Hype or actually a great phone? (Sony Ericsson K700i)

Member Name: TrickyQ2000

Product:	Sony Ericsson K700i
Date:	13/10/04 (1548 review reads)
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Advantages: Better camera/memory, More stable, New features (e.g. mp3 playback)

Disadvantages: Not that different to the older models, Still relatively expensive, Bulky

I myself was drawn to the T610, a predecessor of the K700i, by the massive marketing campaign of about a year ago. The phone was made out to be sleek, sexy and packed full of the most upto date features (bluetooth, camera etc etc). However, I found the T610 to be unreliable and lacking in memory to store all your photos etc on, the camera was also quite poor.

Thankfully, many of these problems have been addressed in the K700i (and to an extent the T630). The phone rarely crashes for me now and boasts a massively improved memory. It also comes with new features such as the ability to play mp3s and also video recording. The camera is now also revamped with the ability to zoom put in although I still find the quality of photos somewhat of a let down.

Of course, the phone does everything that you can expect from a top of the range phone such as the myriad of calenders/diaries etc as well as the obligatory WAP services. Even the games have improved (I especially enjoy the tennis).

However, despite all these improvements, I would still really only be tempted to buy this phone if I do not own any of the previous models (T610/T630), as although it addresses their faults and adds new features, it still feels like the same phone. Being one of the more expensive phones, I would really only reccomend this for people yet to use any of the phones in this series.

Or just by the Motorola V3.... :)

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