Grand 5 megapixel shootout: The usual suspects

22 January 2008
No catch here, we've finally managed to finish up our grandest of camera shootouts including the most popular 5 megapixel cameraphones that are currently on sale. We've put Sony Ericsson K850, Nokia N95 8GB, LG KU990 Viewty, and Samsung G600...

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  • Anonymous
  • Srm
  • 23 Jan 2008

Very disappointed review.When i gonna think for buying k850i then reviews on this site disappoint me alot stop me from buying k850i.When see reviews on others sites it force me to buy k850i due to quality pics even better then n95-8gb.Also i check k850i pics on easto.com which are even comparable to digicam.Dont know what to do?.Very confused!.

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    • kirt
    • myM
    • 23 Jan 2008

    1- sided review, even when d viewty beat d nokia they swapped the score,lol- how convinient. I think overall the all looked basically d same with miner diffences. Because their all 5mpx, how much different can they really b.

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      • Anonymous
      • MSR
      • 23 Jan 2008

      People the evidence is right there, take the night shot for example, the n82 blows the rest out of the water, as welll as picture detail and quality the nokias beat everoyne else. You say nokia uses the "carl ziess" as a gimmick...what about the cybershot brand? it does naff all

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        • DaveTheTekkie
        • pYN
        • 23 Jan 2008

        And once again... ridiculously biased in favour of the N95...

        I actually find that the N95 camera dealt with some of those situations really badly! What about the badly under-exposed macro shot? Added to which despite the trickery with the iso speed the samsung ultimately came up with a better range...

        Biased to hell.

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          • ECBomb
          • kWT
          • 23 Jan 2008

          seems like most ppl here just like to argue about which product is better,and stick behind their company . but i truly think the review is NOT bias, the ppl COMMENTING r bias.

          GSMarena didnt even give a CLEAR winner, those were just points for each aspect. and even with the final scores, that just means N95 8GB is the best OVERALL phone, but everyone's tastes r different. like me, i own the Viewty and i LOVE the video recording capabilities, and i do know that the camera's colour accuracy is not that great, but i wont go and trash the N95 8GB and K850 saying they are crap phones just b/c their video recording isnt as good as Viewty's.

          I believe the GSM team has given us a good review by offering which phone is targeting which type of audience, so people, pls calm down...it's all about ur preference...

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            • Wick
            • nj7
            • 23 Jan 2008

            To Nikol:

            If you want something like a digital camera... get a digital camera.

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              • Anonymous
              • mD6
              • 23 Jan 2008

              n95 8gb looks a little better on camera but thats all what it has so if you want an all in one phone so go for k850. i like everything in k850 especially interface

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                • Nikol
                • Pn2
                • 23 Jan 2008

                I'm surprise with this test: "face to face to the enemy".
                I really liked K850's perfomance... it will be my choise! This comments delighted me: If you want something liked a camera digital ... you have to take K850".

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                  • LENG
                  • F4p
                  • 23 Jan 2008

                  people are here to seek advice. nt to see nonsence n bias comment abt other brand. nt evyone have da same nd. da review is to inform ppl of wad the phones offer to consumer. for them to make decision. dunno wad's worng with ppl discriminating abt other brand. evy brand gt it own supporter, i really wish this would cease to exist. ppl are trying to gt help here, hwever, it seems that they gt more confuse after all. hai.

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                    • sniper supra
                    • w0Q
                    • 23 Jan 2008

                    @pong pagong

                    oops. ^_^ sorry. do forgive me, it wasn't my post after all. Hehe.

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                      • sniper supra
                      • w0Q
                      • 23 Jan 2008

                      @pong pagong

                      well, yes. maybe I'm wrong with my comment. But other people are saying that N82 photos are brilliant. But I'm on the SE side as of the moment.

                      By the way, I'm using K850 now because it's what I want.
                      Thanks for the comment
                      ^_^

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                        • PongPagong
                        • bHm
                        • 23 Jan 2008

                        "Thanks for the excellent review, it's great! Seems like N82 is the best cameraphone at the moment..."

                        That's what the review wanted to appear. But I disagree. I have N82 but it takes crap pictures, too different what the samples here.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • F4p
                          • 23 Jan 2008

                          The other phone manufacturers does the same thing too, don't they?

                          What makes you think they manufacture their own parts?

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                            • Anonymous
                            • wr1
                            • 23 Jan 2008

                            the mobile-review site said k850i was better than N95 in their test.. the phone arena site said the k850i was better than N95 too.. maybe some site had different conclusion...

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                              • Kal
                              • Pxq
                              • 23 Jan 2008

                              @Lee Dewhirst
                              "..Its just Fact that Nokia are a BRILLIANT manufacturer .."
                              Do they really make anything other than assembling 3rd party hardwares and putting it in a made in china casing and integrating it with software!!??! I wonder.
                              Samsung/Sony/LG are actually true technology companies and the way I see it, sooner or later they will rule the industry. Be it electronics or something else. Just my opinion.Cheers!!

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                                • jjsoviet
                                • R5v
                                • 23 Jan 2008

                                I really wonder why people nowadays are addicted to the megapixels of camera phones. The more megapixels you have, the bigger the pictures. But image quality really rests on the sensors, the optics, and the processors of the phone. Power without control is useless.

                                As you may expect only LG, Samsung, Nokia, and Sony Ericsson have the phones to duke it out in the 5 megapixel range. You expect Motorola has no phone to match any of them, and it is true. 3.2 mp is the highest they got with the Z10 and most 2 megapixel camera phones of theirs lack the power and control they need to become good camera phones.

                                But Motorola users should not fret; the company's partnership with Kodak, the world's imaging leader, will bear fruit this coming year and beyond. Soon you will see millions of 3.2, 5, and even 8 megapixel phones from Moto that have the brains to match the brawn. Kodak CMOS sensors will be implemented for future Motorola camera phones. These sensors are high-quality and are being used today by most digital cameras. These will also be coupled with great optics and powerful processors to handle such pictures without compromising easy usability and user-friendliness.

                                Motorola will strike back...

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                                  • Niki
                                  • 0UT
                                  • 23 Jan 2008

                                  I disagree with gsmarena that nokia displays have no competition. check out motorola e2, v8, v9, e8, they all have the best displays in market.
                                  There is a comparison of displays in mobile-review. Here's the link: http://www.mobile-review.com/review/motorola-e2-2-en.shtml

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                                    • Lord Caesar
                                    • wuj
                                    • 23 Jan 2008

                                    Bias review! gsmarena has overate n95.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Mx@
                                      • 23 Jan 2008

                                      First to post!

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                                        • H0nestlly
                                        • iba
                                        • 23 Jan 2008

                                        if i say wrong, then why n95 get a tipa award of best imaging mobile?