Grand but delicate (Sony Ericsson F500i)

Member Name: bytelive

Product:	Sony Ericsson F500i
Date:	17/11/06 (35 review reads)
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Advantages: Great screen, easy to use

Disadvantages: Useless flimsy navigation thumb control

I had always been a Nokia phone user, up until I spotted this phone in the window of a Vodafone shop! I went ahead and bought the phone, and was quite pleased with it at first.

It did everything like it should. It was very easy to use from the off, and easy to navigate.

Sadly, it's the navigation that annoyed me after some months. The thumbstick started to only work intermittently, meaning many presses to make it respond until finally, the thumbstick stopped working altogether. As this is the only way of accessing all the menu features properly, it was a big blow. I had thought to myself that this would be a problem long term, but took the risk. Sadly, the problem did happen.

I guess I'm probably one of few unlucky ones, but I have not bought any phone with a thumbstick since, in favour of proper buttons for navigation instead.

The phone still works, but without the thumbstick!

Summary: Good, but be wary of the joystick!

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