Sony Ericsson K850
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- Anonymous
- j82
- 29 Nov 2007
@ Zubair Ahmed
It pixelates the preview when zooming in, but once you actually snap the photo it comes out on the screen much nicer.
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- Adiel
- PF2
- 28 Nov 2007
@ Zubair Ahmed
And how many sets u know that have optical zoom?? its only being implemented now and next generation sets like samsung g800 or SE P5i maybe will have optical zoom but for now its only the digital zoom.
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- Glen
- pJ0
- 28 Nov 2007
I've just had to send back my third of these handsets to O2. Each one having the same problem, in which I can't access the messaging, just comes up with 'Operation Failed' I have now gone for the Nokia N81. It's a shame, as I absolutely loved the phone, was slick, and had some very nice features, and it looked good, the screen was amazing. If they can sort out the problems with the software then it'd be an awesome phone.
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- Zubair Ahmed
- PEn
- 28 Nov 2007
I went to an exhibition in Karachi and tried the functions of this cell but very sorry to say, despite having 5.0 megapixels it has digital zoom and if U zoom in, the pixels will blast and after 3x U cannot see anything... So I think its a failure ike 790i...
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- Anonymous
- vpY
- 28 Nov 2007
This is a good phone, got a lots of features, although I can't say that wether loads of features slow down this phone like previous nokia phones..but why do U people think K850 is bad??Here are some things you need to learn.
1. Not everyone in this world need GPS..in many countries its useless.
2. Yes nokia has better video quality but are you a file director or what??why do u need VGA video anyway??I think qvga is enough..I am not shooting no movie.
3. As for the picture its a known fact that SE cams show you what actually is there unlike nokia which automatically apply effects like saturation and contrast so pictures look pleasent BUT accuracy counts folks...SE cams are best because they are accurate,now for a novice users nokia way is better as everything is "ready made" but for a more experience user this approach has no appeal, I for one like to experiment with the pictures, edit them my way not automatically "polished" pictures like nokia cams. You can read the comparison of K800 & N73 to confirm this fact.
Thats why for novice users K850 is not good as you actually have to know what you are doing rather then just point and shoot stuff that nokia offers..and IF you know what are you doing then SE cams are unbeatable. I have w810i and I can guarantee you that I have not seen any nokia with a 2mp cam that can match my cam. K800 beat N73 with a great margin, as for the recent comparison of K850 and N95..the thing nokia fans tend to ignore is that at that time K850 was not a final product...if K800 can stand on its grounds firmly in front of N95 then don't you think its a bit stupid to say that K850 camera sucks???The truth is that K850 has a great camera..but nokia users perhaps don't know how to shoot pictures and want thier cell phone to help them in it and show them an "artificial" image greatly enhanced automatically by built-in effects. So if you are novice user..better stick with nokia.
4. I have used nokia and I am using SE..and I can tell you that nokia is for people who just want everything presented "ready made" on the other hand SE is for those who like to experiment and explore thier mobile. I have W810i and I have modded it so it lacks nothing(except smaller screen size) I have password protected my mobile, am using tons of flash themes and custom icons and believe me no nokia looks that good when I am using the "special" themes and icons, I have modified my audio drivers and have made this set VERY loud to such an extenet that no nokia can compete it in loudness and quality(on headphones), have modded my cam drivers and its superb with every option that a nokia n73 has and there is even a way to convert the format of saved videos to mp4 but I don't need it so have not tried it and all of it has been done WITHOUT symbian os...so who needs that boring os which only causes the mobile to slow down and hang a lot???
I can use internet, send and recieve emails, use mms, watch videos, enjoy high quality music(thats the most important thing) and can rely on the long lasting battery life which is only a dream for the nokia users, what more do you want on a mobile???Unless you need a slow like hell mobile that most of nokias are..not everyone needs symbian os..its not a very stable os.
