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Hey there Everyone. Some crazy stuff happening in this world rite now. I know, coz I'm a med student and see stuff in the hospital all da time. Anyway, just when I thought SE were losing out to Nokia, I went out and got my mum a SE V600i on contract...free on family top up. Well I'm completely blown away!!!! People go out and buy the Nokia 6230i and miss out on one of the finest mobiles on the market right now.
This is ONE AMAZING mobile phone.
Here's some amazing discoveries I made:
1. The Screen is awesome. It far outclasses my K700i and most other phones on the market rite now. It's bright, and brilliant. It's covered by what seems to be a thick layer of perspex which is an awesome solution as it's practically scratch resistant.
2. The build quality on this phone is the best I've ever felt. No squeeks, no creaks and the buttons are comfortable to use. Joystick is very solid. It oozes class. Awesome design feature is the little glitter around the screen in the black portion. You have to feel it and see it to appreciate it.
3. VodaFone Live is actually a nice feature to have, contrary to what some may think. WAP is completely FREE and so is OPERA MINI. It's lightning fast on 3g and the phone supports streaming. I've tested everything and it works flawlessly. Donloading a file of 1.5 mb takes about 20 seconds and it's FREE!!!
4. Video Dj - this is such a cool feature...u can trim ur video clips, add text, add background music. It's amazing if u enjoy photography as much as I do.
5. The camera is strictly OK. Low light yields poor results. Nifty little feature is the camera shutter which activates the camera irrespective of whether the phone is locked or not. Pictures in natural light are really good and look crystal clear on the PC.
6. The Picture Viewer has an awesome feature where u can zoom in 32x and save the zoomed portion as a seperate picture. You can also set a picture to be maximized to occupy the entire screen in standby mode (wallpaper).
7. Games and applications run smoothly and even has a feature to minimize. When running Mxit and it's Minimized, you still receive the alert when u receive a message. How COOL is that!!!
8. The new Activity Menu is great. It is a tabbed menu with NEW EVENTS, My Shortcuts, and BOOKMARKS. When Mxit is minimized, it appears in this menu as well. The menus are super cool with animations everywhere.
9. The call quality is superb. It is crytal clear!!! The volume is more than sufficient and my mum even commented on how clear it is and that coming from a Nokia 3100.
10. The phone is STABLE (touch wood). No crashes and unpleasant experiences.
The only downside of this phone is the memory is limited to about 32 mb I think. This is more than sufficient if you don't use it as an mp3 player and my mum sure as hell isn't gonna use it to listen to music. I'm super impressed.
Anyway, hope u enjoyed the review. Can't take pictures coz I'm posting from a crap old dialup and it'd take forever to upload.
Cheers
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Posted: 2005-11-19 21:19:15
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On 2005-11-19 21:19:15, jiteshraj wrote:
The only downside of this phone is the memory is limited to about 32 mb I think. This is more than sufficient if you don't use it as an mp3 player and my mum sure as hell isn't gonna use it to listen to music. I'm super impressed.
@ jitesh,
haven't you found the memory card slot?The 6230i,like the 6230 it surpasses,has expandable memory.
If all else fails,read the.....
BTW,thanks for the quite comprehensive review.
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Posted: 2005-11-19 21:26:33
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@ jiteshraj,
herewith a link you may find useful.
http://www.gsmarena.com/review.php3?idReview=35&idPage=2
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Posted: 2005-11-19 21:30:45
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hey guys. think you guys were a bit confused about my review. it was a review of the sony ericsson v600i 3g phone. i commented on how the average joe would go out and buy a nokia 6230i and miss out on this little gem from sony. peace out
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Posted: 2005-11-19 21:57:17
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@ jitesh,
thanks,that was more than likely my fault for not reading properly,although that one sentence seemed a bit ambiguous.
Thanks for clarifying.
The V600i indeed has a limitation of 32 megs.
Brix also had an opportunity of fiddling with one of these handsets some time back too,courtesy of a well-connected Monkey Man,I think.
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2005-11-19 21:25 ]
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Posted: 2005-11-19 22:22:14
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@Jits, thanx for that great review, boet. Even though i'm not really much of a camera fan i'd love to see that zoom/save feature incorporated into more handsets since it sounds really useful. The scratch-resistant screen is an excellent idea as well...
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Posted: 2005-11-19 22:51:00
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Nice cell indeed :-) did you download 1,5mega bit or mega byte in 20sec ? The former is easy achived under 'normal' circumstances the later hmm . . . Not in SA :-( actually not anywhere in the world on the cell' you've mentioned. 1.5 Megabyte in 20 seconds is just over 600kilobit per second without overheads ! ! ! On my 1mbit adsl fixed connection I only manage 850kbit/sec. (about 20% data overhead) .On 3g you get at best 1.5 Megabyte in 40 seconds and then you are lucky.Here in Port Elizabeth I never got better then 1.5 in 50 sec and closer to a min is more usual.Next year when high speed 3g comes out we should see 1.5Megabyte in under 10sec :-) (6-7sec) Your cell must support the new format thou.And non of the major manufacturers plan to release one for now because of the battery performance.3G is already damn heavy on batteries :-( @Brix :-)
This message was posted from a Nokia 7650
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Posted: 2005-11-20 05:29:22
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Just to digress ever so slightly, i see that Google has landed up in hot water because of copyright infringement. Check out
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1836611,00.html
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Posted: 2005-11-20 07:28:00
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With regards to data speed. the phone achieves around 45 kb /s. 1.5 mb takes roughly around 30 to 40 seconds. i timed it this morning. my twenty seconds previously was just an estimate coz i was so amazed at the speed. 3g is a battery drainer tho. it's really an exciting feature to hav. can't wait for successor of the V600i. i want memory card slot, plus QVGA display. W900i looks exciting!!!
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Posted: 2005-11-20 07:29:35
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@jitesh: I have to add to the chorus, nice review of the V600. The V600i will be one of the more popular phones this Christmas, IMO it's a better phone than the V800.
Way off topic...Have you guys heard this story? The woman that Jacob Zuma supposedly raped is an HIV positive Aids activist...damn how hard is it going to get for him? Either this is a plot or Zuma is one stupid mo'fo. If
he did it hope he wore a condom.
[ This Message was edited by: brix25 on 2005-11-20 09:26 ]
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Posted: 2005-11-20 07:49:00
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