The Yari is not an altogether bad-looking handset but obviously not the best one out there. The slightly bulky design is well accentuated with its black and white color tones, rubberized rear panel and glossy front. Although the handset seems to have rather large call keys, the shortcut menu and cancel keys under the display are too small and wafer thin which can be quite annoying. The keypad is otherwise quite well laid out but since it's completely flat it can be a bit cumbersome if you aren't used to it. The Yari's 2.4-inch TFT LCD is clear and bright enough for comfortable viewing of Videos, games, et at. Sony Ericsson also seems to be giving in to popular demand by using microSD cards for external memory.

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There's a small amount of change in Sony's mobile UI. The same old colorful,animated themes and wallpapers do little more than jazzing up the device; and are also responsible for battery drainage to an extent. The handset's media prowess proved to be nothing more than just adequate. The key feature of this handset is its ability to allow users to go beyond motion gaming that uses the accelerometer. SE has included a couple of their gesture based game which include Tennis and Fitness. The handset uses the camera sensor in front to recognize certain movements as controls. The Yari is also equipped with a GPS antenna and Wisepilot for navigation. The 5 megapixel camera offers handy features such as face and smile detection, a self timer, white balance control, a few color effects and of course Geotagging. One of the other interesting aspects of the Yari is its battery life that sustained over 4 hours and 15 minutes of continuous talk-time. With an average amount of daily usage which includes Web surfing, messaging and a little gaming and music thrown in, you'll very easily get up to two days of use.