a very basic phone.
The
T230 has a colour display, but at 4096 colours it's not the clearest
screen around, and is very small. The overall appearance and build
quality of the T230 is an improvement, and the keypad is is marginally
less fiddly, but it's not the most ergonomically pleasing phone
available. On the positive side, it's slim, lightweight, and cheap,
with good battery life.
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Average
rating from 100 reviews:
Reviewed by james from england on
14th Feb 2005
my poor rating for this mobile may be because of the dates, obviousely
technology has moved on. however, the sony ericsson t230 is a good
phone for someone that doesnt care THAT much about great features.
it completes basic tasks with ease, and it looks good. the main
problems people may find is the slightly low reaction time, and
how when you are writing a text, you may finish the text 30 seconds
before it finishes appearing on screen. however, the battery life
is very good and is reliable. the attachable camera that comes with
it is.. ok at best. IN THE RIGHT CONDITIONS it can take great photos
that are clear, but as a general rule, colours are dull and not
sharp. however, for the price this phone is, it is more than acceptable.
the polyphonic ringtones are good, despite there only being a few
of them. the sound recording is good at the right distance, but
who needs that anyway?!? one thing that bugged me for no reason
is that dirt, dust, HAIRS (I dont know either) and fluff seem to
go in the holes where the sound comes from and not come out.. this
phone not having removeable covers, the dirt is stuck and makes
the screen impossible to see in really bright light. overall its
a good phone, but for someone who doesnt care TOO much about how
many features it has. Rating:
Reviewed by faisal mehboob from pakistan
on 14th Feb 2005
ITS IS NICE PHONE BUT NOT EXCELLENT ITS OFFENTLY HANG WHEN ITS RE
START AFTER CHARGING.AND ITS RING TONE VOLUME IS NOT SO SHARP SUCH
LIKE NOKIA SETS. ATLEAST ITS NOT BAD ITS WEIGHT IS LITE AND GOOD
LOOKING BUT OFTEN TIME ITS SIGNALS IS NOT REACHED INSIDE MARKET
AND APPEARS SOS CALLS ONLY. Rating:
Reviewed by Nsajigwa from Tanzania on
13th Feb 2005
you know wht i asked my father to buy me a nokia but he bought this.
this phone sucks it bad it has no nice features. com on sony you
should desined it better a list keep bluetooth. any site you go
you can not get any ringtone yo need to have usb that sucks. now
any chick out there hallo Rating:
Reviewed by Tess from england on
12th Feb 2005
I have had this phone since august 2003 and i have had enough! I
was first attracted by the colour screen but its not that good i
had to change the contrast to make graphics easier to view. This
phone can have a camera plugged into the bottom but its absolutely
rubbish and very hard to take good pictures. You have to move them
to the phone and even then you have to have enough memory - so that
means if you have recently downloaded a game or got a full inbox
then you will not be able to move your picture to the phone! There
is no memory whatsoever. Another thing that attracted me was the
quirky design i quite liked all the little buttons and the navigation
pad was a big plus for me, but after about 6 weeks some of the buttons
had become stiff, i didn't go away and in the end i had to send
my phone away as it had affected my texting abbilities ( i couldn't
use multitap) ( i can't spell abbilties lol) So pretty much if you
want a phone for a good price to use for the odd call or text, this
could be the phone for you. Rating:
Reviewed by alis from germany on
11th Feb 2005
I guess are many bad things to say about that fone, makes much noise
and has unclear coulours, but hey, what if we dont have money, this
is good for less money. Thats why I am giving 3 stars here Rating:
Reviewed by James from UK on
11th Feb 2005
I really like this phone and I think the features are quite good.
It would have had more if they had included bluetooth but I cN'T
FIND IT ON MINE :(! Rating:
Reviewed by Raluca from Romania on
11th Feb 2005
It's great! I just love it very much. I never had any problems with
him. :-) Rating:
Reviewed by Jake from New Zealand on
11th Feb 2005
Man i hate this fone. Anyone that says it is excellent has obviously
not had it for over 2 months. My fone has colle3cted lots of dust
under the screen and keeps jamming. AVOID THIS FONE LIKE THE PLAGUE! Rating:
Reviewed by lacy madbad@bad.hu from
Romania on 9th Feb 2005
I think for his price is a good phone. I buyed last month. Til I'm
satisfided with his features. He knows much more than my last phone,
Samsung C100. Ok, Samsung is the best in screen display color only
they know how did it). But my newest phone is Sony Ericsson, and
I'm ok with he. Rating:
Reviewed by sprotas from i dont know
on 9th Feb 2005
iv got t230 just month ago and its broken its soft is defective
if you want try download exacly same amaunt as its memory and here
you go you have crashed phone and when you want delete some files
phone just swiches off. and you cant erase it even with pc its t230
end. so if you want realy good phone go and buy nokia Rating:
Reviewed by Morpheus from england on
8th Feb 2005
This is an okay phone, when it was released, it was really quite
good, but now it is out-dated. But hey, if you just want it as a
phoning device, it's goood. It's: *Light, *Compact, *Has an alright
sized screen, *looks quite good, *cheap, but thats about all. You
can have an attatchable camera, but there's no use because its poor
quality. Still, I would recommend this to first-time-phone buyers,
it a great starter phone. Rating:
Reviewed by aaron from scotland on
8th Feb 2005
Good batterij life, color screen is outstanding, photo phonebook
is cool. I love this phone. I got it on T-Mobile for 40 pounds.
