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Cellular Phone Forum / Manufacturers / Ericsson / April 2004SE Replaces my r520M with T68I, Thoughts/Comments
I am having one of those lucky days you can only hope for now and then. I sent a r520M to SE to have them flash it up to R4A001. That whole transaction has been a nitemare. But I guess someone decided to pay me back as I received a call today from SE Repair Depot. (BTW, for you caller ID afficianados, SE's service depot shows up as Caller Unkown, I ignored it till I saw the caller was leaving a lengthy message) Basically I got call from Jeff telling me that "We have issues with your r520M that is in for service, could you please call me back".. Well the panic hit, I just knew it was "We found a spec of pocket moisture in the phone and declaring unrepairable under warranty due to water damage", or, " We have launched a End Of Life period on the r520M and even with a receipt it is not a warranty repair" LOL You know the deal. Anyway, to shorten this up, they claim phone is not repairable and would I be willing to accept a brand new T68i with battery and charger as a replacemt. So I told him I would have to think about it and get back to him in a few days. NOT!!!!! Got ya didnt I? So i casually yelled loud enough for the neighborhood to hear to "SHIP IT DANO!". So my question is, what have I got coming. Since its older, I won't have the opportunity of daily discussion in thebforums pertaining to this phone, and Google just brings up the standard reviews and Sales ads stating " this is the same phone God uses". So whats the deal fellow T68i owners? I thank all inadvance for their input. Is the internal antenna the worse move they could have made? Software, does it flow or running slow? Fortunately I am assurred to get latest version of Firmware. Screen good? Viewable in sunlight? Battery life good? Average? Great? Sucks? Bluetooth works ok? If you have any input I am just curious. And B4 someone says what an A-Hole take the phone and be grateful, I assure you I am both grateful and appreciative. But I also just like to know what I am dealing with. I couldnt be happier with my good fortune. "And then I said; "If your shipping internationally, you gotta use FEDEX!" you got a suckier phone. you happy for that? >> I am having one of those lucky days you can only hope for now and >> then. I sent a r520M to SE to have them flash it up to R4A001. That [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> "And then I said; "If your shipping internationally, you gotta use >> FEDEX!" I coulda been a little unhappier but my research still says a plus. Still got color and MMS capability and to round it off, I called back and asked to :Buy back" the "defective" phone (remember it only went in for a flash upgrade" The tech says nothing he can do with it and is returning it with the T68i. Answer: VERY HAPPY NOW > you got a suckier phone. you happy for that? > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > >> "And then I said; "If your shipping internationally, you gotta use > >> FEDEX!" > Is the internal antenna the worse move they could have made? I had no complaints about reception, but some did gripe. I'm in the metro DC area, in the USA. > Software, does it flow or running slow? Fortunately I am assurred to get > latest version of Firmware. Menus were slow on mine, but I had fairly old firmware (firmware upgrades for SE phones are kind of a nightmare in the USA). I just learned to live with it. > Screen good? Viewable in sunlight? Decent screen, good outdoor visibility. > Battery life good? Average? Great? Sucks? Excellent battery life. > Bluetooth works ok? It's close to the reference phone for BT, everything I threw at it worked flawlessly. Nick  Signature# sigmask || 0.2 || 20030107 || public domain || feed this to a python print reduce(lambda x,y:x+chr(ord(y)-1),' Ojdl!Wbshjti!=obwAcboefstobudi/psh?') Thanks andy. Could ask for a better review being I live in bethesda Maryland. > > Is the internal antenna the worse move they could have made? > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > # sigmask || 0.2 || 20030107 || public domain || feed this to a python > print reduce(lambda x,y:x+chr(ord(y)-1),' Ojdl!Wbshjti!=obwAcboefstobudi/psh?') "PDA Man" <pda@man.net> wrote: > Bluetooth works ok? BT energy management works much better than on T39/R520. Setting BT permanently to "ON" reduces standby time by 70 to 80 percent with the former phones, while only by 15 to 20 percent with T68. So voice dialling via BT headset isn't a problem anymore. M. Thanks Mike, good input appreciate it. > > Bluetooth works ok? