@Carlo_Piva - I too am disappointed with my whole experience with my Xperia X10a and Rogers.
When I bought it from Rogers in June, I was told that the phone would be upgraded to the current Android version 'very soon', and that then it would be in the running with other Android phones. Since I had previously owned a decent little Sony Ericsson phone, I thought I'd try another.
Never again.
As upset as I am with Sony Ericsson over being stuck with a substandard phone for the next few years, I'm almost equally upset with Rogers. I feel completely mislead, and the clincher for me was this: The "Write A Review" feature has been disabled on Rogers' site for I don't know how long now, so I wrote a review in their community forums as a warning to others who were thinking of buying the phone without researching it. It was removed, with the following note (my post at the bottom):
Thanks for participating in our community forums.
Our goal is to provide a venue where customers can provide technical solutions.
We can't speculate on the usability of other devices.
Your post was moved, as per our community guidelines.
Thank you in advance,
RogersErin
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(my post)
If you are considering purchasing a Droid phone, please please think long and hard before grabbing an Xperia X10. I am terribly disappointed in the whole experience I've had, and I regret not reading up on it a bit before I committed myself to it. If I could return it, I would.
I bought the phone because it was a Sony Ericsson, and my last phone was an SE. What could go wrong?
From the moment I purchased it, the software on this 'state of the art' phone was out-dated, and I'm still waiting around for the upgrade to be released to bring it up to date with what other android phones had earlier this year. Of course, the other phones are moving on again while we're just catching up.
While it has the hardware capability of multi-touch, SE has stated they have no intention of incorporating it. The 8MP camera is slow, and the results unspectacular... it will supposedly improve in speed and allow use of the flash with the upgrade.
The battery life is only bearable if you install programs to kill the processes that continually start up and run it down. For the first week I had it, while I was learning what settings and apps I needed to use to prolong battery life, it would be dead before the end of the day, in standby.
And don't get me started about the programs that come installed on the phone that you can't get rid of without performing a lot of potentially warranty-nullifying tricks. These programs don't sit there quietly unused and collecting dust. They randomly start up and use up badly needed resources.
It's slow and I often have to repeat gestures and taps to get it to do anything for me. I thought at first it was just me, until I had a friend let me try his Motorola, and my son his iPhone. It just doesn't work as smoothly as either of those phones (not that the iPhone is running android, I realize).
And good luck figuring out the basics like how to use an MP3 as a ringtone... functionality that was basic on any other phones I've had now requires jumping through hoops. Their website is about as useful as the documentation that comes with the phone. Thank heavens for Google.
Anyway, I'm just hoping I can save even one person from the disappointment I've had with this choice.
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Hardly inflammatory, nor offensive, and provides the best 'technical solution' there is to any Xperia X10 issue... don't buy one.
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