Rating:
Reviewed by toasty from australia on
6th Feb 2005
i got dis fone a few weeks ago an d i reckon it rox!!! it is my
1st fone but i i think it is all i need der is no use goign out
and buying a really expensive fone when u can get da t230 for about
100 bucks i reckon da price and standard are great but it should
cum with a few more accessories like handsfree or sumthing but u
dont need a camera 4 sure buy 1 outta da shop if u want 1!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by K.Bhavani from India on
4th Feb 2005
I feel bad to ill-speak of my ever first phone! But what to do guys...
I cant stop myself from saying this.... I bought this phone four
months ago. It really iritates me! DAMN!!! It hangs more often!
The worst thing is that I need to remove the battery and then re-insert
it each and every time when it hangs!!! I hate it. GRRR!! Its performance
is very poor! Cant bear with anymore. Most of the times i send alerts
or inboxes to my buddies on wap, it never conveys them properly.
I lost few friends cuz of this bad phone *SOBS* SO decided to sell
it. *SNIFFZ* Dare buying my phone ? Any 1 ??? :-D To be frank, This
T230 is a SADDIST!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Zoli from Romania on
2nd Feb 2005
I payed 46 Euro for this phone, with card included. I wanted to
buy a cheap phone, but with enough features included. It's exactely
what I expected. In the games sometimes hand up, but as any Ericsson
it's easy-to-use, with everything You need from a phone! I can personelise
it for the important people to ring differently, I can compose my
own music, etc... If You want special features like games or other
fantasms, go buy a PC or an expensive phone. I think people don't
realise that if You buy an entry-level phone You can't expect to
function as a 500 Euro phone. Sony-Ericsson T230 is outstanding
for his price! Rating:
Reviewed by Moe Enzo from U.K. on
1st Feb 2005
MY MATE HAS DIS N I CUD TELL U IT REALLY SUCKS. I WUD GIVE IT A
0 BUT DIS REVIEW FORCED ME INTO GIVIN IT A 1 STAR. POOR COLOUR RESOLUTION
N DA FEATURES SUCK. IT FEELS LIKE CHEAP PLASTIC N MORE LIKE A TOY
DAN A FONE. FOR GOODNESS SAKE, JUST LOOK AT IT. Rating:
Reviewed by hemnath from india on
31st Jan 2005
I GOT THE PHONE LAST NOVEMBER 2004. FIRST I THOUGHT THAT THE PHONE
WAS GREAT. BUT ITS WRONG THE PHONE IS VERY SLOW ESPECIALLY WHEN
OPENING LONG MESSAGES OR OPENING MESSAGES IN THE SIM. THE PHONE
HANGS FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES,ITS JUST MAKES ME IRRITATED. ALSO
I HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN SWITCHING ON THE PHONE. THE PHONE HANGS ON
THAT TIME ALSO. I HAVE TO SWITCH IT ON AGAIN. YOU CAN REALLY FEEL
THAT THE PHONE IS SLOW WHEN TYPING MESSAGES FASTLY THE PHONE SHOWS
HOW WORST IT IS. THE INBUILT TONES ARE VERY HORRIBLE. TOTALLY I
HATE THE PHONE THE NOKIA 6600 IS AUSUM. DONT TRY TO BUY THIS PHONE.
WASTE OF MONEY I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ONLY ONE STAR FOR ITS COLOR
SCREEN AND ITS APPEARANCE. Rating:
Reviewed by tonichi from philippines
on 27th Jan 2005
I have this phone for 4 months now and im thinking of replacing
it with a nokia camfone and radio. why? At first i was amazed by
the features of t230, audible and nice polyrings, exterior design,
composer, recorder etc. But as the months passed using this it beacame
boring because i had the same tones, the same wallpaper etc. The
problem is the connectivity it had no IR a neccesity of todays cellphones.
IR connectivity is portable than using datacables. and im beggining
to get disappointed with the software coz its so slow even when
im texting the phones can't cope up with my fingers ending up fixing
scrambled messages also u have to get through a lot of steps before
u can send one. i had nokias before and it lasted years before i
replace them. time to buy me a 7250i Rating:
Reviewed by nat from australia on
23rd Jan 2005
when i got this phone my expectations where definently higher. The
buttons, i found, are to small and hard to get to when writing a
text message. also it was really confusing how to get out of programs
instead of deleting them. i also found this phone very slow compared
to my nokia 3200. Rating:
Reviewed by liam wison from uk on
19th Jan 2005
i have had my t230 scince xmas 2004 and i think it is great! it
is a smart little phone and for only £80 it is great value Rating:
Reviewed by Shane McCarrick from Ireland
on 14th Jan 2005
This phone is average, at best. In Ireland it costs 49 Euro as a
pay-as-you-go phone on the o2 network- and this includes 80 Euro
of free call credit- so essentially o2 is paying you 30 Euro to
take this phone off their hands- so my expectations were not exactly
the highest..... (49 Euro offer is from the Carphone Warehouse on
Grafton Street, Dublin 2) Phone has a similar menu structure to
the t610, its big brother- and unfortunately similar problems to
it too. There can be problems when you go to charge the phone- occasionally
it refuses to acknowledge that you have put the charger in at all.
