Ericsson R520m

  • Released Q2 2001 ?
    105g, 16mm thickness
    Feature phone
    No card slot
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    5 lines
  • NO
    No video recorder
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  • 540mAh
    NiMH

Ericsson R520m - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPRS Yes
EDGE No
Launch Announced Q2 2001 ?
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 130 x 50 x 16 mm (5.12 x 1.97 x 0.63 in)
Weight 105 g (3.70 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type Monochrome graphic
Size
Resolution 5 lines
Memory Card slot No
Phonebook 500+
Call records
Camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable monophonic ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 1.0b
GPS No
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, Email
Browser WAP 1.2
Clock Yes
Alarm Yes
Games
Java No
 Predictive text input
Code memo
Voice dial
Voice answer
Voice memo
Calculator
Speaker with proximity switch
Battery   Removable NiMH battery
Stand-by 200 h
Talk time 7 h 30 min
Misc Colors

Ericsson R520m - User Reviews

  • This phone have Li-polymer battery, at 600mAh!

  • I bought a replacement battery from this company for my T39 and it continues to work well over a year later.

  • I'wouldlike e 650-850 mAh battery from Ericsson R520m.

  • Old Ericsson phones - is really good quality and very well design! New project for rare phones allow at

  • I stay in dubai do u know any place I can get this or is anyone interested in selling it to me

  • I love the ability when you use speaker phone and if you want privacy, just put the phone next to your ear and it automatically turns the speaker off!

  • This is the BEST phone over the world!!! I Am using it 8 years and do not want to change it!!! Ericsson - RESTECT!!!

  • Awesome phone. I am still using it after 8 years. Battery has to be recharged every 1-2 days now (comparing to 5 days at the beginning), but hey, it still work nicely. Made in Sweden! How cool is that? It is like a collectable item now. Perfect to show off as people are not used to see such a phone anymore :-)

  • Great phone with features some todays phones don't have. Still works good!!!

  • ha ha ha !!! i got the "watermelon" i luv it lol

  • This is the only phone I never sold and kept to show it to future generations :)) First phone ever with bluetooth. It doesn't support object exchange but still! I think it's a milestone and worth keeping. It still works perfectly and it happened during the years to have a problem with my current phone and to go back to r520m until it got repaired. Usually people couldn't believe that such a hugh phone exists but anyway. It was the 3210-3310/alcatel OT era.

  • This phone is awesome, still good looking (if not considered the antenna even said to be perfect 9/10) and outstanding performance. I was used to talk with it for hours and hours and the slim batery needed to be charged under that conditions after days. I was talking with it with an earphone and it dropped to water, and i could going on to talk inside water for a few seconds :) and nothing happend after i dried it. I would buy for sure again if i could find some, since it was stolen with my bag.

  • This is the last classical Ericsson Phone (along with T39m). Very robust, alloy baseplate, solid and durable finish. Design similar to R320s, the menu also resembles, but it has a bigger display. The business functions were cosidered superb at the time of the release. It would have beaten its rival Nokia 6210/6310/6310i without doubt if it had a built-in antenna. I just got one in a mint condition, and I'm very happy with it. The battery of T28/T29/R320/T39 can be used, and these batteries are still around. If you like retro, this is the phone for you.

  • I have it since 2004... this is very good.. my best mobile phone..Unfortunatelly, my battery doesn't work anymore. So I have to give it..

  • I loved this phone... It was silver and it was stolen from me. I will give my Samsung d900 for this one!

  • I have bought it in 2004 and still works. It is crappy because of bad SIM contact with phone, that makes it self reset from time to time. It was great for his time

  • Have it for 6-7 years, still works and looks like it was just baught. Only needed to chage the pouch recently, as it worn out :)

  • I have one, i love this phone. it's simple, can't broke.

  • Search in eBay (www.ebay.co.uk) and you will see someone selling this phone.

  • I love it! This is the best cell phone and really I never would change it.

  • i love this hp, even it's fall many times and broken some parts. and the worst is the lcd, only the backlight is on but nothing displayed. it's work only for calling, sms also but need pc help. i want to use the bluetooth function, but i forgot the menu order. so, could anyone please help guide me step by step to activate the bluetooth, at least to make standbby, searchable by other device. thanks for the help

  • Well,if I had the choice of getting another phone,I would surely go for this one!I had 2 phones like this but bad luck both fell in the water.But I hardly find this in the market nowadays.This is the best business phone I have seen.It fits your palm well with it executive look.

  • I have seen people using R520m.It is an excellent model except for its size.The features are invaluable.The dial-up modem feature with bluetooth is superb.I bought another old piece of same model but its bluetooth pairing is not working.Can anyone of you help me out.I hope this mobile be re-launced in a compact size.

  • Greetings i would like to get a copy of a manual for the ericsson r520m thank you in advance.

  • i have user manual in pdf - original. mail me ;) [email protected] . Peter

  • Manual for this model:

  • I own my used R520m since a month ago and I believe it is a good model. But my problem with it is that I can't find a user's manual for it. Can you help me, please? Thanks a lot.

