Sony Ericsson C702 /C702i Review
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In a nutshell: The Sony Ericsson C702 is a mid-range 3G phone.
Its star feature is GPS satellite positioning, combined with Google
Maps. In addition it's equipped with an excellent 3.2 megapixel camera,
a music player, an FM radio and high-speed 3G internet (HSDPA). It's
supposedly built for the outdoors, being splashproof and dust resistant,
although the reality seems to be that it is not durable at all. Battery
life is average, but the keypad and joystick are fiddly. The phone also
has a tendency to freeze or switch off. Available in Cool Cyan or Speed
Black.
Review: July 2008. Updated July 2009.
The C702 is the second release in Sony Ericsson's new "C"
for Cyber-Shot™ range (the first was the flagship C902.)
The C702 is not as expensive as the C902, but it isn't simply a budget
version of the C902. Instead, the C702 is a new kind of phone from Sony
Ericsson - it's a rugged outdoor kind of phone, designed to be splashproof
and dust-resistant, and equipped with Assisted GPS satellite positioning.
The phone is a good size and weight (not too big or too small), and
has a good-sized screen. However, we don't like the joystick / navigation
key, and the buttons are quite small too. Sony Ericsson say that it
complies with the IP54 (Ingress Protection) standard, but the reality
is that the screen and paintwork easily scratch and the phone seems
to have a shorter lifespan than most.
This is a Cyber-Shot phone, so we're expecting a good camera. At 3.2
megapixels, it isn't up there with the 5 megapixels of the C902,
but it compares well with previous camera phones such as the K800i.
The camera is equipped with face-detection autofocus, a digital zoom
and an LED flash. It's as good as anything currently available in the
mid-range of phones.
The star feature of the C702 is the Assisted GPS. This will find your
location and show you where you are on Google Maps™. This isn't
a system that will replace the satnav in your car, but is ideal for
personal use. This is definitely a great feature for any outdoor activity,
and will be useful for anyone wanting to find their way around the city
too. Previously GPS has only been available in top-of-the-range phones
such as the Nokia N95, so it's great to
see this technology starting to filter down into mid-priced phones.
The GPS includes a geo-tagging feature, so it records the location of
where each photo was taken. Personally, I have no trouble remembering
where I took a photo ("This is me at the beach", etc) , but
this feature may be helpful for some.
The phone is fully equipped with all of life's essentials for the 21st
century. Music-wise it may not be a Walkman phone, but it has a fully-featured
music player and FM radio (with RDS). You can listen to music with conventional
headphones or an optional Bluetooth
wireless stereo headset. We're delighted to see a full 150 Mbytes
of internal memory, which is very generous, and is enough to store around
40 songs. You can add a Memory Stick Micro or Memory Stick PRO to increase
storage to 4 GB. Fast "always-on" internet access is available
via 3G HSDPA. Battery life seems to be good too.
The C702 doesn't have all the features of the high-end phones, but
when you consider the price of the phone, it compares very favourably
with other mid-range phones. However, it's been put together rather
shoddily. We have deducted two stars because of the keypad/joystick,
battery life, poor durability and a tendency to freeze or switch off.
Features of the Sony Ericsson C702 include:
- 3.2 megapixel camera with face-detection autofocus, 2x digital zoom
and photo light
- Video recording & video streaming
- Display: TFT, 262,144 colours, 240 x 320 pixels
- Music player & FM radio RDS
- PlayNow™ music download service
- TrackID™
- MegaBass™
- Polyphonic ringtones & MP3 / AAC ringtones
- Sound recorder
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email
- 3D Java games
- Picture wallpaper
- Personal organiser functions
- Internet: Modem, EDGE, HSDPA (3.6 Mbps downloads), web browser
- Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB
- Memory: 150 Mbytes plus Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) compatible
/ Memory Stick PRO compatible via adapter
- Quadband GSM plus 3G (UMTS 2100)
- Flight mode
- Vibration alert
- Size: 106 x 48 x 16 mm
- Weight: 105g
- Talktime: 5 hours (3G) - 7 hours (2G)
- Battery standby: 300 hours
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Reviewed by Marwa Kisiri from TANZANIA on 18th
Oct 2012
ITS A WOUNDERFUL MOBILE ILOVE IT
PLEASE SENT ME THE UPDATE FOR SONY ERICSSON C702
USE MY EMAIL ADRESS WHICH IS marwackisiri@gmail.com
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Reviewed by neil from uk on 19th Jul 2009
This is the worst phone I've ever had the misfortune of owning. You
need fingertips like chopsticks to type on the ridiculous keys. Whoever
thought of the navi-key joystick thing should be taken outside and shot.
Cybershot?? You can only zoom in VGA mode! Who wants a photo that would
look better if painted by a 3 month old baby. The paint was applied
in micro-thin layers as its rubbed through EVERYWHERE. There are absolutely
NO good points to this phone as the usual SE software is on it. Which
at best is buggy. hang on..there might be something good about the GPS......no
wait, even thats poor. Thanks for letting me know where I am SE I really
had no idea where I was. I've had SE phones for years. I recommended
them to all my mates. I apologise to them now. I might switch to LG.
Coz I'll never look at SE again
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Reviewed by Human from USA on 10th Jul 2009
I really like the phone, especially when i first got it.First couple
of month was great. It has lot of features but I didn't expect that
even I'm taking care of it, it freezes and lag. I though it was me who
did that, I mean if you're not taking care of your phone, it would collapse.
The camera was good but not in the darkish area. The paint on the edge
was faded already.The keypad could be better. But to think that it was
water resistant was great. It's kinda balance. But what i think about
this phone is kind of a scum or something. "maybe" the company made
it like this intentionally so it would be a extra income. They will
not made this product till it's proven. They should've tested it first.
But I think they did. But what just I said is that that's their plan.That's
what I though. This could've been a better phone if it doesn't lag,
paint only eventually fade or not even more, camera quality on darkish
area, good light, no lag nor freeze. It could've been better if the
phone's prize is more cheaper. I mean the prize should be equal to the
phone. high prize= high quality. the problem is this phone is >>>pretty
high prize but the quality is only average or even lower.
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Reviewed by Jarrod from Australia on 4th Jul 2009
Hate it, useless all the problems listed below, been in repair 3 times
and the warranty is almost up with the same issues popping up with smart
phones getting as cheap as they are i should have just got myself a
blackberry. Worst phone i have ever owned i would give it 0 stars if
there was an option. AVOID!!!!
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Reviewed by ?????? from ?????? on 1st Jul 2009
Nice phone
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Reviewed by Lauren from Northern Ireland. on 7th
Jun 2009
i have hade this phone for 6 months, the paint has only come of the
top corners. It ALWAYS freezes, and its relly annoying. Nearly everytime
i am going to reply to a text message it freezes, also when i am having
a conversation, the sound gos away & i cannot hear or speak to the other
person. Sometimes this last for maybe 2 minutes. Its got so annoying
i am definatly thinking of buying another phone.
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Reviewed by Chris Davis from South Africa on 1st
Jun 2009
I got this phone 5 months and the paint is peeling off. Is there no
gaurantee on the covers.I am trying to get new covers but it seems impossible
to get. The key pad is one of the worst key pads I ever had. I don't
think I will buy sony ericcson again.
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Reviewed by Amaury from Jamaica on 27th May 2009
ATTENTION, after 2 month of use the phone loose it paint, it looks like
a TERMINATOR MACHINE, all looks like rotten!! UGLY!!!, i'm downlouding
the software update to find out if the freeze problem stops. While i'm
talking it stops for 3 to 5 seconds and the it recovers back the life.
