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Reviewer: Benji Marshall - Angola
Date: 1st Jun 2010

To adjust the volume when talking to other people just press up or down while talking to someone, it is automatically set to fairly low so I would put it up to max. Do this at home or something as soon as you get the phone. Other than that being annoyingly obscure it is actually a really very solid phone with a very good battery life, decent accessories for it's price & simple to use.

Would recommend it.

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Reviewer: Sadat - Colchester, UK
Date: 29th Oct 2009

Bearing in mind the price (£20 with a SIM on O2) this is a solid spare or emergency phone for me. Picked one up whilst waiting a fortnight for a repair, & have had the need to use it on & off ever since. You can't customise it particularly, & the camera is pointless, but for simple calling & text messaging it's good enough. The calendar is very fiddly, web browsing is functional but not very pleasant to use, & I've not tried the radio. But the very basic Internet, radio & camera on this phone aren't the point of it, it's a cheap handset, & it works.

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Reviewer: Angela Harrop - Warrington, UK
Date: 13th Oct 2009

This phone is terrible. The sound quality is awful. I would definitely not recommend this phone.

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Reviewer: Harry Thomas - Calicut, India
Date: 25th Sep 2009

It's a stylish phone, but it's not user friendly. MP3 files are not supporting, short memory (only 3MB), downloaded games are not supporting! Please DO NOT BUY THIS MODEL.

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Reviewer: Phoebe - Australia
Date: 23rd Mar 2009

I would not recommend this phone. Terrible sound quality, can't hear other people, phone cover chips & scratches at the slightest drop, messages often fail to send, can't add new words to dictionary.

I wanted a simple phone, but this phone fails the simplest tasks. It would definitely be worth the extra cash to buy a better phone. This was a waste of money.

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Reviewer: Brian - Costa Rica
Date: 21st Jan 2009

The Sony Ericsson T250i is a really good phone. It has all what you need.

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Reviewer: Steven - Brussels, Belgium
Date: 20th Dec 2008

Looks nice enough but misses three features that my old Ericsson had:

- A separate C (clear) button.
- A small overview of possible candidate words when using the dictionary.
- (this is the worst) NO ABILITY TO ADD WORDS TO the DICTIONARY.

At least it's got a faster response than Nokia phones.

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Reviewer: San - India, India
Date: 13th Dec 2008

It's got a cool look. But we can't transfer the photos to PC, its just Polyphonic, which is of no use. I feel there should have been an option of memory card to make it more user friendly. We can't do anything with the phone except attend calls & make calls. & send few text messages.

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Reviewer: Vicki - Gloucester, UK
Date: 13th Nov 2008

Does anyone know how to remove the battery cover as I need to remove my sim but can't seem to get the cover off?

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Reviewer: Susie - Reading, UK
Date: 5th Nov 2008

Got to say, for a cheap phone at £19.99, I am really pleased with this buy (only got it today). I simply need a phone for emergency phone calls & a few texts per week (& if my son decides to ring again from school). It is better to use than my old Samsung & has simple menus which I have navigated easily through.

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Reviewer: Chantal - New Zealand
Date: 4th Nov 2008

Looks gorgeous, was one of the reasons I bought it but the screen size is a letdown as I am used to having flip tops with more screen size.

Bought it as a temporary replacement until the Xmas deals come out (my old phone died) & am already disappointed after having it for less than a week, despite being cheapish at $130 NZ.

There is NO caller ID whatsoever, a huge let down as you do not know who is calling until you answer the phone & ask them. Even then the sound is tinny & broken off (it's not my reception that's the problem) & it took me a while to even figure out how to answer a call as the screen does not tell you what button to press to answer it, & even the yes button would not do it.

Very little features, the camera comes with 2 options, one take picture & two exit to menu.

Would return this phone instantly if it didn't look so frigging good & had the radio. This redeems itself in my eyes. Slightly. Still can't wait for Christmas to come around.