  • Please can you tell what to do to activate hearing other calls. i was sent ericsson r520m i made some mistake with the configuration now i can not hear when people call me.

  • Nice phone, and I have one of this phone

  • i cannot use the gprs with usb because i don't have the driver for my pc. does anybody have it? please contact

  • hello please can u send to me an ericsson R520M please cus i search in syria and in lebanon but i didn't found so please tell me about that

  • Me an Ericsson \\\ fan but R520 I don't like. Fattened it is too much, like a pig. The Rommie says R320 is better! The Rommie had model of this a few weeks only. Auction site it went shortly! Proximity sensor works not. T39m better! A keeper!

  • excellent phone with all these features. I wish they made similar phones (except the antenna)

  • aya'...cari ericsson nan iko yo?

  • R520m HP is the best. I like it, n how abaut you?

  • Superb fone! Fully feature-packed with all you really need. Good looking: not trendy, but very classy, usually available in silver, which looks far better than the beaver you can see in all the pics published ;-) Best quality/price ratio ever: compares to Nokia 6310i (which has only a few extra gimmics & mem space) but I got it for a quarter of the price I would have payed for the Nokia!! I absolutely love it! ...which I never did to a fone before ;-)

  • i am very pleased by this ericsson. it's a real business phone, and the price is good.

  • Hi, I am from india ,here r520m is available for $80 so can anyone tell me is it worth buying it ? I'll be glade if some one who is using this modele guide me .How's it's ringer & earpiece volume ,since here lot's of noise polution I want theme to be loude.Since this modle is discontinued how's the availablity of it's battery?Plz guide me.

  • It have all the basic features and attributes needed for use in Zambia given the limited nature of mobile services available. It is execellent.

  • so ugly

  • it is a good phone but need mms on it

  • this cell phone are very usefull,majorly in gprs use with pc.

  • I've had my R520 for nearly three years. Ericsson and now Sony Ericsson haven't truly replaced this excellent phone. Battery not as good as was three years ago, but apart from that, it still does the business! If you want a camera, buy a digital camera not a phone with a poor camera feature!

  • I have one for six months now - bought it brand new for less than 100$ cause nobody apparently likes a 'large' phone anymore. what's so huge about it anyway? only the feature set: triband + IRDA + Bluetooth + GPRS + WAP + POP Email + Speaker with proximity switch + extended phonebook.. what else? Colour display? Camera? no thanks. One of my greatest buys. And it looks nice too

  • i want ericsson r520m 29 sept 2003

  • You can buy this phone BRAND NEW from this UK website: for only �65! A GREAT price for this phone. I bought it two years ago for over �200 and it was worth it then.....

  • it is a very good model of Ericsson: i like its design, it is a little bit bigger than his " brother " R320 , but it is a superior quality comparing with R320 and its options are what a student needs. congratulation .Iwould like to have one of this Ericsson R520m! More than this i want to buy one. send me an offert with a price for a student, please ! Thank you!

  • I want r520m software upgrade

  • Hi! I have a little problem with my R520m. The alarm doesn't work with proximity switch. It make two beeps and then ask me if I want to turn off the alarm. So it doesn't sounds at all. Do you have any suggestions? Write me please... Thanks!

  • It's amagnificent phone full dotaed and worth buing.I will buy it!

  • I am from Romania, and I would like to buy this phone. It seems that in Romania I can't find this phone. If anyone can help me, pls send me a mail...

  • Dear sir/madam, i currently reside in indonesia and wish to purchase this phone, the ericsson r520, but it isnt available in indonesia. Can i order it through gsmarena, or do u have a recommended site that handles shipping(with fedex, dhl, ups, tnt, etc.) to indonesia. thx ever so much

  • I think this phone is one of the best around, with its snazzy shape and easy handling its a lot easier to work that some of those very gadgety phones!!!

  • I purchased my phone off ebay. I love it! Great features. Looks great from front, but the back looks as if something is missing. Certainly can get beyond that though. Works well with T-Mobile US. Thinking about buying another one since they are not made anymore.

  • I have this phone for 2 months and this is the best handy I ever had, belive me I have had at least 11 mobile phones till now. It has Bluetooth, IRDA, MMS, e-mail, voice dial, voice comands, Li-polimer batt., aluminium back panel, you can even create your own pictures and more. It is the perfect phone for man, it fits well in big hand and has all the functions you will ever need.

  • good, I already have an r320, I like Ericsson mobile phones verry much, can you sen me an e-mail with news about ericsson especially accesories..

  • I didn't know anyone else in the world had this phone. I wish I had a silver one, though. :)

  • good quality

  • oi... try ni ericsson R520M

  • We are interested in the used GSM Mobile phone. please send us list of models and price Best regards.

  • i need ericsson from you

  • The best featured mobile handset! It's great unit.

