Sharp 903 User reviews

By Sandra Vogel, CNET.co.uk on 07/11/2005

More Vodafone reviews , RRP: AU$1199.00

The good:

  • Great camera
  • Superb screen
  • Easy to use
  • MiniSD cards are easy to swap, thanks to side-mounted slot

The bad:

  • Large and heavy
  • Music quality is poor
  • Too little internal and bundled miniSD memory

The bottomline:

If you think black is back, this is a handset to admire. The 3.2-megapixel camera is impressive, ditto the screen, but beware the ropey music delivery and proprietary headphone connector if you're a music fan.

Buying choices:

Users' rating:

8.8/10

Tags:

3g | 903 | live | mobile | phone | sharp | vodafone

Hazhir
22/02/2007, 12:08 PM

rating
2/10

I recently had this phone and its quite expensive and i would rate this a 1 of 10

Pros: Camera is good quality

Cons: user interface, price, not much thought put into the phones appearance

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SharpIsCrap
16/02/2007, 10:21 AM

rating
2/10

Crap phone. Designed bya team of six Japanese engineers, none of whom ever spoke to each other prior to the day it was put to market. Non-intuitive menus, poor speaker phone, low volume ring, lack of shorcut programming, buggy software, bluetooth doesn't work half the time, drops calls, poor reception. Can't imaging a worse phone. Poor customer support, long waits on helpdesk. Never another Sharp phone again for me.

Pros: None

Cons: Everything

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norman
06/12/2006, 03:56 PM

rating
10/10

when you want to use the phone a a music player that just sits on its own, the sound quality from the phone's little speakers is really not that hot.

however with the handsfree kit on, the sound quality blows my mind.

why have a separate gadget for camera, phone, organiser, music player, voice recorder etc etc when you can have it all in one incredible unit!!

Pros: everything about it!

Cons: ring tone isn't that loud in busy/noisy places (ie out on a busy street)

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hgjh
28/11/2006, 12:46 PM

rating
10/10

yeah it's good

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someone
28/11/2006, 12:45 PM

rating
9/10

it's got everything that i ever dreamed of

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Sharp 903SH
15/11/2006, 09:04 PM

rating
10/10

awsome, awsome, awsome, awsome

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21/10/2006, 07:35 PM

rating
10/10

very nice phone ahead of its time

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corbin
20/08/2006, 12:00 PM

rating
10/10

best

why is everyone on about the quality of the MP3, whats everyone on about??? theres nothing wrong with it

Pros: the camera
its sexy
cool as screen
its 3G
you can increase the base, and its sorround sound

Cons: not much memory
pricey

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leeleet
10/08/2006, 09:05 PM

rating
4/10

903 is ok

- mp3 max bitrate can play is 192kbps
- accessories or replacement are REALLY hard to find - genuine replacements are not the same as original
- no audio controls FF RV on exterior
- calendar is very limited in sync with outlook

Pros: - camera is great in the day
- huge screen with 256k colours
- simplistic menu
- expandable memory

Cons: - pathetic flash
- nightmode is pixelated/grainy no good
- huge physically
-clumsy to handle

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adrian
05/08/2006, 01:37 PM

rating
9/10

So much more stylish than a nokia N90

Pros: Great Camera, stylish looks etc.

Cons: 8Mb Internal memory is ridiculous...

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