Sony Ericsson’s K750i was the first camera phone to merge a 2 Megapixel camera with a small form factor and still achieve results with good colour saturation and comparably crisp detail. The inclusion of auto and macro focus further reinforce a positive impression. This silver-and-black, candy bar-style bears a strong resemblance to its predecessor, the K700i, although its edges are a little boxier, and it's slightly thinner and lighter.

The display measures nearly 2 inches diagonally, packing in 176x220 pixels and a whopping 262,000 colors, easily beating the K700i's 65,000-color screen. Images looked sharp and drenched with color, boasting plenty of detail. The lively animated menus will seem familiar to owners of the K700i, although we're happy to report that the various menu screens are much less sluggish this time around.

 It comes a 510-entry phone book with room for multiple entries; a calendar with month and week views; photo caller ID; a vibrate mode; voice memos and commands; 30-odd polyphonic ring tones, including a handful of MP3 tones; wireless Web and e-mail, complete with POP and IMAP access; a speakerphone that you can activate only once you're on a call; 34MB of shared RAM; and a Memory Stick Duo slot (a 64MB Memory Stick is included). There's even a light control that turns on the LED flash for a minute or indefinitely--perfect for finding your keys in the dark.

Sony Ericsson promises 9 hours of talk time and more than 16 days of standby time from the K750i. That seemed a little too optimistic to us, and sure enough, we measured 5.5 hours of talk time in our tests. However, we got a solid 10 days of standby time.