*taken w 7390

Happened to see the yellow + silver version...but still..like the mysterious green more..

yeah..bout the fragile part.. i have to agree too..

If u remove the w850is upper slider, then both will be as thick. 

will do. dont worry..i treat my gadgets better than my girlfrens..
did the themes work on ur w850i? thats so cool..but what about the lights..how many diff lightdoes ur w850i have?
yeah..its plasticky n fragile n wobbly slider.. but i can live with it bcos of the cool light effects..

14cm..still so shakey..they should consult Samsung how they made the 10.9mm slider..

How's the music quality of this phone? The speaker loud or not?

hi s500 owners! got my hands on this phone today and it's great!
the slide, to me, is ok, not that bad as i thot when i read here previously.
the buttons may be fragile, but i cant see how it can be broken. hopefully it does stay the same. the look is awesome, but some sad comment is that there is no pause button on the side of the phone, and no radio..
overall very satisfied with this phone.. well price will well drop over the weeks but i got it now and that's all i want.

Damn it. Really? 

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Added on July 25, 2007, 7:45 pm

By that time, it's cheaper too. 

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Added on July 25, 2007, 7:46 pm

Damn, already take very good care of it still crack in the end. I really hope Sony Ericsson would offer a better set of keypads too.

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Added on July 25, 2007, 7:47 pm

yea. I already activated the gprs thing.

Sony Ericsson keypad problem solved

Remember the S500 keypad cracking problem I posted about a while back? Well, this problem has been officially recognized by Sony Ericsson. Their official explanation (from SE Germany) is that there is a chemical reaction between the green paint and the keypad material (plastic). This causes the keys to be easily broken. This is why the yellow version of the phone is not affected (no green paint). The issue is being resolved by SE. Also, apparently the affected S500's are made before week 27.

JAMP

can it install additional application? like dictionary application?

but there are no S500 in its SE list

Can someone tell me where the speaker located?
going to get this phone soon...

ahhh.. juz bought for 2 weeks and i've crack 3 button of the keypad already... damn fragile..

and the most annoying thing is the earphone... when i listen to the mp3 via my  the earfon, if handsfree port is been touch juz a little, the playback will stop and asking if the user want to play the music trough the speaker... damn its annoying...

if the w580 is the same as this fon.. then whats the point of having "shake control" technology if the handsfree port keep disengage..

other than that...its a good phone.

The official website stated that W580i has Shake Control.
If the port can be accidentaly disconnected when you shake the phone then it could be a problem if you're using the headphone.

so..how are we going to know that the better version keypad out ??
i'm dam hungry for new phone..

Yours is in which week was it manufactured?
Mine is W30. But I think my number 7 is about to crack.

Edit : It just did. Haha. Damn.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/498925/+1980#

here you go
but you have to use some sort of download manager to get the full file

ps: try the verchanging file on a w810i
it says corrupted file 

  An interesting theory on why the S500 keypad breaks

This might be the cause of why those darn keypads break on the S500 and even the W580. This interesting theory is thought up by Amras from howardforums. Here is his exact explanation.

Perhaps anyone would think like I do.

Anyway, I believe the reason why keypads cracking in S500i/W580i is not because the green paint reaction whatsoever.

It's definitely not.

If it was, why the keypads crack always after we used it? Why don't they crack while in the box??

I'm sure it cracks because of the thinnest of the keypad plate and the design itself.


Look at this. The keypad plate is glued in its middle part to the bottom receptor.



So when you bend one key like this (say you press key 8, the key 9 will also be bended),



eventually the keypad will crack in the middle like this.



It really makes sense coz you simply cannot bend one thing that sticked in the middle with another object. And everytime you pressed a key, the next keypad(s) to the key is bended (coz they are joint together) until it eventually cracks around in the middle (coz the plate is very thin + it's glued in the middle part only + it's bended). That's why the crack never appears not around in the middle of the plate.

The solution is .. to change the keypad material with a stronger one. Or else.. change the design a bit: glue the whole bottom part of the plate or remove the joint between keypads. Though it will be very awkward to change a design after a phone been released.

JAMPBlog

i was very sad when i purchased this phone  s500 from kenny in subang square. i got the details from garage sales.
after 3 days of usage i notice the keypad cracked and now is 4 keypad cracked. he said i cant claim keypad because is AP but i already make this case an issue by reporting it to the local authorities and i know things will get right soon.
anyone of u got same case as me please do sms me at 0163927912. such an irresponsible seller... i bet if i buy a toy hp also it wont crack it i drop it a million times

I think if the keypad cracked then its not the seller's fault.

ya i think not the seller's fault
coz it is a common issue on all s500 out there, whether ap or ori

K770i already, bro? 

he acted like a dumb and keep saying is my fault same with his counter dog. I already bring this case to court. Hope process will be fast to give this kinda irresponsible seller a lesson. i better go buy a toy hp than buy from this shop ever again. C U IN COURT DUMB

My friend took her S500i compare with my W850i and the other friend's K800i , the color of the screen is TOTALLY diff , anyone know why ?

By start, i don't believe it's better , but after a while , it seems totally different and better, the color is brighter , more vivid that type ...

Just wanna inform u guys. My new keypad which was just replaced by Sony Ericsson seems to be just fine and much sturdier than before.
It doesn't bend that much.