Sony Ericsson P990i Review

Overall Rating

Can still fetch a reasonable amount on ebay

Too many to list but read some in my general comments below

I really want this phone to be good, infact it would be nice if even average but it pains me to say that it is absolute Junk, its not even heavy enough to be a door stop. I've had mine for 2 months, I had a P800 before then Nokias in between. The symbian software seems so un intuitive, it's an absolute git to use, When trying to wrestle it out of the case to answer its all too easy to acidently reject the call, the software is really buggy as well as rubbish. Here's a list of errors with mine still un resolved.
P990i Problems 21_11_06 (on Vodaphone)
1.Call monitor fails to log all calls - some are logged and some are not? No obvious pattern for this
2. Clock keeps appauling time, loses around 3 minutes a week. I had a wind up Timex as a child that was more accurate
3. Answer button randomly disconnects incoming calls when pressed, other person is told that I have disconnected. I then have to try and call them back which doesn't always work
4. Phone lock code is randomly asked for when trying to answer a call before it will bring up the menu that allows me to answer. Normally by the time i've entered the code then pressed the 'Done' button, its too late to answer the call as its gone to voice mail
5.After using a bluetooth headset (Sony Ericsson) the phone then won't revert to using its built in ear piece and speaker, often then crashes when trying to get it back on with the only solution being to remove the battery and restart the machine.
6. Answer key does not work with Sony Ericsson bluetooth head set, the same head set works perfectly fine with other head sets, even a Nokia! It does work fine with the ear piece version supplied however.
7. The speaker phone option randomly fails to work, usually it works initially however eventually it decides not to work despite be available and selected in the menu, the only way to get it working is to switch the phone off and back on again.
8. Generally the software is diabolical, if somebody calls whilst writing a text it disregards the text and I have to start again. If the text is longer than a standard single text message, it warns me when I try to send it (which is fine) then I am left with 2 choices, either send it as a multiple text, or cancel it in which case it deletes the text, there is no option to edit the text back into a single text message length.

I have given the phone a 1 star rating only because there is not an option for zero stars. Its crap, Sony Er' should be ashamed of it, it's been released before the bugs were sorted and the usability assessed and properly developed.