The phone is generally quite solid with front facing buttons that look great and give a good feeling when depressed.

The cover creaks a little when you firmly grasp the device, and considering the amount of use by a smartphone like this, the lack of foresight on this part really hurts it.

Also, the sliding mechanism is definitely not as smooth as the XPERIA X1’s nor the G1’s. The bottom of the screen module scrapes over the keys, resulting in an inelegant transition.

The other interesting thing to note is the four torsional springs implemented just to slide the device. In fact, the small and light cover, uses a dual torsional spring, just to hide the ribbon.