5. As for the 16m colors, I have said it again and again that 16 million or 256k, on a mobile screen it DOES NOT much difference, the only difference it makes is that the battery dies too early..no proof needed..right?? 256k is more than enough for a mobiel screen and no human eye can differentiate between these colors on mobile screen. I have even seen some SE sets that look much better than nokia screens.
In the end...I would again say that N82 looks promising and got lots of features BUT not everyone in this world need all those features in thier mobiles because the truth is that a mobile CANNOT handle all these features,N95 is an example which has suffered a lot on the performance side because of these tons of features. I need a fast and stable set, jst like my W810i which I have been using for one and a half year and it has never gave me ANY problem even for once.
I have said all this to show you that not everyone is satisfied with the nokia way, even with all those features, everyone has thier own preferences...so stop dissing K850i as it is a great set with everything a mobile SHOULD have just not the fancy extra features like N82..and I belive I can live with that very very happily :-)
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- S00
- 28 Nov 2007
not a fan of its overall look.
its too bulky and the green doesnt give the up-market look that i desire
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- Huo
- ibc
- 28 Nov 2007
great, k880 have A-GPS and 5.1 megapixel. and i see the button is restore..
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- Anonymous
- PA8
- 28 Nov 2007
I have both N95 8GB and K850. Both are good with their own pros and cons. It all depends on your preference. Thats the reason i have both phones, so i have the best of both worlds.
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- zeezzen
- CRp
- 28 Nov 2007
basically this phone is a definitely-worth-buying phone. Thumbs up! its really smart in some functions and the camera is superb. from a nokia user to a samsung user and now to sony ericsson, I would say this phone is the best among all that i have used except for its thick body. other then that, the functions is excellent! I will definitely recommend my friends to buy this phone.
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- Harris
- PIM
- 28 Nov 2007
I would like to ask wats the major difference between 256K with 16 million colours? I mean if its such a big difference(if u compare it mathemathically) y din Sony Ericsson try to solve it? And K850i supports 4gb of both microSD and M2?? and will it hang easily if i use such a massive memory card?? Good semaritans...plz help...thx
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- kongkia
- ibj
- 28 Nov 2007
Wtf!!! SE K880 coming!!!! WITH optical zoom..
So many phone come, i so upset buy K850i >.<
razec has introduced two new concepts of Sony Ericsson phones. The first one, the K880i is an heir of the K850i. Packed in the candy bar shell it can work in GSM/EDGE 3G (HSDPA) networks. As for the specs the author mentions a 5.1-megapixel 1/2.5 CCD-camera with auto focus, xenon flash and 3x optical zoom and a frontal SVGA-camera. It supports Bluetooth 2.1+EDR with A2DP profile, A-GPS-functionality, a dual storage card slot, a Walkman 3.0 player, ВЫЗ-chip and Nvidia GoForce 5500.
http://www.mobile-review.com/fullnews/main/index_eng.shtml#16784
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- A BAN FAVORITE
- M@T
- 28 Nov 2007
N82'S talk-time is worse than n95, forget about if u use apps. Ssllooooww symbian OS. Also, its another nokia giant.'Rook out! Its godzilraa!' No, its just another nokia. k850 roxors! esato.com 4 serious phone talk/reviews/users.
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- Anonymous
- TIE
- 28 Nov 2007
I had this phone for more than a month and looked what i found today while cleaning my phone.
Dust under the glass infront of the lens!
I wonder if it would affect the picture quality...
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- Colin
- pkY
- 28 Nov 2007
i started with a nokia .... had it for quite a while .... at some point i said what the hell let's see what this baby can do (it was a w800i which i still have) .... now after allmost 2 years i am at my second SE phone and i just love it .... it's simply the best ... anything a nokia can do sony ericsson can do better, faster and easyer .... so i only say this: no matter what phone u first had, no matter what phone u have now if u buy a sony ericsson u will need no other brand ... i think their motto should be "try it and then see why millions of users around the world love sony ericsson"
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- Dani
- nEw
- 27 Nov 2007
and 3.5MM Jack !