The keypad is complicated, but you'll get used to it. The best thing
is the camera, is good for outdoors (turn the lights off) and is easy
to handle in computers (just plug and get access to the memory of the
phone). THE PHONE ALARM IS A MESS, it changes the hour with no advice.
BATTERY good, CASE STRENGHT is very hard, after i abandon it because
of the freezing problem, my daughter was playing with it and it works
still!, THE MOST DISSAPOINTING PROBLEM IS THE PAINT AND THE FREEZING
PROBLEM. IT's a fast phone IS ONE OF THE BEST POINTS OF IT.
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Reviewed by Ben from UK on 23rd May 2009
I've had the c702 for about a month now, and I have to say that while
it's not the worst phone I've ever used, I definitely wouldn't recommend
it. Pros: - Solid build quality, fairly attractive - Does calls, texts,
contacts, and all the basic stuff you'd expect to a reasonable standard.
Nothing else comes to mind. Now, cons: - Very bulky - Looking at the
screen will cause it to scratch. I had a Nokia 6300 for two years and
it picked up 1 tiny scratch on the screen. One month with this phone
and it looks like the screen has been sand-blasted. - As many people
have pointed out, the keypad is fiddly. I have pretty slender fingers,
but texting is still a chore. - Battery life is poor; not crushingly
bad, but I do find myself charging the phone more than I'd like to.
- "GPS" is not really included. What they mean is "TSA-GPS", or "Two
Streets Away-GPS". Using an ingenious combination of Cell towers and
stupidity, the C702 can always pinpoint a location two streets away
from you, and then tell you that's where you are. As you can imagine
this makes it almost totally useless for navigation. Perhaps useful
if you ever wake up and have no idea where you are, but I can't say
that's a regular occurrence for me... - The camera is fairly high resolution,
but don't be fooled - it's nothing to write home about. - The way the
phone handles media seems, to me at least, horrendously unintuitive.
The number of times I've taken a photo, then spent ages rotating the
image and fiddling with settings to get it to fit as a wallpaper...
It just seems like that sort of thing should be very easy to do. - The
menus are slow Right, rant over... Unfortunately I'm contracted in to
using it for a gajillion years. Time to head on over to ebay methinks!
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Reviewed by Juan from Peru on 22nd May 2009
Well, the cell phone is good for many reasons.For instance, it is very
resistant and has a good photo camera.It has a camera of 3.2 megapixeles,
also its design is well,the sound of the music is good enough in spite
of the fact that it is not a walkman.But if you are the kind of person
who likes to film some videos, this cell phone is not the right for
you since the quality of the video camera is very poor.
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Reviewed by Mike from UK on 6th May 2009
What can I say. Had it one day, the thing died on me during texting;
now it won't power-up or recharge. Back to the shop tomorrow.
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Reviewed by Ian from UK on 4th May 2009
I have had a number of Sony Ericsson phones in the past and always been
pleased with them, however the C702 is probably the worst phone I have
ever owned. It constantly freezes, is very slow to respond, the display
screen was scratched within hours of having it and you need to have
fingers the size of a babies to use the buttons on it. If you have blue
tooth in your car and try and use this phone on it - forget it, it just
can't cope. It freezes, the car display will tell you one thing yet
the phone says something else, people can hear you but you can't hear
them, the list is endless, previously had no problems with the blue
tooth connections in the car with previous SE phones. As for the satnav,
that also constantly freezes and one journey using it will more or less
drain the battery. All in all useless phone and sadly I am stuck with
it on contract for another 12 months. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!!
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Reviewed by Luis from Venezuela on 2nd May 2009
I have this phone and is cool...That's it!!!
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Reviewed by GamesMasterLive.co.uk from UK on 20th
Apr 2009
Had this phone now for 3 days, I got it though O2 on contract, so far
I’m very impressed, lol at them moment I’ve been hammering
it wipping cables and memory cards in and out of it as well as playing
high bit rate videos, music and god knows what and I’ve had none
of the problems below with freezing or switching off. For me this is
quite a leap forward in phone technology, I’m not really a phone
fanatic my old Nokia 6630 has always been a good phone and has severed
me well for the last 8 years, but it is “8” years old now
and looking like a banger with extreme high mileage so I thought it
was high time to get me a new one. This is the first Sony I’ve
had and being a bit of a Sony buff anyway I thought I would give this
phone a shot….. I’m glad I did! I’ve heard many reports
of O2 flashing these phones leaving the Wayfinder and Google maps left
out….well on looking in the Location Services both are present
and working, also every site states this phone goes up to a max 4GB
M2 card which is strange as mines booting an 8GB one with no probs.
The phone on a whole is brilliant, I was a little worried reading reports
of people’s views like (This phone is ridiculously rubbish bla
bla!!! Or…..This phone is so pants I wouldn’t give it the
time of day even if I was stood in front of BigBen!!) hmmmm lol but
personally I’m pleased, it has excellent features and loads of
bits and bobs that I still haven’t played with yet, but the ones
that impress me the most are the video player and the mp3 player, I
mean to get settings like an adjustable 4 band Equalizer, Surround sound
and Bass boost “ON A PHONE!” is really good, other stuff
like battery are good, I’ve been using the video and music player
a lot and the battery holds up well, this phone is so good that I’m
considering giving up my bulky PSP in favour of this, it’s just
nice to have something really small I can carry around and watch the
old thing when I want to and this phone is small enough to do just that
and considering I travel and get board on the long hauls it’s
ideal, also one thing I forgot to mention…the camera!! Yea it’s
3.2mp which is more than my old 6630’s 1.5mp it takes good pics
and the camera flash is good, you even have a setting in there to use
the flash as a small touch which insolently I used last night when the
house lights went out, it lights up the whole room!!, oh and one last
thing, connecting the phone to a pc is a walk in the park, as soon as
you connect the phone through USB your phone comes up with a menu for
how you want to connect, the Mass Storage feature is handy as windows
will recognise it and install the drier automatically so it gives you
instant access to the phone and memory card which believe me is much
more easier than nokia and their stupid (you can only connect though
nokia pc suit but never works) system lol. If I had to come up with
a fault (and this is nit picking mind) is the menu screen on the media
player section can be a bit slow, I don’t know why Sony opted
to use a moving background there as it slows your ability to scroll
down quite a bit, but apart from that it’s a fantastic peace of
electronics genius it has to be said, it will certainly do me for the
next 8 years lol. Just a quick note to anyone unsure how to convert
videos for the c702 or c902, it’s quite easy really, just download
an older version of PSPVideo9 (you need one that converts MP4 standard
not MP4 AVC as I think the new version converts in AVC only which wont
work) (it’s free by the way), this converts videos really well
and works flawlessly without any jumping or slowdown, these are max
setting to use with the converter for this phone (Video res: 320x240)
(Video Bitrate: 400kbs) (Audio: 44000HZ – 128kbs) (Frame rate:
30 NTSC or 25 Pal)
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Reviewed by Chris from UK on 19th Apr 2009
Rubbish phone- -Impossible to text with (keys are fiddly) -Camera quality
is poor -Gets scratched VERY easily -Is VERY fragile -Drinks battery
power -Keypad breaks easily New sony ericsson phones are appailing in
quality, looks and ruggedness. What happened to the good old days of
the t68i? Will not be buying SE EVER again.
