The phone is a slide open device and has TFT screen with control buttons on the front. The screen gives a display of 256 K colours with a resolution of 240 by 320 pixels. Any wallpaper or screensaver saved on the screen make the whole affair quite boisterous. When the cover is pushed up, a keypad shows up.

The phone can be used to download polyphonic as well as MP3 ring-tones. The WAP browser is very effective for browsing of the internet. With the aid of the WAP browsers, you can easily surf the net and download games, ring-tones or pictures of your choice. This handset can be used for emailing to friends and colleagues. The 2 MP camera captures photo with a picture resolution of 1600 by 1200 pixels. So, having clicked the best pictures, you can share them with other people using the Bluetooth network or a USB port. This handset has a MP3 player that plays music on popular formats such as AAC and AAC+. The other key features are the organiser and voice memo.

Sony Ericsson S500i is supported by a battery that gives a standby of 370 h with a talk-time of 9 h. So, with such prolonged battery life, you can always expect this phone to deliver a high level of performance. The S500 works on 2G networks and can also connect to high speed connections such as GPRS and EDGE. The HSCSD enhances the speed of internet browsing. The phone has a 12 MB shared memory space that is capable of storing 1000 phone entries. You can also use the memory space to store enormous quantity of data and files. This handset is available at cheap price rates in the UK. This Sony Ericsson phone brings to you the world of entertainment, news and keeps you connected. You can carry this handset to any distant place of the world and yet remain connected.