Sony Ericsson W760i - the music navigates

I cannot say anything about the box, as the phone arrived “naked” (as it happens many times in case of very new delicacy phones), that is we have only managed to get the device itself, we had to supply the accessories ourselves. There was a charger, a headset and an M2 card lying around in our office just as usual, so we weren’t in trouble. The phone, available in many colors, was shining only in red in our hands. Many have told that it’s quite “girly”, but it can absolutely be used in silver and black by men too.

The slider body of W760i has many features beneath it; one might start thinking how the engineers crammed so many things in such a small place. The QVGA display on the front has a diagonal of 2.2 inches, which is absolutely fine for the average user. The panel under the screen looks exciting and has a lot of buttons. The side ones of the three circle shapes are used for handling calls; the central is the main control. There are four function buttons in total, sitting under and over the small circles. The upper ones do the functions displayed in the bottom of the screen, while the lower symbolize the quick menu and clear commands. This is on one hand logical and easy to use on the other. Above all, it also looks good, especially when there is light, as there is an arched grating near the side circles, which lets a bit of blue-grey light come through, thus providing a fascinating look.

This is still not the end of the list of small design treats. The small bump under the display is no big deal, but the spotted metal surface on the bottom of the phone is very unique with the Walkman logo in its center. The keyboard of the phone is no visual orgasm, but the backlight that lights up separately on every row is a really pleasant look. Another nice thing is the logo in the middle of the back that is also lit up, although this is not seen too much. W760i is a pretty little gadget, the only strange thing that it has no secondary camera on the front, as there are two hotkeys over the display, on the two sides of the speaker.

On top we can find the socket of the M2 card, protected by a rubber “door”; on the left there is the data connector and the Walkman hotkey, while the volume control keys are on the right side of the phone. The back has to be “torn off” in a strange way, a kind of Sagem-feeling takes over the user, but still, the quality of assembly is altogether exemplary.

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