Typical price: £175
What is it: A stylish slider with quirky mood lights
What we think: The S500i is a great-looking handset that matches an individual personality with some really useful features
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Sony Ericsson S500i compared to all other phones
 Sony Ericsson S500i |
 Sony Ericsson W760i |
 Apple iPhone |
 Sony Ericsson W902 |
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| Review date | 3 Aug 07 | 4 Jul 08 | 30 Jun 07 | 31 Oct 08 |
| Editor's rating |
7.9
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8.7
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8.5
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8.4
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| Price range | £175 | |||
| Review summary | This handset has bags of personality thanks to its ever-changing themes and quirky mood lights. It also boasts some seriously useful features, including support for RSS newsfeeds and a good music player. Put simply, there's a lot here that we like Read full review |
The Sony Ericsson W760i is the best Walkman phone to date with so many features it rivals non-music phones like the N95. The lack of a standard headphone socket is its biggest flaw, but other than that, it's going down as one of our all-time favourite Sony Ericsson phones -- and not just in the music phone category Read full review |
Despite some important missing features, a slow data network and call quality that doesn't always deliver, the Apple iPhone sets a new benchmark for an integrated mobile phone and MP3 player Read full review |
The W890i's successor -- the W902 -- offers the best camera we've seen on a music phone, with a decent interface and a solid, attractive design. It loses marks for not having a real headphone socket, but if you want a full-featured music phone, it's one to check out Read full review |
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