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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 11:38 AM
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Sony S710a

I am considering upgrading to this phone. I am a Cingular customer and it's available to me for $150.00. Does anybody know if this is a good phone?
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 11:41 AM
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 11:44 AM
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I have s700i and i'm getting fed up with this phone. Mine has few bugs and shit.
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:06 PM
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Bugs? Any perks?
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:24 PM
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my phone freezes and then i have to take out the battery and put it back in lol. There are few other bugs.

btw menu is slow on mine.
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:40 PM
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Do you know if those problems are common?
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:53 PM
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Do you know if those problems are common?
The slow menu is, not sure about it freezing.
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 01:25 PM
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they probably fixed the bugs and freezing problem by now because mine is earlier version, when they came out.
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 07:55 AM
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I'll let yall know how it goes.
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Old Jul 29, 2005 | 10:23 AM
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is it $150 for just the phone or do you need to get a plan along with it?

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Old Jul 29, 2005 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by artmcd88
is it $150 for just the phone or do you need to get a plan along with it?
w/plan
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Old Jul 29, 2005 | 04:37 PM
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For me since it's an upgrade it's only 150.00 plus an 18.00 service charge. I am going to cingular tomorrow so we'll see.
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Old Jul 29, 2005 | 05:04 PM
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For me since it's an upgrade it's only 150.00 plus an 18.00 service charge. I am going to cingular tomorrow so we'll see.
call up customer service and threaten to leave maybe they will waive the 18 up fee especially if you are good at giving people hell
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 11:43 PM
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Turns out it was $219.00 with the $100 rebate. I really like the phone so far.
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 01:26 AM
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18 dollar service charge...thats nuts...
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