Sony Ericsson Vivaz user reviews
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stig 1263 27 January 2012
Good: PRETTY LOOKING ,LIGHT GOOD CAMERA AND VIDEO
Bad: KEEPS FREEZING HAVE TO TAKE THE BATTERY OFF TO GET IT WORKING
Comment: SHAME IT HAS SUCH BAD SOFTWARE .COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY GOOD PHONE FITS IN THE POCKET NICELY YOU DONT EVEN KNOW IT,S THERE
sirenthered 1 September 2011
Good: handy phone
Bad: the screen crashes and freezes
Comment: the screen crashes and freezes and have taken it back to the 02 shop and all they put it to the factory settings, and that hasnt worked so i decided to go to another handset till my upgrade on contract with 02 comes up.
dannyfresh82 4 May 2011
Good: not alot really
Bad: alot
Comment: ive never been an ericsson lover and after purchasing this phone i've been reminded why. The camera does take pretty good pictures but in the dark you have no chance as the flash on it dosn't flash, you can either have it on constantly or not at all, you cant just have it to flash when you take a pic like any other normal camera does wich is really annoying!. On to the msging. First of all the predictive text is so dum its unbelievable, u'll type a common word in pretty much every msg u write, and the one time you spell something else it saves it and keeps predicting it every time so you have to keep filtering through the suggestions to get to the back to word you use most frequently. Next is the scrolling, when scrolling on a net page and anywhere else other than through your phone book and msgs, its a nice sliding scroll, but when in your phone book or msgs....well i dont know what it does all i know is that it is an absolute mission to stop it on the contact or line that you want before it goes flying past it. A big pain in the butt!!! if your thinking of buying one because of the camera, dont bother just go out and by a canon or something and a cheap phone for a tenner because both of them will work far better then this does.
Claire Blacker 21 April 2011
Good: the camera and video quality (NOT THE SPEED)
Bad: I HAVE SENT THIS PHONE BACK 4 TIMES IN ONE YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!! each time for a different problem
Comment: this phone is SO bad that they have taken it off the market... AND the pro.. dont even look at this phone unless its free (:
Abbi Hawkes 16 January 2011
Good: everything :D
Bad: a bit slow
Comment: shame you have to tap the screen quite hard sometimes, or its a bit slow, but other than that, its awesome :D
Moe Salim 21 July 2010
Good: Great video capturing , twitter app on the wall is really helpful , bright touchscreen , great media access , comfortable size , the sony Ericsson widgets make the Symbian OS looks interesting
Bad: the worst thing about this phone is Symbian
Comment: really good phone for Youtube lovers or those who love to capture photos and tweet or face book every once in a while ,,, it looks great , it works great , and the touch screen is really good and not as bad as every one say
I never liked Symbian so that is the worst thing about it
paul20v 3 July 2010
Good: This phone does everything its meant too , the video is fantastic and the photos arent half bad either .
Bad: The odd glitch but nothing to worry about
Comment: All in all this is a good allrounder ,
it fits well in my pocket its nice to hold and everything works as it should ,
some moan that the touch screen isnt that responsive well i havent found this to be true .
The HD video is first class for a phone and video footage and sound is very good for what it is ,
still photos are nice and clear althou the colours are a little out sometimes but nothing bad,
calls are clear and signal strength is as good as anything else ive owned .
As already mentioned the fact you have to remove the back of the phone to take the sd card out is a bit annoying but again thats not the end of the world ,
all in all im happy with the phone
and i wouldnt hesitate to recomend this phone too anyone .
Mrs B-T 14 April 2010
Good: Not much sadly
Bad: Unresponsive touchscreen
Comment: Just a few minutes with this phone in the O2 shop was enough to make me realise this was not the phone for me. The touchscreen was unresponsive and needed to be tapped at least twice to get it to work, it was a frustrating experience! I was disappointed to say the least, this was the top contender for my next phone. Better start researching different phones now...
lushfoo 25 March 2010
Good: the hd video it shoots is amazin', pictures taken have soo much clarity
Bad: very hard to text, have to "connect" to the internet yourself, a chore to use
Comment: When I first layed my hands on the Vivaz my first thought was "this looks promising". The camera is by far the best I've used in a mobile phone both for taking pictures with clarity and the hd video it shoots has to be seen to be believed.
Howether it wasn't long before I found some flaws which really disappointed me. One of the first things I noticed when I started using this phone (after the camera of coarse!) is how hard and how much of a chore it is to simply text someone. I found myself replying to texts I received in text speak as the text screen is extremely unintuitive, and not layed out at all well.
I also found trying to access my favourite social networking site required some effort and a big pinch of patience as I feel this phone wasnt designed to be used as an internet phone as the text was too small and some parts of web sites failed to load at all.
The resistive touch screen makes this phone harder to use that it should be and it doesnt make for a good user friendly experience.
You also have to "connect" to the internet yourself if you want to see if you have any new emails which I found soon became as much as a chore as typing a text on this phone.
I really wanted to like this phone but I found that I only liked its one selling point, its camera.