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Reviewer: Gwen - London, UK
Date: 31st Oct 2008

This was £19.95 at the Carphone Warehouse. Had to get a new phone as lost my contract O2 phone & needed to replace the handset. I needed something cheap & easy to use as I only need to make & receive calls & texts message. I am very impressed with this phone, it is very easy to use, pictures are quite clear & it is true the sound is not great but was expecting lot worse after reading the other review. Very satisfied with my purchase.

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Reviewer: Lee Warden - Norwich, UK
Date: 12th Oct 2008

Good phone. But I am finding it a real struggle to send & recieve picture messages. I am with 02 & it just keeps saying 'ould not send message.

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Reviewer: Mic - Glasgow, UK
Date: 18th Sep 2008

Terrible phone. I cannot hear caller on other end as no volume controls. Also with O2 no picture messaging or WAP. Dictionary does not let you add to it, DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, it is prehistoric in capability.

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Reviewer: Florim - Prishitna, Albania
Date: 23rd Aug 2008

Good phone.

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Reviewer: Mark - UK
Date: 16th Aug 2008

The phone is good to use but I find it hard to send texts & navigate around because I keep catching other keys with my thumb! It gets quite annoying at times?

The sound from another person's voice when making a call sounds a bit tinny?

The battery doesn' t last long either & it's just with normal usage too I'd texting & the odd phone call.

Oh well for the price I paid for it I can't complain that much? Still worth a buy if you want a sleek classy phone. Happy communicating.

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Reviewer: Ubaid Khan - Lahore City, Pakistan
Date: 16th Aug 2008

There is no video recording, battery time is good & enjoy FM.

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Reviewer: Giannis - Corfu, Greece
Date: 19th Jul 2008

Its very good mobile phone by Sony Ericsson!

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Reviewer: Chris Harrison - Rugeley, UK
Date: 1st Jun 2008

Great little phone, pity there is no Bluetooth.

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Reviewer: Max - United Arab Emirates
Date: 30th May 2008

I have a problem with the phone book from day 1. The phone does not show some of the names (that I have in my phone book) while receiving calls, in the call list & in the SMS inbox list! It was sent for the fix, software was refreshed, but still the same. I think it might be a hardware problem!

It also lacks the Auto-Redial, a very basic & important feature for me. I also can't send all my phonebook VIA IR for backup (only one by one is possible).

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Reviewer: Slipknot Owns - UK
Date: 26th May 2008

Bought the phone today & very happy with it, serves the purpose needed as a phone is only for sending text messages & making phone calls!

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Reviewer: Bones - London, UK
Date: 25th May 2008

Lovely little phone. I wanted something that was JUST A PHONE! & this is just the job. A bit of a risk as my last Sony's keypad went wrong, but although the keys on this are slightly stodgy (but not bad), I love the feel general of it. Looks great, nice tones, quality sound (seems obvious but try a Samsung E720, nightmare), & just all round cool & cute.

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Reviewer: Ralph - Hull, UK
Date: 16th May 2008

During the call, press Up or Down on the navigation key to raise or lower the speaker volume. I agree, they could have made it a little more obvious.

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Reviewer: S - Ipswich, UK
Date: 13th May 2008

Does anyone know how to turn the volume up so you can hear the incoming caller speaking? It seems very quiet. Apart from that, as a cheap phone to keep me going until my upgrade, I think it's really cute.

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Reviewer: Lisa - Blackburn, UK
Date: 3rd May 2008

Looks & feels good, perfect for a stop gap phone but difficult to hear voices on an incoming phone call, tried allsorts to get voices to sound higher without any success.

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Reviewer: Abdul Quddus - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 2nd May 2008

N-Series phones from Sony Ericsson.

Does any of you knows how to Edit the pictures taken by this phone? I see it only saves picture on 640 x 480 size which makes the picture weight from 70 to 100kb. I need to know the way to reduce the picture size.

Thanks in Advance.

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Reviewer: Dino - Belfast, UK
Date: 16th Apr 2008

Looks pretty nice, a bit like the Motorola L6, but smaller & feels more comfortable in your trouser pocket. Good call quality, but as someone else posted, hard to talk & listen at the same time. Texting is a doddle. Camera is not so good. I haven't tried the radio yet. Don't know what battery life is like yet as I just bought it today. Got it from Phones 4u for 45 quid with 20 top up, a great phone for the money.

