Take 1: Sony Ericsson s500i

Wow, a fresh stunning Sony Ericsson! Well, all Sony Ericssons are pretty stunning, but you’re definitely going to want to take a look at this. After receiving much praise from the enthusiast community, I decided to take a look at this phone myself.

First off, I discovered that it was available to Canada through TigerDirect.ca! Yes! We finally get something we’ve always wanted (alright so I didn’t always want this – sue me)..

TigerDirect has both a yellow and black model available – in the picture, they generally look pretty sleek and shiny. I personally would prefer the black one, as it looks a lot more masculine, but the yellow one (err, seems more golden though now that I look at it closer) is not too bad of a selection at all. They’ve both got “high-class” written all over them.

Source: http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/wp-content/phoneimages/2007/05/s500-1.jpg

As you can see, the s500i is a slider phone. Which is a big plus in my book – I love my slider phones. However, this also means that it can be a lot more fragile – I know someone who has a D809, and the slider has been a major problem for him (well, people keep fooling around with the slider) – it’s had to be sent to repair quite often.

Now that you know I wasn’t lying about the S500i, you’re probably wondering about it’s specifications. It rocks a two-megapixel camera, with a 240 x 320 pixel screen (wow, that’s pretty darn nice; 262K TFT!), 12mb of storage built-in (with support for Memory Stick Micro M2 of course), quad-band support, and EDGE support (no 3g support, darn). In short, it’s pretty standard for a high-end phone nowadays.

At $398.99 CDN for the “mysterious green” variant (the black one I was talking about, I guess they like green more than the black, haha) and $385.99 CDN for “spring yellow”, this phone definitely does not come cheap. But when it’s got the features that will last you for a while, and a look that’s bound to attract that annoying guy at the end of your street, or that intimidating boss at work, or any unexpected spectators.

I can’t say I would “highly” recommend it, but I can say it looks a lot more than it actually is. But hey, many phones do nowadays. Besides, you can expect typical Sony Ericsson quality!

And if you’re really interested, here’s the link: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3235561&CatId=1809