The K700i continues Sony-Ericsson's tradition of attractive mobile phones that have equal appeal whether you want fashion or features.
Sony-Ericsson has taken the same approach to last year's K610 series, with a similar confectionery-bar shape, large display and joystick. But the K700i has a less blocky design and a brushed-metal finish.
Another difference is the badge on the bottom of the phone that announces this handset uses Quickshare.
The name is pointless, because Quickshare simply means the phone is easy to use. Whatever feature you need to use, one or two buttons will take you there. So you can access the internet with one button, or take a picture.
While this is certainly a great improvement over the average phone's clumsy menu system, the need for it is so obvious and universal that it seems odd that anyone should bother naming it. But Amazon did the same thing with single-click buying.
The phone supports tri-band GSM, GPRS and Bluetooth. It also synchronises with a PC or Mac. You also get voice control and a speaker phone.
It is a reasonable but not high-resolution device, and you can take photos at up to 640x480 pixels, or 1,280x960 using software interpolation. For self-portraits, there is a convex mirror just below the lens - so no more chinless wonders or cracked-egg foreheads. The mirror is really too small to see properly, but it does provide a rough guide.