Sony Ericsson W580 review

Here it is guys...the Sony Ericsson review in English. Mobile-review have posted their review now in English (I posted a rough translation last week). If you don't feel like reading through (the review is very long and in depth), here is the final impression.

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Despite the polyphony being 72-tone, the handset does not provide a breakthrough in sounding of mp3 tunes as compared to other Sony Ericsson branded phones. The loudspeaker is average volume-wise and has a great deal of basses in its sounding, so the call is easily heard even on the streets. The silent alert is of moderate power or even slightly higher than this, but even this admission isn’t an excuse for the cases when it proves too weak to be felt. The reception part is in line with other products by the company – in other words, it’s very fine.

The device starts shipping in August at the watermark of 340 Euro, and this way it will be a relatively steep solution, which won’t allow considering it a mass-market offering. At the same time, thinking of the Sony Ericsson W710i and the Sony Ericsson W850i sales, it is safe to say that the W580i will have an audience of its own. Some will fall for its pedometer, but they will make the minority, and others might like it as a quite cheap Sony Ericsson-branded slider.

For now, probably it would be a mistake to claim that the W580i had some sort of direct competition; Nokia is not into this segment, though the Samsung E740 looks like a potently offering. Motorola’s products are cheaper and positioned in a quite different manner. The Sony Ericsson W580i is fine, albeit it doesn’t have a tremendous spec sheet.
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