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Review: I've just upgraded to the Sony Ericsson K700i mobile phone from a Sony Ericsson T610 so my comparisons will be with that: The phone is squatter -- it's not a long but it's wider. It has a similar thickness to the T610. The K700i is more responsive -- when you press a key it responds instantly or a second or two later (none of the waiting a minute or two that you had with the T610). The keys are larger and placed right next to one another. However, they have an arched shape so it's easy to feel when you're on the next key. The camera takes stills with 640x480 pixels. The phone has a light next to the camera lens. As an aid to the camera, the light is only effective if you're pretty close to the subject but the light can be used as a regular torch. The K700i does have video capabilities but you have to be close to the phone for it to pick up your voice. The picture quality for video is not as good though. There is a difference in the way that voice dialling is implemented. On the K700i, there is a separate voice recording for every number -- i.e. if you have a contact where you have, say, a home number and a mobile number, you have to record one phrase for the home number and one for the mobile.[1] The predictive text learns your preferences a lot faster. It re-prioritises the list of words it has the after the first or the second time you select that word. The screen is a lot clearer and brighter. The phone also has an FM radio. You do need to have the hands free kit (supplied) connected to use the radio as it uses the wire as its ariel. Battery life and care: The battery life when you first get the phone is terrible. It lasts only 2-2.5 days with light use. However, the instructions do advise that you periodically leave the phone on until it turns off completely. If you do that you do have to give it a full 4 hour+ charge (as if it were new). I've just done the first of those and the battery meter only shows 1 unit of charge being used up and I did that more than a day ago so the battery life does improve as you go through the discharge cycle. As the screen is very power hungry, I would recomend only keeping the screen bright when you are using it. My main complaint (and it's the reason why I've deducted a star from my review) is that the joystick, what Orange call the "Action key", can misinterpret your input (especially when you want to press it down). In short it's a good phone which has a lot of potential. However, there are one or two niggly shortcomings that can spoil the enjoyment a bit. [1] On the T610 you would say something like: [contact] then "home", "mobile", etc. | 
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