Sony Ericsson t306 World Phone

I been on Cingular since 1997 first with a analog phone and then a TDMA phone. Finally GSM is here in my area in western KY. I went to the store and looked the phone and it was nice and small. I have several questions about it.

1. Does it hold up well? Since it isn't a filp phone it looks a little frail.

2. Has anyone actually used this phone in Europe to see if it works. It should as it is GSM 850, 1800, and 1900. I'm going to London in July and am thinking about getting it. Oh and if you have roamed with it in England....London.....and are on the cingular plans..... what sort of cost per minute did you have to pay to call inside the England and then what cost per minute did you pay to call back to the US. I've went to 2 cingular stores and called 1-866-cingualar 3 time. They say it will work there but no one can tell me what it will cost. AT&T lists costs on their web site as $1.29 per minute with O2 and Vodaphone in London.

3. Does it come in as good as a regular digital phone?

4. What kind of battery life and call time do you get on a charge. The specs seem to be almost too good to be true at 7.5 hours and 12.5 days on standby....

Thanks

 

Oh one more question.....does it work well in western KY?