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Satio Build quality |
gola
Joined: Jul 17, 2007
Posts: > 500
From: South Africa
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Scratches all over 
The scratches become easily visible on the screen during daylight...
Still love it though, wouldn't swopping for a new one 
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se80
Joined: Nov 22, 2008
Posts: 191
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On 2010-02-22 21:30:54, larry 68 wrote:
Mines an O2 handset and the build is by far the best ive had on any phone.
My phone was never going to fall apart it was solid, it was clean and screwed together and no creeks...HOWEVER
I am talking personal view on build quality the Satio materials used is cheap plastic, too light and too much plastic, I had a Nokia N95 and thought the same..it was a popular phone though right?
My definition of build quality is high quality materials and perfectly weighted. Satio is not that for me no matter what model it is green, orange or silver. I said elsewhere the closest thing I can compare it to from SE is a K850i but that was heavier and a bit more sturdy. Satio tap your finger against the screen and it makes a clanging plastic noise If i do that against my Ipod touch I get a louder heavier tap.
The obvious flaw is it's not heavy enough so you have a thin build of the phone. Between the battery and the sides there's not much plastic. The unlock key at the side well it's clear it's just a cheap piece of plastic. For a £400 phone it's very poor. I've criticised SE's joysticks before, stickers falling off but normally the phones are solid. I feel for me Satio looks nice from a distance but when you hold it the build quality says it all.
And it's not my handset because it's my view on the materials of every production model. I heard on another forum it's been discontinued by Vodafone anyway. Not sure if SE are still making them but who knows. Can't see it being one they sell in Argos here (K800i was the last one) K850i/C905 all vanished as there faults were that bad. Satio will be remembered for the early bug failures. I think there's another update after that I'd be surprised if SE continue supporting it. Which I feel is wrong.
Normally SE do something different so hopefully they will with it's successor. Other than HD and a change of design I can't imagine what they can do. |
dngeorgiev
Joined: Jul 20, 2008
Posts: 71
From: Bulgaria
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@se80 Maaaan, I totaly respect the fact that you shared your opinion widely, but i am sure that there was something damn wrong with the satio, which you had. And what is wrong with the weight of the device, Nokias are heavy does this feature make them better, i do not think so. |
SilveR.
Joined: May 03, 2002
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Build quality is very good, but OS is sh*t...
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se80
Joined: Nov 22, 2008
Posts: 191
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On 2010-02-22 23:39:27, dngeorgiev wrote:
@se80 Maaaan, I totaly respect the fact that you shared your opinion widely, but i am sure that there was something damn wrong with the satio, which you had. And what is wrong with the weight of the device, Nokias are heavy does this feature make them better, i do not think so.
I don't see how. Even if there was it was too big, Symbian was awful, the camera was over hyped realised I never needed 12MP. I don't like every phone so I doubt there was..Before buying it I preferred the look of the Pixon 12 and I never took it seriously that people said it doesn't have regular SE features. Sadly there is quite alot of SE missing from the phone.
I look forward to new LG's , Satio's successor or Samsung. My experience of the Satio has shown me I might not be loyal to SE. I use to hate Samsung's and they got boring easy so for me they put a Nokia inside a SE it just wasn't the same? But all phones are going that way touch ect..so for me if I get one build quality needs to be good and the screen has to be responsive. Before SE Motorolas use to have all the character I remember the E series and the V300 and the V500.
It's a shame Motorolas and SE's feature phones may be a thing of the past. I'm sure I'm not the only one who misses SE's familiar software. Let's be realistic compare a C905 to Satio and other than basics like camera and wi-fi they are toally different phones unlike K850i to a C905 where the upgrade was less noticeable. I was surprised C905 was a slide after the K850's touch buttons.
Bottom line is I'll no longer be loyal to SE's as there 2010 phones none catch my eye, defo won't buy a Nokia, little from LG I like and some ok Samsung's so I'll hold off for a bit. The mobile phone market's gone a bit stale for me. 
One final word on Symbian..I remember people use to say on these kind of forums when will SE catch up..and so forth..now they have I wonder have they caught another audience? There's still alot of people who want normal phones with high end features, no fancy OS's? So when people say what's wrong with Satio I'm sure many of them have not been users of SE since the T300 days or K700i. The only familiar thing for me with Satio is Sony's good cameras in them. The fans of this software are in other parts of this forum.."dumb" phones or not they were still good.
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gharknes1
Joined: Sep 28, 2004
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P1i was the best build quality I have experienced with SE, the Satio is OK seen worse. |
DrewVL
Joined: Feb 02, 2010
Posts: 238
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Satio build is very good eventhough it used mostly plastic! my n96 is a joke horrible build
mine is silver and i still have the original protection on, thr chrome still in its original stage:) buy a pouch to take care of it that's what i did a small investment will protect it from scratches, dust creeping in and the et cetra.
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climax
Joined: Mar 01, 2010
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Been using my satio for 2 months now. I bought some cheap leather case for it, but it just give my phone some scratches on the corner parts. Now im using a capdase softcase to protect my phone. Satio is a great phone. |
DrewVL
Joined: Feb 02, 2010
Posts: 238
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On 2010-02-22 21:59:49, gola wrote:
Scratches all over
The scratches become easily visible on the screen during daylight...
Still love it though, wouldn't swopping for a new one
Haha i think you are pretty rough with it:)
Honest i think it's all depend on user how he/she handle it you can have well build phone or anything but if he/she pretty rough with it ofcourse it will ruin just like that  |
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