I bought the black version for 49.99 (but was able to use a 16.00 voucher on this), a neat, good-looking device, which felt comfortable in the hand in the shop. It is still my main phone six-months on, but I wouldn't choose it again.

Initially, the battery life was short, a few days at the very most (certainly not the 12+ promised in the guide). I abandoned the phone in a drawer and started using it again recently, and the battery life has improved.

The menus are annoying at times, with laborious sequences of clicks to get to a desired photo, for example. Photos cannot be displayed full-screen, which is a shame.

On the plus side, the inbuilt applications are good, as is the sound quality. The FM radio is particularly good. The download display is excellent and informative.

The slide action is a little too loose, and the buttons easy to depress, so I don't find it the best phone to have in my jeans pocket. Having said all this, I don't plane to change it as it does the main job well - keeping me in touch, browsing the web and listening to the radio, so overall, a qualified 'yes', but could do better for less money.