When I was made redundant I had to hand in my work phone. So, I was in the market for a new phone. I wanted something a bit more reliable than the Nokia 7110 was (I got through 3 or 4 in 18 months - they kept developing all manner of faults from not answering, to switching off during calls for no apparent reason). I did some research and decided that the Sony J70e was the phone for me. It had only just come out, and as I wanted it on Orange Just Talk I had to do a bit of hunting around for one.

The J70e is a well built, good looking phone and is small and light with a good battery life. It has the usual features of text messaging, calendar, phone book, games, wap as well as picture messaging and email. One feature it's missing that I would have really liked is an IR port, but I can live without that. It has a jog-dial interface to work through the menu, and this works really well (although it did take a little while to get used to).

One of the fun features is the ability to record your own ring tones (there are 3 spaces available) and sounds. You can then configure the phone to use different ring tones for different groups of people - for instance when Richard calls me I have a ring tone of him telling me to answer the phone.

Overall, it's a good looking phone which works really well. I've had it 6 months now and have had no real problems. I like it and I'd buy it again.

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