Sony Ericsson Satio Review

Look and feel

An attractive touch-screen handset with a 3.5 inch display and minimalist design. Some may find a little chunky, but that’s down to all the features this bad boy is packing.

Ease of use

The user interface is easy to navigate and has some handy shortcuts, so the Satio is pretty easy to get to grips with. Hardware wise there are three useful buttons below the touch-screen, and you have the option to control the camera using buttons on the side.

Features

The Satio is jam packed with features thanks to the combining of the Cyber-shot and Walkman elements. No one can argue with the awesome music player and above average camera, and the TFT "nano-HD" screen is also top-notch for playing movies.

Performance

The key features on the Satio performed exceptionally well, although GPS did struggle on the odd occasion to obtain a quick fix and it did drop the connection a couple of times. We also found that we had to push quite hard on the touch-screen when inputting text.

Battery life

Battery performance was very good, especially when you consider the various power-heavy features.

The verdict

Sony Ericsson has produced a top-class phone with the Satio, and we love the fact that we finally have a handset that combines the best bits of the Walkman and Cyber-shot lines. Although there are a few minor oversights in terms of GPS and screen for example, this surely means we can expect even greater things in the future.