Sony Ericsson W350

Why do some phones get a "basic" or "entry" label?

This phone has 1.3m camera, Edge, MP3 player, memory card slot, bluetooth, email (unless your carrier removes it), RSS reader, and other stuff.

It lacks 3G, but that hardly makes a phone "basic". Is the absent video ability what does it?

What's the point? Who buys a phone primarily for the music capabilities?

the hinges on this phone are very sensitive causing the flip to detach in most instances this is physical damage but Sony Ericsson knows this is a common issue and will warranty the phone.

Seriously, 1995 called and they want their phone back.

I can't believe that a company would even think of putting a phone like this in the market. Let's forget about its performance and focus on how they are going to compare it with say the blackberry or lg models. i really thought that I have seen everything but as they say "history repeats itself". Let's hope they bring the gameboy color back, now that would be a classic.

We just got this phone in store. Uhh feels kinda cheap. At least they came out with some with a oldschool/newschool style. Kinda cool it comes with a couple MP3s (ex: Usher-Love in this club) I think they mainly came out with the style to be made to look more like a MP3 player instead. Its pretty nifty. Im just already seeing customers who refuse to get insurance coming into the store due to they broke the flap thing. lol

🙂 I've been waiting for SE to come out with a phone that has the flip open cover a la the original Ericsson t39, t39m. I still have one (which I no longer use regularly) and it is/was way ahead of its time. It had a WAP browser, Bluetooth, and tri-band "world" coverage. And this was in an era when few people even knew what Bluetooth was and phone connectivity was virtually unheard of. But most of all, I liked the lightweight "flip cover" - easy to use and eminently functional. Well, here it is and beautifully executed as well. It does everything I would need it to for a reasonable price. Kudo's to SE (and hurry up with the w350a/850mhz band version).