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LG KG920 vs. SE K800 vs. Nokia N73: One more photo shootout

31 January 2007 | Read the review | Post your comment
LG KG920 vs. SE K800 vs. Nokia N73: One more photo shootout - read the full textRecently we've got LG K920 for testing; this is one of the first 5MP camera GSM phones available on the market. We've decided that it's a good idea to test it against one of the best currently available 3MP camera phones, and also great rivals - Sony Ericsson K800 and Nokia N73.

 

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This is a funny one guys. Do you want me to prove that GSMarena being picky to Nokia?

Take a look at this samle

http://i.gsmarena.com/ii/revie..._crop011.jpg

And read what Gsmarena wrote about it. OK, i quote it for you

"LG KG920 shows good results here, you can see the resolution advantage in the crops. Both K800 and N73 shows also good results for their class, but look at the purple color between the branches in the Nokia N73 photo - maybe this sharpness comes at a price?'"

In another words, they prefered no to mention obvious green color in LG, Pink+violet color in K800, and focused on much less visible purple on N73 pic. This is very dissapointing..




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  • 2007-02-02 21:08
  • SrJS

1. nokia (sharp and nice colors, the first page alll the pics indoors the pictures look like they should don't have a blue thing)
2. Sony ericsson pictures are blurry, and it show a blue thing and its out of contrast.
3. LG nice pictures but like SE blurrty shows blue thing inside and outdoors a yellow one.

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  • 2007-02-02 20:54
  • Pv9c

@me
Where do you see Sony Ericsson taking sharper pictures? Seems like you didn't pay attention for samples too or maybe it's time for new glasses? :)

Take a carefull look at radiator grille

http://i.gsmarena.com/ii/revie..._crop008.jpg

N73 is best here too.

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  • 2007-02-02 20:51
  • SrJS

@Bling

Did you even bother to look at samples?
For example, take a look here
http://i.gsmarena.com/ii/revie..._crop007.jpg

Those stripes on Mini shoud be white, not grey

Here

http://i.gsmarena.com/ii/revie..._crop009.jpg

Those arches are not yellow (LG), not pink (Sony Ericsson), they are more white, funny how gsmarena guys keeps repeating that only K800 gives accurate colors..

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  • 2007-02-02 20:40
  • SrJS

here lg wins without a question.only drawback is the yellow tint.the n73 shows a high saturation in photos(hurts to admit because o own one :|),while se has sharper images.
nokia has an advantage over se because they admit their flaws in phones and provide users with the ability to update the phone @ home.nokia makes reliable phones.it's hard to kill one.se makes fragile phones.if you don't take care of them they die quickly(a friend of mine has a k 800i and in two months he went to the service 3 times to fix the joystick).also it's a pain in the a** to update it's firmware;you have to take it tho the service or you might terminate it's existance trying at home.other than that stop posting off topic comments.this a photo contest not a phone quality contest or a bug count.in the 5 mp category the winner is the lg - being the only one tested (possibly winner till the n95 appears,who knows? :P).in the 3 mp category both phones share the same place (each has it's own drawbacks )

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  • 2007-02-02 19:55
  • nCKp

Comenting:
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1. k800
2. lg
10.nokia

t610 had a better scrren than all nokias(3 years ago)
what aboat 6230 screen vs k700 screen(same range)
k700 still has a great screen
i dont like the n73,because its like a toy(cheap plastic,very sensitive)
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How can you allow suvh comments, gsmarena ?
It's pity that kindergarden begins to have internet. Amount such comments is goning to increase... :(

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  • 2007-02-02 18:54
  • MDku

keep up the Excellent work SONY Ericsson

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  • 2007-02-02 18:22
  • iEKp

I tried the K800i an o.k the pictures in the dark with the flash look alot more brighter than My N73 but the only downside of the K800i is the sliding lens cover it can easily slide down without you knowing it an make the camera work when in your pocket an the joystick was like K750i so returned it an got the N73 the photos in daylight are brilliant an are alot better than the K800i,Nokias got to improve it flashes now on it mobiles to really get better pictures taken in dark or dim light,the screens is clear the buttons should have been made a little larger but the speakers show the K800i up as they are really loud an the N73 was the right choice for me an has alot more functions an software thanks Nokia bring out the N95 to see if its photos are better i bet Ericsson,Samsung an Motorola will be trying to create a mobile to compete with the N95

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  • 2007-02-02 16:03
  • n1wv

Q Bling

Honestly my point of view,k800 really take good pictures then n73.But we cant compare k800 with n73. both phones are diff functional.k800 is a cam phone w/o OS.and for n73 is a cam phone with OS just like a pc.
how to compare those 2 phones eh?

Important point is,if someone really a photo shooter then he should consider k800 for taking better pictures.Meanwhile for ppl who like to feel they are holding a pc on hand then go for n73 and a pc that still can take nice pictures althou can't compare to k800.

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  • 2007-02-02 10:17
  • ibb2

@ Rus

Nokia is cheating here. This isn't an excuse put its the truth. Nokia is showing you something that doesn't exist. The cube wasn't that yellow etc etc etc etc.

