6.7 out of 10

Sony Ericsson W380i

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Best Price: $229

  • User Score (298)
    7.0 7.0 from 298 reviewers
  • Expert Score (23)
    7.1 7.1 from 23 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • easy to use, decent display, good battery life, distinctive design, budget price
  • limit music format support, camera isn t amazing, average sound quality, proprietary headphone socket, intial memory

Sony Ericsson’s W380i weighs in at 100 grams and has dimensions of 92 x 49 x 16 mm. It has a display type of TFT having 256 thousand colors, a 1.9 inch display size, easy-touch music controls, wallpapers and screensavers. In addition, it has a second external OLED mono display with 128 x 36 pixels in size. AAC, MP3 and polyphonic tone formats can be played. Plus a vibration alert to notify the users.

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Its phonebook can store about 1000 x 20 fields, record the latest 30 missed, dialed a…

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Sony Ericsson’s W380i weighs in at 100 grams and has dimensions of 92 x 49 x 16 mm. It has a display type of TFT having 256 thousand colors, a 1.9 inch display size, easy-touch music controls, wallpapers and screensavers. In addition, it has a second external OLED mono display with 128 x 36 pixels in size. AAC, MP3 and polyphonic tone formats can be played. Plus a vibration alert to notify the users.

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Its phonebook can store about 1000 x 20 fields, record the latest 30 missed, dialed and received calls. A 14 MB shared memory has been provided but a memory stick micro card slot can also be used. Upon purchase, a 512 card is included in the kit. Some of the messaging features are instant messaging, email, MMS, EMS and SMS. The battery is a Li-ion 930 mAh. Its stand-by time is 300 hours while its talk time is seven hours.

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Manufacturer's Specs

  • General
    GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900 - W350a

General

  • 2G Network
    GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - W380i
  • Announced
    2007, November
  • Status
    Available. Released 2008, March

Size

  • Dimensions
    92 x 49 x 16 mm
  • Weight
    100 g
  • Display
    - Second external OLED mono display (128 x 36 pixels) - Easy-touch music controls - Wallpapers, screensavers

Display

  • Type
    TFT, 256K colors
  • Size
    176 x 220 pixels, 1.9 inches

Ringtones

  • Type
    Polyphonic, MP3, AAC

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  1. Sony Ericsson W380i Walkman

    Reviewer: CNET
    12 May 2008
    Overall 7
    7.0
     

    A very pleasant phone to use and certainly a decent budget-end handset. We take issue with the average sound quality, limited music format support and the frustrating proprietary headphone socket. If these aren't big issues for you, you'll undoubtedly enjoy the W380i. Read more

  2. Sony Ericsson W380i Review

    Reviewer: Softpedia
    09 April 2008

    The first time you notice W380i, you really cannot say that it is a low mid-level clamshell. Because of the polished plastic, the handset seems stylish and sparky. The external touch keys also contribute to this opinion and it doesn't take more than 3 seconds to be caught by its beauty. Sony Ericsson W380i is definitely one of the best-looking mid-level phones, which will probably boost its sales. Read more

  3. Sony Ericsson W380i

    Reviewer: Mobile Review
    03 April 2008

    The W380i’s ring tones volume was never an issue – its speaker fared well in most environments. The reception quality was nothing to complain about either. Our only gripe is with the phone’s vibro alert, which occasionally proves to be on the weak side. The question is, who is going to buy the W380i two-three months into its sales – basically, after dealing with the first surge of interest, Sony Ericsson will run into exactly the same problem as with the W200i.... Read more

  4. Sony Ericsson roundup: W380, Z555, W350, T280 preview

    Reviewer: GSM Arena
    31 January 2008

    The left us with a really nice impression. The touch sensitive keys with haptic feedback, the gesture control and the overall design totally had us so we will be eagerly looking forward to following how it fares on the market once it's out. The has a design that we find somewhat controversial, but we like its keypad layout better than the one of W380. It also offers much the same features as the W380, while the W380 will probably cost slightly more, we suppose that the... Read more

  1. Sonny Ericsson W380a

    Reviewer: sigitsatrio, Ciao
    25 October 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
    Design 8
    8.0
    Value for money 10
    10
    Ease of use 6
    6.0
     

    More Products from Sony Ericsson, one of the walkman series, W380a. It's a nice phone with compact parallelogram shapes and at 92x49x16mm it fits comfortably in the palm of your hand. It also has handset with a gorgeous shade of deep purple complete with contrasting bright pink and stylish silver accents. It may one of a best looking phone ever. Handset has a number of functions more akin to a digital audio player. Besides the design it also has multimedia capabilities.... Read more

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