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Reviewed by JC Supastar from Uk on 16th Apr 2009
Had this phone for a few weeks now, i first had the c905 and was very
upset by how poorly built it seemed, so i went for this one after a
while of thinkin and i cannot fault the phone, its compact but even
though i haz big fingers it seems just right, again a good basic phone,
not at all fiddly and very reliable, and the back i can get off with
my big fingers so no real issues here, love the phone but still not
quite a k800i.
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Reviewed by zamsprop from malaysia on 3rd Apr
2009
verry good model
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Reviewed by neil raymond from england on 31st
Mar 2009
3 month old phone is rubbish. constantly freezes or switches off. fiddly,
very unreliable. in for repair at moment for 7? days. help said try
update software but can't even get phone on and no explanation really
given. no replacement given. in all my yers of a cheap old nokia no
problems ever like this. will go back to nokia next time as a reliable
phone is essential to everyone. oh by the way the shop could not even
get the back off and had to lever it off!
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Reviewed by Smallseb from France on 27th Mar 2009
It's three months that I've this phone, and I found it really usefull.
I don't like Sony's apps, so I took a small free independant program
called "MyphoneExplorer". So I have My google agenda updated by BT,
my contacts always good, can keep pics, vids & co. on my computer. For
the use of the phone itself, I know the pad is small but I was the owner
of an old K555im, I had time to deal with it.now, it's all good. The
3g+ is good, Gmaps really nice, I've also put Opera Mobile bc the SE
browser is not ok with me. The battery is ok, better when you shut down
the 3G service, and turn down quite fast when using the GPS. Mail reader,
java apps, water/sand"proof", I like it a lot! For the Cam, the quality
is nice, you just don't have to move when you take pics... but a phone
will never be a Camera! I never had any rebbot/freezing like it was
said, and what I've seen so far, SE is still good to me!
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Reviewed by alex from UK on 23rd Mar 2009
Atrocious phone - continual crashing, freezing and turning itself off
for no reason. Very disappointed, as i was previously quite a fan of
SE phones. Avoid like the plague.
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Reviewed by Jonathan from UK on 23rd Mar 2009
Bought this phone 2weeks ago and i am already onto my 2nd phone. 1st
one after a few days kept freezing and displaying the wrong cotnact
details in my contact list. The SMS notification didn't work correctly
- i ended up only getting the envelope symbol no idea who the message
was from etc until i went into messages and looked in inbox. Find the
phone is slow to catch up when browsing the menu options. 2nd phone
now 10days old is doing exactly the same. Previosuly been V Happy with
Sony Ericsson. 2phones in a fortnight - not good - seems manufacturing
fault to me!
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Reviewed by xing from malaysia on 23rd Mar 2009
i agree with u jennifer, its totally lag... PLS DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE
otherwise u will be lik us...
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Reviewed by Jennifer from Australia on 19th Mar
2009
DO. NOT. BUY. THIS. PHONE. You will be like me.. happy at first, but
very disappointed after the first month or so. It lags TERRIBLY and
I don't even have that many files. It has a VERY bad tendency to freeze
and turn itself on and off so it becomes unusable for at least 3 minutes,
which is a nuisance because it does this mainly whilst I'm in the middle
of sending an SMS or in a call. Please, save yourself the disappointment
and take my word for it.
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Reviewed by Siegfrid from Romania on 17th Mar
2009
Great attention to this phone! After 2 months of normal use, the silver
color on the case is going... And you will not solve anything if you
use the service as solution, will say: because of normal wear take paint!
SonyEricsson not want to admit that it was a manufacturing defect ...........
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Reviewed by Copycat from Somewhere! =P on 5th
Mar 2009
I bought this phone based on a few reviews including this one, I'm a
bit disapointed with how it turned out. I think that a much greater
emphasis should have been put on just how miserable the keypad is. It
turns what could have been a good (but not excellent) phone into something
of a turkey. Even after having it for 6 months, I still can't get used
to it. Writing text messages is exhausting. Then the menus are very
sluggish and so is video playback. Everything the phone does seems to
lag terribly.
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Reviewed by David Halliwell from UK on 3rd Mar
2009
This is my 3rd SE phone, the previous K810i & W810i were brilliant;
What a mistake with the C702. Bought in Oct 08, GPS is rubish, doesn`t
work and eats batts. If you want GPS get a Garmin. From day 1 phone
freezes at least 2 x weekly. Freezes for about 2 mins. then comes back
on. Occassionaly turns itself off completely and needs much pressing
of the on / off button to re-boot. Finally crashed 3.3.09. Now completely
dead & won`t respond to charging or pressing of any buttons; Sending
back but will NOT be having a 702 replacement. I`m reluctant to give
it one star as it doesn`t deserve any stars. Avoid at all costs;
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Reviewed by Andri Hlynur Bjarkason from Iceland on
27th Feb 2009
I bought this phone based on a few reviews including this one, I'm a
bit disapointed with how it turned out. I think that a much greater
emphasis should have been put on just how miserable the keypad is. It
turns what could have been a good (but not excellent) phone into something
of a turkey. Even after having it for 6 months, I still can't get used
to it. Writing text messages is exhausting. Then the menus are very
sluggish and so is video playback. Everything the phone does seems to
lag terribly.
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Reviewed by john from england on 25th Feb 2009
had this phone for about 5 months now. its ok once you get used to the
small stiff keys. also had the same problem as everyone else with the
freezing and inacvive sim also yes you guessed it your conversation
is lost for 10 seconds at a time. but since updating the firmware from
sony ericson`s website it`s been fine. a nice little robust phone and
the layout is easy to get around very much on the nokia style. i can`t
comment on the camera as i never use it. prefer to take pictures with
a conventional camera.
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Reviewed by Henry from Estonia on 23rd Feb 2009
I just bought that phone and i thing this is an exelant phone.
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Reviewed by Wojciech from UK on 13th Feb 2009
phone is good - ti's easy to use , after software update it's even better.
worst thing in this phone is key pad especially pick-up and put-down
keys - they are jus too small and very often i cancell call insted of
answering. numerical keys are also bit to tiny. othe thing it's case:
it feeling good in hand but its very easy to scrach it or make marks
on it. i've got phone for about 4 months and now it looks like 3year
old handset. the camera is very good and taking very good pics. and
media centre it's veeery good application - very easy to surf around
stuff.
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Reviewed by rj from india on 10th Feb 2009
Few downs abt this.. frequent hangs small keys and fiddly navigation
key no keyguard code poor battery paint removes of quickly alarm shifting
to a different time call registry not upto nokias.... nice abt... gps
cam
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Reviewed by ali from england on 8th Feb 2009
I got my 1st C702 nov'08 and within just a week I had to return it as
the screen had scratched and the camera was terrible...it had a delayed
shutter. My 2nd C702 switches itself off for no reason, I have checked
for updates as suggested but it tells me that it is fully up to date
oh and the screen has scratched worse than my 1st. I am actually looking
for another phone now as I have had enough and it won't be another sony
ericsson
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Reviewed by scott from england on 6th Feb 2009
this is a good phone but after a while everytime it turns itself off
u just cant help but lose ur temper lol.
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Reviewed by Pe from Burma on 3rd Feb 2009
Got it for a month now. No problems so far. Reception is extremely good.
No "freezing" yet. 3.2 megapixel camera is great. Key pad is a bit inconvenient
but once you get used to it, there is no problem. Battery life is acceptable.
Works best if network connectivity is set at gsm only and automatic
network search. Great for a weak gsm network country. Well done SE !