Turning off the phone and on at a later point in time is occasionally
problematic (e.g. if you're on a flight and have to turn it off).
On numerous occasions the phone refused point blank to turn on again-
until such time as the charger was plugged into the phone (despite
the fact that it was fully charged). I don't have massive fingers-
but I did have problems with especially the central joy-stick button-
accidentally hitting side buttons was a big problem (I also had
problems with accidentally hitting the send button while writing
text messages- on multiple occasions sending unfinished text messages).
The screen is not as clear as I imagined it would be- but legible
enough. All-in-all, given that I got the phone free- and my expectations
were not particularly high, I was moderately satisfied. Were I required
to pay for this phone I would be disctincly dissatisfied. Rating:
Reviewed by dani from australia on
11th Jan 2005
well wat can i say its a pretty goo fone i like it cuz its my first
but u no other ppl might think its rubbish but i like my first fone
i think its awesome !!!!!!!! lol have fun in ur life I LURVVVVVVVV
SPONGEBOB!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by BasterWareZ fromon
9th Jan 2005
Small display, very slow reaction... But colorful... Rating:
Reviewed by EOGHAN from IRELAND on
8th Jan 2005
RELY COOL FONE Rating:
Reviewed by Joshy from - on 6th
Jan 2005
I Got This phone and its kool, it looks kool, it weigh practicaly
nothing, and its got kool games! not the best thing around but a
good first phone. It does the same stuff that phones for $160 upwards
can do. Rating:
Reviewed by RAMANDEEP SINGH SEHGAL from
india on 6th Jan 2005
the phone hangs in between ..and don't have infrared property...storage
space /memory is also less.. Rating:
Reviewed by Eoghan c from ireland on
4th Jan 2005
dis fone is great! it looks grate has loads of features + is very
cheap. i would recomend dis fone 2 any 1! Rating:
Reviewed by sofie from BELGIUM on
3rd Jan 2005
if you really have nothing to do all day but push about fifty buttons
before even being able to send a message not even taking count of
the number of pushes needed for the message, I could recommend this
phone. If you have toothpicks for fingers to be able to push the
main button without pushing atleast two of the surrounding, I think
You would like it. And if you are a really, but then really really
fast typer that you are able to see what sigh you actually typed
before it is logged into the text( and taking regart that ' <-this
sign is not even in the thing, or atleast i cant find it, then this
piece of junk is all yours. Please note that I am a type ahollic
and that this is the first mobile I ever had problems typing with,
letting alone after months still not being ablo to type with it.
Im going to get rid of this piece of junk and Im going back to my
beloved nokia, I'll try the 3220, cant get much worse than this
though. One plus point: nice look, but th ats all. Rating:
Reviewed by Ronell Trinidad from Philippines
on 21st Dec 2004
The Sony Ericsson T-230 is an entry-level MMS-capable phone, on
the level competing with Nokia's 3510i. Well, being an entry-level
phone, one mustn't expect much, but hey, for the money, it displays
the best color screen I've ever seen in its class. Also at par is
the voice-polyphonic tones that sound distinctively better than
Nokia's midi-polytones.Text input maybe slow at first, but when
you get used to it, you'll be pretty quick. And,one thing I liked
about Sony Ericsson phones is their professional, no-frills look
that doesn't look like other nokia wanabees... Rating:
Reviewed by t230_lover from New Zealand
on 21st Dec 2004
Yes! I absoloutely love this phone. If anyone looks in the my mobile
mags then you'll see what I mean! It has by far the most amount
of gadgets on the phone (the phone RRP is $199. I totally recommend
this phone! Before I got it, I went to a vodafone stand at a mall.
I asked them if I could see a demo phone. It was exactly like the
real one and it was just totally awesome! GO BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by BACARDI_SUPERIOR from Serbia
& Montenegro on 20th Dec 2004
What can i say...traditionally good battery,weak keypad,but not
so bad color display...! To short this story,i think that i will
return to my first love-motorola! ;) All the best from Serbia Rating:
Reviewed by jamie from australia on
20th Dec 2004
iv had problems after problems with this fone, this is my second
one coz i had to take the first one back coz it didn't work and
now me other one i splaying up on me, these fones are rediculous
but i spose you get wat you pay for Rating:
Reviewed by Negru2k from Romania on
18th Dec 2004
I have a T-230 and i think it is very good.sony you are the best Rating:
Reviewed by Zandra Carino from new zealand
on 18th Dec 2004
This fone iz pritty olrite, it works pretty olrite but wen i playd
a game lyk hardcore 1 of da keys started to peel of which was a
total bumma but neway da only ting i hate bout it is dat you cant
download screen tatoos wich sux so dats y i gave it free stars...
