Sony Ericsson Z750a Purple Cell Phone

Cons: Sometimes freezes/lags, battery hatch easily pops off,
some side buttons somewhat unresponsive

Summary: Before this phone, I had the extremely reliable SE Z520a, which was the best phone I ever had. When the salesperson told me it was basically that phone was a predeccesor to this, I decided to try this out. When I bought mine, the purple color was still available and that color was extremely vivid and eye-catching. The hidden LED display is perfect and pretty much blew all of my friends away. It's no good in the sunshine unless you shield it with your hand or something, but you could always just flip it open and check there. I think the first time turning it on, the first thing that would catch the eye of the user was the brilliant internal display. Due to its large size, obviously the phone was on the larger side. Although the phone was on the big side, it just gave it a durable, solid feel rather than unnecessarily large. The buttons were extremely well placed and it's a great phone for texting on. I kept the camera on its lowest setting (VGA) and the performance was still outstanding, and the 2 mp pictures were astounding. The phone has an impressive internal memory because i was able to store most of my text messages from when i first got this phone as well as music and pictures. The sound on this phone was awesome and I thought a really cool feature was that if you chose to, you could actually close the phone while on speakerphone and the call wouldn't end. The call quality was really clear at first, but as time went there would be these annoying times that got more and more frequent where the call would end and the phone would shut off. I'm not certain if it was on this specific device because my sister also has this device and hers does not do this, but just be wary. Also, if you're clumsy, this may or may not be the phone for you. On the con side, the battery hatch easily pops off when it falls (but not when trying to take it off- go figure. However, on the plus side, for such a stylish product, it's pretty durable. I've dropped it on numerous occasions and although your phone will automatically shut down or say inactive smartchip, if you just turn it off and take out then put back in the battery, it works good as new. The small music button is somewhat unresponsive, but that's only when the phone is closed, so I don't personally think that point is a deal-breaker. The battery life really isn't something to rejoice about, especially while texting. However, like most SE devices, it will give you a warning that the phone is abut to die (like 5 times) before actually dying, so you can warn your mom/spouse/whomever that you can't be reached (: Overall, for the price this is a fantastic phone with a few annoyances that aren't disruptive to the overall performance. If you're someone who's looking for a bunch of media on one phone at a wallet-friendly price (around $9.99 with a 2-yr contract with at&t)this really is a spectacular phone. It's not one of the higher-end phones from SE, but it still performs really well. I'd definitely recommend this