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Reviewed by George from England, UK on 27th Jan
2009
This is a good phone.. ive had mine since september and have got along
with the phone pretty well.. but it has problems. if i put the phone
down on its back, the battery becomes dislodged and comes away from
the battery terminals resulting in the phone switching off.. also the
"automatic lense cover" on the rear of the phone is meant to turn on
the camera when its opened. However on mmy handset it no longer works
and the camera is unusable because when you manually switch on the camera
via the menu, the screen displays "open the lense cover" even if its
opened!! Its ridiculous really! carphone warehouse say 6 weeks to repair!!
RIDICULOUS!! would reccomend the phone though because it is fairly robust..
dropped it in puddles and even the bath and the phone has been completely
unaffected! its a very good phone!
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Reviewed by Ryan from UK on 16th Jan 2009
Never had any problems with mine, so I suspect its got the latest firmware.
Buttons are a little on the small side, but didn't take long to get
used to (I'm a big bloke and can manage just fine) Battery life not
the greatest but vastly improved by turning off GPS until required.
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Reviewed by Webbie from Scotland on 10th Jan 2009
if its any help to anyone, I have the C702 and had lots of problems
with it, including the alarm not working and the phone switching itself
off all the time. All prblems were resolved with a new SIM card from
O2 as mine was too old. Phone now works great with no problems
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Reviewed by Harry from UK on 7th Jan 2009
A good phone on the whole, you can solve the freezing/turning off problem
simply by updating the software in settings. After this no problems.
Would be a 5 star phone if the camera lived up to the cyber shot status
it's been given. Awful camera, all images blurry unless used on the
sport scene setting which is totally useless in low light. No zoom unless
in VGA mode which is shocking on a cyber shot model with a 3.2mp cam.
Also the paint wears off very quickly. All in all a great phone once
the software is updated and if you're not worried about a camera (which
you probably are if you're buying a cyber shot model) I wanted a good
cam which is why it only gets 2 stars.
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Reviewed by sean from UK on 5th Jan 2009
absolutely rubbish. run a mile. two separate phones totally froze within
7 weeks of purchase
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Reviewed by stuart from uk on 27th Dec 2008
Hard to know where to start. After owning a k750i which never missed
a beat for about 3-4 years, I thought I'd choose another Ericsson. First
the paint started wearing off around the edge of the screen (paint has
started to rub off the keys now too), then I found the keys are too
small and fiddly to anyone with hands bigger than a child. The joystick
is cumbersome, the camera is terrible (paricularly in low light) and
like many others have found on here, it switches itself off frequently.
Now it won't switch itself back on - so down to Phones4u today to get
it sorted (luckily I still have my old 750i so won't get palmed off
with some old junk!) Sadly the site won't allow me to rate the phone
as no stars (as I con't see it had any redeeming qualities). One star
it is then
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Reviewed by kristian clements from United Kingdom on
13th Dec 2008
Right, i had a w610i for around 3 years, before this i changed phones
every month as i got bored easily and found they irritated me. however
the w610 was diffrent and done me proud, so i wanted an updated phone
and after searching i found the c702, looked good, had the specs i fancied
and almsot most important for me is it retained the "light" feature
which enable you to use the camera led's as a torch. So far yes it has
crashed and restarted and been a bit laggy, but this will be fixed in
firmware updates. the screen is gawjus and a great size the phone and
battery cover feel super solid (yes its a pain to remove first time
round) all in all very happy it's exactly what i was waiting for.
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Reviewed by myyysha from Czech Republic on 12th
Dec 2008
This is like the seventh phone I'm having in my life and the first one
where I don't mind a single thing. Yes, when playing music, the other
interface (such as writing messages) gets kinda slow, but who cares,
the phone still accepts all my keystrokes, only displays them slightly
later. Otherwise, perfect, nice GPS, messages administration, diary,
and as far as I know the first SonyE where I could assign special sound
for an incoming message to particular numbers (before, it was only incoming
call).
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Reviewed by lingx from Malaysia on 3rd Dec 2008
I got mine few days back. I choose it because I was using SE T610 (I
used it for 5 years and I'll label it as the most durable n reliable
mobile phone on earth). C702's interface n navigating are easy (maybe
because im used to SE). The menus', font n color and other GUI's are
very fine to see n use. It takes sharp pictures for its kind (3.2MP
with all standard digital camera function)in day and at night it takes
decent images for LED kind flash. No compalain about the camera features
unless we expect to take proffesional photos. It has all 3G features
and GPS makes it cooler. Some review says that this phone lags. From
what I found, it only lags slightly when you open main menu and media
menu. This might because these two menus had some animation kind of
menu popping, so obviously it requires more codes and algorithm (so
no wonder it lags). The music functions and sound quality are as equal
as some of Walkman series with same price of C702. But the earphone
that comes in box is out of the way. I just don't know how SE can approve
this ear piece for this phone or any other mobile phone. But if you
could find a walkman series earphone, I bet you have both cybershot
and walkman series in one unit. Finally, as a cell phone; making calls,
sending messages, e-mails, browsing and etc are smooth and easy in C702.
And it has such firm grip, won't fall from your hand so easy. And i
think C702 doesn't suit for girls for its design n size. It looks tough
and manly. I give C702 8/10. Pros: I like: display (screen size and
colour), GUI, the design and grip, keypad, wrist strap (it gives C702
youth feel), water splash resistant, camera, and sound. Cons: Dislike:
earphone that come in-box, battery life(last only 2 days under normal
usage).
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Reviewed by Mike from Chelmsford on 30th Nov 2008
Yeah, but seriously people. This phone isn't ruggedized. All it's got
is extra protection against dust / water. So, sorry dude, but your phone
WOULD look like it's been thru ww3 after 2 weeks in your pocket with
your keys cause it's not scratch resistant or shockproof :') Also gps
seems inaccurate cause civilian gps is inaccurate. GPS is run by the
US department of defence and they deliberately put position errors of
50m or so in the civilian version. Only the military get the accurate
stuff! Apart from that top mid-range phone with way better features
than equivalent Samsungs or Nokias at the same price mark! I'm well
happy
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Reply by Mobile Phones UK from UK on
30th Nov 2008
So that's why the GPS in my car thinks I'm actually driving down a different
road 50m away. It takes me hours to drive to the nearest shop! But Mike,
did you know that it's not the US department of defence that intercepts
our GPS signals - it's actually a secret organisation within the department
of defence that is controlled by aliens, who also secretly write misleading
product reviews on the web.
Reviewed by Si Robbo from Halesowen on 30th Nov
2008
I have always had Nokias. My last was a 6300 which was brilliant. I
upgraded to a 6500 slide which was not - a lot of faults as described
on these pages whereby the settings keep defaulting - I got through
two in a week with the same fault. I reluctantly accepted a C702 as
an alternative. It has not taken long for me to realise that I made
the right decision. On the plus side, the C702 has so far proved to
be a worthy opponent. The camera has numerous settings and is easy to
use, and takes a clear picture - especially when it is not too relaiant
on the flash which also doubles as a light. I purchased a 4gb card which
is a good replacement for my ipod and can hold loads of jpeg/mp3 files
etc. The phone still responds relatively quickly and doesn't seem to
get bogged down when retrieving files like the 6300 seemed to. The screen
is very clear and the display is excellent. The menus are easy to navigate.
The alarms can be tailored and set up to chime on alternate days etc
- be careful about this as I once thought I had set it for the morning,
but hadn't ticked the day for it to go off so if I hadn't double checked,
I would have been late for work. Luckily my C702 is unlocked and has
all the software. The build of the phone feels very sturdy and it feels
good in your hand. It is also a very well designed phone in terms of
aesthetics. The niggles (and they are only tiny ones) are that the screen
seems easily scratched - buy a quality cover for it is the answer and
don't chuck it in your pocket with your keys. The calender which holds
numerous entries (not limited to 100 entries like some phones) could
have a better layout and does not have the option of displaying the
current days info on the front screen which was a really useful feature
on the 6300, N70 etc - but hey, I just have to be more organised now.
