Sony Ericsson Z500
I Got The Phone Now What?
I won this phone from Cingular and received it today without a sim card. I am an ATT customer with a GSM plan and a sim card for a nokia 3595 phone.
Now i'm being told by cingular that in order to get a plan with them I need to buy a phone, I don't need another phone, I wanna use this awesome phone and i'm telling you guys the phone is awesome. It does everything!
I was told to just use the sim card from my old nokia and I did and it works, but i'm afraid i'll run into problems with this in the long run. They are saying they can't just send me a cingular sim card.
I have been on the phone with these folks since 3pm over 3 hrs and i've got the run another each time. They even gave me a number to call that was suppose to be customer care ...
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Now i'm being told by cingular that in order to get a plan with them I need to buy a phone, I don't need another phone, I wanna use this awesome phone and i'm telling you guys the phone is awesome. It does everything!
I was told to just use the sim card from my old nokia and I did and it works, but i'm afraid i'll run into problems with this in the long run. They are saying they can't just send me a cingular sim card.
I have been on the phone with these folks since 3pm over 3 hrs and i've got the run another each time. They even gave me a number to call that was suppose to be customer care ...
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nyela said:...
I won this phone from Cingular and received it today without a sim card. I am an ATT customer with a GSM plan and a sim card for a nokia 3595 phone.
Now i'm being told by cingular that in order to get a plan with them I need to buy a phone, I don't need another phone, I wanna use this awesome phone and i'm telling you guys the phone is awesome. It does everything!
I was told to just use the sim card from my old nokia and I did and it works, but i'm afraid i'll run into problems with this in the long run. They are saying they can't just send me a cingular sim card.
I have been on the phone with these folks since 3pm over 3 hrs and i've got the run another each time. They even gave me a number to call that
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wait lemme check, my son's friend played around with it today, I haven't checked it out yet, I have it charging, lemme check ok....
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nyela said:
wait lemme check, my son's friend played around with it today, I haven't checked it out yet, I have it charging, lemme check ok....
The reason I ask is because I have the Sony Ericsson T616 (kinda old now). I don't have the best hearing, and I know previous Nokias have been louder. Just wondering if the ringer volume and when you're talking to someone, is the volume loud enough?
Also, does getting around the menus (just moving around in the phone) seem fast enough. My girlfriend has a Motorla V400, and it seems pretty slow.
Just very interested in buying this phone, WHENEVER it does actually come out!
Thanks.
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OK I tested it, I put the volume on 8 and called my cell, it really doesn't ring very loud. I called my house and talked to my son on it the vol when talking to people is pretty good, he said it sounded like i was hollaring. But he didn't sound real loud to me.
mary
mary
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nyela said:
OK I tested it, I put the volume on 8 and called my cell, it really doesn't ring very loud. I called my house and talked to my son on it the vol when talking to people is pretty good, he said it sounded like i was hollaring. But he didn't sound real loud to me.
mary
Thanks, Mary. Wish it was a little louder then. Ah well, I'm still anxious to get it. I have so many questions, but I'll let you enjoy the phone!
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i've tested and played with the phone now, just lemme know what else you wanna know ok..
Mary
Mary
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nyela said:
i've tested and played with the phone now, just lemme know what else you wanna know ok..
Mary
Do the external and internal screens seem big enough?
When the phone is closed, does the external screen stay in color, or does it fade to dark?
When phone is open, does internal screen eventually fade or does it stay lit the whole time while you're talking? Just wondering b/c when I'm talking on the phone with my t616 at night, the screen stays lit, and it's very bright, which gets a little annoying? I wish it would fade to dark.
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When the phone is closed, does the external screen stay in color, or does it fade to dark?
"it fades when closed"
When phone is open, does internal screen eventually fade or does it stay lit the whole time while you're talking? Just wondering b/c when I'm talking on the phone with my t616 at night, the screen stays lit, and it's very bright, which gets a little annoying? I wish it would fade to dark.
when open it also fades along with the display window, i believe all this depends on which theme you have set on the phone. but it does fade pretty quickly..
Mary
"it fades when closed"
When phone is open, does internal screen eventually fade or does it stay lit the whole time while you're talking? Just wondering b/c when I'm talking on the phone with my t616 at night, the screen stays lit, and it's very bright, which gets a little annoying? I wish it would fade to dark.
when open it also fades along with the display window, i believe all this depends on which theme you have set on the phone. but it does fade pretty quickly..
Mary
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Are you able to turn off the ascending ringer option so it will ring at the same volume from the first ring? That is the only feature that really bothers me about SE phones.
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flcelldog said:
Are you able to turn off the ascending ringer option so it will ring at the same volume from the first ring? That is the only feature that really bothers me about SE phones.
Great point! Does the T637 do the ascending ring? My T616 does, and it IS annoying. Sometimes you miss the first time it rings because it's so low.
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just checked that and yes there is an option to turn the increasing ring on or off, i had said previously that it didn't ring too loud but it does!! I had this option on, when i turned it off i could hear the phone ringing very loud...
Mary
Mary
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I don't know that, I have mine already and I won it from the site I just posted, they sent it to me in the mail yesterday.
Mary
Mary
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yea the t616 had that off switch for that kuz i had mine turned off if i recall
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Hello there. Congrats on your new phone. I have a quick question. Does the phone accept some sort of memory card or is the built-in 6 megabytes all there is? It seems that with video capture and an mp3 player you would need more than that but I can't seem to find any mention of a card. Thanks in advance.
Jay
Jay
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there is an additional plug in near where u plug in the charger but i think it's for some type of usb plug, I don't see anywhere on here to put a memory card. also i'm not sure where to check to see if 6mg is all the phone holds.
mary
mary
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yea its got 6 internal and no card slot.. that is all it has if i recall
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Go to http://www.cingularpromos.com/cash
and try to win the phone like I did, i'm a sweepstakes junky so I know a lot about sweepstakes and have won a lot of things. With this sweeps rules say you can enter as often as you like but one prize per person, so go there and just enter a lot, I promise you with at least 50 entries you will win something. The only catch is theres a lot of prizes so you may not win the phone. But who knows you can give it a try.
Mary
and try to win the phone like I did, i'm a sweepstakes junky so I know a lot about sweepstakes and have won a lot of things. With this sweeps rules say you can enter as often as you like but one prize per person, so go there and just enter a lot, I promise you with at least 50 entries you will win something. The only catch is theres a lot of prizes so you may not win the phone. But who knows you can give it a try.
Mary
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Well it must be out cause I got it in the mail today. I won it though from cingular.
The menus are pretty easy to navigate, just so much stuff to learn.
The thing i'm must interested in is the MP3 player but when I go to that it tells me cannot go any farther, i don't even know how to download anything to this phone.
mary
The menus are pretty easy to navigate, just so much stuff to learn.
The thing i'm must interested in is the MP3 player but when I go to that it tells me cannot go any farther, i don't even know how to download anything to this phone.
mary
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nyela said:
forgot to tell you the phone has an equalizer, I just found that.
Equalizer, huh! Wish I could help you out with the mp3 player part.
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