Sony Ericsson K330 Review
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In a nutshell: Sony Ericsson's K330 is the one of the lowest
spec mobiles currently on sale. But it's one of the cheapest too. It
makes phone calls and sends texts! Nothing more to say.
Review: September 2009.
It's very cheap, compact and lightweight. If you need a phone that
just makes calls and you don't use it very often, this may just be the
right phone for you. If you need more from your phone, look elsewhere.
Yes, this phone does have a camera and a radio too. But the camera
is the lowest resolution in existence (VGA, or 0.3 megapixels) and the
video is even worse. Besides, there's no memory to store anything anyway,
and the screen is awful. It's dual band too, and we haven't reviewed
one of those in a long time - don't plan to take your mobile abroad.
It's one of the lowest specs phone currently on the market. But then,
it's in the very bottom price bracket too.
Features of the Sony Ericsson K330 include:
- 0.3 megapixel camera (VGA)
- Video camera
- Display: TFT, 65,536 colours, 128 x 160 pixels
- FM radio
- MP3 ringtones
- Speakerphone
- Messaging: SMS, MMS
- Java games
- Health Mate calorie counter
- Animated wallpaper
- Personal organiser functions
- Vibration alert
- Internet: WAP 2.0, GPRS
- Memory: 10 Mbytes
- Connectivity: Bluetooth
- Dual band
- Size: 100 x 45 x 12 mm
- Weight: 75g
- Talktime: 7 hours
- Battery standby: 300 hours
Sony Ericsson K330 User Reviews
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Average rating from 15 reviews:
Reviewed by BJH from UK on 22nd May 2011
For what it is, and for the price this is great. It is a simple phone
with bluetooth and 4 day battery life which I keep as a backup; yes
,the camera is next to useless but as a basic cheap communicator its
great; and although its only 2G the web browser lets me check my mail
etc. Its not a smartphone ,iphone, htc etc. and doesnt pretend to be,
but its a great simple cheap backup phone.
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Reviewed by Neil from UK on 20th Aug 2010
Paid about £20 for this phone 6 months ago and had no problems with
it - but then I only use it as a phone. Best selling point is bluetooth
so I can use it in the car. Never tried the mp3, radio or camera features.
Alarm is too quiet & soothing to be any use for waking up. If you want
a fully featured phone then look elsewhere but this is great value for
money as a simple phone.
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Reviewed by tina hewer from northern ireland on
9th Jul 2010
my friend has this phone and it is rubbish
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Reviewed by matty from uk on 27th May 2010
the phone is alright to text and phone but if your wanting more from
it go somewhere else. it is light and cheap will only hold 1 song for
me but the battery last for about 4 days until it goes dead which is
quite good
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Reviewed by Stuart from UK on 1st Feb 2010
Good phone. Bought it for only £15! Comparable to more expensive SE
phones. Looks nice, Feels nice, Enough features and ability to add more
apps if you want them. Only problem is that you cannot change the volume
of music when playing them. Arrow keys don't do this and there is no
volume key on the side. (Note to previous comment about lack of memory
- Use a MP3 Compressor to put up to 25 MP3s on the 10MB of memory)
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Reviewed by Laura from Luxembourg on 12th Jan
2010
I have that phone and by the looks of it and what it said on the information,
it seemed like one of the greatest phones ever, but then i bought it
and tried it at home and found out it's actually tripe! I expected more
space on it than only just being able to download 1 song on it.
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Reviewed by Lisa from UK on 29th Dec 2009
my friend has it and it seem okay. it doesnt have a volume button along
with bad features , but its style looks nice
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Reviewed by GeeGee from UK on 12th Dec 2009
Phone won't unlock at all... and hangs hard when i start a message and
try to delete it all :/
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Reviewed by Kudo Shinichi from Japan on 5th Nov
2009
Lousy phone automatic switch off and on if there is alarm and calendar
reminder. Battery drain by itself. Not enough memory storage at least
can they add USB plug in, we don't need lame games, ringtones, themes,
alarm tones, message tones, radio. We need is USB plug in increase memory
storage or stereo earplug and music player.
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Reviewed by Nick from UK on 21st Sep 2009
I wonder how much research the guys her ACTUALLY do?? This is NOT the
lowest spec phone on offer, the LG GB102 and the Samsung E1120 are,
both of which are 9.99. the closest phones this resebles are the Nokia
1680 (24.99) and the LG KP170(19.99). This phone will outsell both cos
of kudos that Sony Ericsson currently enjoys. Its basic and simple but
it costs little, has a good battery life and Bluetooth for use in the
car. It has no music player of video playback or even memory card support
cos its not built for that. my advice, go for the 9.99 phones seeing
as they are £10 cheaper and do the same as this, minus the pathetic
camera.
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Reply by Mobile Phones UK from UK on
21st Sep 2009
Fair cop, Nick! It's the lowest spec current phone on this website.
We don't review the very very cheap ones! And it should be obvious
that this is not an in-depth review, but a quick overview!
Reviewed by evan from UAE on 6th Sep 2009
I love my Sony Erickson K330 I have just bought it and it is the most
use able Phone that Sony Erickson has to offer!!!
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Reviewed by Louise from australia on 31st Aug
2009
lasted about 5months then the key broke
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Reviewed by Lilly from England on 14th Aug 2009
I was bery disapointed with this phone. So get the Samsung Tocco Lite
like me...
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Reviewed by Marcin Wolcendorf from Germany on
21st Feb 2009
The phone is OK as long, as... you don't try to correct your SMSes.
There is a critical bug in the software, that makes phone hang hard
(you have to remove the battery to make it run again). It surfaces if
you follow these steps: Open sms editor, T9 turned on, language English.
Start writing. Write two words (any), but DO NOT make any corrections,
deletions etc. Move to the very beginning of SMS. Write "." (one dot).
Now delete it. Phone just hanged. I've informed SEMC of the bug. The
first answer was "you are in Germany, go to the German site" (impolite
"f*** off"). The next answer was "We have tested the software throughout,
there are no bugs" (polite "f*** off"). Well, SEMC, check again. The
phone gets "1" because of the bug and because of a way the SEMC handled
the issue.
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Reviewed by bob from england on 13th Dec 2008
this fone is the best sony eva!
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