The speaker is not as loud and as clear as my 6300 but this could be
down to the bitrate that the mp3 files were downloaded at.I have yet
to encounter some of the faults as mentioned below although it has frozen
once, and when I tried to make a call, it went through the motions but
there was no sound - it does however say in the manual to switch the
phone off and back on every so often to re-boot it which is no hardship
really. The battery did seem to drain very quickly on one occassion
but this could be down to the new phone cover I got which kept pressing
the buttons while the phone was locked casuing the screen to illuminate
all the time. All in all, I am very impressed with this phone and i
have 'connected with it'. If you were a Nokia snob like I was, try to
think outside the box a bit. I appreciate that some phones are 'Friday
afternoon jobs'and shouldn't have passed quality control. Saying that
though, some phones operating systems are quirky and you need to reads
the instructions to use them properly. I hope you find this review helpful.
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Reviewed by natasha from uk on 30th Nov 2008
sikk fone wa yhuuz on
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Reviewed by Alex from UK on 30th Nov 2008
Feel really sorry for those people that have got faulty ones cause this
really is an awesome phone. Prob my favourite ever. Have been using
mine happily since summer 2008 & it always works perfectly. Superb operating
system. Lovely screen. Fabulous gps tracking software. Nice keypad.
Only minor complaints are weaker than average gps reception indoors,
so-so camera quality & screen is easily scuffed.
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Reviewed by Tristan from UK on 28th Nov 2008
Think dan must have had a faulty one. I have been thoroughly testing
this phone for a few days now, everything about it is either good or
excellent. if u get o2 version then u will need to flash the firmware
on it to de-brand it, u can do this at places like www.wotanserver.com
- if u do this then u will get google maps and navigation back, flashing
the firmware with a new version also can get rid of freezing issues,
mine has none. I tested the sat nav in my car today and was amazed,
no faults atall and could easily be used in replacement of a basic stand-alone
sat nav unit. I have taken loads of full 3mpx photos on mine without
having yet installed an additional memory card, 150MB is a fair few
photos. the battery is very good even with vigourous use, the screen
is a very good size for this type of phone and bigger than the c902's
(which i sent back). Its pretty solidly built, isn't to bulky and not
very heavy either, i am very impressed with this phone indeed.
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Reviewed by Hadden from Australia on 21st Nov
2008
Operates slowly sometimes - very annoying for a salesman! Cant understand
why a phone sold in 2008 wouldnt have enough ram in it... anyway it
is hardy and takes knocks. Also speakerphone isnt loud enough for on
road use.
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Reviewed by dan from eastman on 19th Nov 2008
at first (once could get the battery cover off and the battery in!)
really took to this phone: easy to use and some useful features. however
hasn't taken long to have a lot of the problems creep in as jas has
mentioned. keeps freezing/switching off only to come back say sim inactive,
alarm not going off (which has caused me to miss a few vital appointments),
cannot take any more than a vga pic unless you have an m2 memory card
(which is very costly for a memory card), and if you are on vodafone
don't bother with the gps as its at least a good 2miles out evertime
(though gps for google is pretty accurate). worst thing is have lost
a lot of important calls because of phone, which considering i use it
as a business phone is not good. sent off for repair and put sim back
in an old samsung d900 and wonder why i bother upgrading! did actually
get this phone after trying the omnia which was problematic too. can't
these phone companies just make a phone that does the basics well (i.e
. phone calls/texts)? also i decided on this in first place because
of battery life but i'm having to charge it every 12 hours after 6 weeks
ownership.
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Reviewed by Jeff from Philippines on 15th Nov
2008
Im disappointed with the memory card reader of this phone,its not reading
the files in it although its detected by the phone. I already updated
the firmware,still the same.
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Reviewed by Jas from UK on 13th Nov 2008
I bought this phone to replace a k800 after a long line of excellent
SE phones and i have to say i'm very dissappointed, it looks like SE
have finally lost their way with this one. I'm on my second one now,
and number 3 is due tomorrow. As many people are finding, my C702 regularly
switches off, tells me my sim card is inactive and goes silent for aroung
10 seconds during calls, not good for a business phone! Other gripes
are that the alarm sometimes fails to go off, the keypad locks up and
is often very slow to react and the camera definately isn't as good
as previous efforts. Also the GPS doesn't seem very accurate and battery
life is pretty poor. I chose this phone as i wanted a fairly basic rugged
and reliable phone and now wish I'd had another k800. To cap it all,
after just a couple of weeks use, this "rugged" phone looks like it's
spent 10 years in a war zone, scratched screen, paint worn off the corners
and the markings worn off the keys. On the plus side, it has SE's usual
user friendly interface and on paper, at least, should do exactly what
i want from a phone. If the next one is no better, i will be looking
elsewhere!
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Reviewed by Gill from England on 11th Nov 2008
Was told this was a good phone - and I believed them!!!! It only took
a cuple of weeks b4 it started to go wrong. The camera is not as previous
model.If you use the flash all pictures turn out strange colour. The
phone itself is rubbish. In the middle of calls it freezes so i cant
hear the other caller. the phone freezes and switches itself off for
fun. The key pad itself freezes and the buttons dont always work - when
u can get ur fingers on them because they are so small. The alarm doesnt
always go off in the mornings. I need the phone as i am always outdoors
and need it for safety reasons but i cannot rely on it at all. the battery
life is a joke. It is the worse phone I have had and i resort to using
my 4 year old nokia because it is much more reliable!!! I would not
recommend this phone to anyone. What a shame because it looked so good.
If i could give it no stars I would.
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Reviewed by Kalimin Akhman from Indonesia on 11th
Nov 2008
SE C702 is ok!
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Reviewed by James from Essex! on 10th Nov 2008
Very nice phone. Def one for the lads tho! ;) Mine's been a trusty friend
for a while now. Solid, reliable and prob the best Sony Ericsson I've
ever had. Watch out for the o2 version tho cause o2 have taken out the
special version of Google Maps from the phone so *cry!* you can't use
the gps to actually find out where you are! (Why o2, why?!) And you
can't install it later either! In answer to Paul's question the black
H on a light blue background means you're in a high speed 3g reception
area you lucky sod! ;)
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Reviewed by Jim from UK/Sweden on 9th Nov 2008
Ok- I'm beginning to suspect that the last few reviews must have been
written by Nokia and Samsung's press-sabotage teams! This phone has
just been awesome for me. I've had mine for a month now and it's extremely
reliable and stable. I moved from a Samsung D900 to a Nokia 6500 slide
to this and this is so much the best of the 3. It's like moving from
kids toys to a proper professional tool. Note- some people clearly think
this phone is meant to be shock resistant and extra tough. It's not.
It's a standard mobile which has extra rubber seals to stop water and
dust getting in when you're using it for gps outside. Best bits for
me- awesome screen, lovely user interface, great gps for route tracking
and training, really good LED flash (try using it at about 1.5m from
the subject), bright torch, decent camera quality (no it's not as good
as the K800i, but get over it, that was one of the best camera phones
ever made and this phone is still better than most of its competition!),
fantastic web browser and excellent support for all of the essential
java apps you need now like Google Earth and Opera Mini. Gripes- watch
out for the main screen- it scratches easily (but it's no prob if you
invest in a good screen protector), back is a bugger to get off until
you learn how, the hang up and call keys are way too small and for some
reason not all of my calendar appointments come across properly from
Outlook. Overall though, it's easily been a 5 star phone so far. Very
well designed and superb at what it does.
