Page 1 of Just got a Sony-Ericsson S700i........

....and what a phone it is!

I have been a Nokia fan for a long time, and have hated menus of every other manufacturer and moaned whenever I`ve tried one blah blah non-intentional fanboy blah :D


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My wife got her hands on a K700i and I must say that I loved it from the moment I started playing about with it...and I really can`t stress how much no phone has flicked an excitement switch before that one.......so,


I went into CWarehouse yesterday and was about to buy one - until the arm-twisting good salesguy said, "hang on Sir, what do you reckon to this?", as he handed me his S700i..... I was about to say that I don`t really do camera/mms/wap/crap and then I looked at the photo he`d handily left on the screen that was taken in the shop we were in and I said:

"Right then, where`s the dotted line?"


Fantasitc phone - much larger (chunk-wise) than I`d normally buy but IT`S A CAMERA - A REAL CAMERA!! 1.3 mpxl to be precise - and the screen is b.e.yewtiful. Truly stunning.

However, my warning for anyone toying with buying it is this:

Try to avoid Vodafone if you like the idea of an MP3 capable phone which you can use your own downloads etc as the ringer as it is a locked feature through them. I am well p***ed off as you can do it on any other network. They say that it`s a software problem between them and SE - I then said "well, I suppose that you`re able to download them through Vodafone Live?", thinking that they were probably being a bunch of robbing gits but no, that`s not even possible - it annoys me because what the hell is the point in having the option and then stopping it - for no good reason? I liken it to the annoyance I reckon I`d feel if I bought a car built by Ford but the heater/cooler buttons didn`t work: not integral to the car running but a very small luxury that is there to be used but `not allowed` by Ford, who disable it for life whilst Citroen, Honda, Peugeot etc all give it as standard......


Anyone who knows of any sites that can get round this problem or can help themselves, I would be greatful of any help you could offer - if no-one can help then I hope my rant can help someone out who was about to buy whilst under a (albeit small) misconception.....:D


Ta! And good to be back....family stuff taken up a lot of time - I`ve been lurking for a while but haven`t had time to post for ages.....






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Sign up to the SE developer web site and download the DRM Packager, this allows you to use MP3`s as ringtones.

Thanks for this report - I`ve been wondering about one of them for a bit too. As I have a T610 at the mo, it would be nice to hopefully move my sim across without too much meesing up the phone book.... maybe.

Let us know how you get on with it after the initial "woooo" stage!

I moved from a T610 as well, I had a new sim card so it was just a matter of sending the contacts via bluetooth, no problems at all.

the drm packager is firmware specific.. it may not work.. it didn`t with my K700i.. so i flashed mine to rid it of the nasty Vodafone branding..

you should see the difference.. does no one at vodafone understand design.. and colour..

Talking of nasty Vodafone branding - how do you get rid of Vodafone Live stuff - Any help here please

you need to have the phone flashed

Cheers for the tips guys. Trust me to change to Voda"lockey-bloody-phoney"Fone :D


After popping a few choice words into Google about the whole `flashing` thing, I think I wont bother.....looks like it causes all sorts of trouble. Also, can;t seem to find anywhere that explains how to do it.....did find a thread where a guy hassled VFone for a while and they eventually gave him an unlocked one. Might give that a go.


Damned annoyed....

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