yeh dats ma opinion but n one disagree feel free to..... disagree
;) even dou som tings are a total mmuck up wif dis fone its stil
good quality which make it special!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Guruprasad from India on
17th Dec 2004
My experience with it wasnt good - 4 days after purchase, even before
the SIM got activated - for whatsover reason the down arrow - soft
key stopped to function.The display is not too good and the by default
ringtones are horrible.I wud not recommend this to anione in any
part of world Rating:
Reviewed by Marat from Russia on
16th Dec 2004
1)Very Slow 2)Frezzez sometimes 3)Sometimes doesn't switch on and
freez. 4)Low speak time max 1 hour 5)Charging problem 6)uncomfortable
joystik emulator 7)And many other bugs Rating:
Reviewed by JT from Belgium on
15th Dec 2004
Very annoying phone, long key entry delays, it takes ages to write
instant messages. Response time also very slow. They should have
left out the colorscreen and put more processing power to speed
up the response time. Communication cable to your computer costs
$$$ I suggest not to buy it. Rating:
Reviewed by Elliot from Perth on
14th Dec 2004
It is a great phone for people who want a cheap phone wit polyphonic
ringtones and a colour screen (even though the screen is poor quality),
but i would not reccomend somone who can afford better. The things
that made me give it 2 stars is the tiny like, 1mb or sumfin memory,
which is 3/4 used up by sms, mms, and contacts. The other bad things
are the charger doesnt go in properly and sumtimes it wont charge.
Sumtimes things go wrong wit it and it wont turn on untill you take
the battery out. I know its not just my phone because a friend of
mine has the same fone with the same problems. Rating:
Reviewed by wasnt_me from Australia
on 11th Dec 2004
Good at the time of non camera phones, where a colour screen and
polphonic ringtones were all you needed, but it became completely
useless when camera phones came. this phone lacks features and bores
you!!! Rating:
Reviewed by JaMeS from australia on
10th Dec 2004
I think dis fone is da best fone eva!!!!!!!!!:p its easy 2 use and
u dont need a camera 4 heavens sake buy 1 from da shop pplz its
so0o0o0o0oo0o0o0o0o0o0o0o much beta quality than fone cameras overall
................................ this fone RULZ:p Rating:
Reviewed by Sarahann Sheikh from belgium
on 9th Dec 2004
I have this phone and I find it amazing! It's very basic and it's
all you need.If you're not very good with technology,as I am, this
phone is perfect for you! Rating:
Reviewed by jonny dinsim from wonderland
on 8th Dec 2004
THIS PHONE IS ALL YOU NEED FOR A BASIC MOBILE. SMS, MMS, PREDICTIVE
TEXT, ITS THE WHOLE THING. I DON'T KNOW WHY SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE
THIS THING, THERE PROBABLY ONLY LOOKING FOR THE BEST OF THE BEST.
IF I WERE YOU I WOULD BUY THIS PHONE. Rating:
Reviewed by Lil Miss Perfect from New
Zealand on 7th Dec 2004
This is a great phone for anyone who wants great value for their
money. The Good and Bad about the T230: Good: Basiclly Everything-
The T230 cellphone is one of the most stylish phones I have seen.
It comes in two colours, and is incredibly small and sleek, in other
words if you like phones with good looks this little baby is for
you! The Screen is a good size for the phone & the colour is brilliant
(bright, clear, good quality e.t.c). The features are outstanding(
there is just so many!). They include two awsome games, but V-Rally
is my fave!!:-) plus a stopwatch, alarm, timer, events calender
& SO much more. Heaps of great ringtones are included( 32 voice
polyphonic) There is loads of accesories including a clip on "Communicam"
and a FM handsfree radio. You can Browse the internet via Wap which
is one of my fave features on the phone! O.K I could go on for ages
about the good points but I gotta get to the bad point/s. Bad: The
only bad thing about this phone is there is no intergrated camera,
but it is easy enough to clip on the attachible one. So.. GO AHEAD
AND BUY THIS PHONE!! For a more detailed review go to i-mobile.com
Rating:
Reviewed by anton from New Zealand on
5th Dec 2004
If you are lookin for a Cheap-for-features phone, look no further,
apart from the horrid keypad, it's a pretty good mobile. Has some
outstanding functions like + One touch SMS, + Decent MMS support
(100k size limit and multi page editing, a Nokia usually has 1 page
only and a stupid 46k size limit on MMS) + Voice recorder surrporting
AMR popular format and sending over MMS. you can get about 2:30
of speech on one MMS, cheap way to send a voice message! + You can
also record you own sounds this way to use as ringtones, + Colour
screen is much better than t200, t300, t68, t68i supporting 4096
colors instead of 256 colours. + Wap 1.2.1 browser, capable of limited
HTML browsing. + downloadable games (this is NOT java) + picture
MMS with attachable but clumsy CommuniCam mca-25 now the bad bits,
- Keypad!!! aRGH!!! I thought my Sagem was bad, they are too tiiiny,
hard to press and are a horrid plasticly "rubber" material. - Wap
browser has a fault, You browse to a WAPsite that has a "search"
or logon form fields, Theis silly phone says "you need to fill something
in" if you miss even one field, even if clicking "back", "home"
or something similar and not required.. - Sony Ericsson have not
fixed the bugs yet, not even one F/W upgrade avail. - OS is a little
slow, can get locked up if you rush it. - No Bluetooth (You get
what you pay for) - No I/R (You get what you pay for but i'm sure
they could have stretched to IR.) - simacard is far too hard to
insert/remove. Argh! - CommuniCam mca-25 is too slow to upload pics
to phone. The clumsyness is handleable. In a summary, it's a capable
but simple and easy to use little phone with terrible number keys.
