Sony Ericsson Mobiles

[ElPeregrino]

Since my Blackberry Pearl is starting to get a bit on the beaten to hell side, not to mention the relatively high cost of Blackberry service thru ATT, I'm looking for a new phone. After having the Blackberry with its thousands of irrelevant and outdated (now that the iPhone/iTouch has been released) features, I think I just want a more simplified device: something with a good camera, at least tri- but preferably quad-band functions, unlocked so that I can pop in a SIM card when I'm traveling through Europe/North Africa/Middle East over the next two years or so. After a bit of searching, I've decided that I like Sony Ericsson's phones the best, specifically the C-902 and the C-510.

Does anyone have experience with these phones? I specifically want to be sure all of the messaging services (SMS and MMS) will work with a standard ATT plan (that has enabled both features of course). My past mobiles have all operated on the same bandwidths that the Sonys use, so that shouldn't be a problem, but I'd greatly appreciate any info. you might have.

[Chimborazo]

I had an older unlocked one that looked similar to the second one you linked. I loved that phone...it was compact, fairly feature rich (for what I wanted), had good reception, and was simple to use. I got it off of eBay.

[ElPeregrino]

I had an older unlocked one that looked similar to the second one you linked. I loved that phone...it was compact, fairly feature rich (for what I wanted), had good reception, and was simple to use. I got it off of eBay.

Whatever I buy I'll pick up from either eBay or Amazon. A penny saved is a penny earned you know. Thanks for the input though!

[khalampre]

I have one (two) my wife does too. Camera, well it is a cell phone, but with up to 4 gigs of mp3 and its size you cant go wrong. Easy to unlock and I use my in Eastern Europe.

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[JamesInTheWorld]

if you drop a Sony phone it is history, also it uses sony’s proprietary operating system meaning you will never find good aps for it

Go with a Nokia, it’s the best and toughest phone in the world, I just bought another one this week - And it’s the only brand of phone I buy for my employees


~JITW

[ElPeregrino]

if you drop a Sony phone it is history, also it uses sony’s proprietary operating system meaning you will never find good aps for it

Go with a Nokia, it’s the best and toughest phone in the world, I just bought another one this week - And it’s the only brand of phone I buy for my employees


~JITW

The durability would be an issue, but I was under the impression that Sonys are generally pretty tough. I'm honestly not too worried about apps though, as I don't use too many and when I do I keep them on an iTouch.

Thanks for the Nokia suggestion though, I looked some up and the N82 looks similar to the Sonys I've been considering. Any specific info on them?



Thanks again for the help.

[Dabbi]

the new sonys fucking suck, i really mean it

the software is counter intutive

the build quality is horrible and their most rugged phone cant survive getting damp for five minutes

go for a cheap nokia with a decent enough camera

[Chimborazo]

I know it's not what you're looking for, but I've had a Nokia E71 for about 7 months and am very happy with it.