Mobile Phone Reviews

Sony Ericsson is known for its elegant and beautifully designed phones, and the S500i is no exception. Its sleek and sexy slider design sports a unique aesthetic that makes it look like it belongs in a high-end boutique rather than a cell phone store. And even though it’s not a Walkman-branded phone, it comes with an onboard music player, as well as stereo Bluetooth, a 2.0-megapixel camera, a wireless Web browser, e-mail, and more. The S500i is available in Mysterious Green, Spring Yellow, Ice Purple, and Contrasted Copper. Since the S500i isn’t offered via U.S. carrier, you’ll have to purchase it unlocked at a rather steep price of $359.

Music quality is passable. We wouldn’t rely on it as a primary music device, but the speakers did deliver good sound quality while headphones provide the best listening experience.

The Sony Ericsson S500i has a rated battery life of 9 hours talk time and 15.4 days standby time. According to FCC radiation tests, the S500i has a digital SAR rating of 0.77 watt per kilogram.

Sony Ericsson S500i - ice purple Reviews From talk-mania

The Sony Ericsson S500i is a stylish phone with a lot of sex appeal plus a decent feature set, but its high price and iffy controls make it less than desirable.

Sony Ericsson S500i - ice purple Reviews From plemix

I hear good things about the phone, such as the themes. however, this is just a regular phone with slightly more updated features, other than that, it’s just another one of those phones that looks really cool. plus, the keypad can easily crack, even after the first day of use! so if you’re an avid texter, don’t get this phone. and if you are a heavy phone user with big hands/fingers.

Sony Ericsson S500i - ice purple Reviews From cell-phones

The Sony Ericsson S500i is truly an extremely well designed, stylish phone with many multimedia features including a 2 megapixel camera and an impressive music player. The operates in GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (Quadband). The wireless interface is Bluetooth (A2DP).

When we tested this phone we really appreciated the all around call quality. Voices were loud and clear with little to no static or background noise for both incoming and outgoing calls.

While listening to MP3 audio, the speakers delivered excellent sound quality, and the headphones provided a superior listening experience. The S500i comes equipped with a slightly more than 2 in, 18-bit (262000 Colors), TFT LCD display with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels.

Sony Ericsson S500i - ice purple Reviews From cnet

The good: The Sony Ericsson S500i is a beautifully designed handset with a slew of multimedia features that include a 2-megapixel camera plus a music player. Performance was great, as well.

The bad: The Sony Ericsson S500i has a rather fragile keypad, plus it’s on the expensive side.

The bottom line: The Sony Ericsson S500i is a stylish phone with a lot of sex appeal plus a decent feature set, but its high price and iffy controls make it less than desirable.