Shame they stuck it in such a bad case. I wish it was a little nicer
and rounder as well as some edges are quite sharp. The attachable
CommuniCam mca-25 takes fantastic picures for a phone, but is very
slow and clumsy. Rating:
Reviewed by pikaboo from Mars on
4th Dec 2004
hehehe i guess all the ppl who said this phone is rubbish.. maybe
they are too rich ... they can buy whatever expensive phone... so
far my brother having this phone for almost 5 months now .. no problem
at all ... it still depends on how you use the phone ... any phone
will give problem if you never use it properly .. and i know there
are nokia freaks as well ... who cares only for brand which they
are having .. they are outdated with nokia's same menus over again
in almost all the phones... they will add 1 function and name it
as new model... this is total waste .. i guess sony ericsson is
far better than nokia ... not over priced ... service also not bad..
i had T610 .. it was 1 year old somethin and i send for service
cause of the keyboard.. they repair it for free and its already
out of warranty period .. i dont think so any other brand will give
this kinda services... Rating:
Reviewed by iris from spain on
3rd Dec 2004
I find this a good little phone, it does everything i need it for,
so what if you can not get all the mod con's on it, it is only a
phone after all!! By the way can anyone help me with an instruction
manual in English (mine is in Spanish)or where I can get one Rating:
Reviewed by Sadique Ahmed from England
on 29th Nov 2004
this is a fantastic phone, its really easy and gd to use battery
lasts really long and all the features in the phone is fantastic.
its a brilliant phone i give it five stars because its wicked. safe Rating:
Reviewed by Asif Wahedi from Afghanistan
on 28th Nov 2004
I realy thanks the company and the technical people they mad the
Mobile. the only proble i'm felt sofore is the small kebord (button)
it has. regards Rating:
Reviewed by nima sattar arjomandy from
iran on 26th Nov 2004
it is very good phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Trent Rule from Australia
on 25th Nov 2004
I had owned 1 other ericsson before this that was a T39 and it was
the best phone ive ever had, when i bought my T230 i was expecting
the best of the best but instead i got a phone that loves to make
you angry. Ive had so many electical problems with this phone from
the battery not lasting any longer than 3 days to the charger not
connecting and when i sent it back to be fixed they told me there
was nothing wrong with it! My advie is not to by a T230 they really
prove that there cheaply built Rating:
Reviewed by abhijit from india on
22nd Nov 2004
It'realy good in allway functionality and looks. excellnt performance Rating:
Reviewed by van Gool from The Netherlands
on 20th Nov 2004
I got mine completly free with a free contract. And apart from that
it has a VERY slow interface and sucky buttons (and maybe the bad
display) it is a phone that does all the things i want in a phone,
It can call and it can send sms. So i am OK with it. If you want
a multimedia system Nokia buy that one but if you want a small phone
that fits in your trousers and that is cheap this is a good choice. Rating:
Reviewed by nathan from united kingdom
on 19th Nov 2004
i think that the sony ericsson t230 is an okay phone but it could
do with a camera,radio andmore games. Rating:
Reviewed by lijoy jose from india on
19th Nov 2004
i like T230 it is the best phone that can be bought in that amount.
pls improove ur sirvice in india,kerala Rating:
Reviewed by ravi from india on
19th Nov 2004
good but lacks fm. ya one very big fault is u cant do anything wiyh
gprs .it also hangs many atimes i recommend dont bye it Rating:
Reviewed by raghavendra from india on
18th Nov 2004
Its Good .As its cheap and has all the faclities needed in a mobile
phone. Rating:
Reviewed by fayçal from algeria on
18th Nov 2004
i just get it, i think that it's a good phone but a i want get more
ringtones and wallpapers , if you can send me it at 0021378725225.
please Rating:
Reviewed by Dattatraya from India on
18th Nov 2004
This a scap product..Its hanging every time.. Rating:
Reviewed by Elias from South Africa
on 16th Nov 2004
THIS PHONE IS BEST AMONG THE OTHER,THE BAD ABOUT IT IS THE CAMERA
THING THAT YOU HAVE PLACE AT THE BOTTOM. Rating:
Reviewed by christopher from Austraila
on 16th Nov 2004
it is realy bad Rating:
Reviewed by nilan from Srilanka on
16th Nov 2004
this is a very pooor fone..i do not want to recommend it to any
human...bcoz i made a damn purchase befor 3 months ago n nuw vibra
is not functioning...DoNoT Bye it.. Rating:
Reviewed by ken from canada on
15th Nov 2004
its okay... but the buttons are way too small Rating:
Reviewed by Erin from Australia on
13th Nov 2004
The T230 is an outstanding phone!! 1. As it is a colour screen 2.
