Sony Ericsson W705 User Reviews

Received this upgrade mobile a few weeks ago and it has taken me the same amount of time to get used to it. All features are the same as my old mobile apart from some updated bits eg games and camera is slightly different but overall it still easy to use in that sence.

The actual design of the phone is a different story. The buttons are tiny and even with small fingers I find it a nuisance to text people. I can usually text quite quickly but due to the size of the buttons I cant do this anymore and have to be very slow as you sometimes press 2 buttons at the same time and make many mistakes.

The sound is good, also the camera is very good with good quality pictures. Only other downside was that I was supposed to receive a memory card with the phone and didnt.

The W705 looks great with a sleek silver and gold design and a rubberised back. In some functions the screen turns as you turn the phone which is clever but not original to this phone by any means. The camera is great and my Grand Canyon shots came out brilliant.

Texting is a little hard as the buttons are not separated at all. The screen is a little small for effective internet browsing but the display does switch to landscape if you turn the phone on its side. Better phones out there sure, but this one is good looking.

Very easy to use, I loved the applications, including the Facebook one and the games. However, the design of the phone seemed bulky and not particularly attractive to me and despite being lightweight, I couldn't easily fit it in my pocket. The camera wasnt brilliant either.

Great phone with wifi, the WiFi works great, you can connect at home to your broadband connection or via any other WiFi connection while your about.

Features are great, has all the original Sony Ericsson features and you can download lots more applications over the internet.

Texting is great, using the new Sony Ericsson "conversations" feature which is like texting using an iPhone. Overall fantastic phone I love mine, don't want to upgrade, fantastic for the price too.

After my previous phone disaster (a w960i that never worked for the whole 18 months I had to suffer with it), I decided to get a slightly more basic phone in the hopes that it would be more reliable.

This has definately proved it's worth. There isn't really such thing as a basic phone anymore, and this one actually has a good camera (3.2mp, although it doesn't have auto focus), a walkman and radio feature, wifi and Memory Stick Micro compatibility.

The build quality is fairly good, although the hinge is a little more wobbly than I'd like. In general it's an attractive, well thought out phone that I haven't had any problems with in the 5 months I've had it.