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On 2007-10-20 21:47:55, defiantbeast wrote:
Ok im sorry but i find it hard to believe that the t9 input method is going to keep people from buying the w960i. It offers way to many things for that to become an issue. If the texting input method were such an issue than why has apple managed to sell so many of those horrid iphones.
its about consistency through a well thought out interface and input method.
all the iphone function are accessed by using the touchscreen while the recent smartphones from SE requires a inconvenient mix of changing between using the thumbwheel, qwerty, softkey or stylus depending on what we're trying to do.
if it was a pocketpc phone at least i know to expect to use the stylus for even the most basic functions.
sure it'll sell well initially because it is a great iphone killer in terms of features but once people actually get down to using the phone...
the gsmarena review says it best
"Our opinion is that a smartphone interface should be either optimized for finger touching or the screen should not be touch sensitive at all. Pulling the stylus out for anything except handwriting on the screen is not justifiable. So, just to put it shortly, the W960 would have been a great choice if it had some sort of a D-pad to allow easy single-handed navigation through the menu options without the need for stylus all the time."
[ This Message was edited by: dupersuper on 2007-10-21 19:47 ]
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Posted: 2007-10-21 20:42:08
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http://www.mobile-review.com/review/sonyericsson-w960-en.shtml Please read the final conclusion....
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Posted: 2007-10-21 20:45:40
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On 2007-10-21 20:45:40, miguel82 wrote:
Please read the final conclusion....
the final conclusion is quite damning.
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Posted: 2007-10-21 20:55:11
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korbindallis Posts: > 500
I read through this forum and I don't see the W960 being a failure,
ok the price which is quite high right now
but when it goes down I will buy it and so will a lot of other walkman lovers
failure !!! naaaaaaaaa
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Posted: 2007-10-21 21:06:05
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I think this is also what has made me pull away from getting the W960,the fact that when i tested both it and P1 i had to switch between the TS, Jogdial and Keypad which at the time was GREAT but i know im going to get seriously bored and annoyed with things like that after a while, so i agree with that Gsmarena conclusion. But i wont lie its such a SWEEEET PHONE!!
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Posted: 2007-10-21 21:07:16
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This phone is more like a disapoitment... SE should have done far better than this if we look into other brands offers like nokia or even htc... The phone is not bad but lets be realistic ...the phone specs are 1year older and it looks cheap and far worse than other walkman phones
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Posted: 2007-10-21 23:29:12
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Not exactly what one would call a positive review...
Funny. Other mobile phone site gave it quite a positive score.
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Posted: 2007-10-22 00:05:04
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Impressions
The volume produced by the 40-chord speaker proves to be sufficient for most environments, and it won’t fall flat anywhere, so you will always hear your W960i ring. The vibro alert is average volume-wise, but thanks to the casing’s thickness you will easily feel it.
Obviously the developers have put too much effort into morphing a touch-screen based smartphone into a feature phone, but somewhere along the way they forgot to cut its price. So they have boosted it with a couple of accessories, but even on this front it is not all sunshine and rainbows. This way, the Sony Ericsson W960i will retail for roughly 765 USD, but due to some certification issues it won’t ship with a Bluetooth-headset in the box in Russia. And in Europe it will come in with a price tag of 500-550 Euro, which isn’t the best offer out there either. In fact, you can get some more capable S60-powered solutions by Nokia for the same money right now.
On balance, the W960i employs a decent and generally right idea with odd implementation. Who might fall for this device? Those who have already spent some time the Sony Ericsson W950i won’t like the new ergonomics. Basically, old and loyal users have been literally dumped with this phone, for it brings nothing new for them. The W960i resides somewhere outside the company’s mainstream, and aims at a new audience. It is quite another matter, though, that having used this model, you are likely to lose all interest in other Sony Ericsson’s offerings, so this device is more of anti-PR for the brand.
The way it is positioned (as the flagship of the company’s music-inclined offerings) doesn’t seem particularly justified, for its centerpiece, the music department is in line with other UIQ-based devices, like the Sony Ericsson P1i. The Nokia N81 delivers substantially better sonic experience, even with fewer settings on offer. Sony Ericsson’s real music-minded flagship is the Sony Ericsson W910i, but this model ships with some other abilities and settings. All up, there is not much going for the W960i. This model fails as the company’s music-heavy flagship, and there is no real explanation of what has affected the developers to this extent, so that they have come up with a product like this. A few more models designed in the same fashion should be enough to get the brand’s loyal consumers to switch over to Nokia’s solutions, which have more of Sony Ericsson’s spirit today than Sony Ericsson itself. Obviously, the fate knows what irony is, so let’s wait and see how the story will develop.
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Posted: 2007-10-22 00:09:07
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I think this comes back to an earlier comment i made (on another thread) about the 990. I think SE have been pressurized by offerings from nokia, samsung and others into releasing products that really aren't up to the competition.
Basically because of the n81 and n95 with 8gb and good features I think SE have rushed development with uiq3 generally, and specifically in this case, with the w960. More attention to some of the details here could turn the p1 and w960 into true world beaters in the fashion of the p800. They have the abilities to do it, but for some reason they just haven't done it this time. The p1 comes close to the 910 for me, but the 990 was a joke - I just don't know where SE have gone wrong in recent years. Where did they end up with the "that'll do" mentality?
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Posted: 2007-10-22 01:06:44
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Eldar's conclusion about the ergonomics lead me to conclude that W960 is like the P800 before
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Posted: 2007-10-22 01:12:36
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