Has everything you need in a phone 3. Is compatible 4. Is Great
and lastly 5. Has never let me done!! All you need in a phone is
to be ablt to ring other people and recieve messegers from friends
and family!! Who cares if it doesn't have a T.v or speak back to
you!! Rating:
Reviewed by chris from australia on
13th Nov 2004
this phone is the best its buttons are a bit small but it still
roks because it is easy to get to the menu but the colour is a tiny
bit dodgy all those people hu mark it wif one star just dont no
how to use it properly and the games are excellant BUY THIS FONE
COZ ITS GREAT cya Rating:
Reviewed by Calvin from australia on
13th Nov 2004
you cant do anyything on the gprs thing. cant even use vodafne live
features. wouldnt recommend it. Rating:
Reviewed by Moke from BiH on
12th Nov 2004
Phone is really good,but only what missing on this phone is IC and
bluetooth.For example,I got some problems with connecting a phone
to my pc(by COM cable,I didn't use USB cable yet)and reading files
from my phone.If anyone have any suggestion about this problem,please
contact me at''moke_pdg@yahoo.com''.Thanks. Rating:
Reviewed by Jenni from australia on
12th Nov 2004
I luv my phone. it is heaps cheap thats probably why it may not
have the best screen in the world.i bought mine 4 $150 and all the
other colour phones r like $300. people bag it out but once u get
used to it u will luv it morethan a boring easy to use nokia. if
u r gonna compare it to a $1000 phone of course that one will be
better USE UR COMMON SENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! P.S great 4 a kids
phone cause they dont like boring ones and their cheap. P.ss they
r kid friendly but dum mothers wont have a clue!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Gibran.d from India on
12th Nov 2004
Ilove the phone its better than any nokia Rating:
Reviewed by Jessie from Australia on
8th Nov 2004
this visablitity of the screen is really poor, you can see the pixals,
yes its light in weight but its an ugly colour and you cant buy
other cases for it. i would recommend that you DONT buy the Sony
Ericsson T230 but buy th Sony Ericsson T30!! see ya xx Rating:
Reviewed by Shaikh Abdul Aziz from India
on 4th Nov 2004
Dear Paul from England, There's an easier way to get to writing
a Message. 1. Press the LEFT Arrow key for 2 secs, and you reach
the write message screen. 2. Type your message (which may not be
as stupid as...) 3. Press the Yes Key 4. Enter the phone no of the
recipient(Who may not be as stupid as...) 5. Select the Send option
and press the Yes Key again to send the message. 6. Done Now you
can send ANY messages (Which may be as stupid as...) without needing
them to be Important Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from England on
3rd Nov 2004
An okay phone, small and light. Keypad is too small (the keys are
rectangular and very thin) and the minuscule 'confirm' button (in
the middle of the 4-way directional button) is chrome plated which
makes it very slippery so it's easy for one's finger to slip off
it. By far the most ANNOYING feature is this: To send a text message,
this is the RIDICULOUS routine: 1. Press NO to wake up the phone
2. Press the slippery chrome button to get the main menu 3. Press
the 'right' button to go to 'messages' 4. Press the slippery chrome
button to select 'messages' 5. Press the slippery chrome button
to select 'text' 6. Press the slippery chrome button to select 'write
new' 7. Write the message using the small keys. 8. Press the slippery
chrome button to select 'send' 9. If the number is in the phone
memory, press 'left' to get to the phone numbers section. 10. Press
the slippery chrome button to select 'phonebook' 11. Press the slippery
chrome button to get to the phonebook or type in a letter (eg. D)
to show those names (eg Dave, Don....) 12. Press the slippery chrome
button to select the name. 13. Press the 'down' button to select
'send'. Off it goes. At last. At least this means you'll save a
lot of money, because you won't bother doing all this unless it's
a really important message!!! Rating:
Reviewed by A buyer from Dutch on
2nd Nov 2004
IT IS A STUPID PHONE, NO CAMERA, UGLY. JASON FROM THE UK IS RIGHT
IT IS UGLY!! oh did i said, NO CAMERA, YOU HAVE TO BUY IT NEXT TO
THE PHONE. STUPID. YUK! Rating:
Reviewed by niccola from england on
2nd Nov 2004
i only gave this a 3 star rating as i cant find any other games
t download on it the games r gud but they cud b better then they
r apart from that i really like the phone u can do a lot off stuff
on it and its not a brick so u forget that u have it on u. Rating:
Reviewed by khutso mphasha from south
africa on 2nd Nov 2004
everybody is complaining about the screen resolution.other than
that its an ok phone.have option of adding a camera.fm radio would
have made it super though.its average and better than phones of
its price Rating:
Reviewed by JJ from Philippines on
31st Oct 2004
The phone looks OK, by only if u hav the grey colour instead of
the blue. It should have a integrated camera and an internal FM.
If it did, 5 stars and one of the most top selling phones in the
market, trust me Rating:
Reviewed by physcho from phone loving
country on 31st Oct 2004
OMG I LOVE THIS phone sooo muCH... IT'S SOOO COOOL... I LOVE I LOVE
I LOVE.... THE ONLY THING I LOVE MORE IS MY GIRLFWEND.... THIS PHONE
IS CUTE... BUT MY GIRLFWEND IS CUTER... MUHAHAHA ANYWAYZ THIS PHONE
IS THE BEST COZ IT'S LIKE A REALLY CHHEAP PHONE THAT ONLY COSTED
LIKE $139 IN AUSTRLAIA.... but it SHOULD BE like worth like ummm
$250.... see... just buy thing phoen coz it's the BETS EVER!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Sam Perrins from Wales(united
kingdom) on 30th Oct 2004
I QUALITY PHONE and i got it at a cheap price Rating:
Reviewed by jaja from jamaica on
30th Oct 2004
THis phone is the BESt... Ya? Rating:
Reviewed by NAUMAAN from PAKISTAN on
29th Oct 2004
I USE THIS CELLULER. IT'S GOOD FOR ME. I THINK T230 HAS ALL POSSIBILITIES
IN(ECONOMIC CLASS CELL).IT IS WORKING PROPERLY. IT'S GOOD LOOKING.
