In the modern day world, a mobile phone is just not restricted to communications alone but is also used as an entertainment and multimedia device. Among many mobile brands, Sony Ericsson is one brand you can even trust with closed eyes.

The legacy of Sony Ericsson W980i is carried by the sleek and smart Sony Ericsson W980i. This highly elegant mobile phone has many smart mobile features to delight the users, within no time. This Sony Ericsson mobile phone is one of those mobile phones, which do not compromise with quality of mobile solutions.

This GSM-enabled mobile phone on the 2G as well as the 3G networks, which means that you can stay connected on important calls even while remaining on the move or far away from your native place. It has dimensions of 92 x 46 x 16.9 mm and has a light weight of just 100 grams, this enabled the users to carry the phone easily even in a tight jeans pocket. The refreshingly vibrant 2.2 inches TFT display of this phone allows the users to access mobile phone's menus and sub-menus very easily. The keypad of this phone is quite user-friendly and the mobile keys are friendly to the hands of the users in the truest sense. The second external TFT display of this phone lets the users to identify call and other details even when this sliding phone is kept in a slider-on position.

The Sony Ericsson W980i has a shared memory of 8 GB. This allows the users to store thousands of sound and video files besides program applications and games. Internet connectivity is fast, secure and uninterrupted with able technologies such as Class 10 GPRS and EDGE. The presence of HSCSD allows the users to stay connected with the World Wide Web, without any hassles. With the WAP 2.0/xHTML and HTML (NetFront) enabled web browser along with RSS reader (for news and music updates). Data transmission and file transfer are easy with technologies such as Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP and USB support.

Messaging is quite fun with options as SMS, EMS, MMS, Email and Instant Messaging. Its availability in colour options such as Piano Black, Opera Brown and Violin Red delight the users within a few minutes.

Its high quality 3.2 megapixels camera with a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels allows the users to capture print-quality still images. Capturing videos is also easy as is video calling with its secondary videocall camera.

This Walkman player is credited with astonishing music features and functionalities such as FM radio with RDS, Shake control, TrackID music recognition, Built-in handsfree, Java MIDP 2.0, Voice memo and Built-in handsfree. The standard Li-Po 930 mAh (BST-38) battery of Sony Ericsson W980i offers an exceptional standby and talktime of 370 and 9 hours, respectively.

If you are looking for the Sony Ericsson W980i and wants to maximise the pleasure involved then traditional as well as online market can help you out to get a better deal. However, one must be quite sure that a comprehensive market survey is preceded by the mobile purchase. This will help you, as a mobile customer, to get a complete insight of the prevailing market trends besides allowing you to identify the trusted mobile retailers. This survey will also help you to get free gifts with mobile phones. Nowadays, mobile phone retailers are even offering free gifts such as free Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP, Laptop and even a LCD TV with a mobile deal, which means that you get two products for the price of one.