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Reviewed by paul from england on 8th Nov 2008
i've only had SE phones but this one has pushed my faith in them to
the limit. the freezing,going silent mid call for 10 seconds,shutting
off for 1m 20 times a day,pausing mid song etc etc etc all "appear ro
have been cause by having a VERY old sim card,which since i've replaced
it (and d/l'ed the update),seems to have been rectified,at last. i find
the buttons fiddly and am considering a C905 or possibly an X1. i've
got a query too though if anyone can help,i've got a black H in a light
blue box permanently in the top corner next to battery......what is
it??
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Reviewed by sean from england on 6th Nov 2008
this phone is useless!! iv had two in the space of three weeks because
of it always freezing and turning itself off!! :@ i thought it might
jus be a faulty phone, but now my recent one is starting to do it aswell!!..
it looked good in the shops.. so i was stupid enough to buy it. i think
it looks quite gd tho. but still dont buy it!!!!!!!! i love you all
xxxxxx
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Reviewed by Andy from England on 4th Nov 2008
Upgraded to this phone from k810I, and went straight back to it. had
problem getting batt cover off (stupid screw idea) camera is nowhere
near as good as the k810i have sent it back to O2 do not buy this phone!!!!
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Reviewed by C Polson from N. Ireland on 1st Nov
2008
Bought one yesterday, unable to get back off to fit battery & SIM, camera
cover broke within 3hrs and only took 1 picture. Quality poor phone
appears ok. Taking it back this afternoon.
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Reviewed by alice from in wonderland on 20th Oct
2008
this phone is not good at all, i got tricked into buying this phone,
the people said it was good, but they lied, oh yes they lied. just imagine
what can go wrong with a phone, and then you have this piece of junk!
i cant even sell it! guess no one wants junk. do you? if you dont, then
do not get this phone.
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Reviewed by Bilal Bhatti from UK on 19th Oct 2008
I have had a lot of experience with SE dating back to the K300 when
it first came out. I have only had the C702 for a few days and I feel
that I have made a mistake. On paper, the C702 seems to outstrip my
trusty K810 on almost everything apart from the flash. However, in reaality
it is a whole different story. The thing I find most annoying is the
speaker. On my K810, I could pretty much put the phone about 2 meters
away and still have a conversation. With the C702, I have to put the
phone next to my ear just to hear what is being said when it is on speaker.
It's not that the phone can't produce the volume, it is that it refuses
to do so. If anyone knows how to fix it, please let me know! The camera
is definately not as good as the K810 and K800. I remember not having
any problems when I used the K750 and it's LED flash, however, once
you go Xenon, you can't go back, you notice the difference and it will
haunt you. It takes ages to take a picture, even when you try to take
it with the most basic of functions. If you want a quick snap, you might
as well take out a sketch pad as this phone seems to want to think about
every photo before it decides it will snap. I haven't used the internet
functions much yet, but they seem to be very good thus far. The keys
and keypad is something that will take time to get used to. It is difficult
at first, but the more you use it, the more you get used to it. The
navigation pad has been deisgned very well and lives to all expectations.
The keys respond well, although they are small. IF you are a guy and
have bought this phone, try not to keep your nails too short! The WORST
thing about this phone is the stupid battery cover. There is nothing
in the instructions on how to open it. I had to ask at least 5 different
people at work on how to open it and they were stumped. Then I had to
search Google and found a presentation on how to open it. It is ridiculously
difficult and requires the use of long nails. What were SE thinking?
Did they want people to put their SIM cards? Why the "lock" on the cover,
what happened to the traditional sliding mechanism. Okay, when I dropped
my K810, the cover did used to fall off and it didn't help it when I
accidentally kicked it across a Petrol Station, but there must be a
more user friendly way of securing the cover. All in all, the C702 is
a good phone. I had no problems with firmware, however, if you do, just
update it via the SE Update service and that should solve the problem.
If you want a good camera, stay with the K800/K810 or go for one of
the 5MP phones. The C702 does the job it is supposed to and adds a few
fun extras. It is not a dediacted digital camera and should not be thought
of as such. If you keep you expectations realistic about this phone,
I thik you will not be disappointed.
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Reviewed by ians from UK on 18th Oct 2008
Purchased this phone after reading reviews on here, however, very disappointed,
found the hand set top heavy when using the keypad and although I do
not have large fingers found myself catching the wrong keys as well
as having to press the keys quite firmly to get a response. The quality
of the images from the camera was disappointing in comparison to my
previous phone (Nokia 6300), which was only a 2MP camera. The joystick
is also tricky to use, although I guess this could be mastered with
practice. The satellite navigation was also disappointing and complicated
to use, defiantly not a replacement TomTom device. I was prepared to
accept these downfalls, but after leaving the phone to charge overnight
the phone had locked up and after turning it off and back on the phone
continued to lockup/freeze, was advised to update software and followed
the instruction from network provided without success, was then advised
to return the unit, this unit was out of stock so I had to choose an
alternative make/model. In theory this should be a good phone, however,
my expectation were maybe too high, as I felt it had too many inferior
features and not one superior feature.
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Reviewed by Sleepyol from UK on 14th Oct 2008
Got this phone to replace my Nokia 6300 and not at all impressed. The
keyboard is just too small and 'fiddly'. Wasn't keen so it got sent
back.
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Reviewed by kelvin sindall from united kingdom on
11th Oct 2008
I am generally impressed with this phone, but mine was initially prone
to freezing and turning itself off.Most annoying!This niggle was solved
by downloading the latest software updates from sony's website,and it's
still ok.The mp3 player and camera functions are very good,but apart
from phoning and texting,don't get involved with the other functions
too much.Impovements could be made with keypad design as they are on
the small side if you have large fingers,and the choice of standard
ringtone and their volume which even at maximum,is far too low!Generally
though, a quality phone and a good buy.
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Reviewed by Jon from UK on 8th Oct 2008
the "sim inactive" thing was a pain and was annoying me all the time,
sometimes doing it 10 times a night :@ but then i updated the phone,
and i havnt had one freeze so far, also i got rid of the mountain of
txt message data, it all seems fine now :) only other thing is the night
time low light pics r a lil bad...but part from that they r good enough
:) u want amazing pics u could just buy a super camara ;)
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Reviewed by Sarah from UK on 3rd Oct 2008
those who are having a problem with this phone switching off, freezing
and displaying "invalid sim" need to go to the sony ericsson website
and follow the instructions to update the software...I've had no problems
since, it works a treat!
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Reviewed by Ehab Afana from Sweeden on 28th Sep
2008
It's wonderful and easy to use 'it's my best and i like it 'no one else
comes close to me!!!!!
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Reviewed by delorayn from Croatia on 26th Sep
2008
This is great phone, I have bought it few days ago, immediately updated
firmware and downloaded (well, compiled and everything) GpsMid and it
is working spectacularly! Without A-GPS it needs a long time to connect
to sattelites and sometines it won't connect at all, but only if you
are in car/bus/house. With A-GPS turned on, it can connect almost everywhere
in a matter of seconds, and it only downloads few KB. Oh, I've turned
off 3G, I'm not using it, but plain GPRS is fast enough. With intense
use of GPS, battery is holding well, it can be on several hours before
battery drains out. I am not using camera much but it seems good, it
can record really good video. 10/10!
