The Sony Ericsson T637 features a built-in digital camera, Bluetooth, multimedia messaging, polyphonic ringtones, and tons of ways for you to personalize its look and feel. Quality materials and a large and super-clear color display give this phone its sophisticated personality. It's the perfect complement to Cingular wireless service.
Design
The phone features a bright, clear 128 x 160 screen with 65,536 colors. It offers high contrast, saturated colors, and a fast response time that's optimal for displaying games and other moving content. The stylish candybar form factor of the phone will turn heads and get attention, while the quick camera buttons and easy-to-use center control toggle make it a snap to operate the T637. Charging and data connectivity are provided on the bottom of the phone, while an infrared transmitter for synchronizing contacts and data is housed on the top of the device. Meanwhile, the phone's CIF-resolution (352 x 288) camera is housed on the back panel.
Calling Features
When you're calling, you'll enjoy essential features like redial, vibrating alert, speed dialing, and side volume keys, as well as choice extras like sleep mode, menu shortcuts, keypad lock, SIM card lock, voice control, and status view. Create your own ringtones with the built-in MusicDJ using a library of pre-loaded instruments, rhythms, and melodies. Further, the phone's 32-voice polyphonic ringtones make your incoming calls sound like music to your ears. Use the ringtones that come with your phone or download new ones from Cingular's MEdia mobile Internet service. And because the T637 has Bluetooth built in, you can use a wide array of Bluetooth-compatible headsets for total wireless freedom.
Messaging, Internet and Tools
The T637 has all the bases covered when it comes to messaging. Support is built in for sending and receiving text, graphics and sound via messages. Multimedia messaging (MMS) lets you compose your messages using images, sounds and text. Sony-Ericsson's QuickShare feature, meanwhile, lets you share content with other devices, other phones, even your computer--just drag and drop pictures from your PC to your phone. Instant messaging is also supported and the phone ships with a built-in email client (Cingular messaging charges apply). T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit-- a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.
Getting on the Internet is easy with the T637, as well. It supports the GPRS protocol for speedy downloads and wireless Web access. Cingular's MEdia service lets you receive and send emails, read news headlines, get sports scores, download games and ringtones, and more.
The T637's Bluetooth capability lets you connect, wirelessly, to a laptop, a PDA, or another Bluetooth phone, and users of Apple computers can synchronize their calendars and contact information with the T637 using iSync, Apple's free synchronization software.
A number of handy tools come with the phone, including a memo pad, a calculator, business card exchange, a calendar, and a tasks list. There's also a full-featured clock, which includes a stopwatch, an alarm, and a handy timer.
Imaging and Entertainment
The camera T637's camera couldn't be easier to operate, with just one click to activate it and another to take a picture. Want to view your pictures on your computer screen? The T637 can automatically enlarge pictures to VGA size (480 x 640 pixels). Software included in the phone recalculates picture size without sacrificing quality.
Mobile gaming has never looked better than on the T637's high quality screen. Force and sound feedback guarantees full-throttle fun. The T637 comes with a variety of embedded games, including the legendary racing game V-Rally 2, and many more are available for download.
Vital Statistics
The Sony-Ericsson T637 weighs 3.26 ounces and measures 4.02 x 1.69 x 0.67 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 9 hours of digital talk time, and up to 300 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the GSM/GPRS 800/1800/1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.
What's in the Box
T637 handset, SIM card, battery, charging cord, user's manual, and warranty information
1 Pretty good phone!
I purchased this phone after the screen on my Nokia 3200 cracked :(. This is a great phone and works really well with Cingular's GSM Network. I wish it had a speakerphone but the clarity between the jabra bluetooth headset I got and the phone is excellent. AIM on the phone is sloooow but I had the exact problem on my Nokia so I think it might be Cingular's network. Another thing is that I stored all my numbers on my SIM card but this phone cannot read them straight off the card. You first have to copy the numbers to the phonebook and that was a little tedious. However it only took about 10 minutes to copy 20+ numbers to the phone's memory.
The calendar and calculator are excellenty designed and are very easy to use. The alarm clock is also great in that you can schedule a recurring alarm for each day of the week.
The camera does take grainy pictures and requires just the right amount of light so things do not look washed out or like an ultrasound.
Cingular's phone service is excellent as well. I haven't had any dropped calls or calls that have gone straight to voicemail. Cingular's customer service, like some carriers, is almost hit and miss. Sometimes I call and get someone extremely knowledgable and helpful and then sometimes I will get someone who does not understand what I'm asking. While those situations have gotten better it does seem that a few reps could use more training about the data capabilities of Cingular phones. I was having trouble sending pictures when I first got the T637 and I was transferred to a Tier 1 tech then a Tier II tech. It turned out to be that my phone needed a download but it took over an hour for them to figure that out.
