The SonyEricsson J200i may seem attractive from its advertisements but use it for 10 minutes or more and you will become aware of its shortcomings. Okay, let me highlight the better side of the phone first.
J200i has a sleek metallic look and is impressive for a low-end phone. It has a big screen, bigger than anyother phone below Rs 6000. The polyphonic ringtones are also very loud. And it is 40-tone polyphonic. The keypad is comfortable to use and the inclusion of a joystick is very useful. Navigation through the menu is easy and its similar to other SonyEricsson phones. And the inclusion of an IrDA makes the phone really attractive.
But wait, don't rush to buy the phone. There are some shortcomings you must keep in mind. Even though the screen is big, but the resolution is only 128x128 pixels. Due to this the screen looses out on sharpness. The screen is capable of displaying 4,096 colours but the colour reproduction is not as good as Nokia 3100 and pictures containing gradients of the same colour(such as dark to light blue) seem jagged.
The 40-tone ployphony is loud but too loud for its own good and the sound cracks at full volume. Even the 16-tone polyphony of my Nokia 3200 sounds better. The phone lacks MMS and the only way to transfer pictures and melodies is through IrDA. Another peculiar problem with the phone is that the number of items that can be put in the phone is limited. For example, only 8 ringtones and 16 pictures can be put in the phone at anytime irrespective of the size of the items. And the phone lacks a voice recorder and is not capable of playing true tones either.
The phone is currently available for around Rs.5000 - 5200. Though the phone has some features which could be expected only from highier models but lacks on some basic ones. It'll be a tough competitor of T230 from the same company. I would prefer SonyEricsson T230 over J200i as the former costs around 800 bucks less and has MMS capability.
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