ALL THE PEOPLE(MY FAMILY,MYFRIEND,MY NEIGHBOUR,MY WORKING FRIEND)
APPRITIATE THIS CELLULER. Rating:
Reviewed by Martynas from Lithuania
on 28th Oct 2004
I have that phone and it is perfect to me. Rating:
Reviewed by sudath Piyasena from Sri
Lanka on 28th Oct 2004
This is a very good mobile ....... Think it's price. It is very
cheap.But it must be improved screen resolution. Rating:
Reviewed by Jeevz from australia on
27th Oct 2004
this phone is the BEST!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by jason from uk on
26th Oct 2004
this phone is rubbish DONT get it i changed it after about a month
it dont have a camera!!!!!!!!! it so ugly in real ife when ur holdin
it!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Alvin from Australia on
26th Oct 2004
Okay here's the idea.... DONT READ ANY OF THE OTHERS COZ MOST OF
THEM ARE LYING... anywayz this phone rox.... even though Ppl say
the screen is too small.... trust me once u get use to it it's MAaad
*droooolz* colour screen =] *droolz again*... anywayz in hte desktop
where all the stuff is... Omg the pictures r sooo like CUTE!!!...
i hate those phones with realli boring pictures for the desktop.....
=] CUTE DESKTOP CUTE DESKTOP!!!..... and anywayz... ummmmz.... IT
like SOoo Damn Light... and SmalLish... pr0bz the smallest modern
phone Most YOuths use.... OMG and The LOoks r just like KOOOl....
Maad looks and very Stylish.... and U dont needa a camera much...
there's not realli much point of taking pics of ur friends or ur
stuff... so BUY THIS PHONE.... ( and if u realli want to take pictures...
u can buy a camera accesory.... OMG it's GOt DIGITAL CAMERA STARTARDS....DIGITAL!!!!)
lol and yea OMG the reception is MAad and u can download maad ringtones....
OMG and if u go to www.sonymusic.com.au U can Download THose RINGTONES
where the actual artist is SINGING WITH WORDS AND MUSIc.... they're
called true tones or realtones... i get mixed up... but it's MAaad...
trust me and i'ts like SOOOO CHEAP TOO.... trust me this is one
of the best phones out there.... and for PPlz who WANT PREPAID PHONES....
GET IT.... Buy this phone coz it's in prepaid at Optus and Telstra.....
for ppl who dont want to be on plans.... plans r rubbish... and
on Optus.. like EVERYONE JOINS OPTUS PREPAID... and everytime u
recharge.... u get 300 minutes FREE TALK TO ANY OPTUS MOBILE!!!!111111
5 hours of talking to ANY OPTUS MOBILE.... and trust me.... like
EVERYONE IS UP WITH OPTUS here in Australia.... DONT LOOK ANYWHERE
ELSE COZ THIS PHONE ROx....... Love da sound recorder.... hahahaha
just play the stereo and ur fav songs and out the phone right next
to the speaker so the phone REC ORDS THE MUSIC.... =] this PHOEn
IS THE BEST OT THERE... believe me... i dont lie much.... and i'm
being HOnest!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Yogita from India on
26th Oct 2004
My experience with the phone hasn't been good. Apart from good looks,
I have had major problems with thy functioning. My cell has managed
to hang up in 3-4 instances and the only solution available for
me was to remove the battery. I keep cancelling a particular step
by pressing the NO key and it takes ages to come out of the particular
mode. The functioning of the Yes and the No key is extremely slow. Rating:
Reviewed by Asim from India on
24th Oct 2004
This phone is really great since it stands to an equilibrium with
its price, and can be the best affordable gadget for a college student
because of its recording function. I dont think there is anything
wrong in this set, the only thing that it lacks is an FM Radio. Rating:
Reviewed by Ivan from Serbia on
20th Oct 2004
Very bad phone with lot of problems example `auto` power off when
work`s on GPRS etc...... Rating:
Reviewed by THILAKSHAN from SRI LANKA
on 13th Oct 2004
I've got this phone 7 months ago,and still it's working better than
my T100.voice recording feature is the best.but i think this phone
should have fm radio so it would be a great and cool hand set for
any one. Rating:
Reviewed by Inge Williams from South
Africa on 12th Oct 2004
I think this is a great phone. Not only doesit have great features,
but is also extremely light and compact. Rating:
Reviewed by Mishal from Pakistan on
8th Oct 2004
I got my t230 a month back , replacing my Nokia 2100 and since then
i have had loads of fun fiddling around with the t230. It is user
freindly and you can fix n personalize it to suit your taste. Infrared
would have been a real bonus but nonetheless at that price.........not
a bad bargain at all. Rating:
Reviewed by KiRC from PHILIPPINES on
23rd Sep 2004
Recently,I boughta SE T230 to replace my old Nokia 3510. At first,
it was good,because of its smart features. However, I am greatly
unimpressed by the phones irritatingly slow response. If my 3510
was a Pentium 4, the the SE T230 was... an abacus!Seriously, it
was really slow. It was also nice because it has better resolutuion
than other phones of its category (3530, etc.), but higher numbers
of pixels doesnt always mean optimum picture quality. The pixels
were so dull, that i could almost write in between them. Such a
big disappoinment. Rating:
Reviewed by dave atky from england on
17th Sep 2004
absolute garbage lost signal going from 1 room to another.couldnt
tell when i had a missed call or message as screen saver came on
straght away. Rating:
Reviewed by Ted from Philippines on
15th Sep 2004
This would have been a perfect mobile phone from Sony Ericsson if
it had a Profiles menu, customizable message alerts (like virtually
all Nokia mobile phones), user-replaceable housing (like most Nokia
mobile phones) and an infrared connection. Otherwise, the size is
small & handy and the other features are great. An impressive Avis. Rating:
Reviewed by Jojo from Manila, Philippines
on 9th Sep 2004
I got this mobile phone to replace my Nokia 3530. I had mixed feelings
with getting a Sony Ericsson since I'm adept at using Nokia mobile
phones (my first one was a Nokia 3330), but my friend assured me
that they are of good value and very unique. I chose between a Sony
Ericsson T310 and a T230, but got the T230 because it looked better,
had more screen colors (4096 to be exact) and is a much newer model.