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Reviewer: Ms K - Göteborg, Sweden
Date: 10th Apr 2008

Looks & functions OK, being the cheap alternative. I have just one bug, but a big one when listening to radio for more than 10 minutes makes it loose contact with SIM card! This is more than a bit annoying, since the radio is the single feature I might accept to pay extra for.

& a minor mis design it seems like I am not supposed to remove the backing. Almost impossible to get it off, especially without breaking loose the lens cover too.

By now, I've been patient & let the store repair or change the phone, but if four individual phones one after the other displays the same trouble, there is something fishy about.

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Reviewer: Arko - Kharagpur, India
Date: 8th Apr 2008

This is a good phone but the keys are very tiny. This can make some problems. Overall the mobile phone is very good.

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Reviewer: Graham - UK
Date: 6th Apr 2008

Too quite, no features, fiddly to hold, hate it to the core & far to expensive, wouldn't pay £5 for it.

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Reviewer: Bas - Netherlands
Date: 14th Mar 2008

It's just so Zen. I love the fact that all the useless customization options & such have been dropped in favour of a really simple, clean & fast user interface. The UI might not be filled with dazzling eye candy, but it certainly isn't ugly (well. Apart from the calendar screen which looks hideous).

Sure enough, T250i has some shortcomings, but all in all it's a great little phone for its price. The worst problem for me is that the wap browser seems to have a mind of its own when it comes to rendering pages, but then Sony Ericsson browsers have always been terrible.

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Reviewer: Sagheb - Iran
Date: 13th Mar 2008

This phone is very nice & well shaped. The price is actually low. I wish the phone had connection via USB port.

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Reviewer: Hammad Mazhar - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 27th Feb 2008

To remove the dictionary settings, when typing a new message go to options, & select dictionary & select no.

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Reviewer: Rickie - Iloilo, Philippines
Date: 21st Feb 2008

Just bought my Sony Ericsson 250i last February 7, 2008 at first I begin to appreciate the look but upon using it I find it hard while making a call or text instantly as I am used to do with my other phone. The worse part last February 17, 2007 the right selection key on my unit was detached & the shop wanted it to be repaired. I mean it's a brand new phone & was damaged for only 10 days? Strange.

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Reviewer: Frank - UK
Date: 18th Feb 2008

Great phone for £30 no features at all really. Very sleek look to the phone. I only bought this to bridge a gap to pay day & seems to have stepped up to the mark. Good little phone for £30 can't really complain.

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Reviewer: David Norden - Antwerpen, Belgium
Date: 15th Feb 2008

I bought this for my wife's valentine, but after using it a day she was disappointed, because she couldn't enter much in the phone book, only the name & phone number. I have another Sony Ericcson that cost the same price but where you can enter names & addresses etc., so we will switch. For me it's OK, the features to hear FM radio & the delivered headset are nice, & it also has a build in camera. Since I am often on the plane the quadriband covering is interesting. Good price/quality, seems also strongly build.

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Reviewer: Nikolai - Munich, Germany
Date: 6th Feb 2008

Great looking phone, quite a loud ringtone, seems to be robust. Nasty features, difficult to talk & to listen simultaneously, & problems with the power controller, software? Just after buying it. Weak call. The most disappointing feature for me is that 8 symbols names allowed! It is even not from yesterday!

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Reviewer: Tweke - UK
Date: 4th Feb 2008

For 30 Quid it is absolutely Beautiful for talking & texting that is. I am very Happy. Cheers.

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Reviewer: Bob Lang - Ashford, UK
Date: 29th Jan 2008

It is a fantastic phone but there is not many ring tones for it & I would like to get some, do you know where to get them?

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Reviewer: Sam - London, UK
Date: 27th Jan 2008

Lovely looking phone, very basic & simple to use, but what can you expect for 30 quid! Not as user friendly as the good old Nokia. Camera only just OK. Predictive text not fantastic but most annoying thing is that it is very difficult to hear anything! Any appears to be very little to rectify this. Would be good as back up phone.

