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Sony Ericsson has stopped caring about the design of their phones amidst most of them molded from the same cast. A slider phone with smoothed edges and a curved back panel, the device is available in three shiny colours: Jazz Black, Chacha Silver, Swing Pink. Whilst the Black and Silver are adorable, the bright-in your face Swing Pink is mostly for teeny boppers. The handset structure is such that it gives you a good grip and the thick back feels nice to hold in your hand. Even the slide glides slickly from one end to another without any wobbling.

The not so light Zylo at 115g when closed doesn’t throw any surprises. It allocates the Walkman logo in its rightful place just below the screen. Below you discover the circular D-pad, 2.6-inch, 240 x 320 resolution screen, and call buttons on the either side. Right below on opposite sides of the D-pad you have two shortcut keys for multimedia apps and a cancel button.

As you push back the screen, the alphanumeric keypad presents itself, assisted by keys that are large and comfortable to press. Expectedly, a dedicated music button is at hand on the right to get a quick snatch of the music player. It doubles up as a camera button; however usable only when the camera is switched on from the menu. The charging and headset jack is also on the right and what irritates us the most is its loyalty to the Sony master. There’s no 3.5mm jack and if you want another headphone, it would have to be another Sony Ericsson pair for sure.

On the back side is the 3.2-megapixel camera covering up as a video recorder. Remove the back case and the regular SIM and microSD card (up to 16GB support) slot is to be seen.