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > M. All the extra features are great, wonderful, more than most people will ever need. Good battery life even with BT on and nice looking/handling, compact little phone with a colour screen. But...and there's always a but...IMHO the RF performance is mediocre at best and appalling at worst. If you need a 'phone to make & receive calls get another R520M I know people who have bought another R520M than rather than have a 'free' T68i However if you want a 'fashion accessory' you will soon have one of the best there is... Sorry to piss on your parade...mine was as much as a chocolate teapot. I have just bought a Nokia 6310i to replace a T68i and T610 on Orange in the UK. No comparison when it comes to RF performance - shame as I have a couple of hundred of pounds worth of genuine SE accessories that will be heading for eBay soon... Regards, -=pp=- > I am having one of those lucky days you can only hope for now and then. I > sent a r520M to SE to have them flash it up to R4A001. That whole [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > "And then I said; "If your shipping internationally, you gotta use FEDEX!" I agree about the poor RF performance, but ONLY in the UK. The UK has just about the poorest GSM service (all networks) in Europe. I have owned a T68i for 2 years now and it has performed flawlessly. I have used it on all 3 of the networks here in Estonia, on networks throughout Europe and Western Russia and the only problems I have suffered have been in the UK. You require a radio telescope to be assured of a usable signal from T-Mobile if you stray off the beaten track in the Lake District and the Scottish Highlands! I even found consistent blind spots in suburban North London on T-Mobile and O2 can be a joke in some areas if you leave the motorway network behind. Still have the original battery and the phone is used heavily by my wife now. It is never turned off and the battery is charged in an irregular manner (sometimes 90% exhausted, sometimes only 10% exhausted). I bought the T68i to replace an r520m which is still enduring heavy usage from my father-in-law. The r520m was perhaps the definitive ''business phone'' of its time. However I always found the keypad to be rather clunky and the overall size did not lend itself to sticking it in your jeans pocket without enduring self-induced castration when sitting on a bar stool!!! There were 2 reasons for passing the T68i on to my wife in the end. One emotional and one rational. Firstly there was my inexplicable but short-lived love affair with the P800. Secondly my fingers are fairly beefy and the little keys on the T68i are just a wee bit too small for me. I have been in keypad nirvana for the past 3 months with my new Z600. Best phone ever made!!! Signature--------------------------------------------------------------------- "Eliminate annoying spam! My mailbox is protected by iHateSpam, the #1-rated spam buster." http://www.ihatespam.net > All the extra features are great, wonderful, more than most people will ever > need. Good battery life even with BT on and nice looking/handling, compact [quoted text clipped - 69 lines] > > > > "And then I said; "If your shipping internationally, you gotta use FEDEX!" The SE T68i is one of the coolest phones I've ever come across. It's got great features (including Bluetooth), exceptional battery life, an alarm function that even the dead couldn't sleep through, and a very nice small size. BUT... if you've got a poor-quality service provider, it ain't a good choice. Mine is AT&T, and the T68i is just barely adequate (San Francisco peninsula). However, when I'm in France, it picks up a strong signal in the remotest regions imaginable. Go figure! I've just sent in my phone to be unlocked & have a firmware update; it's possible that the update might help with reception (but the main reason for sending it in was so that, after unlocking, I could buy inexpensive SIM cards in France). AT&T is upgrading their networks in my area and adding 800/850mhz, which the T68i can't use, so they just sent me a brand new SE T226. Nowhere near the features of the T68i, much worse battery life, but sends/receives (RF for you cool guys) much better. However, besides losing bluetooth, it also won't work in France, so it's going to be used for local stuff only. If the T68i comes back better after the new firmware, I may have one of my kids use the T226 and I'll go back to the T68i full time. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com |
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