Sony Ericsson S710a

yea i have a idea, this is bullshyt, lets jus wait untill the phone release's and find out, or atleast don't do anything untill we have some concrete information. It makes no sense to what this guy is claming unless he had some defective model, so lets jus get or hands on one and see for ourselves, if it is a dud its a dud but i seriously doubt it.

i read on the mobileburn review of the s700i/s710a that the menu's change a little slowly, but he said it was fine, no biggy. and cingular does a 30 day return on every phone and plan, so we'll know it is bad or return it, simple as that. the only bad thing i see about this phone is that a) it is a little thick. and b) you can accidentaly do things while it is in your pocket because it has exposed buttons. but boohoo, it will still pwn and if there are any probs we'll see at its release.

alittle thick? it's 1 mm thiner than the allmighty moto v400.. for what this phone packs it's a nice piece of work..and from what i thought i read there is a button lock for the outside buttons.. but i can't remember..

cmon joel we all know this phone has KEYGUARD the pockets will have no effect on this badboy

I read that it has a switch to lock all the keys.

And here's a crazy idea.... MAYBE it's taking so long to release the phone because they are working on the bugs, that's if there even are any. That dudes screamin' don't buy the phone and the thing hasn't been released yet. And he tells us to go with a Moto instead. Personally, Motorola's are by far the most craptastic phones I've ever handled, but that's just my own personal opinion about them. So maybe the menu's might be a little slow, maybe he's just not patient and is completely over exaggerating it. Like some people have said on here, let's wait til the thing comes out (if ever from the looks of it), then state our opinions on how screwed up the phone is. My friend already ...
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I thougt that the S700 would not work good for america becuase it has 900/1800/1900 signal....i thought america only uses 850 .....does 900 work good???

T Mobile uses 900/1800/1900, Cingular uses 850/1800/1900. I asked my friend is she's ever had any signal problems, she said not at all. Maybe a dropped call every few months, but past that her T Mobile service is excellent.

T-Mobile (in America) runs solely on the 1900 mHz frequency, which is why the S700i works w/ T-Mobile here in the US. 😉

too bad they dont offer the phone directly...

The Sony Ericsson S710a will be available exclusively through Cingular Wireless stores and online at www.cingular.com beginning in December 2004, and will retail for approximately $399 with a service agreement

Its past December 2004 buddy, the phone is going to be warehoused on Jan/ 14th, retail stores after that.

Why must some people make the most retarded posts???

it's not bull they are having problems with the phone flashed with Cingular software. the release date has been pushed back again to the middle/end of January.

im glad that you cited your source on that one.

My sources are OTIVA and

David Hanks
Marketing Manager
Cingular Wireless

care to quote anything, or do i need to dig every word from you one by one?

i can tell you that cingular won't receive the phones in our warehouse until at least 01/14/2005, release date will be after that.

we recieved an email from david last week.

dont' think we got that one....must not have been important enough for the agents to see. 😳

it only went to managers and up.

No offense, but I think Bigbmc26 is blowing smoke. He seems to know alot but has nothing concrete to back it up with. Doesn't sound convincing at all.

you don't have to believe me, just see when the phone comes out. i haven't been wrong, yet. 😉

Bigbmc26 said:
you don't have to believe me, just see when the phone comes out. i haven't been wrong, yet. 😉

I have played around with an S700, which is *basically* the same thing as the S710, the differences being the different bandwidths and the EDGE/Radio. These problems you talk about, I did not experience with the S700. Maybe you experienced these problems because the S710 you handled was not the final product? That could be more than possible. Maybe that's why it hasnt been released yet?

And...... LOL, you're trying to tell me that you've never been wrong once in your life? Lay off the pipe.

not on this site and specially about cingular phones. 😉

Thought so.

OTIVA is the system Cingular employees use to see when we will recieve new equipment into our warehouse. The date that it reads for the S710a is 01/14/2005. this is when the first shipments will show up in the ware house. that was moved from 12/31/2004. is that concrete enough for ya. 🙂

No, it's really not concrete enough for me. Do you have anything that could remotely back up what you're saying? If so, please show.

