The Vivaz is pleasingly solid, though light, with build quality reminiscent of Sony Ericsson more robust metal based feature phones. The touch screen is generous with its 3.2 inches and 16 million colours. It has a 16:9 aspect ratio (360 x 640 pixels) to emphasize that the phone is aimed at multimedia. 3G and Wi-Fi are on board so streaming content from the Internet is a breeze.

Also available in Silver.

The Sony Ericsson Vivaz features at a glance:

• Dimensions: 107 x 51.7 x 12.5 mm
• Weight: 97 g
• Talk time: Up to 13 h
• Standby time: 430 h
• Display: 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches
• TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
• Turn-to-mute and snoozing alarms
• Camera: 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• Video calling, touch focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
• 720p@24fps, continuous autofocus, video light
• Symbian Series 60, 5th edition
• 720 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics
• 3.5 mm audio jack, TV out (VGA resolution)
• YouTube and Picasa integration
• Facebook and Twitter apps
• WiFi, HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
• GPS and A-GPS support; Wisepilot navigation
• Internal Memory: 75Mb
• Expandable via MicroSD™ upto 32GB
• Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP
• Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900/2100 HSDPA

Buy The Sony Ericsson Vivaz SIM Free (unlocked) phone / PDA for use on all UK GSM networks like O2, Vodafone, Three, Orange, T-Mobile and Virgin (pre-pay and contract).