Sony Ericsson P1i

The latest reincarnation of the exclusive P series of Sony Ericsson features a new design, far from the familiar flip keypad of its older brothers. It's design follows the M600i closely, with the same OS (with a few differences, though), same rocker style QWERTY keyboard and a large touchscreen. I think its 2.6 inches, correct me if I'm wrong.

The P1i is on top of its class boasting almost complete connectivity options, it does away with wifi g. It has a camera, a 3.2 megapixel at the back and another one at the front for video calling. Unlike Nokia, you cannot use the front camera for camwhoring. I know, I tried to, but it just won't work. It is very slim compared to its older brother, the P990i. I got to use the phone for about two months, and I am satisfied with it. The wifi was quick to scan and connect and it is very efficient in multi tasking. It never hanged up on me. The web browser was superb. I don't have to manually enter settings if I'm using wifi or gprs, it automatically figures it out. I also love the big screen. My pictures looked clear. The camera, though, was a bit dissapointing. It may not be from the cybershot line of camera phones, but the pictures I took with it came out grainy. I don't know if it was just because I was using the smallest picture size, which is VGA resolution, but when I use VGA on my other phones, they come out good and crisp. The touchscreen was sensitive enough, but it was a fingerprint magnet. I had to wipe it frequently. The battery was typical sony, Even if I had been playing music for hours, it would still have juice for the rest of the day. The keypad needs some getting used to, and if you have large fingers, you are going to have a hard time texting. Luckily, the handwriting recognition software was good. The casing is made of plastic, metal with the back having a rubber surface. It's not easy to scratch, but the silver paint on the camera shutter button chips off easily.

It comes with a 1gb memory stick micro for all your files. Another plus point for the P1i was the QUICKOFFICE application. Not only did it let you open word, excel and powerpoint documents, it lets you edit them, applicable only for word and excel documents though.
The current price of the P1i (last time I checked) was 21,000++ php. Greenhills price. Overall, the phone is great. If you don't care about the camera, this is a smartphone you won't be dissapointed in.