Packed with features (Sony Ericsson W810i)

Member Name: ZippyMonster

Product:	Sony Ericsson W810i
Date:	14/06/09 (4 review reads)
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Advantages: Packed with great features, simple to use

Disadvantages: None

I inherited this from my brother after he got a new one and he had this a for a year before me. I'm never one for fancy phones as long as they have a camera I'm happy.

Now to the good bit, the features:
- 2.0 Mega Pixel Camera
- Fm Radio
- Walkman
- Video Capture
- Sound Recorder
- Calendar etc
- Triband
And everything else you would expect from a mobile phone, texting, phone book, alarm, timer, stopwatch etc. The phone also has keys at the side which allow you to quickly select functions including the camera, the zoom and to turn on the radio or mp3 player.

The camera is great quality as well as the video capture being very good. It wouldn't replace my digital camera though. You can edit the pictures with flash, 4.0 zoom, change the shoot mode to suit the picture you are taking with panorama, frames and burst. As well as having night mode, self timer etc the camera is very well equipped.

The walkman is of great quality and I wouldn't notice the difference between my iPod and the phone. I have about 50 songs on it with a 512mb card and it still has loads of space left. You can sort it like you would with an mp3 player, song, album, artist and genre.

The radio is simple to use as well and you can save your favourite stations and once again the quality is fantastic. Texting is simple and easy to navigate around and the same to make phone calls with a very easy phonebook to look through.

You can add events to your calendar and the alarm has 2 functions - a recurrent alarm which you can set to go off certain days of the week and a normal one off alarm with the choice of using a tone or a song from your Mp3 player.

You can customise the theme of the phone giving it a brand new look every day if you wish. There is also WAP access if you need it.

The battery life is great, I use the walkman quite a lot and it's on for about 16 hours a day and the battery can last well over a week without it having to be charged. It can also be used on flights as it has a flight mode which allows you to listen your walkman but not use the main phone.

Overall this phone is packed with features, but still remains a very simple phone to use. If your looking for a phone with features but don't want something complicated to work then this is the phone for you.

It can be bought for around £50 second hand.

Summary: Fantastic phone and still going years later!

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