Sony Ericsson Z1010 Review

Good Points
Nice keypad layout.

Bad Points
Big
Bulky
Camera in a terrible place
Appalling battery life

General Comments
OK perhaps I ought to explain that My usual phone is the Sharp GX20, I am only using the Sony Ericsson Z1010 phone for a 3G trial for Vodafone - and am not allowed to discuss any aspect of the service from Vodafone - but they never said anything about talking about the phone.



The phone is big, about 1cm bigger than the GX20 in every dimension, and feels big in the hand, yup, it's heavy as well.

Picture quality, the phone focuses far quicker than the GX20, however the quality of the picture is noticeably worse.

The positioning of the camera on the outside of the phone (it has 2) is utterly UTTERLY terrible. It's above the battery instead of the norm by the exterior screen. This means that you can't just hold the lower half of the phone and click photos, you have to hold the bottom quarter - i.e ya gotta stretch to reach the centre key, and this is a big phone making this is a serious design flaw.

The worst feature however is the battery life, I took it off charge 20 hours ago and it is already down to 1 & 1/2 bars out of 5. This phone needs charging on a daily basis.



Good stuff - nice keypad layout. Above average features - MP3 player, Bluetooth, etc - nothing that other vastly better phones haven't already got.



Summary - I got this for free on a trial, and even at this price (with free calls and free texts - like I say I'm just testing the service) I am seriously struggling to consider it worthwhile. And I think that says it all - even free with as much free stuff as I can use it's still not worth it for this phone.