Cheap Phone Full of Features (Sony Ericsson W200i)

Member Name: shmental

Product:	Sony Ericsson W200i
Date:	13/10/08 (43 review reads)
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Advantages: MP3 capability, easy to use

Disadvantages: No Bluetooth, not a great camera

I got this mobile phone for a Birthday present for my sister. She asked me to choose a phone i would like within her budget £20-40 and this phone definately had the best spec out of all other options in that bracket.

To get started is relatively simple. I pretty much just had to turn it on and get going, as the people from the shop had set everything up for me. Within minutes i had connected it to my computer and was putting songs it. Doing this is incredibly easy. It didnt even install the software given with the phone. I just used the USB connection provided and my coputer found and installed the hardware. From then I simply dragged and dropped my songs into the phone.

The texting with this phone is great to use. The predictive text does take a bit of time to get used to. But if you stick with it is very rewarding as you can build up your own little dictionary of words that in the long run saves you time. The phone puts your most used words at the top of the selection list which is another handy time saver.

There are a few downpoints. The quality of the camera isn't great at all. But I suppose this is to be expected for the price. What you do get more than makes up for the less than adequate VGA camera. Overall more dissapointing than this is the lack of bluetooth. I find it a bit strange that a modern phone with all the other features it has (MP3 capability etc) doesn't have bluetooth. However as this is my only gripe against an otherwise great little phone which I love, don't let that minor thing put you off.

All in all I would highly recomend this phone if you are on the look out for a cheap, relible, feature packed and actually quite good looking phone. I doubt you will find a better one at this price.

Summary: Definately worth getting for the price.

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