Sony Ericsson T630 Review

[Michael]

Since it was launched early last year, the Sony Ericsson T610/T616 has been a best-seller around the world, although it did have its flaws. The screen was poor in sunlight, and reception was not up to par. Almost 9 months later we have the T630 – a new improved version of the T610 which promises to correct its flaws. Well, you all know it has a TFT screen, but what else has changed? Read on…

Sid's review is (finally) up:

T630 Review

[smilewarrior]

This would have been a great phone, if only the keypads didn't have that "plasticky" look to them. The t610 is much better esthetically. The old adage " if it ain't broke, why fix it" applies here.

I'm glad to here this is a much better model feature wise compared to the t610.

If only they had kept the metal colored keypad for this model, it would really be a best seller. Even the SEt100 looks better than this phone

[Sid]

The keypad actually looks pretty good in real life. It's also pretty easy to use.

[smilewarrior]

I'll take your word for it , sir.

By the way, I happened to see the black version of the t630, it my humble opinion, it looks a lot better.

[simm0]

hey! i really like the SE T630 because of its looks and the improved screen.

i'm currently got a SE T610 and i'm wondering if i could get it modified into a T630. it shouldnt be too hard, right? and if there isn't any place that does this, would i be able to send it back to SE and get it changed there?

Simm0

[Andynz]

Just say no to drugs man.........

Andy

[Michael]

Originally posted by simm0
i'm currently got a SE T610 and i'm wondering if i could get it modified into a T630. it shouldnt be too hard, right? and if there isn't any place that does this, would i be able to send it back to SE and get it changed there?

No, not hard.

Impossible.

Just buy a T630. Would cost much less unless you happen to work for SE and have access to their parts bin. And you have that kind of access, you probably would already have a T630....

[simm0]

LOL ohh darn! got me excited there for a sec

oh weoz. i'll jus hafta stick with my T610

is there anything i can do about the dull screen then? besides fiddling with the contrast . . .

[simm0]

oh btw: thx for quick reply

[dmtr]

I've tested T630. Well, my friend has this headset so i had the chance to take a look at it. I think it's hell of a phone. I don't like its design, but that's my personal opinion. If we are talking about its functionality...well, it's better than my S55. And i REALLY like my S55. Unfortunately i haven't tested all of its features but i think that if you need a good headset, and you like T610, then you will fall in love with T630.

[pukapuhio]

does anyone know when the T630 is going to be for sale in the US? the site said coming soon for a while. now i don't see that it says that but don't see the phone in stores either. also, how much is the phone? thanks.

[Alberrisford]

Looks good, I don't think that they should have given such limited choice on the colour though...white !

And the black version is only available on t-mobile

[jokay22]

a friend said that the screen size of the t610 & t630 is exactly the same. so if we can get the t610 screen remove, then replace it with the t630 screen.. voila!!
of course, u have to find a store which sells t630 -screen only- first.
but, it's just what a friend said to me.. never seen it done for sure..

[MrBean]

I just picked up a T628 in China. They go quite cheaply here--I got mine for US$340.

One thing I did not pick up from review of the T610, Z600, and T630 was the following: while you can have more than one telephone number associated with a name, you can only have one kind of number associated with the name.

i.e., if you have a contact who has three mobile phones, you can only store one number as a designated mobile phone number. The other two will have to be labelled as "home", etc. If, like me, you have contacts with many numbers of the same kind, you are going to have multiple entries in your address book to deal with this problem.

[Michael]

Originally posted by jokay22
a friend said that the screen size of the t610 & t630 is exactly the same. so if we can get the t610 screen remove, then replace it with the t630 screen.. voila!!
of course, u have to find a store which sells t630 -screen only- first.
but, it's just what a friend said to me.. never seen it done for sure..

You are assuming that the support hardware and software for the displays is exactly the same. I wouldn't be so sure of that.