Plus, it only cost me PhP 4,700 (approx. US$85.00). I was happy
to trade-in my Nokia 3530 which I had for about EIGHT PROBLEMATIC-FILLED
months. My first impressions on the phone are that it looks sooo
one-of-a-kind! Most of the people here use Nokia cellphones, so
my mobile phone is pretty unique. It's really small, like a Nokia
8250. It's got a bigger screen than the Nokia 3530 (101x80 pixels
for the T230 versus 96x65 pixels for the 3530) which means better
resolution than my low-res 3530. It's got two preinstalled games
with V-Rally 2 as my favorite. It's got great featur es which were
never available with the Nokia 3530 such as an optional camera attachment,
themes, 24-layer polyphonic ringtones and voice recorder all in
a classy package. Now for my nitpicks...I am a pretty fast texter
so it came as a disappointment to me that it has some noticeable
delay when I "speed-text". My remedy to this is to slow down my
texting a notch lower. Another negative is the tactile feel of the
keys are not what I had in mind. The keypad is made of rubber (like
the Nokia 5210) thus one has to press a bit harder to enter text.
The housing isn't user-replaceable, but there are some Class-A replacements
which cost considerably more than Nokia Xpress-On covers. Nitpicks
aside, this is really a unique and feature-filled phone for its
price. No regrets. Rating:
Reviewed by Marissa from Trinidad and
Tobago on 1st Sep 2004
When my boyfriend suggested that he'll get me a new mobile as a
birthday gift I was a bit skeptical - sure my TDMA Nokia 1230 was
old but it still worked. I was able to make and recieve calls and
send SMS. Why'd I need a new phone? Besides, he was the one that
got em the Nokia in the first place. Of course, never one to look
a gift horse in the mouth I looked at my options and it came down
to either the Sony Ericsson T230 or the Nokia 5100. Now I loved
Nokia and found that it was a trustworthy brand, yet I opted for
the T230. I've had it for only a month now and I have no regrets
thus far. I found it to be user friendly and in a matter of an hour
I was used to handling it. I loved the bright color display which
is a great improvement from what I had before. And inspite of what
I had read in other reviews, the display is indeed visible in the
bright sunlight. The games V-Rally2 and Deep Abyss are addicitive
and a major improvement to the Snake and Space Impact I used to
pla y on my old Nokia. It's lightweight and compact and I sometimes
even forget that it's attached to my waist. It's camera ready, has
a melody composer and a sound recorder, as well as useful little
things like a calculator, timer and stopwatch. And of course it's
got GPRS capability. You can't go wrong for a phone that cost about
US$105. There are a few drawbacks however - the buttons are smaller
than what a hard and fast Nokia user might be accostomed to. And
then there's the slow or delayed reaction time of the phone when
doing certain applications like texting or playing either of it's
two games. There are some nice polyphonic ringtones ( I like Irish
Dreams and Caribbean of course) however there are too few of them
(8 to be precise)and although you can compose a few and save them,
my music lessons never took me that far. Of course there is always
the option of being able to download tones and games from the sony
ericcson website. All in all though, it's a sleek little phone that's
easy to use, comes with loads of useful features and it's very affordable.
Now if only I can convince my boyfriend to get me the attachable
camera ... :) Thanks Dustin! Rating:
Reviewed by LianA. from USA on
23rd Aug 2004
Its a good basic phone, color screen is good, but i jus dont like
the fact that it doesnt have a camera, but if you are looking for
a phone without a camera that has a color screen this phone is good
n simple, battery life is average, and reception is average. Rating:
Reviewed by MeHy from Romania on
23rd Aug 2004
IS THE BEST !!! BuY IT Rating:
Reviewed by Justin Bird from Australia
on 22nd Aug 2004
I recently perchaced the T230 for $150 and it is worth every cent
but then again i am a loser with no friends. Rating:
Reviewed by ravi from India on
22nd Aug 2004
Good looks Rating:
Reviewed by Steven from australia on
15th Aug 2004
Rubbish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by vasile from romania on
7th Aug 2004
nice fone Rating:
