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“Had this fone a long time ago.... This Sony Ericsson...”

★★☆☆☆

written by reemgleem on 04/11/2008

Had this fone a long time ago.... This Sony Ericsson T68i is without doubt the worst mobile phone I have ever owned, unreliable, unfriendly to use, switches itself off, crashes!!!! Thank god my upgrade period finished!!

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“Despite its age, it's still a great little phone,...”

★★★★☆

written by panda1 on 18/03/2007

Despite its age, it's still a great little phone, missing GSM 850 band which wasn't available from any manufacturer at the time. Bought this used in Manila, Philippines unlocked and have used it traveling around different places. Asia is particularly inexpensive obtaining and using a prepaid SIM; Canada, Europe tends to be much more expensive using a prepaid plan. I basically wanted a good quality basic phone, long lasting battery life for talking and standby. The battery tends to be shorter in life than advertised, but still quite good for my needs and able to recharge before it's battery life is depleted. I like the small size to easily carry in my pants pocket.

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“The Sony Ericsson T68i mobile phone is simply for...”

★★★☆☆

written by virenb on 11/12/2005

The Sony Ericsson T68i mobile phone is simply for someone who wants to contact other people. It is good for that because it does not break easily. However, this phone is no hi-tech media center, and as I said, is purely for the purpose of contacting others.

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“Owned the Sony Ericsson T68i for about 2-3 years, and...”

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written by dodgyb2001 on 17/06/2005

Owned the Sony Ericsson T68i for about 2-3 years, and was very impressed by the battery life. It can last a week without recharge with minimal usage.

However, the reception on it is abysmal. I thought it was my service provider, but my friend has a T610 and he has similar reception problems, I assume it must be a problem with Sony phones. I could only get vaguely good reception in the open air, at work and at home I could barely get anything. The bluetooth is dodgy.

Because the reception is so bad, you end up resending messages over and over, which might be OK if it didn't take SIX key presses to resend a message. The processor is slow as well, and the screen has limited colours so you get terrible banding.

Camera is attachable, not in-built.

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“The Bluetooth is naff without the software update, I...”

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written by netblaster on 19/11/2004

The Bluetooth is naff without the software update, I tried connecting it up to my PC (eMachines 330) via USB Bluetooth Adapter, and then... ...nothing, my T68i crashes whenever I try to send or receive files via Bluetooth, shuts itself down without warning on a regular basis, and has the tendency to say "Low Battery Power" when I've just charged it up. Explain that.

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“If you are interested in a T68i phone... RUN AWAY...”

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written by booges on 17/08/2004

If you are interested in a T68i phone... RUN AWAY SCREAMING NOW.... It is the most infuriatingly slow phone I have ever had the misfortune to use. I actually grew a beard whilst waiting for it to boot up so I could make a call.
The screen is not all that either. I had the handset replaced twice due to failure and when it failed a third time I was due an upgrade and jumped at the chance.
The reception was poor too. I could use another brand phone on the same network that had a near perfect reception whilst my own had none..
The battery life is great- but that's probably due to the fact that you either have no reception to make calls or that by the time its booted up and ready for you to make your call you have slipped into a coma like sleep..
I am not a fan of any particular brand of phone, but I have now got a handset that I am really happy with that just illustrates just how bad the T68i really was.
PLEASE THINK AGAIN

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“The Sony Ericsson T68i is a nice and compact mobile...”

★★★★★

written by tirc83 on 30/05/2004

The Sony Ericsson T68i is a nice and compact mobile phone and over the past year I've found it to be very reliable. Ocasionally it will switch itself off but very rarely. Viewing the screen in bright light is difficult (for my old eyes anyway). I have only had limited success using it for Internet access as a modem via the IR port on my laptop. This was one of the main reasons I went for it.

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“i was pleased with my Sony Ericsson T68i when i first...”