  • does it contain cable to connect with pc ? anyhow, if anyone is interested in buying it or other this kind of phones, i can arrange something :)

  • I have been using this phone for sometim now. The moment i saw it I wanted it. The phone cos me around 200, malaysian dollars. The price of the bluetooth headset is around RM600.

  • feature wise its pretty cool, but what a dog ugly phone man! And that crummy antena.. arggh! Need i say more.

  • It is a very good phone, and it looks professional. R520m is the best on the market for people who wants to have a bussines phone. I have this phone for a month and I didn't encountered any bug or problem. It has a very good voice quality. R520m is a phone with all the services you need : Triband, HSCSD, GPRS, Bluetooth , a fantastic phone book and SMS memory . The phone menu is very easy to use and the time that reacts to your commands is very short. R520m is the best phone at this moments for the people who doesn't only to show off but wants to have a powerful connection tool in every bussines day. I don't regret the choice i made.

  • The phone got a older version of software and tried to get hold Ericsson but all in vain. The response from Ericsson is very bad. Even the CD never worked and same can't be delivered again. Bad Experience

  • there is only one word to describe this phone......"superb"

  • can you tell me where i can buy this product. Or must i reserve? but who..(i'm in Indonesia,Jakarta.Truly,where you hide this R520m

  • The front it's cool, the rear is not cool, but the software and ilumination are PERFECT. Anyway, how much is r520m? I paid for him 200$ (second hand).

  • I had a look at this phone in store in NZ...Looks great.. I want to buy this but it is not availible in Austrailia.can anyone recommend a good web site to purchase this from??

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  • This is the first speakerphone of Ericsson. It is not too good. Panasonic GD93 is better. Some provider is guilty. Try it other provider, if possibile, but i thing Your phone is not faulty. AmTi

  • thanx amti, this phone is great. all the while i have been playing nokia and didn't realised ericsson phone with large screen is so bloody easy to use. anyway does anyone have problem with speakerphone being too loud such that your friend on the side of call will hear echo effect of his own voice? i have to reduce the volume to counter this problem. is my phone faulty or the same as others? i can still exchange it if i want.

  • Sorry, i wrote is good. RSLLSLS R=right arrow L=Left arrow S=Star (*)

  • Service menu >*=right arrow

  • hi there, can anyone tell me how to get into the service menu? i need the key combination but i dunt know where to find them. Thanx

  • I now the new game. Games menu, Erix. When the phone is write , you press the 1,2,3 keys, then Yes. New game is the Snake by Nokia (I try it the software version R2M) AmTi

  • This is an excellent phone that incorporates Bluetooth/GPRS/Triband/WAP and speaker phone functionality. It also allows you to do picture messaging and maintains a very generous standby and talk time. Great phone but limited marketability. If this ever comes to your region, do not think twice, grab it before you regret. So much more value for money than the Nokia 6210. Very stable platform and does not require frequent s/w upgrades unlike Nokias'. Viva Ericsson!

  • Is this series avaliable in Indonesia?

  • I'm sorry, but no1 of Ericssons new, more advanced gsm-phones, will be released in america 4 a long time, maybe q3-4 next year, I no it's unfair. But look at japan, they allready got 3G and almost all of their phones got full-colour display, they support java, so that's unfair to europe.

  • Its a great phone, but mine it's has been stolen, so if u are a rich men and if u wanna help me to get a new one , write me.

  • This is a great phone. After owning a series of Nokia (latest being 6210) I'm glad I made the transition. Nice big display, feature rich (Bluetooth, WAP, GPRS, etc.), and the magnesium back is actually reassuring to me. I don't find it "ugly" because to me it means solid quality construction.

  • Ian, I confirm that you ARE stupid and you should buy the phone!!

  • I went out to buy this phone at the weekend only to be stopped in my tracks when I saw the rear of the phone. I was so disappointed, this phone has so many features it just begs to be bought however it looks like Ericsson didn't have time to finish the rear. It looks tacky and the black battery sat in the middle looks terrible, I'm sure it's meant to contrast but it doesn't. Someone please tell me I'm being stupid and should still buy it!! Anyone else think the rear looks unfinished?

  • This is my fifth ericsson phone (T18,T20,R320,R380) and it seems to get better and better- The R520 is definitely a step in the right direction.

  • is the r520m available in america yet? will it support the voicestream sim card thanks

  • I also forgot to mention that the sync program that ships with the R520m to synchronise with outlook is NOT working, and is not yet available for d/l on any website.

  • I have this phone for 1 month now, I HATE his look (I hate ericsson, I am a nokia man- i bought it for gprs) its features are fine but his software is not user friendly at all (mowhere near Nokia) battery lifetime is fair provided you dont use IR, i recharge my phone every night if I use IR for one hour (dont beleive what they say about the battery) if you dont need GPRS go for Nokia 6210 or even 9210.

  • From far, looks like watermelon with seeds.

  • When is it comming out, and what would the price be. I love it

  • Very excited and very good features.

  • how much is r380?