Phone rating:

In a nutshell: Sony Ericsson's flagship Walkman phone offers a best in class audio experience, with premium quality headphones, 8GB of built-in memory, FM radio with RDS and touch-sensitive music controls. But it's let down by a poor camera, battery life and software glitches.
Best buy: *Free* with half-price line rental from Mobiles.co.uk; or £99.95 on PAYG from the Carphone Warehouse.

Review: October 2008. Updated May 2009.

The Sony Ericsson W980i is Sony Ericsson's latest flagship Walkman phone, and is the upgrade to the W960i. The guys at Sony obviously read our review of the W960i, because they took our suggestions on board and added HSDPA and quadband!