Sony ericsson W300i - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Solid budget music phone is light and compact but a little hard to navigate.

Pros: Nice, compact design, Plays music well

Cons: Lacks exterior buttons, Doesn't allow playlist creation on PC

Award: Editor's Choice!

Pros: Excellent call quality, reception, battery life, PC connectivity, and music capabilities for the price.

Cons: No stereo Bluetooth. Speakerphone should be louder.

Verdict: A full-fledged music phone for the price of two CDs? Sign us up, especially considering the all-around quality of this attractive flip phone.

Review summary: Sony Ericsson announced the W300 back in February of 2006. It was the seventh Walkman phone in the series that focuses on a great music experience on top of a mobile phone. Along side of the Sony Ericsson W600 and the W810i, which are the higher-end model

Pros: Compact size and lightweight, strong reception, excellent call quality, good browser by WAP browser standards and capable messaging features. Transferring music files to the phone is easy and the expansion slot is handy for storing tunes. Score one for So

Cons: The package doesn't include the Memory Stick Micro adapter to use with card readers. The phone is a little buggy and freezes up once in a while with no apparent cause. (When that happens reboot the phone or take the battery out for a few seconds.) The num

Verdict: A very capable feature phone that's easy to use and small enough to live in any pocket. The full Walkman treatment makes it easy to use the phone as a casual music player, though it can't compete with iPod's higher music storage capacity and even better f

Pros: Interesting design, Walkman playback

Cons: Tiny keypad

Verdict: A solid walkman phone that is let down a little by its irritating keypad. If you need a small handset with great music playback this is a good choice.