Sony CMD-Z7

I bought one of these offline for £150 from Carphone Warehouse to replace my ageing Nokia 8210, and I have to say after nearly a week I am disappointed. I bought it initially because I trust the Sony brand and I was impressed with the design. It is a very attractive phone, with an internal aerial and active flip that only partially covers up the screen so you can see who's calling you, and it's all wrapped up in a tasteful brushed silver colour plastic. However it does seem to be that type of tasteful brushed silver colouring that will wear off with time and leave you with nasty worn patches. Unfortunately I have little to say about this phone ...

1.Thanks to its ample DISPLAY dimensions (the largest in its category!), excellent graphics (has a high resolution graphic display which no Nokia has this category), display is so clear and easy to read. -Most READABLE DISPLAY in this category, 9 lines (small font), selectable display font (Nokias can't even compare, with Nokias you have only 4 lines and most Nokia models have too weak displays, that make it too difficult to read most of the times) -Small, elegant but tough. EXCELLENT BUILT QUALITY (All the cellular world knows it by heart that Nokias suffer from low built quality) -Excellent reception (can't even compare with small Nokia model, ...

Having been in the posession of this tasty morsel of phoneage for a month or so now I feel it is time to lay down the pros and cons (of which there are a few!) for the handset. [Insert witty "oooo please don't give me a crown" joke here (like i even know what a crown is....)] Well the main control for the z7 is the fancy little jog dial thing on the left hand side. For some reason, i don't know why, sony have had an obsession with jog dials. In this instance pretty much everything can be controlled with the dial except the typing of texts and numbers. This takes a bit of time to get used to and i'm not sure (as a right hander) ...