K850i Rocks !!
i Love it
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- Dani
- nEw
- 27 Nov 2007
K850i has GPS and Wi-Fi and TV Out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
K850i Rocks!
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- Daniyella
- mHe
- 27 Nov 2007
My 2nd K850 has just gone back as after approx 2 weeks
the thing says 'Operation failed' when i try to access my inbox
and sent messages then nobody can send me a message.
Shame as I have been waiting months for this phone to come
out!
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- kDnq
- q}4
- 27 Nov 2007
PGxZ-
I don't care about TV-Out, just burn a disc of what your recorded, or go buy the TV-Out wire from Sony Ericsson. The Secondary camera though has a much better quality, either because of the 2ndry camera or because of the quality of the transmission from the K850. Either way, when viewing video calling on the K850, the other party looks very clear, whilist on the other phone, only the K850's transmissioned video looks the best. Used with an N95, the K850's video calling quality in receiving and transmitting seems to be the best of the two.
@ loser who won't accept that SE is beating Nokia (vpdN)-
GO HOME
Rx6p-
Can you give us a comparison based on YOUR average useages between both phones? In terms of quality within speed, software, hardware and useability.
TS}6 (Chang)-
As I said above, yes, this phone does have MegaBass. It is very much comparable to the quality of MegaBass that the W series has.
vpdd-
Your fcking N73 has a battery talk time life of 9.5hrs on paper. My K850 has done me for nearly two days, listening to music most of the time, making a few video calls, texting for about an hour, making some 15minute phone calls, and surfing the internet on facebook.
M%6a (italiana)-
Looks like you just proved that the N82 is just an average phone. You should get an A+ on this or something, lawl.
4Bbn-
You DO know why there are dark pictures with the K850 right, kiddo? BECAUSE YOUR FCKING HANDS ARE IN THE FCKING WAY OF THE FCKING SENSOR. Don't be stupid, and use responsibly.
Also, you never really done in the K850 did you? All you can go upon are facts, and you're still going on about facts with the N82 as well. You've boasted about the N95, which I've never heard you say you got yet either.
vpd1-
Hey, fcker. I think it's the other way around, damaged brain is better then no brain. So I think you just made fun of yourself. That was funny, thanks for making my minute, lol
NHeV (Jan Klaas)-
It's a Sony (Ericsson) lens, which comes up to par with the CarlZeiss lens without having to be a CarlZeiss lens. IF Sony Ericsson uses the CarlZeiss lens, the market for camera phones will only contain Sony Ericsson.
iFXm (Sherif)-
In terms of flash, don't use it unless positively, absolutely necessary. In photography, you want the best pictures. Flash gives you the usually unwanted presence of human interference. Judge by yourself, but don't use flash all the time. Even in low light situations, the K850 manages to bring out the best of pictures.
ijnN (Yudanto)-
He's not using it properly. Tell him to not put his hands infront of the; flash, sensor, or the camera. Also, try not to put your hands on the back of the phone either.
Uq4T (Saad)-
The K800/K810 cameras were either raised to avoid this, or were isolated by the sides of the sliding mech for the cover, and sheltered it from the interference of fingers or hands. The sensor was also a bit inside the phone, unlike how the sensor on this phone is right on the outside.
4Bbn;
Oh wow, 16M Colors.
Oh wow, built in GPS.
Oh wow, slower WiFi to replace that Tri-Band HSDPA connection you have on the 3.5G K850
Oh wow, "Fast" symbian (By the way, in Nokia land, fast means slow)
K850 has the memory card slot to go up to 32Gbs on BOTH M2 and MicroSD, but do not recommend it as it will slow down the phone. The N82 with symbian I suppose "can" handle the 32GB card without freezing ATLEAST once?
Also, the 3.5mm audio jack only makes the phone bigger with it being unnecessary, and you HAVE to unplug it if you want to talk on the phone.
