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Nokia software stable? Yea-he-he-hea right..
I suppose Vodafone stores returned a whole batch of 6230´s because of the stable software that crashed the phone when configuring GPRS and MMS settings..
Also remember my first 8310.. it went to service twice in the first 10 days, first because it shut down when you opened SMS inbox and the second time because it rebooted time and time again without any user input at all. Also many Nokias take forever to regain good reception. What I mean is like when going down in the basement and reception dropping to one click it takes up to 15 minutes to come up to full reception again.
Now, don´t take this as a Nokia stabbing, because i think ALL manufacturers are equally bad! They release phones because of pressure and deadlines, not because they´re ready, and Joe Public once again is the Beta tester.
That said, I wouldn´t hesitate to buy K700i now (I already have in fact ) I think a lot of the "problems" described here is nitpicking and also some are caused by excessive fiddling and playing around. No doubt there´s people having real serious problems as well, but all i can say is that my specimen is 99% trouble free anyway. Battery standby is equal to my T630 after 3 charges and the battery indicator is reasonably accurate too.
Cheers!
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Posted: 2004-07-09 09:55:41
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go for it This message was posted from a WAP device
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Posted: 2004-07-09 10:15:06
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I say go for it. You actually think they will take in all the phones already on the market (that is in the stores or in warehouses a few thousand phones) when they release a new upgrade? I think not.
You will have to wait a few months for the first batch to be sold before they make new ones with a new update.
Buy one now and update it later saying you want all updates for free when you buy it.
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Posted: 2004-07-09 10:44:24
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On 2004-07-08 23:41:45, michka wrote:
I don't own a k700. But from all I have read on this forum (and others as well), I would advise you to wait. Too many bugs at the moment, and a very poor battery life per charges.



I have had the K700i since day one it was released. It has some minor problems. I really want to stress out that they are minor. There's no reason to wait buying it!

You should also know that there's no way all these minor problems will be solved in the next software release (even if some people think so). It might take two or three releases before they are all solved. And as always, with new releases comes new problems. This is not a Sony Ericsson problem but a problem with major releases.

Also, if you wait buying it until the next software release it will take some time before phones out of the box have it installed. Actually people will be able to update the software before any phones with the new software is available in the stores. And, finally, since the software is upgradable for for free, there's no need to wait for phones with the new software installed.

It's important to know that the problems mentioned here are mostly very minor - the K700i is very stable and well working for being a first release of a so advanced phone. Just make sure the keypad is working fine so you don't get stuck with hardware problems.

Since all phones these days tend to be using more and more advanced software we will always have problems with bugs. Before, when phones had just calling capabilities (and maybe sms support), they also had software bugs. I remember my GH-337 even was released with beta-software and came with a note saying so. Now phones are hundred times more advanced and software dependent so I would say that they have even less bugs today than the phones from mid 1990.

In the K700i case, the problems are not much related to the calling capabilities (just check the keypads as mentioned above). The problems (bugs) are related to other system features that comes with the phone. Those problems will not all be fixed very shortly - if you want a K700i without software bugs you might have to wait for some months, and waiting that long for something that is almost here right now is a shame!
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Posted: 2004-07-09 10:55:49
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One thing to bear in mind is if i remember your post you live in the u s you may find it hard to find a service center that up date the software on a phone that has nt hit the market there. You could be stuck with the problems for quite some time also a minor problem to one person can be a major to another This message was posted from a Nokia
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Posted: 2004-07-09 11:15:50
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lol, buggy phone? LOL sit and wait for the next firmware? LOL

i have the phone for a week now and i never had a problem with it. I played movies on it, taken pictures, used themes, send sms,pics,videos,themes and anything via BT, synchronized with outlook via BT and many many many more stuff. I never had a problem with it and i can not see why some people even think that its buggy. lol if there are a few things that se misses, i am sure they are very little things since i have not seen anything weird on my phone.

Do your self a favor and go but it now!!!!
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Posted: 2004-07-09 12:15:18
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I see little point in waiting. I have a K700 and am very happy with it. Issues such as a shorter battery life than the T610 can't be fixed through firmware updates and you may find that even if you buy a K700 in 6 months it will have the first available firmware on it!

Considering the battery is less capacious and the phone obviously uses a far faster CPU than the T610 it should come as no suprise that the battery life isn't as good.

My recommendation is to buy the phone now and just visit your SE Service Centre when new firmwares are released - it's free and pretty quick (usually about 30-45 mins). I upgraded the firmware of my T610 a number of times through my local Service Centre (which is located in Coventry).
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Posted: 2004-07-09 13:02:11
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Its all very well saying they can get a firmware upgrade but if the phone is nt available in there country they probably wont get one. I bet if you took a z1010 to your service centre and would bet they wont touch it till its released in the uk not sayin dont buy it but just bear it in mind This message was posted from a Nokia
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Posted: 2004-07-09 13:44:03
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Why wait?
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Posted: 2004-07-09 13:47:02
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My k700i is incredibly stable, its only crashed once and that was cause some idiot cant create wapsites properly, reading the problems people have been having and the only thing i have in common is the battery, apart from that no complaints at all. I got mine on o2Online and was expecting a whole lot of bugs after reading in here, but to my enjoyment. NONE!
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Posted: 2004-07-09 14:51:10
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