I am pleased with this phone, and Cingular, but I wish it had a speakerphone and that Cingular would improve the speed of the AIM service. Tmobile's AIM was always quick, when I had coverage that is.
2 yixin li do you know how to use a cellphone?
this is just a quick response to lixin li who dissed the ericsson T637 for the big internet m-mode button that charges you when 'accidently' hitting it. well if you knew anything about the phone you would turn on the automatic keylock and not have this problem. well, what do you know? there...no more charges. thanks sony for a great phone. [i had to clear this up because its people that lixin li who diss a great phone they dont even know how to use]
3 Awesome phone
This is a great phone with excellent battery life. I can usually go four or five days without having to recharge the battery. That's just awesome. The ringer volume is loud and the screen is bright. You'll never have to pay for a ringtone or game again thanks to the excellent Bluetooth support.
Performance of Java games is sluggish - that's my only complaint. You may want to spend some time searching for Mophun games, as those are much more responsive and smooth.
A lot of the negative reviews here make reference to the 'online' button being too-easily-pushed. That may be true, but let me tell you something. This isn't a flip-phone. This is a 'candy-bar' style phone. Non-flip-phones usually have a mechanism that 'locks' the keypad when the phone isn't in use so that random buttons don't get pushed when they're in your pocket or purse or whatever.
If you're too stupid to turn this lock on when you're not using the phone (or to enable the auto-lock function) then you don't deserve to own a mobile phone, period.
4 Didn't care for it.
I had this phone through Cingular, and I had alot of problems with it.
First of all, the small size and crammed arrangement of the buttons made it hard to type a phone number in. The keys are slippery, and thus my fingers were always "missing".
Second, the "online" button on the side is way too easy to push, and my phone was always connecting to the internet when I was least expecting it, and running up charges.
Third, Cingular doesn't make it easy to see if you're roaming or not on this particular phone, which accounted for $3,000 in spurious roaming charges being accrued over a course of 3 months. This, combined with Cingular's really bad customer service (they kept shutting my phone off, and the regional director finally had to personally intervene in my case) made for one BAD experience. Translated: DON'T buy this phone if you live near the Canadian border, cuz this phone won't tell you if you're roaming or not.
Better yet, steer clear of Cingular as well.
5 Great phone...but not for everyone.
First of all, let me say this is a great phone. I will note a few important things:
1. It is a smaaal phone. The buttons are small. If you have a large hand or fingers, its going to be hard to grasp the phone properly. I have average hands and it was hard for me!
2. No Speakerphone...this is a huge downside.
3. There is an online button 'conveniently' accessable which can be mistakenly pressed and you'll never know you went online and you were being charged.
4. Camera sucks. It is a VERY BASIC one,... you have to be standing within 2 feet of the subject to get a recognizable picture.
Pros:
1. Crisp, Large display
2. Sleek looking
3. Lot of great personalization tools within the phone
4. Bluetooth
5. Better reception than most phones
6 Sony Ericsson T637
This is the best cell phone I have ever owned. It lights up brightly with large digits that you can see without glasses. It goes 5-6 days without charging for light use. Although I ordered cases, they are unnecessary as the phone is small enough to comfortably and inconspicuously fit in any front pant pocket. It has no protruding antenna to break off and require replacement. When talking from Houston to Lubbock, I actually have to hold it away from my ear because of loudness. It even has a camera in its small size. Best of all, it is logical and user friendly with frequently-used operations requiring only 1 keystroke or 2 at the most. Although available in after market, Sony could have easily made a dual charger to handle a spare change-out battery.
7 WOW!!!
Recently i bought this phone. It was my first cell phone, and i thought it would be hard to use, but i was wrong. The phone took me maby, 10 minutes to figure out everything on the phone.
When ever i get board, i turn to my phone to entertain me. There are great games, internet, a drawing center, a music dj that lets me create my own songs and ringtones, and to top it all off a camera. The camera has great zoom, it has night mode for when it is dark, and 3 different views (neg. mode, black and white, and color.) In my experience, the battery life has been great!!! I admit that if i did not manage my battery well it probably not work as well.