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Reviewed by Donald from Scotland on 24th Sep 2008
Had mine 2 months and its utterly useless. As a farmer I thought the
"ideal for outdoor lifestyle" included me. Yes I am hard on phones so
I bought a fancy screen cover thingy which is the only thing which works
on the phone After 2 months it looks like its been in Iraq for the past
5 years paint is off the corners and dust inside the workings. GPS is
inaccurate 2700m accuracy well b****r me I'm better off using the stars
to navigate. As mentioned it before it switches itself off after 1 Having
the lense cover open for too long which happens all the time because
it rattles open in your pocket. 2 Getting a knock on something hard
(including buttons on my shirt as I take it out to answer a call) 3
Deciding that enough is enough and it can't be arsed so switches off.
Sound quality not great especially in noisy surroundings Battery life
is a joke almost as bad as previous Nokia 6500 which was why I tried
the Sony, Camera is good, Light is good as a torch but not a flash but
as a phone its frankly useless and will be going back. If I could give
it no stars I would. Reckon I will try a Samsung solid!
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Reviewed by Georgee from Enlgand (UK) on 17th
Sep 2008
After finaly selling my 6 month old SE K800i, I decided to go onto contract
with o2. I was looking at many phones and the C702 seemed to be the
one for me. After reading many reviews, mostly bad, i was reluctant
to sign the contract to say that i would have this phone for the next
18 months. Bad Points: Photo light is a joke! and when its on, the photos
either come out too dark still or if being used in a brightly lit room,
the pictures come out with a disgusting yellowness to them, The screen
is very very easily scratched, the phone freezes and then restarts only
to say inactive sim and sometimes it wont charge!! Battery life is poor
and back battert cover has become loose and you CANNOT text if you dont
use your nails! Good points: Camera is good for a phone BUT WORSE THAN
A K800i! SatNav and google maps are accurate!! Its splash annd dust
resistant, has a good media centre and good internal memory. Overall:
A good phone and I would definitely recomend it however if you have
a k800i or K810i then stick with it for now because neither the C702
or the C902 are better!
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Reviewed by Kerry from Scotland on 12th Sep 2008
This phone is possibly the worst phone I have EVER had! (and i have
had LGs!) It freezes CONSTANTLY, the slide cover for the lens went lose
after a week, its easily scratched! Just a horrible phone to have, and
its a brick. Having to buy a new phone because O2 are just being awkward
about sending it back!
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Reviewed by Sarah from UK on 10th Sep 2008
I have had this phone for little over a month and was impressed until....you
guessed it, it started to freeze and showed a blank screen then after
about 5 seconds it vibrates then the 3,6,9,# and centre menu button
light up blue, when it eventually does come on it reads "invalid SIM"
not to mention whilst on a call it freezes and cannot hear the caller
for about 10 seconds and suddenly your re-connected. Also when texting
or taking pictures it freezes then switches off! I totally agree with
others that screen scratches also appear after only a few weeks! Grrr,
as you can guess I am taking it back!
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Reviewed by Jimmy C from UK on 9th Sep 2008
I got this phone after sending back C902 because of freezing problems
and signal, I like this phone much more than the 902. I did find out
after calling SE about signal problems that turning off the 3G and putting
it to GSM only removes all the problems with poor signal. Like someone
else has pointed out the screen scratches easily and the grey paint
around the top edges wear off therefore making it look a little onld
after a few weeks. As a phone it is good but again SE where is the return
to the start button gone!! Bring it back!
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Reviewed by mike from england on 9th Sep 2008
It broke due to 'liquid contamination' after 2 months and vodafone won't
replace it. It's never even got wet! It was starting to look very worn
after only 2 weeks. Avoid like syphylis. Its a shame I have to give
it one star. Doesn't deserve any.
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Reviewed by Alan from Scotland on 5th Sep 2008
Very disappointed with phone as it regularly freezes & switches off.
It also loses signal in poorer reception areas when other, cheaper phones
continue to opereate. Would not recommend it.
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Reviewed by LOKENDRA SINGH from INDIA on 4th Sep
2008
IT AND OUTSTANDING PHONE , I GOT MOBILE AS WHAT I WAS LOOKING , EXCELLENT
PERFORMANCE
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Reviewed by Youseff from Saudi Arabia on 31st
Aug 2008
I use this fone lots. It very good, all things work good. I am in sand
lots, phone very durable. No problems with battery. Paint is fine. I
use camera, and it always work very good. I would recommend this phone
to you.
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Reviewed by Trevor from Wales on 25th Aug 2008
The phone seemed very good for a few days,and I was very impressed by
the media player. However, the sliding camera lens cover became loose
after about a week, and as this very quickly drains the battery when
it opens, it is going back from whence it came; I cannot make my mind
up whether to get a new one under warranty, or to get another phone
by a different manufacturer I used to have a K800i before, which I lost,
and I see very few avantages in owning a C702 over a K800i
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Reviewed by Ian from UK on 25th Aug 2008
Had my C702 a few months and was very happy with it to start with after
my Nokia N73. Looks great, build quality is good (other than paint rubbing
off already) and the software is simple and fast. The wife also has
one and she loves the 'Tracker' software for jogging. Downside is the
battery life is truly awful. Have to charge every other day and I am
a light user at best! 1 or 2 5 minute calls a day. I have also just
got the phone back after a warranty repair (corrupted sofware reinstalled-
wouldn't boot up) not good after only a few months. Overall a bit disappointed,
in hindsight I would've left the upgrade and kept the N73. SE are letting
things slip a little.
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Reviewed by Dean from Corby, UK on 20th Aug 2008
I've had three of these handsets now and each has been faulty. Dead
pixels featured on two of the three phones, and all three had a tendency
to frequently freeze and restart, sometimes several times in a 5-minute
period. I carried over the M2 memory card from my previous phone, a
K800i and in each of the three phones, the memory card reader was faulty.
Songs and videos kept sticking, or jumping, sometimes leading to the
phone restarting again. The buttons are rubbish for texting and despite
being marketed as a durable phone, after less than two weeks use, the
screen was showing signs of scratching and the paint at the corners
was beginning to wear off. O2 are claiming this phone is "The perfect
replacement for your Sony Ericsson K800i" which is quite misleading
considering the flash in the 3.2 mega pixel camera is much worse than
the K800i. The battery life is also poor in comparison. All this is
such a shame because this is a good looking phone, one I really wanted
to like and wanted to work. But there's no shying away from the fact
that I was first, second and third time unlucky with the C702 and now
i'm back with the trusty K800i (and the memory card is working fine).
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Reviewed by Doug from Kingston upon Thames on
19th Aug 2008
Looks good on paper but such a disappointment!!! I am a big fan of SE
phones but the 3.2 Mpic "cybershot" doesn't have a zoom, yes the camera
has devolved! Earpiece is also rubbish and I have to tell everyone to
shout on the other end. And the keys (again) are a bit dodgey. I say
wait till the C905 it should be an improvement. The (a)GPS isn't bad
but charging for it is confusing :o(
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Reviewed by Jake from UK on 11th Aug 2008
One of the best phones i had (i had 90 of them). Excellent aGPS, my
old n82 goes to ebay due to that. Marvellous pictures and music (on
newest R3CA037 firmware). Highly recommended for people who need small
fast phone with music and gps!
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Reviewed by juvenal from philippines on 5th Aug
2008
the best mid range phone
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Reviewed by Paul Teale from United Kingdom on
2nd Aug 2008
I got this off ebay on a vodafone contract and it seems vodafone have
taken off a few programs, namely wayfinder and Youtube video downloader.