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Reviewer: Matt - Wales, UK
Date: 23rd Jan 2008

I bought this as a second phone, as a backup should anything go wrong with my Motorola V8.

The handset looks great & is easy to use, & everything is very simple. Texting, calling, picture messaging (with VGA camera), calendar & calculator are all present, & all one is likely to need or expect with such an entry level handset. Yes, the operating system is like something from 2002, but then this is meant to be a basic phone. If you want a cheap or spare phone that works well & is easy to use, get it. If you want something up-to-date with all the latest gadgets, avoid.

CONS, speaker volume is very quiet, & cannot be adjusted.

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Reviewer: Tamanna - India
Date: 17th Jan 2008

I want to know how to auto number lock the phone key pad for protecting anyone to use it.

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Reviewer: Robert Pointon - Stafford, UK
Date: 6th Jan 2008

Easy to use, good design. The only problem is that you can't do anything with it. Can't connect via Bluetooth to other phones, or connect to your PC. All it's good for is texting & chatting. OK for the old people. No good for anyone else. Buy cheap you get rubbish!

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Reviewer: Sadat Younis - Sialkot Pakistan, Pakistan
Date: 5th Jan 2008

I just Got this Mobile three Days Ago, the Design of the Phone is really very fine if someone asked me to give opinion about mobile design then I would give it 100% prefer this one. BUT there is short coming of this mobile I am going to replace it because of Battery, Phone cuts off any time, another problem with this is the ringtone. I am going to get a N-Series.

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Reviewer: M Taylor - Sheffield, UK
Date: 1st Jan 2008

For the money this phone is unbeatable & I love it to bits. Have just finished an 18 month contract with 3 using a Sony Ericsson K800i (a brick) & just one month payment would buy one of these great phones. It's simple, it's cute, it's reliable & looks great & quite honestly some of the comments other People have left is plain daft. What do you expect from a phone that cost just £30.00? the other great thing about this phone is if you do happen to lose, break, have it stolen, it's not the end of the world, like it would be if you owned an iPhone. Just go out & buy another!

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Reviewer: Greville - Estrincham, UK
Date: 26th Dec 2007

Disappointing to have a phone that looks pretty nice & feels a lot better made than some more expensive Sony models but lacking such basic features as a user dictionary. This is meant to be an entry level phone but really ought to have this most fundamental of features. It also doesn't look like such a good deal now that you can get the W200 for £35 which has a decent interface & a music player, albeit hampered by a small memory stick.

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Reviewer: Emanuel - Romania
Date: 25th Dec 2007

Does anyone knows a driver for infra-red connection T250i with my PC? If so please advise.

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Reviewer: Igsy - Croatia
Date: 23rd Dec 2007

Great design, good price, basic features, only 2MB memory. For this price 9 out of 10.

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Reviewer: Bo T - Denmark
Date: 11th Dec 2007

I am really disappointed with the Sony Ericsson T250i. There are very few things that can be customised in the phones settings.

But the biggest problem is that you can't add any words to the built in dictionary! Furthermore, the dictionary is really flawed, it simply does not include very commonly used words.

Do not by this phone as it is junk!

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Reviewer: Ralph - Hull, UK
Date: 11th Dec 2007

Good basic phone for talking & texting, but you'll soon notice some missing features. You can't zoom in on photos, despite the camera's resolution exceeding the display. Actually, for a VGA, the cameras adequate, & the pictures are about as large as you can send by MMS anyway.

You can't assign images or tones to individual contacts, & contact names are limited in length, even when stored on the phone as opposed to the SIM. It doesn't have the sophistication of Nokia's profiles, but you do have Silent, Discreet, Normal & Loud modes for the phone, which should cover most bases.

The infra-red's pitifully weak. I have to have the transmitter & receiver windows practically touching to get it to work, despite Sony Ericsson's quoted 6 to 8 operational range.

Those are the bad points. But the good points outweigh those minor gripes for a basic phone to talk & text with, & for £30, it can't really be faulted.

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Reviewer: Ikhimealo Michael - Abuja, Nigeria
Date: 11th Dec 2007

The PHONE IS JUST ABSOLUTELY OK.

