Customer Rating:  
Summary: Phone died and shut off all the time
Comment: First off, the phone is very quiet. Even when I have it on speakerphone, its hard to hear and I am a young person with great hearing. Don't even try talking on this cell phone while driving on a highway, you won't hear anything, which might be a plus since you shouldn't be talking on your cell phone while driving. The camera is sub-par, texting is decent, the MP3 player works pretty good.
Now for the REAL issues. After owning the phone for about a year, it would start to turn off randomly, and this was not a battery issue. It would be fully charged and turn off by itself as I watch. Sometimes when I flipped the phone open to answer a call, it would turn off.
And most importantly to all of you out there looking to buy this phone. It completely died on me after owning it for 20 months. This may seem like a decent lifetime, but not for someone like me who would like to save money and use a cell phone for the longest time possible.
Overall its an ok phone at best, but after a year, I would start looking for another since it will start giving you problems and headaches until it eventually dies within two years. Isn't it great how Cingular/AT&T require two year contracts, when the phones don't even last that long? Oh, and another thing to mention, my phone died and I barely used it. I texted a total of 20 times and I talked on the phone for maybe 30 minutes a week, so I can't imagine if I used the cell phone as much as most people, it might not have even lasted 6 months.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nearly Worthless Phone - Battery Life Too Low To Do Anything With It
Comment: CRAP BATTERY
Like others have said here, battery life on my phone is about 2 days on standby or 2 hours if I talk on the phone. So, camera, radio, mp3 player - none of that matters because you'll never have enough juice to run the thing more than a half hour. NEVER TAKE THE W600i ON VACATION because no one will be able to get in touch with you if you're out and about.
Additionally, the power cord socket for this phone is really strange so you'll never find a universal adapter that fits to power it up from multiple locations like your car or office. You'll have to take the flimsy power cord with you everywhere and keep the phone plugged in all the time.
OBNOXIOUS BUTTONS
The phone makers were obviously instructed to put some money-maker buttons on this phone. One connects you to the Internet on accident all the time, racking up fees . . . the other turns on the Walkman MP3 player and its awful auto-load music at all the wrong times. You can disable the Internet button but you can't disable the Walkman thing. It always comes on.
HUGE PHONE
The phone is too big. Can't fit it in your pocket. You're expected to put it on a lanyard and wear it around your neck because you're an adventure hippy and you climb mountains every day.
SWIVEL ACTION
It's pretty awkward. I'd go with clamshell, slider, or candybar over this any day.
BONUSES
Everything else is fine! Hahaha!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Rotators Need to Return
Comment: I've owned quite a few cell phones and used quite a few cells of other peoples, too. I can say, without a doubt, this is the best designed phone of its day, in my opinion. It has a certain balance that flip phones don't, as well as the proper angle to tuck it under the head when talking and doing something else. I have now owned four of them, they seem to be pretty reliable.
That being said, the way the phones saves and retrieves numbers from the SIM card seems to change from version of software to version of software, creating serious problems like redundant creation and deletion of certain names. If you don't have to rely on the SIM chip for number storage and retrieval, this won't be an issue. Other than that, the software, the menus, the speed of response is all excellent. Sony Ericsson has improved dramatically.
Oh, Sony-Ericsson, please bring the rotators back! We promise not to try and close them the wrong way and break them!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great phone
Comment: I've had this phone for a little over a year and it has been great. I did have a little problem when I first got it: when it would ring on vibrate it would continue even after I answered. The vibrating wouldn't stop until I would restart it. Exchanged it and this one has been working great.
I have dropped the phone a billion times and now is starting to physically deteriorate but the functions are still fine.
The speakers are great for both talking on and off speaker and listening to music.
This phone holds so much memory it's amazing. I've had up to 90 songs and 70 pictures at the same time and I still had space without the need of a bigger memory card. The MP3 is great I just couldn't figure out if it is was possible to label the disc to phone songs, once on the phone.
None of the pics have ever gone corrupted on my phone. I don't know what's going on with that other person. probably virus from downloading online music and other media. As for the person who said the music would go on because of the walkman button being pressed, there is a lock switch on the side which takes a while to figure out but will solve that.
Also, it comes with all the cables necessary for the MP3 player usage: USB and multi use headset. Other MP3 player phones don't come with these as a company scam to make more money off the customer.
May not be flat like the razor but it does much more and opens up like no other phone.
Overall great phone, I love it. I'm getting sad because I may need to upgrade soon (physical damage, droped it while riding my bike and a million other times just being clumsy...oops). I'm not sure if true, but the insurance company for cingular told me it was discontinued.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome Phone with a few set backs
Comment: Not all phone are perfect, but i absolutely love this phone. My friends constantly comment on how cool my phone is. It is pretty eye catching in the sea of motorola RAZRs.
Pros:
-It has a great call quality. Every call was crisp and clear (unless it was the fault of the other person). I never had that annoying echo while you're on the phone
-When you're playing the games, you can turn the phone on its sides and play it that way and it's pretty cool. The two clear keys at the top are only used while you're playing a game. They don't do anything else.
-It's a walkman phone with good sound quality. It also has a decent amoung of setting for the bass and equalizer. It also helps when you are given some nice headphones
-This is very durable. After a year of wear and tear, the phone has just two minor scratches on it's display and the self-portrait mirror and the wim of the camera is a little banged up. Even after multiple drops of the floor, it still works fine.
A little of each:
- I am a flip phone person, but Sony Erisson isn't really find of making flip phones that fit my taste. This is the only phone i've seen with a swivel feature. It gets a little annoying when you want that ear-to-mouth distance while you're on the phone.
-256 MB of internal memory. Really good for a phone. Usually, its anywhere from 10-20 MB.
Cons:
-No expandable memory. This makes me sad. I have the absolutely wonderful luck of losing both by iPod video and iPod shuffle, which leaves me with this phone as my sole source of portable media devices.
-I'm not a big fan of the size of the phone. It's too big for me to comfortably carry it around in my pocket (unless i'm wearing a heavy winter jacket).
-Software is a little buggy. SOmetimes, the computer doesn't even recognize that the phone is connected to the computer via USB cable (which is gratefully provided).
-Sony Erisson needs to work on their keypad design. The number are diffcult to press. They are greatly recessed and separated in three vertical rows. Not helpful when you want to text message at a decent speed.
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