I only have listed some of the features on this phone. It also has txt messaging, sms messaging (picture messaging), and instant messengers (3 services). You can even creat txt messages with sound, a picture, and text! That is not all the features on this phone. This also has internal phone memeory for your contacts and SIM card memory. It dosn't stop there even! It's got e-mailing, notes, a callender, date and time with automatic updating system, and MUCH, MUCH more!!! This was an all around great buy. It is a great phone, and great media center. I am very pleased and encourage you to buy this product!
8 The most stupid phone ever made
I am wondering why there is no rating of 0 star or even negative stars, sony errison desn't even deserve the 1 star I chose.
This riduculosly stupid phone has one big button and a so-called "Joystick", both just need one single touch for you to get into the "M-mode", and get charged by every bit of data transferred to your phone. And there is absolutely no way to deactiviate it, even if you spend more than two hours to just get the unprofessional AT&T or Cingular customer service to deactivate this stupid service on their end.
Another stupid thing is that they send me a software CD which is totally crap. There is nothing in the package talking about the CD, but I just thought why wouldn't have a try. The stupid hand-made-like software just can never be succefully installed, and what is worse is that you can no longer uninstall it either.
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9 Good phone, Great Service, so-so camera quality
I just purchased this phone when I switched from MetroPCS to Cingular's family share plan. This is the only phone that caught my attention besides the Semiens s66 or whatever. I hate flip phones personally and it seems that everyone in america has one. I saw this phone online and immediately wanted one. When I saw it in person it was a lot smaller than I expected it to be, but still a faily nice size. I love the liquid black color and the clear buttons. It looks a lot better them my Nokia 3586 and feels like its built a little better. The menus are done very well and the screen is bright and colorful. The sound on this phone is also very good and the included ringtones do not sound like something from a 1980's arcade game. The main reason I bought this phone was for the bluetooth technology that works in my Acura TL.
My only two complaints are the poor graphic quality of the camera phone and the sometimes hard to use joystick. I didn't buy this phone for the camera, but it is a pretty cool feature nontheless. I took snapshots of things around me, and found that the graphic quality is at most average. You can take a picture of someone (wife, girlfriend etc.) and put them in your address book, so everytime they call, their picture will come up. I tried that, and was not very impressed with the picture quality. Also when that person calls, the picture you have stored for that person has the top of it cut off. I guess its good for face shots only, but not full body shots. Also the small joystick in the middle of the phone can be very hard to use and frustrating. You have to be very deliberate in moving it around and pressing it down or you will end up doing something in the phone that you did not want to do. If you want to press "enter", you have to really press down on the joystick or the cursor will move up or down instead. This is very apparant when playing the included mini golf game, many times I have thought I pressed down on the joystick, but it did not register and the power bar kept going up and up. Thankfully you can also use the button next to the joystick to press "enter", but that that can be cumbersome and counterintuitive.
Overall its the coolest phone I have had in looks and functionality. I suggest getting a screen protector for it, because it can get scratched very easily.
MetroPCS constantly dropped calls, and I was lucky if I got even one bar while sitting at my 2nd floor desk at work and forget about having any signal in an elevator. I have only had Cingular for a few days, but their service is very good in comparison; I usually get full bar strength, and even get 3 bars in an elevator.
Cingular is recommended as well as the phone if you hate flip phones and are not to concerned about camera phone picture quality.
10 SE gives us something good!
I just got this phone from my friend and I must say that I was first skeptical about the phone and how it would perform against my Motorola v551 but I must say it's a great performer. I tested out the internal antenna of the phone and I think that the reception on this is superior than that of the v551. In areas where my old phone had minimial signal, I had 3 bars. The speaker phone sounds good and the battery life of this phone kicks major butt. The only disappointment that you might have is that there is no holster for these "candy bar" type phones. You basically are left out and if you're not careful you will scratch the screen like I did. My keys were in the same pocket and I forgot about the delicate display. I will be buying PDA clear covers for the screen soon. I learned my lesson the hard way. As for the camera, it's pretty fuzzy and I don't like it. The bluetooth syncs up with my computer fine and works wonders when combined with the right headset. I've gotten no drop calls or anything but sometimes the buttons can me small for big fingers. Get this phone...it'll be worth it!
