[Astrari]

Hey guys

I was thinking to buy me the S500i , but I read something about cracked keys and now I'm not sure.
On many sites I read that the keys have broken just after a few days or weeks, without doing anything bad with it.
I also read something about a chemical reaction with the color (the green one) and the keys, that's why the keys crack easily.

You know something about it or you know if SE fixed the problem?

I want this phone, but it's not very cheap, and I don't want to buy something that gets broken after a short time ^^

[Nick14]

i have an w580 and it's the same as s500 any sony ericsson fixed the problem it a really good phone

[number1]

i am going to buy a s500 aswell, to fix the cracked keys you can change the housing

[jonifen]

My stepdaughter has an S500i, she got it last Xmas, she likes it but now "next" Xmas is coming, so she'll want something new... more expense!! lol
She had a cracked key within a few months and she was still OK to use the phone, but it just got worse, and as of a few weeks ago, she had 6 cracked keys. We bought some new buttons off eBay (rather than put up with her moaning for not having her phone for a few weeks!!) and they were dead easy to fit.

I personally wouldn't swap my K800 for it though... but it is a completely different phone at the end of the day.