Phone Scoop - Sony Ericsson T300 Info

User Review: Besides Camera, better than T610

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:04:18 GMT

Afro Thunder submitted this review of the Sony Ericsson T300:

Overall rating: 3.5 (out of 5)

This was my second phone and i miss it. I got the t610 instead and it made me regret it.

Pros:
-small
-easy to use
-games
-ok size screen
-faceplates easy to change
-email
-t9 imput for texting
-attempt at a camera
-great screen quality

Cons:
-bad camera
-LOCK IT or else the joystick will go down and call the 1st person in your phonebook...bye bye to those 18 mins i lost!

awsome phone

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User Review: Decent phone with serious flaw

Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:07:57 GMT

OLIVUS submitted this review of the Sony Ericsson T300:

Overall rating: 2 (out of 5)

I'm writing this for the people that already own this phone. I work in the wireless industry and I run into quite a few people who don't realize that the Ericcson symbol on the back of the phone is also an attena. Cover up that symbol with your hand, finger, leather case etc..and you're guarenteed to loose two or three bars of reception. Hope this helps out those of you in fringe areas.

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User Review: Cheap in more ways that one

Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:18:49 GMT

ertman submitted this review of the Sony Ericsson T300:

Overall rating: 1 (out of 5)

I ended up getting a T300 as a replacement for a T200. The T200 was so unreliable that they finally ran out of warranty replacements and had to start giving customers the T300 instead.

If you can get past the typical horrible UI on this phone (common to most SonyEricsson phones), then it is a usable, basic phone.

But if your provider offers any sort of extended warranty, take it! I have gone through 3 of these phones in under 6 months. The problem is, most people would think that it isn't the phone that is broken and just chalk it up to bad coverage in their area.

This phone will all of a sudden get terrible reception. Everything else will seem to work, but you won't be able to make most of your calls. Some will work, some won't. A new phone fixes the problem immediately.

The same problem occurred with the T200, which is why I got the T300 as a replacement. I fear that this problem is common to all phones, which is why I will never buy another one.

Pros:
- Cheap

Cons:
- Only lasts about 3 months, then you will need a new one

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User Review: Hands Down the Worst Phone I've Ever Owned.

Mon, 06 Sep 2004 10:20:34 GMT

JKreider submitted this review of the Sony Ericsson T300:

Overall rating: 1 (out of 5)

This is definitely the worst phone I've ever owned. I'll give the pros and cons of this abomination:

Pros:
- Good size, fits in hand well
- Looks nice, the dark green is handsome

Cons:
- Horrible reception. Takes me about 5 times to connect a call, in fact it took me about 30 to try to call 911 once. Real safe. I use T-Mobile in Atlanta.
- Ring tones are too low - constantly missing calls
- Camera doesn't connect to the phone. I got to use it maybe once.
- Hands free doesn't work

Overall, this is a horrible phone. Please don't waste your money on it! If you are looking for a cheap phone, go with the Samsung R225m, not many features, but good reception!

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User Review: tough phone, bad signal

Sun, 25 Jul 2004 02:54:47 GMT

MR2turbo submitted this review of the Sony Ericsson T300:

Overall rating: 2.5 (out of 5)

PROS: Despite feeling "cheap" this is a very tough phone that I have dropped numerous times on hard surfaces and it never stops working. It is small and very easy to carry around. Battery life is above average as well. The games that can be downloaded for this phone are alright.
CONS: Takes a long time to turn on and off. Joystick control is not very precise. Signal is quite horrible in many places, which I assumed to be a T-Mobile problem, but from other reviews people seem to say that it is this phone so I will be moving up to a nokia most likely. At times I will be driving down the road and it goes from a full signal to no signal at all and then back to full signal again. It drops calls a lot, and quite often doesn't ring when people call even if it is showing that I have a signal. Many times when I answer the phone, the person on the other end can't hear me even though I can hear them loud and clear. There is a long delay between when you push the button to place the call and when the call actually connects. Overall operation of the phone just seems very laggy and slow, memory is very limited on the phone as well. Low resolution screen is almost useless for viewing pictures, but if you have an infrared port on your computer you can transfer the pictures and they look considerably better on the computer.
So basically you can see the the CONS outweigh the PROS by a large margin. Not worth the $150 I paid for this phone back when I bought it.

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User Review: Good enough

Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:37:50 GMT

jonm011 submitted this review of the Sony Ericsson T300:

Overall rating: 2.5 (out of 5)

This is definitely a good color phone, and worth purchasing, but read on...

The Good:
Small phone, easy to use and understand, great features, good for downloading games, good reception with all wireless providers, infrared port, battery lasts a very long time, changeable faceplates

The Bad:
Polyphonic ring tones are somewhat low and hard to hear, the phone is pretty bulky for an external camera[their are newer models that are much slimmer with built in cameras], the joystick can feel flimsy, turning on the phone takes over half a minute, and the phone comes packed with so many pictures and ring tones that you'll have to go out of your way to delete many of them to create memory for your new ones.

The Ugly:
The camera is disgusting. Pictures come out blocky, chunky, with distorted detail and color. First of all, you have to carry the camera attachment with you, it's not built it. So you have to always remember to bring it with you if you plan on capturing moments on short notice. But, even if you have it with you and take a picture, pictures come out terribly. The phone can display so little colors, that their is barely a difference between blue and black, red and pink, you get the idea. Also, once you take a picture the quality is bad enough, but when you save the picture, copy it to your phone and re-open it, the picture becomes even more blocky. It's not a glitch, for some reason its supposed to be that way. You'll find yourself having to explain to your friends what these pictures actually are that they are looking at, the quality is that bad.

Bottom Line:
Great phone if you want
(1)something to game on the go with[there is a whole lot of downloadable games that have graphics as good as the gameboy advance!]
(2)If you need an easy to use phone
Not recommended if you want
(1)An attractive phone
(2)A camera phone, since this feature comes out so bad that its absolutely useless.

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User Review: t300 worst phone ever created?

Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:17:43 GMT

djdramatikk submitted this review of the Sony Ericsson T300:

Overall rating: 1 (out of 5)

Well this is probably the worst phone i had ever used, most people are impressed with the color display, (256 colors, yay!) i was not, it is durable, I give it that, mine didnt break after i threw it at the wall. I switched from a nokia 3590 to this phone, signal was cut in half, then I returned it, got another, same problem, took that back, tried one more, same thing, so I got back my 3590 and signal was back to normal. Go figure, ericsson phones ever since I started selling them always had poor reception, no big deal in major cities, get on a fringe area and compare it with a Nokia phone, I wont say Nokia is the best, but something is wrong here... Camera quality is probably the worst I've ever seen, or maybe I got used to the crystal clear 16bit color display on my Sprint phone, that I just recently signed up for. Cheap... I guess you get what you pay for.

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