Advantages: Small, Easy to use, Stylish, Clear Screen, Excellent Value.
Disadvantages: Camera not the best at only 0.3 megapixels

...I absolutely love this phone. Although its quite an old phone now considering how many phones have been out since its release. I bought my Sony ericsson z530i June 2006 and its still as good as ever. It cost me £79 with the free £10 credit, or as they put it, £69 when bought with £10 credit. When I was looking for a phone I wanted it to look great, and as soon as this phone caught my eye I loved it. It was on the internet that I saw this phone and when I went to the carphone warehouse to see buy it I loved it even more, the black case on the phone is so smooth and soft. The keypad is very stylish with its ultra smooth keys and the aperance of which was charming. At 9cm by 5cm by 2.5cm its a nice compact flip phone but isnt crammed in like some phones on the market trying to get as small as they can. There is the option to change... Read review

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Advantages: Great music phone, Face wrapping is worth a few laughs
Disadvantages: Camers, 'freezing' problems

...Sony Ericsson Z530i In August 2006 I decided that it was time to change and update my existing mobile phone contract. I saw this phone and immediately wanted it and based the decision on which contract to get around the phone. I choose an O2 18 month contract which gave me a few hundred minutes and texts included in the bundle for £12.50 per month. The phone is reasonably easy to use, the manual is straight forward to read although some information is left out and you are told to refer to internet pages for more detail. Which I think is a little cheeky! The looks of the phone are pretty cool and due to the chunky design the phone would suit both sexes. The phone covers can be changed but I have found the availability to be some what limited - even on the internet. The video camera is ok but not brilliant and the camera... Read review

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Advantages: Strong
Disadvantages: unpredictable camera

...I bought this phone a bit more then a year ago for about £69.99 because from the pictures it looked good and it had everything i wanted on it, also one of my friends had recently got it, although i was not as interested in it then. The phone has a camera, mp3 player, infra-red port, bluetooth, and a slot for a memory card if you decide to buy one (unless you pay for the more expensive version of this phone with the memory card with it), even withought the memory card i could fit about 6 songs onto it. When i got this phone i really liked most things about it apart from the look of the buttons and that sometimes the camera would be good and sometimes it would be bad, it was really unpredictable. I have had this phone for approximatly 1 year and 4 months now and all the features work fine apart from the small screen, but that is only... Read review

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Advantages: Small, easy to use and lots of features.
Disadvantages: None that I have come accross

...I traded in my old O2 model for one of these phones about a year ago. Until then I'd never used a Sony Ericsson phone, and my first impression of this phone was great. It's small, compact, looks sleek and is very easy to use. It has quite a few features although a lot of them I don't actually use they're useful to have anyway. The built in camera takes fairly decent photos and videos, the larger keypad deffinatly make it easier to dial (especialy for those with large fingers). The repetitive alarm function is also really useful for work days, saves having to reset it every day. The built in media player comes in really handy as a backup MP3 player when the battery dies on my Philips GoGear, and with a 1GB card I can store more than MP3s on it to last me a while. Overall, this a great little phone which looks very nice, has... Read review

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Advantages: Comfort, power, smoothness of ride, after-sales service.
Disadvantages: Expensive to run and maintain, unconvincing in ice and snow!

...and, if you have to wait around in the car, there is also an on board television which uses the Sat Nav screen. Servicing, although expensive is at 20,000 miles intervals and is therefore infrequent however, it also involves replacing the rear tyres and windscreen wipers. All the same, from recent experience of Victoria BMW Harrogate and BMW Huntingdon, the dealers treat you as the owner of a prestige car. Good after sales service from the Harrogate dealership, where I purchased the car, I can understand but equally good after sales service from the Huntingdon dealership, where I stopped simply because I had a spurious dashboard light indication on a long journey, is unusual. If only BMW could devise a method to make the indicators work automatically (to overcome BMW drivers non-indication syndrome) and then educate less powerful car... Read review

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