11 Sony Ericsson T637
After a great deal of research of cellular service and phones available in my area,(Houston, TX) I chose Cingular and purchased the package from Amazon. I got the S-E T637 because of the Bluetooth and the great deal offered by Amazon. Each of the companies has fulfilled its obligation in a timely manner without exception. Prior to going with Cingular I was with T-Mobile for a couple of years, and Sprint for a couple of months. I changed from T-Mobile because my wife uses Sprint as do our grown children, and we wanted to have the free cell to cell option. Big mistake on my part because even though T-Mobile was generally "ok" service-wise, Sprint is a total disaster. I travel all over the city with my work and need good coverage. Even after replacing my phone Sprint coverage was terrible. It did not work in any building I went into including my office and has dead zones the size of Rhode Island within the city. Sprint Customer Dis-Service suggested I use analog roam in those areas. I also got the privilege of paying them $150.00 to break my contract even though...never mind.
Before I even got my new Cingular phone, I was notified by email of my new number, and got a big welcome brochure from Cingular that explained lots of things about their service and what my bills would look like. I really like the T637 phone; I now have service in places I never had before, and the Motorola HS 810 Bluetooth headset is the perfect bluetooth accessory.
If I could change anything, it would be to move the internet button someplace where it isn't quite so easy to accidently activate. The camera is the quality of a kid's toy, but I didn't want it anyway. Also the voice recognition isn't quite as good as that on Motorola phones I have used, but the ability to selectively port my PDA address book entries to the phone and to have three phone numbers for each entry overcome, what are for me, minor short-comings of the phone. I did not think I would like the phone's default setting to vibrate and ring, but the vibrator starts first and then the ringer volume starts low and gets louder, so when I carry the phone on my belt or in a shirt pocket, I can usually answer it before the ringer disturbs anyone nearby. Turns out I like that feature a lot. After three months I am very satisfied with Cingular, the T637 phone, and Amazon's consistently high level quality, service and low prices.
12 Cute, but that's about it!
This phone is really cute. But its so hard to use, it doesn't matter! You have to put the phone on key lock, otherwise it will easily go onto the internet if you leave it in your bag. In order to turn the volume down or off you have to go through settings, there is no quicker way. While talking, the phone goes in and out and makes it hard to hear (even when there is full service). Basically the phone is super cute, but is so hard to use it is not worth it, even if its free! I will say that Cingular/ATT's service is really good! I have not been anywhere where I don't have service yet, and I've owned it a month!
13 Amazon/Cingular svc
I spent over 2 hours researching a plan and phone with amazon, went through their order process which is already a pain for cell service (forms do not remember all data if there is an error! C'mon, I get better service from mom and pop web sites!) and then this morning get a vague email that Cingular needs more information and my order has been cancelled. I've been a heavy user of Amazon for 6 years but I doubt I will ever try to get cell service from them again because the order process and site navigation is horrible. I am really surprised amazon would maintain this poor level of service.
14 good, but with speakerphone and EDGE support are better
get this phone unlocked, and use on T-Mobile
reception on 1900 is excellent, comaprable with original n-gage
voice is good, both from phone itself and bt headset
bluetooth is reliable, no problem with Dell Axim like nokia 6820
but the GPRS setting has some problem, that you may have headache if you have more than one GPRS APN, it don't have option to let you choose APN
the ringtone is okay, simply transfer some from computer through bluetooth (supports .mid), even I put t-jingle on it
the phone supports class 8 GPRS, which you can get the fastest possible speed when using as modem, achieving 56k like speed
another downside is the phone don't have speakerphone, which is available for most of nokia and moto phones, with EDGE support will be a big plus
LCD is very good both indoors and outdoors, but the white is not even if you look at it sideways
this phone is highly recommended for ATT, Cingular, and T-Mobile users
15 Cingular service is deceptive
My review is on Cingular. I bought a phone w/service and was told I could return for full refund and only charged for any air time used. THEY LIE. THE PHONE DID NOT WORK IN MY AREA AND I CANCELLED THE NEXT DAY. THEY ARE CHARGING ME FOR ACTIVATION even though it never worked in my area. If you are uncertain you will keep the phone and service, DON'T BUY from Cingular. Amazon will also do nothing to reimburse.
16 Nice little phone but not very useful in some aspect
Well, I got this phone with a cingular package. The phone is tiny and cute. It is well built and has lots of connectivity. However, it has some serious drawbacks from the usability point of view:
1. It maybe just me but I can't seem to find how to input a wait sign. E.g. if I want to input an extension number, I don't know how. In my old motorola phone, I just just insert a wait synbol and its done. I don't even need to consult user manual to figure that out. For this phone, I read through the user manual and still can't find how.
2. I make international phone calls often and there is a calling card feature in this phone that allows you to call a number using specified phone card with password. All these are nice with one fatal drawback. Once the phone connects with phone card number, it will wait only for 2 seconds before it dial the phone number you want to reach. 2 second it NOT enough for any of my phone cards to confirm the password!
