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Review: Sony Ericsson W760

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Oct 20, 2008, 7:53 PM by Stewart Wolpin

For a music-focused phone, the Sony Ericsson W760 makes a surprising number of concessions. See what stands out on the plus side in our full review.

At a certain point, the new Sony Ericsson W760 3G Walkman music phone becomes more like a 24-hour diner menu than a useable gadget – there are simply too many options to wade through when all you want to do is have a cheeseburger. And some of these too-many options are just too gimmicky. On the other hand, the W760 is filled with some useful and fascinating (if sometimes useless and/or redundant) functions and features. The question is, do the gimmicks overwhelm the W760's usefulness?

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Sony Ericsson W760

2.2" display 240 x 320 pixels
930 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot

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AshDizzle

Nov 2, 2008, 2:03 PM

Very disappointed

This review is disappointing.

The W760a is one the of best media phones (non-PDA) phones out for any carrier right now. It's incredibly sturdy, and these keys are NOT hard to find or press.

We have sold plenty of these phones out of our store and aside from the V9x, I would recommend it for everyone wanting something less than a PDA.

I don't understand this "Stephen Wolpin's" incessant use of the word "gimmick" in this review. Like seriously, wtf is a gimmick on this phone? It all performs fine.

For anyone not too sure, here is a definition of the word gimmick:

A device employed to cheat, deceive, or trick, especially a mechanism for the secret and dishonest control of gambling apparatus.

Now you effing tell me, what...
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AshDizzle

Edit: I meant "Stewart

csufsnwbrdr

Oct 30, 2008, 3:52 PM

Keypad

Anybody that has this phone-are you having any problems with the keys cracking/splitting like the W580's? Don't want to waste my money on a phone whose keypad is guaranteed to crack like the W580 did for me twice!!

BiGg RiE

I've had this phone since August and i haven't had any issues with the keypad cracking, I actually bought my wife the w580i in may and it hasn't had any keypad cracking issue either 😁 .

On another note... the screen on my w760i has malfunctioned ...
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fone_diva

Oct 20, 2008, 8:49 PM

Proprietary Headset jack?

I'm surprised at the comment that your unable to use your own headset of choice. It was my experience with several international versions of the Sony Ericsson Walkman phones that the headset disconnects with a 3.5mm adaptor at the microphone, thus allowing you the freedom to use your earphones of choice and secondly, maintaining the mic, in case of an incomming call.

Rich Brome

...except that really only works if your headset has an unusually short cord, like the Sony ones, which I personally did not care for. To use your own, you need to bunch up the cord using a rubber band or twist-tie. Having a wad of cord hanging next t...
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achoi02

Oct 26, 2008, 2:13 PM

Speakers look stereo

From my time on the w760 i believe the speakers are stereo, compared to the w580. There are 2 holes for them in the front, compared to the one on the w580. Since they're not spaced far apart, it doesn't particuarly sound distinctly stereo unless you compare i believe.

JustSumGuy

Oct 22, 2008, 5:08 PM

Who wrote this review???

They seriously need some prozac or something.

crackberry

Oct 21, 2008, 11:06 PM

different menu options.

this phone is sold by at&t as the major distributor in the US. the menu options are different on the at&t branded phone. just thought i'd point that out....

fone_diva

Oct 20, 2008, 8:50 PM

Proprietary Headset jack?

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