Also the K850 has a secondary video calling camera, which seems to be the one with the best quality out there so far. And the K850 can view .rtf and .doc files. Just did a presentation last week, and read off of my phone. I've got to say, the bluetooth remote control ever since the W810 still amazes me. Oh, and I believe that's something that Nokia doesn't have. SonyEricsson phones can control printers, laptops, projectors and slideshows/presentations/performances once connected through bluetooth.
Cheers
-kDnq
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- kDnq
- q}4
- 27 Nov 2007
nxwT (Nick)-
Is all you can do, spew out that people who know that the K850 is better, when used properly by the likes of NOT YOU, are gits and the N95 is better?
You can't even start to prove without aid how the N95 is better. All you can say is LOOK AT THE REVIEW! LOOK AT THE REVIEW! Make your own fcking review for god's sake. If you have not even trialed both phones yourself, please sock your mouth.
And I don't even see how your second comment has anything to do with what I said either.
wujj (Bert)-
That's good for you. How's the N82 performing. Can we see comparison pictures? Or atleast pictures from your N82? I'd like to see how it performs in the hands of reality and people.
Skr1 (DaveS)-
The Nokia guys aren't ripping into the LGViewty because they know that the K850 phone directly rivals the N95 in terms of which phone to go to for their camera gimmick. All people can prove here, and that I've asked of myself is that the N95 is just wicked, which the K850 had concrete useages and seems to be a more realistic phone to go for.
nEw% (Dani)-
Actually, it doesn't lack GPS. I just downloaded the Tracker application and the GoogleMaps application. The first shows you how long you've travelled for from start to end, how fast your current speed and average speed is, and pinpoints your current location, that is of course with the GPS headset. GoogleMaps is a full GPS application just like the one you find on the internet, and as well, comes with turn by turn directions. I haven't found the voice thing where it tells you what to do next, but it doesn't matter to me. A GPS is only amusing to me, it's never helpful. Anyone wanting to contradict me on that, go ahead, but I just know my way around, and I'm never too headstrong to go into a place without getting directions first.
M@T2 (Dev)-
Yes, this phone has video ringtones and MegaBass in it. Depending on the songs, the difference is not different from regular bass. Otherwise, if you have a really deep pumping song, you'll see how better MegaBass is.
M%6a (italiana)-
True, the N95 is no CyberShot which makes the Nokia camera such a disregard for quality. The N95 is also not equipped with TrackID, which is a helpful application. I've needed it many times, and this is the real deal for media phones. If people want to say GPS is the driving point for Nokia, ok sure, say that. Nokia has GPS phones and other devices. But SonyEricsson is mainly a media rich cellphone company. Looking at their profile, every single phone of theirs has been given the ability to reach the highest media capability.
TKbZ (matt)-
The white little spots under the screen of the K850 are indicators of where to touch. They're only touch sensitive, not pressure, not heat, not electric. Just touch. Course, it won't work through thick gloves, so I might be wrong.
PDTi (Muddrik)-
The phone's speakers are here hence compared by my useages;
K850 VS W810;
W810 is louder
K850 has a higher quality of sound through the headset
K850 has a deeper bass sound on MegaBass
W810 has a higher/better treble sound overall.
01kc (Franc)-
OH THAT'S SCARY... Your lens cover doesn't open anymore? Take it back to where you got it from! Never get anything without a warranty or a place to return it to, for getting it fixed.
vpd3-
Hey loser, K850 has a solid construction. You can't compare it to the likes of the past K series phones in terms of physical hardware useage and quality. The K800 is completely covered in plastic while the K810 only does a bit better with it's front being glass. Here, the compact size (I know it's not small, but for what it has, it's compact) with everything within it keeps it very sturdy. No complains on creeks or any moving pieces with the exception of the keys and the battery port at the bottom. Any other K850 owner want to vouch for me?
Cheers
-kDnq