Overall, this is a good looking, nice and little, hard to use phone. Good thing for it is its connectivity, which is outstanding. Easy to use? It does not even match my old motorola v120c.
17 Be careful with Cingular frequency in Phila area!
While GSM seems like universal mobile phone standard, the carrier frequency may throw a curve ball to "unlocked phone".
The 900/1800/1900 unlocked phone became useless on Phila Cingular network.
18 Solid piece of technology
First of all, I would like to say that I'm a Nokia enthusiast. When I started looking for a cell phone, I 'knew' I would get a Nokia of some sort (I've only owned Nokias before and I liked them) -- but I didn't get one this time (and I'm glad).
I bought this phone because some of my friends in Europe had it, and after playing with it for about 2-months, I came back to the States this summer and bought my own.
This phone is great. It is loaded with features. The user interface is well designed and easy to use. I think Sony put a lot of thought into this. Everything is right where you need it. There are some people who don't like the design of the buttons. I really can't see why. They are not hard to press, the numbers and letters are actually under the buttons, so they will never come off due to wear. The screen is awesome - very clear, very bright - that's what sony is known for after all.
What I like the most about this phone is that it has both InfraRed and BlueTooth. I own a laptop and syncronizing my phone with it is a snap. I can upload and download pictures, ringtones, themes, games, I mean everything, without even buying the cable for it. If you don't have an IR port on your computer, you can buy a USB-IR adapter for less then 6 bucks on ebay. I also syncronized it with my pda through infrared - so I put over 200 contacts on my phone automatically, just by pressing 2 buttons.
And another important aspect - this phone is small! One of the reasons why I don't like flip-phones is that once you fold them, they become pretty thick. (I also don't like them b/c everyone in the States has one - Europe and Asia is the opposite)This phone, despite having IR, BlueTooth and a camera, is still very slim. All of my friends, even those who own flip phones, love my phone.
Reception is very good too. I get 3 bars in the basement of our management building -- that's 2 FLOORS UNDERGROUND (not just one like in a house).
Battery last me a little over 3 days, but it charges in a little over an hour.
The only thing I don't like about this phone is the mediocare camera. It needs better resolution. But since I rarely use it (I would be happier if it didn't have a camera b/c it would be even slimmer), that doesn't bother me.
BOTTOM LINE: If you are looking for a very small phone, with many handy features, awesome conncetivity, and an original design, this is the phone for you. It really stands out.
19 Worth it
The phone itself is wonderful! Good reception, easy to use,
BlueTooth! It uses java for some applications and games which is
cool! It also has ICQ and AIM which is a plus. Another cool feature is Music DJ, in which you can create your own polyphonic tunes (midi). One button push will get you online. Your phonebook has space for more than one phone number (home, work mobile) plus it has a space for email. You can set up special ring tones for different people in your phone book. You can also take a picture of that contact and the picture will pop up when that person calls. It is a cool idea to have a single push of a button to turn on the camera and allow you to email the picture to someone. After saving the picture, you can save it as wallpaper for your camera and you can send it as a MMS, or via bluetooth or via infrared (IR). The camera is not that good. People need to be 3-4 feet away to get a clear picture of their face. Any further than 4 feet and nothing is clear (feature-wise). But I did'nt buy the phone for the camera quality. The camera is a perk. If you want to buy a Sony Ericsson for the camera quality, I'd purchase the S710a which has a 1.3 Megapixel built into it, or the Z500a which does video and 3x zoom.
The my previous phone was a Sony Ericsson T68i. The reasons I stayed with Sony Ericsson is: Easy to use, lots of options, and the biggest reason: BlueTooth! Wireless is the way to go!!!
I gave this camera 4 stars because it rocks. If the camera would
have been better, it would have gotten 5 stars.
20 Excellent phone
I purchased this phone for each of the members of our company and thus far we have all been pleased with it.
The bluetooth technology in the phone works just as advertised; the phone book entries store multiple numbers to a single name - so JOE SCHMO has a home phone, work phone and cell phone, but only one entry in the address look up - this is much improved!
I would strongly recommend this phone to anyone who is looking for a bluetooth enabled phone. I synch my calendar, tasks and email with the phone (like a PDA) and use a wireless headset (Jabra BT200) and love it!
21 BEWARE OF BUYING THIS PHONE FROM AMAZON WITH CINGULAR.
BEWARE OF BUYING THIS PHONE FROM AMAZON WITH CINGULAR.