It's otherwise a great handset although battery life isn't up to normal
SE standard its not bad considering whats on the phone. My only gripe
is the quality of the finish, its only a week old and the paints starting
to come off over the top of the screen, and the screen itself is more
scratched up than my year old k800!
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Reviewed by Swanny from England on 1st Aug 2008
I bought one of these 10 days ago. I had a W810i for a couple of years
but felt it time to upgrade to a phone with a better camera. The picture
quality from this phone is amazing even compared to my Fuji camera.
I find the menu a little bit slower than my W810i I'm with o2 which
means the key in the bottom right of the screen edge connects you to
the net, it's very easy to push this with out realising as I found out
one morning when I woke to find I had been on the net all night. Speaker
and earpiece volume is great, my hearing is not the best but I have
no problems with this phone. I still prefer my old W810 but this is
superior in many ways so will stick with it. Am only giving it 4 stars
as I find the keys a bit fiddly. Hope this helps :)
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Reviewed by chris from uk...preston on 20th Jul
2008
the c702 is a decent phone and av had lots of new phones out...the battery
cover is a nightmare really u gotta unlock it and struggle to get it
off as it doesnt slide......my other issue is texting keys are bit stiff....but
i guess cos its dust and splash proof.....great phone otherwise bright
screen.good camera,lot of onboard memory,but i had to go back to my
sek800i u just cant fault that phone in my eyes
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Reviewed by Skitt from UK on 15th Jul 2008
Received my C702 a couple of days ok. Have been switching between SE
and Nokia for a few years but never really found a phone that would
be good as a business phone but practical when out and about. Finally
SE have got back to the good old days of the K800 and designed a truly
great classic looking phone. Camera is 3.2MP but gives a number of 5MP
phones a run for their money. There have been comments about the keys
being a little small but I find the spacing makes up for this. The joypad
can take a little getting used to but is a major step forward compaired
to the D-pad found on the K850. The menu system is traditional SE, quick
responsive and easy to navigate. The phone comes with the same battery
as was found in the K800/810 and I have found the battery life to be
very good. The only issue I have with the device is the lock on the
back for removing the battery case, I understand why they designed the
phone this way but the old click/slide worked very well. A great mid-range
phone from Sony Ericsson.
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Reviewed by Paul from UK on 14th Jul 2008
Just to clarify my Google Maps problem below, when I received the phone
from O2 online, Google Maps was not installed. However I swapped the
phone with one from CarphoneWarehouse (still with O2 but slightly more
expensive contract), and Google Maps is installed and works great with
the GPS.
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Reviewed by Michael George from UK on 11th Jul
2008
Had the phone a few days, my only gripe is there is no dedicated music
button like on my old K800i which you can just click to stop/start listening
to music or the radio. As with a previous review O2 seems to have taken
off Google maps? so not been able to try it out. But everything is better
than by old phone.
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Reviewed by quentin from aus on 9th Jul 2008
had this phone for a few days now, gotta say when i first got it i wasnt
too sure i made the right choice, but the more time ive spent with it
the more i like it. it does exactually what its spose to do, was pretty
much exactually what i thought it would be, nothing more, nothing less.i
did my homework in checkin out all the reviews i could find and sempt
like a great choice for a mid-end phone with prety decent features.
my only slight gripe would be i woulda liked steel and not the silver
plastic but all in all still a much better build quality than other
plastic phones out there. as i said liking the phone more and more.
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Reviewed by Damian from Monmouth,UK on 8th Jul
2008
This is a very good phone. It has a good quality screen and the menus
are easy to navigate. The 3.2 mp camera is fantastic. The picture quality
is better than the 5mp Samsung Tocco that i replaced, and the video
quite good too with good sound reproduction. I am also impressed with
the GPS and Google maps. The sound quality is also excellent. The build
quality feels very robust. My only gripe (and this is why i've given
it 4 stars) is that the screen seems to scratch easily. I'm very careful
with my phones,but the screen has scratched after only two days use.
Thank God for Displex scratch remover. You would of thought that a splash
and dust proof phone would also have a tougher screen.
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Reviewed by James from Devon,UK on 8th Jul 2008
After my old friend W810i finally gave up the ghost after more than
2 years of heavy service I decided to go for the C702 as a replacement.
Was a bit of a risk as i'd always used my 810 for music at work through
an MMR 70 plug in transmitter. Found that still worked fine with the
C702, and the media player is as good as the walkman player, playlists
etc.I also bought a 4GB mem. card which I've rammed full of music. (no
card supplied in bundle). The 3.2 Camera takes great pics, with enough
settings on it to confuse me, face recognition. etc. Aswell as being
sturdy enough to survive building site use, the vodaphone sat. nav.
and google maps works well, even though there is no 3G in my area. The
sound quality is good and you've got a nice big screen. My only gripes
are, there is no proper flash, and the keypad is a bit fiddly at first,
especially when you're hands are covered in crap, but i'm getting used
to that. If you need a tough phone with loads of boys toys on it, its
the one for you. There's not much it doesn't do.
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Reviewed by Des from UK on 6th Jul 2008
Ive been using this phone for just over a week now and all things considered,
i think i prefer my old k750i im very impressed with the picture quality
but the keypad/buttons are too small to text and navigate around, and
the battery life is terriblem, im having to charge it every 2 days also,
i dont have google maps installed on mine, i dont know why. if my 750i
wasnt so knackered id go back to that
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Reviewed by Paul from UK on 4th Jul 2008
Only played around with this phone for 1 day, but surfing the Internet
on it was a pleasure, and all the menus and apps ran quickly and smoothly.
Just a heads-up, but O2 seem to have removed Google Maps from the phone,
which makes the GPS a bit pointless for me really. I spoke to Sony Ericsson
and they confirmed O2 had done this. Apparently you can re-download
it, but it doesn't work again with the GPS properly.
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Reviewed by Dan from Ashton-under-Lyne, UK on
3rd Jul 2008
This is great phone and the built in Sat Nav is as good as any other
in-car sat nav device. The sound quality on calls is far better than
my last phone (SE W810) and the camera is excellent as well. The only
thing that I do find is that on the back of the phone there is a metal
necklace bracket that can make texting a bit fiddly but i'm sure I will
get used to it in time. Very pleased with the phone so far.
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Reviewed by ean from uk prenton on 1st Jul 2008
this phone is a great phone when you firsr purchase the phone after
a few days of playing with it it tends too frezze for several mins it
winds me up :@
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Reviewed by shed from uk on 23rd Jun 2008
I had this phone for a couple of days but unfortunately had to send
it back as the screen kept freezing. I was also disappointed with the
camera as the flash wasn't what I'd expected,so the picture quality
wasn't that brilliant in darker environments.. I like the look and feel
of the phone and I thought it would suit my needs.The other functions
were fine but I've now changed to a K800i and am happy with it.
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Reviewed by Jasmin from uk on 23rd Jun 2008
I love this 4n
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Reviewed by ste from cumbria/uk on 13th Jun 2008
Just got this smashing phone, i can honestly say its outstanding...
its a big improvement to the k800i which ive upgraded from. Like all
phones theres always going to be someone who wont like what this has
to offer, but this phone offers enough for me. I was going to get the
c902 but after reading alot of reviews i gave it a miss, i think they
are trying to cram too much technolgy onto these little phones these
days, and this is where and why all the problems start. This phone works
great! Id check other websites like i did to see how many other peeps
speak highly about this model before buying ;)
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