I don't know anyone [else] who owns this phone. It's right now at Sony
Ericsson getting looked at for poor reception in transmitting (TX) mode. I
made several recordings to my voice mail from several phones alternating
networks and swapping SIM cards. The phone is unlocked.

Basically, the sound quality from me (other party hearing me) sounds poor
ie. distant. The sound quality in RX (receiving mode) is very good in my
opinon. I also experienced many dropped calls with Rogers AT&T. I'm in
Vancouver BC. With other older phones and newer phones TX mode sounds
awesome! Even with my TDMA phone my recording is very good.

So, how bad is this phone? Or is it defective?

Right now I have this SonyEriccson T200 phone with fido.ca, and I didn't
notice any bad or poor sound quality (but I didn't any other cell phone to
compare with, either). However I recently dropped my T200 phone to my hard
driveway and it is dead now. So I am now considering SonyEriccson T300 or
T310 (but somehow I don't like its joystick-like switch for up, down, left
and right moves..).

James

"Mark" <Noway!@noway.com> wrote in message
news:GBx5b.890089$ro6.18092974@news2.calgary.shaw. ca...
> I don't know anyone [else] who owns this phone. It's right now at Sony
> Ericsson getting looked at for poor reception in transmitting (TX) mode.
I
> made several recordings to my voice mail from several phones alternating
> networks and swapping SIM cards. The phone is unlocked.
>
> Basically, the sound quality from me (other party hearing me) sounds poor
> ie. distant. The sound quality in RX (receiving mode) is very good in my
> opinon. I also experienced many dropped calls with Rogers AT&T. I'm in
> Vancouver BC. With other older phones and newer phones TX mode sounds
> awesome! Even with my TDMA phone my recording is very good.
>
> So, how bad is this phone? Or is it defective?
>
>

Hmm. This is quite fascinating. Either not many people here have used the
SE T200 or they can't bother to reply.
Too bad, because if I had a better idea of the sound quality, I would know
how to proceed.

"James" <xjin@xjin.ca> wrote in message
news:EBE5b.372333$4UE.323085@news01.bloor.is.net.c able.rogers.com...
: Right now I have this SonyEriccson T200 phone with fido.ca, and I didn't
: notice any bad or poor sound quality (but I didn't any other cell phone to
: compare with, either). However I recently dropped my T200 phone to my hard
: driveway and it is dead now. So I am now considering SonyEriccson T300 or
: T310 (but somehow I don't like its joystick-like switch for up, down, left
: and right moves..).
:
: James
:
: "Mark" <Noway!@noway.com> wrote in message
: news:GBx5b.890089$ro6.18092974@news2.calgary.shaw. ca...
: > I don't know anyone [else] who owns this phone. It's right now at Sony
: > Ericsson getting looked at for poor reception in transmitting (TX) mode.
: I
: > made several recordings to my voice mail from several phones alternating
: > networks and swapping SIM cards. The phone is unlocked.
: >
: > Basically, the sound quality from me (other party hearing me) sounds
poor
: > ie. distant. The sound quality in RX (receiving mode) is very good in
my
: > opinon. I also experienced many dropped calls with Rogers AT&T. I'm in
: > Vancouver BC. With other older phones and newer phones TX mode sounds
: > awesome! Even with my TDMA phone my recording is very good.
: >
: > So, how bad is this phone? Or is it defective?
: >
: >
:
:

"James" <xjin@xjin.ca> wrote in message news:<EBE5b.372333$4UE.323085@news01.bloor.is.net. cable.rogers.com>...
> Right now I have this SonyEriccson T200 phone with fido.ca, and I didn't
> notice any bad or poor sound quality (but I didn't any other cell phone to
> compare with, either). However I recently dropped my T200 phone to my hard
> driveway and it is dead now. So I am now considering SonyEriccson T300 or
> T310 (but somehow I don't like its joystick-like switch for up, down, left
> and right moves..).
>
> James
>

i've just switched to t300 and my gf has a t310. i had doubt about
the joystick as well before hand. to my surprise, it was not hard at
all to use. i would say the t300's joystick is better than the t310
because of the tip used a different material. compare to my old
phones (motarola timeport and nokia 6185), the sound is too soft;
using the handsfree makes it worst. i think t310 is louder than t300.
i guess it's the digital age...but imho, the lack of white noise make
it hard to tell if you are still connected or not.

Thanks for the tips.

James

"ihkwong" <ihkwong@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:45994014.0309060721.7ad10c78@posting.google.c om...
> "James" <xjin@xjin.ca> wrote in message
news:<EBE5b.372333$4UE.323085@news01.bloor.is.net. cable.rogers.com>...
> > Right now I have this SonyEriccson T200 phone with fido.ca, and I didn't
> > notice any bad or poor sound quality (but I didn't any other cell phone
to
> > compare with, either). However I recently dropped my T200 phone to my
hard
> > driveway and it is dead now. So I am now considering SonyEriccson T300
or
> > T310 (but somehow I don't like its joystick-like switch for up, down,
left
> > and right moves..).
> >
> > James
> >
>
> i've just switched to t300 and my gf has a t310. i had doubt about
> the joystick as well before hand. to my surprise, it was not hard at
> all to use. i would say the t300's joystick is better than the t310
> because of the tip used a different material. compare to my old
> phones (motarola timeport and nokia 6185), the sound is too soft;
> using the handsfree makes it worst. i think t310 is louder than t300.
> i guess it's the digital age...but imho, the lack of white noise make
> it hard to tell if you are still connected or not.

here's the spec comparison of t300 and t310.
http://www.esato.com/phones/index.php?phone=43&cp=75

hmm...isn't this thread about t200. oops, sorry.

"James" <xjin@xjin.ca> wrote in message news:<jjF6b.180690$_V.39725@news04.bloor.is.net.ca ble.rogers.com>...
> Thanks for the tips.
>
> James
>

Dude I just switched out of Rogers and trust me its theier service that
absolutely blows. I've had a fido for 3 days and I'm very happy with
it. I don't think there's anything wrong with the T200 (unless YOURS is
defective) I strongly believe its more from the rogers side than yours.