I tried buying this phone from amazon.com with amazon.com as the seller. I finished the checkout process and then in 5 mins, I got an email from amazon.com saying, "Your order has been cancelled because cingular needed some additional information, which we cannot provide." A ridiculous reason, to put it mildly. Couldn't they have asked me for that information? I later tried for a customer service phone #, but couldn't find one. All I found was an email address and I emailed them and got a reply (after 2 days) saying that they cannot do anything!!!
Later I bought another Cingular phone at Letstalk.com and during the checkout process, they asked me a lot of questions ("additional information" according to Amazon.com) and I got the phone without any hassles. I even ported my old phone number.
Such a ridiculous service could be expected of Amazon.com only. I don't understand why they sell cellphones when they don't know how to do it!!!
If anyone wants to contact me, send me an email at rphanikanth@yahoo.com
22 Ships in 24 hrs or 24 days???.
One thing for sure, the service of Amazon is not what I had expected. Initially the when the order was placed, Amazon cancelled the order in about 4-5 hours, the reason gives was "Cingular cannot process your order on the information given, since Amazon does not have the requirements that Cingular wants, we are cancelling your order", Awww C'mon Amazon, if you cannot communicate with Cingular, I guess then you guys should not be doing business with Cingular, or there should be a statement somewhere stating that the Order can be cancelled for any reason (the prime being "Cosmic Radiaton").
So I tried placing the order again, it was processed after about 4-5 futile attempts, and the information that was provided was the identical as the first time. The estimated delivery date was 10th Sept.
So far it was a struggle....So I checked the status of the order a day later and the estimate delivery date is Oct 12th!!!!!. WoW.
So much so for stating that this "Item Ships in 24 hrs".
It has been a fustrating experience so far. Will wait for a day or so, else there are other places online that can be given a try.
Do not buy from Amazon!!!!!.
23 Useless fone
Do not even buy this fone. It has the worst reception and will drop ur call if the reception is weak(On Cingular). Motorolas v300 and above are the best fones. I have this on cingular and even in places where the v300 picks up signal this one does not.
DO NOT EVEN TRY TO BUY!!!!!!!!!
24 Reception is the worst
I have used half a dozen cell phones in the past five years, and this phone had the worst reception hands down. The background noise was so loud people on the other end of the phone thought I was being attacked by wild pigs.
25 Good Phone
I agree with previous reviewer. My order was cancelled once too. It was difficult to find Amazon customer service number as well. I went throught the same pain. However, I contacted cingular who said that they never received my order and advised that I order again through amazon. This time I changed my credit card and fortunately the order went through. But since then I am satisfied with Amazon, T637, and Cingular. Definitely recommended.
26 Good luck ordering from Amazon.com to get the special deal.
Three times I tried ordering through Amazon and all times the order was cancelled with "cingular is requesting information that we cannot provide so we are cancelling the order". Intead of just asking the customer for the information!?!? So, I called customer service...yeah don't try finding that number here on the website I had google it because the only time they give it to you is on the page displayed right after your order, not on any of the emails you get...to be told, "they're a new carrier for us and we can't do anything, we tell customers that get cancelled orders that basically sorry you're out of luck." Direct quote from customer service representative.
Would've been a good deal if I could've gotten it. Maybe it's because I'm an existing ATT customer?
27 Love this phone!
I just bought this phone five days ago and my experience has been great. The color monitor is clear. The camera is as good as the Motorola's and better than Nokia 3200.
I love that I can customize the phone such as changing the wall paper. I also have it setup to synchronize the contact information with my PC MS outlook via bluetooth and the software that comes with it. It really works great!
The phone is so light and the screen saver just works well. You don't have to worry about accidentally press a key. The previously comments about the screen saver is right though...it is no use to change the screen saver. YOu can't see it anyway.
The voice control works fine too. With this phone you can give voice tag for all of your contacts and also record commands such as redail and number type ( work, mobile, home ). The phone really recognizes my voice.
The phone has such rich features. It is true that it takes time to explore and "study" the manual so that you can take full advantages of it. But I think it is well worth it.
28 Jack of all trades master of none
It reads great, don't get me wrong, but the interface is miserable and the speaker picks up everything around you when you're on the phone. I've had half a dozen mobile phones over the last decade and this is the first one where I had to access the menu system to turn down the ringer. The buttons on the side with + - nope, they show the phone "status". I hate phones you need to read the manual to use, there's no excuse for it.
29 Cool Phone
This is a cool phone with lots of subtle features. The battery-life is good, but you really have to explore to discovery the most powerful things about it
30 Extremely flawed
The camera is horrible.
