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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Great substitute for the Iphone!
By NW Fisher
I just can think of enough bad things to say about this phone, i do not know what the people were talking about low battery life, on average i can get a full 2 days usage on one charge. The screen, sure it looks small, but when you compare it to the Iphone it is just a little smaller, and does not have all the bulkiness that an Iphone has. Another thing do not be afraid of the words International Version, many of these phones will come from the middle east and that is why that term. Note, because they come from the middle east their android marketplace is restricted to nothing. Easy fix, many of the phones will come pre-installed with android 1.6 on them, so simply download pc companion on your computer by inserting the provided data cable into the computer, and then you have android 2.1, which also features the android marketplace, and a few other tweaks here and there. I would recommend getting some kind of skin or cover to prevent your phone from scratching, as well as screen protectors.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
What's their problem?
By Matthew Brenengen
I don't get the negative reviews on this site - they are not nearly as bad for other sellers. I wanted to counter the negative because I really love my SE X10 Mini. "It's Small" Well, of course it is. If you need a bigger screen, get a bigger phone. I guess I have good eyes. The text is tiny on the news readers, etc., but I don't have any problem with it. It syncs with my Kindle automatically, and I don't have any problem at all reading books on it. The resolution of the screen is not as good as an iPhone or the Samsung my dad owns; it would be nice to have better resolution, but it is good enough."The screen stays black when you are on the phone." It has a proximity sensor, but if you hold it away from your head and count to two, it turns on. Problem solved."The battery sucks." I don't know how they are using it, and maybe from this seller, they don't have the same battery (I don't know, maybe it is a counterfeit or something), but if I turn my on at 7am, it still works at 11:30p (barely, but it does). I am connected to Google Latitude, so it is sending out GPS coordinates every 5 minutes, which I have to think is taking extra juice - nonetheless, I make it for the whole day. And actually, during the week when I am in the office, I run Napster off the phone and have it plugged in and charging, so it is never a problem. BTW Napster streaming over my wireless network works great on this phone."The charger connector seems weak." I agree, that the connector cover is the worst part of the phone, not because I think it will break, but because after I cut my fingernails, I can't get it open for a week and have to use a x-acto knife or get my wife to do it."It's hard to text with T-9." This is all I have ever known, and I don't have a problem with it."No android market." What? Maybe that was a long time ago. Trust me, the market is one of the default icons, and everything runs on this phone. It gets "lot's of different apps" and "keeps me entertained for hours." BTW, get the flashlight app that turns the super-bright LED into a flashlight. It rocks. So does the Kindle software, the police scanner and the Places app.Again, I have to say that most of the problems the reviewers sited are because they hadn't learned how to use the phone yet. I have been using it for about three months and LOVE it. It is light and the Android 2.2 operating system works great. So there.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Decent Phone if you upgrade the OS
By Mixster
This is pretty decent phone and considering I wanted a phone that is factory unlocked and works outside the US. My current phone is the iPhone 4 but is locked to ATT and I am not ready to pay enormous fees to ATT when I travel outside the US. I looked at many phones before settling on this one. Here are the reasons:1. Need a smaller phones, fits easily in any pocket.2. Good battery life (more on that later)3. Great features and capacitive touch screen (very important).Buyers beware that if you buy the international version of the X10 mini, the 3G frequency band is different and will not work with ATT on 3G. However, the phone will switch to the slower 2G (edge) speeds in the US. It may work with TMobile as one of the band is common. I did not test that.Now on to the interesting stuff. The X10 mini ships with the Android 2.1 and there are how-tos on the web that will let you upload a custom ROM specifically tailer for this phone! I am running Android 2.3.1 and gives me multi-touch and what not. The battery life is much much better. The original installed ROM is ancient. Sony Ericsson will not push a newer update so look around and google for the updated ROM. The process is a bit involved but well worth it.Fior less than $190 on amazon you cant go wrong with this cell phone. Touch screen, Android OS, Wifi, GPS, Camera..you name it, it has it.
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