I mean, I could come here saying I'm the CEO of Sony Ericsson and my name is Hibab and that I use dingleberry's to exactly and truthfully predict release dates of every highly anticipated phones. Though what you're saying is more believable by a million miles, doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

Man, this board is getting harsh! Anytime someone offers up something as 'fact' you guys all practically castrate them for concrete proof. How do you get proof of a date you saw on a computer screen? Does he have to take a photo of the screen and e-mail it to everyone??

Granted, i've got no clue WHEN the phones will really show up and maybe he does or he doesn't. Doesn't change that when the phones get here - we will all know and go running to check them out.

Please though, TRY and be a little courteous. For me. ;-)

People come on here stating things all the time. Unless you have something to back it up with to make it even remotely concrete, even if its uncertain, have something to back it up with or dont bother saying it all. We all know how people like to bullsh*t.

Okay, so what IS acceptable 'concrete evidence' in this case? Would he have to sneak into the warehouse and photograph everything there showing the phones weren't there? I'm just confused what kind of concrete evidence anyone can realistically provide about something not being here until mid-January.

If someone coming on here and saying it is enough for you, more power to you.

No, I don't say I believe him...i'd just like to know what would make it concrete for you.

More than what they provide.

Here you go buddy, here's the email we got.

Topic: Merchandising Alert... Do not use the Point-of-Purchase displays for this device until the handset launches.

Date: 12-17-04

Overview: The launch of the Sony Ericsson S710 has been delayed due to technical issues. This handset will not be available until after the Post Holiday Promotion begins. The handset team is expecting technical acceptance in late December.
 
HQ was not able to pull the POP for the S710 from the Launch Kits, as they are already packaged and set for delivery the week of December 27th. Therefore, it is imperative pull and DO NOT use this handset POP in-store until launch. Please do not discard, as we can use it when the handset launches in January.
 
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See, there ya go! Good job! *applauds* 😉

you should've believed me in the first place, i have no reason to lie. 01/14/2005 😁

I dont regret not believing you in the first place. You may not have a reason to lie, but so many other people do.

LOL. Now it's time for all of us to share a beer. My treat! :-)

whatever dude, get some help.

so the release is the 14th then, or what?

no, we should recieve the first shipment to sell. the release date will follow that date. we don't know that yet.

Since you shared what Otiva (or whatever it is called) said about the s710a, any date showing for the a630?

the warehouse should strat recieving them this coming week.

Excellent, thanks! I'm waiting to convert from Blue to Orange for this phone and want to give it a try since I text quite a bit. Since my coversion is of a Foundation Account (Sponsorship), I wonder how long it will be before those reps have access to place an order after the phone is in the warehouse...?

im on a professional account, so i wonder how long it'll be before i can see it ☹️

ixocean said:
Excellent, thanks! I'm waiting to convert from Blue to Orange for this phone and want to give it a try since I text quite a bit. Since my coversion is of a Foundation Account (Sponsorship), I wonder how long it will be before those reps have access to place an order after the phone is in the warehouse...?

No one?

The date has been moved again, to 01/31/2005 for the a630

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How hilarious! ...and Motorola says they released the phone to Cingular well more than two weeks ago. Wonder what the problem is...perhaps Cingular can't decide what color of sticker to put on the box? 😉

Another words you have no clue what they could do to make you believe them, right?

Please...I just want to know what acceptable forms of evidence are in case I get some inside info on a phone in the future.

As far as any website forum - I very rarely believe the stuff touted as fact. I give them all the chance they could be true but honestly, doesn't really matter. If the phone doesn't drop today I know some people were wrong reporting it would show up "the week of the 27th"

remotely? dude, if you don't work for cingular, what grounds do you have to dispute what i say? there is internal info that you're not allowed to see because you don't work for the company. the s700 wasn't flashed with Cingular software. the software is the problem they're having with the s710a. i talk to our sony ericsson rep daily. like i said, you'll see. the phone won't be out until after jan. 15th. 🙂

The phone looks great if you care about the look and have extra money to spend go ahead and get it but make sure you have a spare phone on the side because you will be switching your sim card back and forth all the time. 🤣

Is that all you can say after that huge list titled Question for mpawa???


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