Sony Ericsson P1i
By: Shayne Rana
| Sep 04, 2007





- 3.5
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Business phones are in a class by themselves but there’s no way that even the best business phones of today aren’t equipped with multimedia features of some sort. Their appeal, as business class models however, also greatly depend on their appearance and not just the business functions they can perform. The ergonomics of the phone itself are a vital reason for people to choose the device. The P1i for some strange reason is said to be the upgrade to the P990. In reality it neither looks nor feels anything like it but is a design and functioning copy of the M600.
Form Factor
Like I said it looks identical to the M600. The P1i has a 2.6 inch, TFT touchscreen display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and 256k colors. There’s a secondary VGA camera near the earpiece for video calls. Underneath the screen is a bit of an awkward QWERTY keypad. Why awkward? Because it has 2 alphabets on each key. Each key has a concave design to it so you can distinguish the alphabets. It may be tricky to start off with if you’re not a old M600 user. But trust me, you will get the hang of it. On the right side of the P1i is the dedicated internet key at the top; followed by the M2 card slot underneath and at the bottom is the dedicated camera key. On the other side is a steel loop for the strap, followed by the scroll wheel and return key.
The Power key and Infrared sensor can be found at the top of the phone and the stylus is conveniently positioned on the left corner near the power key. The bottom is where you’ll find that darn Sony Ericsson proprietary slot for the earphones, USB and charger. What I do like about the P1i is that it’s quite light at 124g and is really easy to handle. With or without the touchscreen. The rear is where you’ll find the 3.2 megapixel camera with a flash. It’s just below a silver bar, where it would seem the speakers are located.
What I do need to mention is that the material the screen is made of, is a little too soft. My recommendation is that you don’t use anything else that includes your nails ladies, to maneuver through the menus on the touchscreen. If you don’t get used to using the stylus, you can severely scratch the screen. The P1i also comes a universal stand that will allow you to prop it up and has 3 separate slots for the charger and USB (rear) as well as a separate port on the side for the headphones.
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good design, informative, bussines style preface and soo many good for P1i....
juned @ Oct 09, 2008
Two minor problems: 1. the alarm doesnt work when the phone is switched off - this can be countered by reducing the ringtone and text message tone volume to zero (not muting the phone though). The alarm will work that way!!
The other problem is that there is no call recorder.... live with it.... coz the phone is REALLY worth it!!
Good luck....
A die hard SE FAN!!
Arvindh @ Sep 03, 2008
Also can we use the flash of the camera as torch?
Shashank @ Aug 29, 2008
h sahni @ May 10, 2008
Though making playlist is bit tricky but once you have done it its cool.
It worth buying at such a low price . Sony is much much better than Nokia .
The same fetured model in Nokia is 34 k & sony provides at 17K.
All Sony loyalists must buy this & have fun & joy.
CHEERS ! DK
DEEPAK @ May 06, 2008
Usage of the ph is very good. the battery is very good too for a smartphone. jus one thing hav not found a good carry case, the one provided with the phone is jus a velvet cover.
gd @ Apr 25, 2008
Krunal patel @ Apr 13, 2008
Rakesh @ Feb 26, 2008
This phone is not having any problem of slow/hang. Only one feature missing is voice recoding when call is active. This was there in all othe version of sony but some how not finding in P1i. It is having sound recorder but can not use as voice call recorder. Overall very good phone as compare to all other brand. I have sold my Nokia 6270 but Sony is better then Nokia.
Those who need to import xls file can have other way round . Import xls file in Outlook express/outlook and then synchronise with P1i . It works so need to worry how to get back old contact details of old phone.
Guys go for P1i you will , its really worth it.
Rakesh Singh @ Feb 26, 2008
ajy @ Jan 30, 2008
Kiran @ Jan 25, 2008
tintin @ Nov 20, 2007
someone please help
Chandrashekar @ Nov 11, 2007
I have taken this phone after trading in my nokia n series phone.This is such aimprovement in terms of quality,stability,features and egronomics that i wonder how nokia will ever compare to sony
m.bhasker @ Nov 05, 2007
Ashok @ Nov 02, 2007
please male me
bye
mohsinhakim @ Oct 07, 2007
Rakesh Gupta @ Oct 01, 2007
nAno @ Sep 27, 2007
Potang_Ina_mo @ Sep 10, 2007
i found the UI of the p1 quite responsive and not sluggish at all.....all the nokia symbians i've used (inc. the N series) are horribly slow in comparison....
Hitesh @ Sep 09, 2007
Deepak @ Sep 08, 2007
Sandy Depp @ Sep 07, 2007
Having used p800, and p990 in the past i feel SE should have given the 5 way scroll button on p1i.rest everything about this phone is wonderful and believe me u just cant compare it with n95 or even e90 as both of them are not pda and do not offer touch screen interface.. so go ahead and enjoy.. cheers
Abhishek Jain @ Sep 06, 2007
aziz @ Sep 05, 2007
Shinit @ Sep 05, 2007
keep it up.
thanking you
k.sudhir babu
KOTI.SUDHIR BABU @ Sep 05, 2007
anu @ Sep 05, 2007
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