Sony Ericsson K500i

Advantages: Brilliant sounding ring tones, light weight, looks good
Disadvantages: small buttons and picture quality is a bit poor

...box is the instruction manual, sony ericssons guide to fun and downloads(with a free splinter cell download when you register on the sony ericsson website), information on bolt ons, a trouble-shooters guide and a service and support booklet. You also get the charger. Also once you register the phone with the network you get an extra £3 of credit after 30 days and the wap facility is free for 30 days. I’m not sure if this applies to every network ...
...the phone for 4 hours it was time to get stuck in! First impressions …WOW….the best phone I’ve had to date. The quality of the picture and graphics are amazing, to me it’s like a mini television. The layout of it is really simple to follow as well and includes a start up wizard to help guide you through. The good thing as well is the help is always stored on the phone so if you ever forget you can always go back and check. The layout reminds me of ... Read review

Advantages: Great features....looks sleek
Disadvantages: Stupid analogue key and charger/port.

...ericsson' indented with that green/grey sony ericsson logo thingy sticking out! Along the left side you have the quick camera key and the volume control buttons. ~~~SO FOR THE SHORTLIST OF FEATURES~~~ Built in camera Fast 3-D gaming Media player Picture messaging 21 ringtones Create your own Polyphonic ringtones Downloadable ones 3 games~~tennis~~darts~~~fighters (we also got a splinter cell demo wth ours) Downloadable games Predictive ...
...doubt I will get another Sony Ericsson purely because of the charger port...I find it too fiddly and in my case it has messed up twice! The shiney silver frame around the screen does not stay shiney for long and has rubbed/chipped away on all of both our phones. ~~~~SO IS IT RECOMMENDED?~~~~ MMMMM.......tough one! Like I say above it IS a good phone with too many features to list and when it's in full working order it's a pleasure to own.....we ... Read review

Advantages: Quality, camera, brand, price, functionality
Disadvantages: Neither bluetooth nor radio and appalling MP3 player capacity

...had been very impressed by Sony Ericsson in the past and found them better Nokias in the build quality, software, and style were all far superior. The K500i is also very cheap at a similar price to competitors less well-known and Sony Ericsson. I believe you can pick one up for around £80 on pay-as-you-go or from free on even the cheapest contracts. ---Features--- The biggest advancements between the T610 and the K500 is that the camera quality ...
...good quality as with all Sony Ericsson phones with a good degree of crispness and a high number of colours. The screen is also very large, which is useful when you taking pictures or reading text messages or e-mails. The very has all the features you expect a modern phone including e-mail, multimedia messaging and GPRS Internet access. I find that the predictive text was better than most manufacturers’, because it incorporates your own words and ... Read review

Advantages: Good Looking and Good Sound Quality
Disadvantages: Missing Bluetooth and Needs a Bigger Memory

When I first came across this phone in the display of a shop window, I thought to myself that looks like a very nice and compact mobile phone. So I went in and checked it out and was assured it was top of the range by the shop assistant. The price was well within my range and I thought £85 was an amazing deal for a phone which appeared to have many great features. As I used it more it became apparent that it wasn't as good as it came across. The ...
...it came to the picture quality, it was brilliant and took a very clear photo. Also when recording using the video function, it gave a great quality video. I found that when taking pictures the screen was also very helpful as I could see a wide area as the screen was a great size. It had other features such as e-mail, GPRS and infrared. I found the Infrared very inefficient as most people had Bluetooth. Also it could be said that when sending files ... Read review

Advantages: easy to use, plus has camera
Disadvantages: not many added functions

I've had my k500i for just under a year now, I got it as a replacement for a broken seimens S55. I had read the stats for the k700i and bought the k500i by mistake, basically missing out on bluetooth. Other than the lack of bluetooth though it's a nice little phone, it has a reasonable camera and can send pictures and take videos (though you can't send the videos and it definitely won't allow video calls). It came with a load of pretty good games, ...
...that these are as standard. The battery life is pretty impressive for this type of phone, I've seen it last 3 days without calls, I don't make many calls (I text most of the time thanks to a pre-pay O2 genie sim that gives me 300 free texts a month) so not sure about length of battery life when calling a lot. I do remember from experience in the past though that manufacturers stats for call time battery life are based on optimum signal and the battery ... Read review

Advantages: good user friendly software and good looks
Disadvantages: very expensive, not very good software.

...O.K phone, quit expensive. Very good sleek look, not very fat. easy to use. loads of good features. The mp3 player is very easy to use and very loud. And the preloaded games are really fun to play with good graphics. there is even a step counter! Battery lasts for a long time. Reception quality is o.k but not the best. The only problem for me is that it does not have 3G so I cant video call or have fast internet. The 2 mega-pixel camera is not as bright as the samsung E900 2 mega-pixel camera. I think for the price it sells at it is not the greatest phone and you can get a much better phone for the same price such as the sony ericsson s500 or the k810i.... Read review

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Advantages: Camera (with flash), Bluetooth, 'walkman fuctions', expandable memory.
Disadvantages: Slightly low battery life at times

...I have had my W800i for about 6 months now, and have not been let down yet !!! I upgraded from a sony ericsson K500i, so I didn't have any difficulty using this phone at all, as it has a crystal clear display and decent sized buttons. The phone itself is stunning to look with its unique colouring and is clearly noticeable as a sony ericsson phone. The most impressive features of this phone for me are the camera and the MP3 (walkman) functions. The camera is 2.0 megapixels and has a flash too and also has video capture aswell. The quality of the pictures is amazing for a phone's camera and the photos ae easily transferable to your computer via the lead included. I tend to use the camera alot for taking pictures for band reviews that are used on my website, so the quality has to be o.k The MP3 (walkman) features of the phone have... Read review

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Advantages: lasts a long time, Top quality speaker sound, Stylish
Disadvantages: only 2 megapixel camera

...to music alot and browsing the web one of the main things that can drain the battery is playing games then again hours of tetris doesnt do much good for any phone. At first i used to charge the phone every 3 days or so. Lately (considering the phone is about 16 months old) my battery can last about two days which i think is good compared with previous phones like my sony ericsson K500i which i used to have to charge every night after about 6 months. As with all phones though the more you do the quicker your battery will run low. Actually one of the problems i had was that the chargers for these phones are a litte fragile and the small clips can easily bend but because the chargers are the same as alot of other sony ericssons they are quite easy to replace and arent too expensive. The basic functions on this phone are easily accessible... Read review

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