Nokia N73 vs. Samsung D900 vs. SE K800: Photo samples

07 August 2006
The three contenders in this article are some of the hottest phones on the market. Each of them has 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera and the logical question is - which one takes the best photos? We are now presenting you full resolution sample photos taken by Mobilmania.cz team and we wont comment on the results. You are very welcome to post your opinion in the review comments section.

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  • wjk
  • mNf
  • 04 Jan 2007

I have SE K800i and pictures are quite good - colours are more natural than in n73 but for me SE hasn't very simple function in music player - mp3 streaming over UMTS (like shoutcast, icecast)..
there is Java player (radiobee) but it doesn't support many radio streams... at n73 you have many other (working) players on symbian system.
SE is only foto with phone and traditional radio... ;(

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    • kriss
    • nCx
    • 04 Jan 2007

    i don't think that the pics published on the .cz site are very real, without some postproccesing, i personally own a k750i phone, with the 2MP camera, and this takes 3 times better pics than the ones shown on the site, the ones from k800 are colorless and not very sharp, considering that they're made on daylight, with k750 i've made some shots that have almost the same quality as a dig cam

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      • tony
      • m00
      • 03 Jan 2007

      Hi everybody, first I have to say that I love sonyericsson for the rest of the life,
      but we have to say the truth, in this case let's star with NOKIA: it's the best picture actually, the simbyan operating sistem is really awesome, and it has EDGE, and the carl zeiss THAT´S THE BEST.

      By the other hand k800 has The xenon flash that it's a real flash and not a photo light, that can help a lot for night condition or poor light. in this case k800 wins.

      d900 is in the last place, sansumg features are not so good the menu is not so friendly you can not minimize the music player to use other functions of the phone, is not UMTS, that's too bad in comparation with N73 and K800

      so you make your choice!

      I will buy the k800 because I like it but I know that N73 it's the best choice you can do, and D900 is not too good if you compare it with the other 2. so you can have your own opinion.

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        • str8
        • M@6
        • 03 Jan 2007

        i own a d900 and i can tell u it`s a great phone, it`s nice, the slide it`s ok, and the camera takes great photos.. i had to chose between n73, k800 and d900 and i did...

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          • Pawel
          • n$}
          • 03 Jan 2007

          Maybe Nokia n73 has a birghter pictures but i think than that is only unnatural colors of this things on pictures( fs.look at this purple flowers) despite nokia has a little bit beter camera,i would buy a SE.He has much easier handling and hasnt got a symbian.Summary a would a good and cheaper phone.SE RULES:D:D

            • B
            • Bass
            • fuM
            • 02 Jan 2007

            Ive tryed both (N73 AND d900) phones through this year and after borrowing a friends SE800i i must say that SE Totally rocks mainly if u travel alot like i do, i have a put the full car link system into my car and trust me i think im set. I just wish the camara could have a zoom adjustment maybe thats asking for too much.
            Otherwise mad props to SE....THIS PHONE TOTALLY TOPS IT 4 ME.

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              • Ali
              • PSd
              • 02 Jan 2007

              clearly from these samples its proved that the best pics were taken by nokia n73.....The pics were more sharp and showing the real complete colors of the nature, aslo u can see in that text sample picture clearly that the text is very much more sharp in the images taken by n73...
              So n73 is the bast and Nokia rules.

                • b
                • b
                • M@T
                • 02 Jan 2007

                se k800 best picture even james bond thinks
                so.phone has endles features.SE rocks!!!!

                  • G
                  • Gutp
                  • PeM
                  • 02 Jan 2007

                  Symbiam OS is for nerds!!!

                  If you wanna install programs i think better you bay one Palm or similar.

                  Celullar with camera 3.2mp is for photos! And the pics of K800 wins N93 (Carl Zeiss)

                  SE rules! Xenon Rules! Cyber-shot Rules!

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                    • bartosz grzegorzyca
                    • mMm
                    • 02 Jan 2007

                    PLEASE READ THIS HELPFUL REVIEW ON SE K800i

                    i have Se K800i and it's well worth money spend on it.I have never had anything like that, it's amazing, you get camera, MP3, video-player, internet, generally everything necessary just in one box. If you buy 2GB memory stick (which I have) you don't need anything more to carry with you.

                    1. The movie-standard on this mobile is 3GP, so you can watch full-tmie movies on it (I have even some good quality porn), but not every software is equal in terms of converting the AVI or MPEG to 3GP. I found out the best availibale on the market is YASA 3GP Video-converter, which makes best-quality conversion from those formats. However, it also depends on the original movie-quality, but this converter rocks. Quality best possible.

                    2.The amount of multimedia on this phone is amazing, so you better buy a better battery. When you play around a lot, the battery is gone after 48 hours. When you buy a long-lasting, you'll have everything you need.

                    3.MP3 sound quality very good, similar to Nokia N73.
                    Camera quality very similar to N73.

                    SE K800i is the best phone i have ever had, along with N73 are two best phones availible on the market. No, sorry, they are two best technical playthings you can ivest your money right now.
                    Samsung D900 loses the race because of worse pohotos and worse camera. All in all, I think K800i wins the entire race, becasue its half-the price of Nokia N73.

                    If you buy a better-than-standard battery and 2GB memory stick, you will become the owner of the best phone around, for at least 2 years. Highly recommended.

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                      • crdx9
                      • PTp
                      • 02 Jan 2007

                      I am seeing that one is in favour of the phone he himself owns.
                      For anyone who want to buy one of these phones, ask someone who doesnot own neither of them.

                        • R
                        • Ricks
                        • P@S
                        • 02 Jan 2007

                        I recently had a SE k800. and i was surprised to see that the camera result of the phone was better than D900!!!!! so I think SE K800 is the BEST..........my opinion

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                          • Frank
                          • whA
                          • 02 Jan 2007

                          Its very obvious...N73 has the clearest capture compared to SE and K800i...Now I know what phone I'll buy...Thanks GSMARENA.COM!!!!!!

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                            • roadkill69ph
                            • Rxj
                            • 01 Jan 2007

                            In my opinion, this test would have been better if an output from a real digital camera was included.

                            Nevertheless, SE rocks!

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                              • Fizlan
                              • ibb
                              • 01 Jan 2007

                              I just lost my handphone last week and I went to shop to by a new handphone. I spent almost 45 minutes at the shop comparing between N73 and K800i. In term of functionality, both are they great. But at last Sonyericsson is better and I am not regreted on the lost phone.

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                                • Marius
                                • nD$
                                • 31 Dec 2006

                                I want to buy 1 of this 3 phones.But u speak only about the camera.Tell me more about the phone functionality(soft,joystic,cases,etc.)????????

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • P@1
                                  • 31 Dec 2006

                                  k800 and N73 picture is exaggerated, SE is full of red colors while N73 always has a saturated and over exposed picture, So what phone is left with natural colors and with great details? IT IS ALWAYS SAMSUNG D900.

                                  SAMSUNG D900 rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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                                    • abcd
                                    • ibh
                                    • 31 Dec 2006

                                    K800i takes better picture, brighter than N73

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                                      • zero
                                      • S9a
                                      • 30 Dec 2006

                                      N73 no way it's the best

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                                        • joe
                                        • whB
                                        • 29 Dec 2006

                                        obviously the shots taken by N73 unit is the most clear among the three best phones in the market