There's a screensaver function, but the screensaver only comes on for about a second because the phone goes into standby mode in two seconds. No way to change that.
You can create only one true shortcut.
Interface seems to be geared toward getting you online to buy more pictures and ringtones.
You need to buy a proprietary headset.
If you like to customize the settings on your phone, I suggest you stay away from this one.
31 Fuzz sound
Just got the phone, but there was a fuzz sound or low humming coming out regardless of who I called, or how high the volume was. Seems like a great phone otherwise. Is anyone else having similar problems?
32 Good bargain... or is it?
Maybe I was too generous in giving 4 stars - should have been 3 or 3 and a half...
The phone is very attractive and light weight. But the battery drains so quickly - Despite of their claim of 540 minutes of talk time and 300 hours of stand-by time, After using for a day, the battery meter becomes yellow short bar - warning sign that the battery is almost completely drained (talk about 2 hours and stand-by for 22 hours).
Also, the voice volume is not as loud - I live and work in Manhattan as a sales rep, meaning most of the calls I receive and make are done so outside. Even with the loudes setting, I sometimes can't hear caller's voice. Also, several people made comments that the background noise level that they hear are excruciatingly loud - I never had this problem with my former Nokia or Motorola phones.
I am also not so thrilled about Cingular - their customer service closes so early during the weekdays (I believe it's around 9pm) and they are closed on Sundays. All other carriers that I had (Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile) had customer service 24/7.
Also, the phone keeps asking if I want to update the time, like every hour! I called Cingular but there was nothing they could do. They said that it was because of the phone, not its service.
I have a friend who has Motorola V400, and he swears it is the best phone. I also have talked to several people @ Cingular, and they personaly use V400 or V600. So you may want to opt for these phones instead of T637.
33 Can't beat the "cool" factor...
I've had a lot of phones, and I prefer Motorola phones, but I also needed Bluetooth, and the V600 was just too expensive for me. But this phone is fantastic! The screen is vibrant, the sounds quality if great and the features are SO cool! I found this open source software, float's Mobile Agent (search Google), that allows the user to connect with the phone through the bluetooth connection and do all kinds of things with the phone, like assign photos and rings to contacts, upload images, audio, themes, etc.. It's a gadget geek's dream come true... Highly recommended.
34 Get functionality and more with the T637
For the past three days, I spent a fairly good amount of time scouring the internet; researching cell phones. It was an arduous process. Painful really. Save yourself some time and decide three things you're looking for in a cell phone. This seriously helps get rid of half or at least a third of your options. Me?...I was looking for the following: ONE, a phone compatible with mac's isync. TWO, bluetooth. And THREE, great battery life. Bottom line, I got all three plus a lot more with this bad boy. You should know that despite two of the negative reviews posted here on Amazon, the T637 has scored extremely high with CNET, About.com, and many other tech reviewers. It scores high not just because of it's cool camera, bluetooth and mac compatibility, but also because of it's simple functionality. This is a great phone. Check it out for yourself.
35 Cingular service not sold in my area by Amazon.com
I was trying to order Cingular Cellphone service from amazon.com. When I gave my zip code, it says the service is not available in my area. I called customer service and they told me to give some big city nearby. I gave Boston and it says service is available. I started placing my order and on credit check form it complained about the zip code being different from the service area. I called customer service again and this time I got the answer that if it is not available in my zip code I can not place the order. I tried few near by cities which are adjacent town and it says service is available. I was really confused about it. How do amazon.com really decides to skip some towns while providing service.
I'm frustrated with this experience and miscommunication from the customer serivce.
36 Every day gets better with this phone
Hi - this is a great phone. Bluetooth syncs with my mac perfectly. All functions I need are available intuitively and easily. It's the details with this phone that I love: the rounded buttons which allow even my huge hands to type with ease, the strong construction, the bright (and great in sunlight) TFT screen, the ability for it to use my calling cards and enter the numbers for me, the SMS and data counters, the "post-it" notes feature, the alarm, the games.
The big stuff - RF and sound are great. Battery life I have found to be good (they clam something like 300 hours in the specs - but I would say more like 150 - still this is pretty good). The camera is only decent - but I don't consider this a big deal - its for fun and it achieves that goal fine. The menus are fast and access to numbers is easy.
The phone is small and stylish, is smaller than my old T720 - if you include the antenna which you must! (ouch!).
Obviously you can pay more and get better phones - but for the great price its selling for now (net $50 return with new 1yr contract), I don't think you can go wrong, especially if you want a candy-bar style.
best of luck!
