Im not really a conoseur of phones, and bought this Orange SPV E200 as my first windows based mobile phone, because of the screen. Yeah its a bit top heavy, but then we all complained when the nokia 8210 came out and we all got use to that. It seems that orange have tried to over complicate things by giving you 5 ways to do everything, rather than keeping things simple. I find that the delete button sticks, so if i want to delete a character it tends to delete the whole message and i cant stop it. I guess the fact that being a windows based application it sucks the power dry, certainly a proto type phone.

Having had an original Orange SPV, I was pleased overall with the Orange SPV E200 mobile phone.

Having only had the SPV E200 for a few days, the only really bad thing is the battery life.

With any phone these days, I don't think it's too much to expect a half-decent battery life.

This was a problem with the SPV too, but with the E200 having more features, it is something that is important and as the battery life is on my SPV E200, it really does let the phone down.

The other letdown is accessories - although there are plenty of Bluetooth accessories available. But simple basic things such as an in-car charger don't seem to be available (yet).

Overall, I like the E200 but I am very disappointed with the battery.