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Reviewer: Anon - Barnet, UK
Date: 3rd Dec 2007

Lovely looking phone. Only problem I have is I get a connection error every time I try to connect to Internet. Any ideas?

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Reviewer: Mari - UK
Date: 30th Nov 2007

A great looking phone, well designed with all the basic features you would need, fantastic value.

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Reviewer: Jack - UK
Date: 30th Nov 2007

Hey I am going to buy this phone or the Orange Sagem MY411X can someone please send a review saying what phone I should get asap.

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Reviewer: Martyn - Netherton, UK
Date: 26th Nov 2007

Nice looking phone but be warned before you buy!

You CAN NOT add any words to the built in dictionary which is a total pain, so basically unless you are texting simple texts. The predictive text is useless. Another problem is the font is really small & no option to change it.

Took mine back & got a refund. Shame as it's a great looking phone just not very user friendly.

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Reviewer: Linda - Kent, UK
Date: 26th Nov 2007

Just got this phone & before I got it I read comments from other users, they have got it right. It is easy to use from the word GO. Looks really nice, slim & light, compared to other phones this one is the best one to have, does all I need it to do, perfect in all ways.

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Reviewer: Faraz - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 14th Nov 2007

Good features, enjoy this phone.

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Reviewer: Gunesh Apte - Mumbai, India
Date: 28th Oct 2007

T250i is very sleek, nice to use phone with great looks. It is quite light weight & easy to carry. The keypad is also very efficient.

It's slightly difficult to type SMS, as I am new to its keypad & the intelligent text concepts.

Overall, very good phone for its price.

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Reviewer: Nino - Kettering, UK
Date: 28th Oct 2007

Nice little phone. Shame it doesn't have Bluetooth. Easy to use nice looking. If you are looking for a basic phone this is one to have. Works well looks nice. Ring tones loud, user friendly & I give it thumbs up.

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Reviewer: Chrstina - UK
Date: 22nd Oct 2007

Hi ya. I am GETTING THIS phone IN A FEW DAYS BECAUSE I LOST MY PHONE & AM GETTING IT FREE. I JUST WONDERED IF SOMEONE COULD TELL ME WHAT the MEMORY IS LIKE? LIKE HOW MANY SONGS, MESSAGES, PICTURES IT COULD HOLD? PLEASE GET BACK TO ME, THANKS.

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Reviewer: Sudhyasheel - India
Date: 18th Oct 2007

Near perfect! You've got to own it to believe its stunning beauty. The designers did a fabulous job on this model. The detailing is simply awesome. The brushed aluminium finish, the metallic detailing on the sides, the refined navigation key with spin effect & a laser-cut logo on the back. It really doesn't get better that this from a design perspective. A detail freak to be honest.

At its price (I got it at Rs 4200 [105 USD approx]) it's the very best you can expect if you are willing to shed out a little extra just for the design exclusivity. Usability is super simple & flaunting it is fun! Go for it folks, you won't regret it!

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Reviewer: Ineke - Bogor, Indonesia
Date: 2nd Oct 2007

Simple & stylish phone.

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Reviewer: Bambang Riyanto - Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Date: 29th Sep 2007

Good looking, simple to use & almost complete features.

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Reviewer: Teresa - UK
Date: 26th Sep 2007

Great phone. Nice design & easy to use.

One complaint is that when using predictive text it's not possible to add words to the dictionary that are not already in there! However turning the dictionary off & on, can be done easily by just holding the * key so that's a way to get around it!

Other than that it's a good phone!

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Reviewer: Gr - UK
Date: 8th Sep 2007

Excellent phone!

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Reviewer: Jan - Lahore, Pakistan
Date: 28th Aug 2007

Awesome. Looks good, all features.

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Reviewer: Toby - London, UK
Date: 31st Jul 2007

Lovely phone, easy to use & beautiful to look at.

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Reviewer: Rob - UK
Date: 20th Jun 2007

I think the T250i is tip top.

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Reviewer: Alice - UK
Date: 15th Jun 2007

Rubbish Phone. Its Pure RuBbiSH, fair comment.



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