[poshbakerloo]

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini

I'm looking at getting a new phone, but I don't want to get locked into an expensive 2 year contract, or spend £100s on a new phone.

Its less than a year old (10 months?), only seems to cost about £90-£110 new, and seems to have pretty much everything any other phone has, and can also apparently be upgraded to ICS. Also the small ish screen is important as I always break the larger ones on nights out haha

Does anyone have one? I have read reviews but I want just normal people views on the phone...good, bad? Should I bother getting it? It seems pretty good from what I've read and seen.

http://www.xperiamini.co.uk/wp-conte...mini-specs.jpg

Also finally, does it use a normal sized sim card?

[booie]

Yes it takes standard sized sim card,
the xperia mini is an ok phone for it size but if you can find an xperia ray at the right price i recommend you get that instead.

[DXRulz]

I had one of these, apart from the small screen and poor battery life it was usable. Except it would not update past android 2.1-update1 and the Android Market would not update to Google Play and had a lot of apps missing (which other android phones would let you search for)

[Step666]

Originally Posted by DXRulz

I had one of these, apart from the small screen and poor battery life it was usable. Except it would not update past android 2.1-update1 and the Android Market would not update to Google Play and had a lot of apps missing (which other android phones would let you search for)

That was the Xperia X10 Mini - the Xperia Mini is an altogether better handset, albeit with a stupidly similar name...

[alanwarwic]

It's got a Ace/3GS resolution screen but with much high end spec.
It is slightly chunky to accommodate the battery in the a compact size.

ICS is out already for it.