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written by tomlad on 23/05/2004

i was pleased with my Sony Ericsson T68i when i first got it, but as time went on i realised that the signal reception was absolutely abysmal. The inability to send text messeges for c. 90% of the time rather annoyed me (what do you expect, im 15, textings all i ever do! lol).
The idea of all the features such as bluetooth etc. are good, but they seem too much for the phone to handle.

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“General usage: Rubbish. I dread everytime I have to...”

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written by stez on 08/05/2004

General usage: Rubbish. I dread everytime I have to reply to a text message - my thumb isn't *that* big, and I keep hitting the wrong button.

Over time (I've had this Sony Ericsson T68i mobile phone just over a full year) - the buttons and joystick becomes unreliable, the On/Off (or No) button is now almost unworkable, other navigation buttons are going the same way.

Menu system is okay - quite pleasing to the eye, but avoid this if you like texting (as I do) because it's about 4-5 button presses just to write a new text message, and quite a few more button presses again to actually send it - not the most efficient way of using it.

Battery cover isn't of good design - it creaks with use and gives a feeling of poor quality of product - this is from brand new.

My opinion is that this phone isn't designed for daily usage, prone to wear and tear very easily, and not suitable for texting, and the processor isn't fast enough to do much on it (although its default games play ok). I dread to think how the processor copes with pictures if there was an optional camera attached to it (which for the price of the option, you can buy a compact digital camera anyway that does a better job).

The reception on this phone isn't as good as others - it's more fussy in both low and high signal strength areas and cuts out where other phones still manage to keep a reception link.

I know another four users of this phone - they aren't happy bunnies and has changed it at the eariliest opportunity (they got a Siemens, Panasonic and Nokia). I am changing this phone for a Siemens and I'm not a big Nokia fan, so don't think I hate this phone because it's not a Nokia.

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“I quite like the shape and compactness of this Sony...”

★★★★☆

written by Flow on 28/04/2004

I quite like the shape and compactness of this Sony Ericsson T68i mobile phone. I think it looks smarter than some of the new phones that may have superior features. This phone is not probably for people who constantly use the text facility. I am not happy with the following:
The battery is not well fitted and creeks with use.
Joystick developed a crack after a couple of months and came off about the 11th month.
Charger gave up and caused inconvenience trying to get a replacement
Unhappy with the customer service although they replaced the charger.

I do like the this phone solely from point of Aesthetics.

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“The Sony Ericsson T68i is a very good mobile phone...”

★★★★☆

written by bob43678 on 28/04/2004

The Sony Ericsson T68i is a very good mobile phone when working properly. Had to be returned twice in 8 months because 'software failure' resulted in no reception being available.

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“AVOID the Sony Ericsson T68i Mobile Phone or if you...”

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written by NS1691 on 20/04/2004

AVOID the Sony Ericsson T68i Mobile Phone or if you have it return it ASAP. Worse mobile phone ever - by a big company. Has give us lots & lots of problems.

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“The Sony Ericsson T68i offers a multiplicity of...”

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written by shetland on 09/04/2004

The Sony Ericsson T68i offers a multiplicity of functions but with dreadful execution. The mobile phone's processor is not up to the task; it is woefully slow, freezes often and suffers from poor reception with frequent dropped calls (no problems when other phones used on the same network and locations). I have had 2 as the first crashed and could not be resuscitated; the replacement was no better.

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“I bought this Sony Ericsson T68i mobile phone almost a...”

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written by justafan on 27/03/2004

I bought this Sony Ericsson T68i mobile phone almost a year ago and have no intention of upgrading it or replacing it once my contract finishes. I noticed some problems appearing after about six months and it began with texting. With some words, or if I was using say, an apostraphe it would take a good few seconds for it to appear on screen when previously it would have been instant. There were other niggles here and there, one particularly memorable one was when the 'joystick' refused to correspond with the onscreen display and scroll down, despite the joystick moving in that direction. After trying in vain to get it to move anywhere, it finally caught up with itself and decided to dial the last number on my phone directory, my ex-girlfriends parents. And then it wouldn't even hang up! No button press ANYWHERE on the phone did anything! Utterly useless. Very surprising for Sony.