Rob
37 Data Pimp
I returned this phone the same day I received it. The phone was pretty much wired to hook up to data services at the drop of a pin. All I wanted was a phone that had bluetooth. I could have put up with a phone that was capable of WAP, SMS, ABC and XYZ, but with this phone, you have to tip-toe around these services if you don't want to accidently start the kb-meter going. There is the "on-line" button on the right side. Tipping the joystick forward initiated a data connection. The upper right key did as well. And if you brought up the main menu with the icons, then the top two icons were data connections.... You get the idea. The phone was designed to funnel users into more expensive data services like cattle heading through feedlot chutes. I felt like making a voice call was buried deep within the phone... somewhere. It made me yearn for my old basic Nokia that did one thing and did it very well.
38 Excellent phone & superb features, average picture quality
Been using this phone for 3 weeks now and I love it, i got one of those screen protector things, definitely get one! The menu is easy once you get used to the keys, since I have had nokia's before, the menu/navigation is slightly different. I also got a bluetooth USB adapter, which makes transferring ringtones & pictures as easy as ever. I just transferred my entire phonebook through outlook in one easy click. The camera takes ok-ok pictures, nothing close to a one megapixel digicam. I've seen my friends samsung e715 and this screen is waaaay better. The colors are more vivid. The only drawback is no MP3/voice ringers if you're into that, but the polyphonic ringtones in my opinion are more than enough, you can transfer any midi file (instrumental) to your phone. You can even assign pictures to your contacts so that their face shows up when they call. Supercool phone, would buy it again anytime! Remember to charge it overnight the first time though!
39 Not bad, but I still miss my Nokia
I had a Nokia 3595 before and it was a lot simpler to use. But this sony ericsson has a lot new features that I never had, like the camera, internet, and instant messaging (all of which i don't use.)
I was going to buy the t616 but it was more expensive than this one. I think the t616 is more aesthetically appealing, but this phone is slightly smaller.
I got this phone because I wanted something with Bluetooth to sync with my Apple Powerbook's Address book. This phone did the job, but it doesn't let you store that many phone numbers per person. Like for a few people I had over 5 numbers for them (Work, College, Home, Weekend home, etc...) and the phone only keeps 3 and ditches the rest. =/
I agree with the other guy who said the default ringtones are strange, they are! But thanks to bluetooth, you can easily download new ones and themes as well onto your computer and then transfer them to your computer. And you don't have to pay extra for these.
I miss my nokia, but I gave this a four because bluetooth just rocks. It's more confusing as first, but you get used to it pretty quick.
MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT - however - is that it's NOT loud. [I have turned off increasing ring, volume @ loudest] My nokia was VERY loud and I could hear it ring when I'm in the middle of city and there's traffic, buses, and whatnot blaring their horns. Also, the vibrations are not as strong as the Nokia's. I can barely feel it in my pocket vibrating.
I also work at a computer and my ears are plugged into my ipod. I rely on my phone to be loud, but it's not. =/
Oh well, other than that, it's a GREAT phone :)
40 T637 is a nice improvement
Coming from a T68i, it's hard not to like this phone. The reception is 10x better, the camera is easy to use, and the resolution beats anything I've had before. I have the T226 as a backup, and its performance is what convinced me to buy a T637. I clung to the T68i for it's features (bluetooth mainly), and resigned myself to a nonbluetooth T226 when reception was poor. Now I have it all. I'm not wild about the form factor, but hey - performance is key.
41 Decent phone, not as cute as pictures...
The phone works ok. Unfortunately have never used a T610/616 extensively so I can't compare to say what has improved. Reception is ok, screen looks good. The keypad and area above the screen (with "Sony Ericsson") are a lot closer to grey than black, and the sides are silver... it just doesn't look good together. I wish they had made the T637 in frosty white like the mainstream T630... I saw that phone in person and it's cute!! BTW I purchased this phone at a Cingular store (without service) and it came GSM unlocked, so my T-Mobile SIM card works in it (I can't vouch for the ones sold online). The included Java chat client (AIM, ICQ, Cingular msging) does not seem to work through T-Mo, but that's probably to be expected.
Other nitpicks:
- no quick access user-settable/programmable keystrokes or menu
- SIM card entries are "second-class" and a pain to navigate to
- default ringtones are peculiar/bizarre (IMHO)
- too many keystrokes to delete T-Mo's inane "you have voicemail" SMS msgs
(though I blame that retarded system more on T-Mo)
- my joystick isn't quite centered when at rest :-P