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“I wasn't expecting much from the Sony Ericsson T68i...”

★★★★★

written by Craig Pimp Daddy on 16/03/2004

I wasn't expecting much from the Sony Ericsson T68i when i bought it but was pleasantly suprised by the what the mobile phone offered for its price (£100 from shop) it has an IRDA port and Bluetooth that are really easy to use and link with everything i have tried it with,the memory or battery life can compete with any other phone but the only problem is the limitation of picture taking if you use the camera attachment because of the 256 colours

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“I thought i couldn't go wrong with a Sony Ericsson...”

★★★☆☆

written by wabotg on 12/03/2004

I thought i couldn't go wrong with a Sony Ericsson T68i, after my last phone (motorolla t191) decided to pack up on me and they wanted to charge me £50 to fix it. I've had the phone since August 2003 and suddenly i'm now experiencing the dreaded "NO ACCESS" error that so many people have talked about. With me it seemed to initially be on an on off basis, but now i can't even use my phone. When i phoned up t-mobile the first thing they asked was if it was a t68i (bet they've had a few calls about this phone!)

Otherwise the phone isn't that bad once you get used to the texting, and the mega long time it takes for the phone to turn on before you can lock the keypad (freezing between this time)!

I wouldn't reccomend this phone now that i've experienced this fault and read all these reviews which are so true

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“I'm eleven months into using this Sony Ericsson T68i...”

★☆☆☆☆

written by allilacuna on 04/03/2004

I'm eleven months into using this Sony Ericsson T68i mobile phone and it has just packed in: won't take calls, won't send calls, nada....
The only other people I know with this phone have had the same problem. I was happy with it up until now (generally) and the coverage/network problems I experienced I put down to T-mobile and not the phone. Now that I've read these reviews, I'm not so sure......

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“DO NOT GET THIS PHONE, i've owned the Sony Ericsson...”

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written by zacorus on 20/02/2004

DO NOT GET THIS PHONE, i've owned the Sony Ericsson T68i mobile phone for a few months, and can honestly say that i've never had a worse phone (i've had 6 other phones in the last 2 years...). Most of the time i get no reception (in the middle of a city!!), and the phone is just too slow. Even the slowest of texters can outtype it.

Get a T610, much better.

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Shetland's Response to zacorus's Review

Written on: 09/04/2004

Commentary is right on the mark.

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“For the entire time I have suffered poor reception...”

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written by pigdog234 on 14/02/2004

For the entire time I have suffered poor reception with the Sony Ericsson T68i mobile phone, as compared to other phones, such as the T610.

The volume switch is a multiswitch on the side. It has become non-functional.

The entire time I've had the phone it has taken several attempts for it to turn on. In at least one instance it has refused to turn itself off.

Its processor is so slow that I can outtype it. In particular, it does not lock sufficiently quickly after a phone call (menu-yes).

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Written on: 20/02/2004

Couldn't agree more, i've constantly had bad reception, most of the time i've had no reception and it constantly causes me to make accidental calls.

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“This Sony Ericsson T68i is far and away the worst...”

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written by ljh on 17/01/2004

This Sony Ericsson T68i is far and away the worst mobile phone I've ever had the misfortune to own. If you wanted something which typified how Ericsson lost their way, this is it.

It was never designed - rather it is a set of features stuck together. The menu structure isn't set up based on what a user may want to do - rather it is a seemingly random assortment of features the phone has. The user then has to translate from what they want to do, to what features of the phone enable them to do this and where they are on the phone menu.

The keylock doesn't, the poor screen resolution renders the separate camera pretty well useless, reception is poor, audio quality is poor, the menu structure is bizarre.... avoid !!!

I'm now looking to upgrade (as pretty well anything is an upgrade in this). Several advisors at the major phone shops all agreed that this is the worst phone Ericsson have ever made....

You have been warned.....

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