Question Rus. If you have a washed out yellow shirt. You snap Pictures with a K800i and N73. The picture with the N73 makes the shirt loook like when it was bought (bright) K800i makes the shirt look like it is (washed out yellow)
Which is the better camera?
The one that shows you what you wanted to see? Or
The one that shows you what you saw?

Fake vs reality? who wins?

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  • 2007-02-01 23:33
  • QgP8

'oversaturation', 'mask' = are extremely lame excuses for Sony Ericsson. You hold in your hand two pictures, one is beatiful, very sharp and REAL, has colors, the other one is blurry and has washy colors, how can latter be more real? How can blurry picture be more real then sharper one? Is this a joke or what? Nokia's drawbacks are extremely far fetched in this review, while K800, which has much more drawback, is glorified..
Why not talk about UNDERSATURATION of K800 and its worse lens? I doesn't matter, why and how pics of N73 are better, it only matters that K800 can't keep up.

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  • 2007-02-01 21:20
  • SrJS

1. k800
2. lg
10.nokia

t610 had a better scrren than all nokias(3 years ago)
what aboat 6230 screen vs k700 screen(same range)
k700 still has a great screen
i dont like the n73,because its like a toy(cheap plastic,very sensitive)

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  • 2007-02-01 21:13
  • mKb6

@Blingblingthing

I'm sorry but what looks better, is better and more real. This is exactly what i'm taliking about, you are making up stupid excuses for Sony Ericsson too, K800 pics are not sharp enogh, they are blurry and washed out in comparison to N73, and yet you call that crap 'reality', this is not that kind of reality i want.
We are not robots, so which pictures look better to human eye, are in fact better and your "reality" is totally subjective thing.

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  • 2007-02-01 20:52
  • SrJS

It is clear! The n73' photos are more rich beacuse they apply a very strong unsharp mask!!! I hate this method to change the reality of an image! K800 take naturale and real photo. If you apply an unsharpmask filter and pull up the saturation on k800's photos, you see the same photos as n73...Nokia uses a trick!!!

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  • 2007-02-01 15:52
  • Mfw4

For fans of N73.What u say about holiday lamps on 1 of the pictures?? That mean that a n73 has unnatural colours

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  • 2007-02-01 14:50
  • n$}D

It has never been a secret that the gsmarena guys have always been biased towards Sony Ericsson... i guess they dont get to keep the phones for more than a month, otherwise they would start noticing how faulty and crappy they are (crappy joysticks, crappy bluetooth modules, the infamous white screen of death, Disc2phone sw that corrupts and leaves your phone useless... and i could keep going and going).

Since the days of the T610... one of SE's "best sellers". Dont you guys remember... the worst screen ever! hardly readable... worst reception and worst earpiece. And it was a "best seller".

I still remember the posts that flooded the W550/W600 forums : "my screen is all white and my phone is useless", "my phone froze and when i re-started it, it wouldnt turn on".. bla bla bla.

After being a very unsatisfied SE k700 user... theres just one thing I know: Avoid SE handsets... avoid them at all cost.

Picture wise: LG wins hands down, i mean its obvious just read the specs.

Quality wise: Nokia. Being a N73 user myself, ive experienced a few hangs (like 4 or 5) over two months of use. But one thing is for sure... im never afraid that whenever i remove the battery, my phone will refuse to turn on... or get a white screen of death or whatsoever.

No wonder why Nokia is still the leader in mobile phones manufacturing.

And do you guys want a "bestseller"? why dont you turn your head to v3 razr from motorola? Now that's what i call a Bestseller

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  • 2007-02-01 14:49
  • Pbxk

i think people in gsmarena love sony eri. because nokia n73 has verry good camera and anyone can see that it takes better pics than the other two, especially from k800

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  • 2007-02-01 14:36
  • Sjtw

Some people here seem like they don't even read the review blindfully bashing one phone and praising another one.
Each one has flaws..

Personally the yellow tint on the LG pictures made some of them really bad but in the mall it was way nicer then SE+nokia. Nokia looked nice in some photos but the oversaturation killed it in others. SE did good in some, bad in others. Because of this review I think i'll get a SE because I want the real picture and I wanna edit stuff in the future possibly. Thanks for the awesome review gsmarena guys =D

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  • 2007-02-01 14:08
  • jRXX

N73 is more colorful? yeah.. gsmarena already explained that N73 used over saturation process. For those who know abt photography, they will go for K800

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  • 2007-02-01 13:59
  • PFM7

though i hav a SE K800i.. i must say after i read this review.. N73 takes better picture dan da other two..

LG takes excellent pics with fantastic resolution. bt its color managemnt is worst.

K800i's indoor pics didnut satisfyd me..bt its flash is da king of kings! best flash evr used in camera mobile!

N73's pics are a lot colourful dan ne other of da two.

Overall i think N73 z better(only after readin this review)

NB: i think da pics in dis review taken by k800i z not good. bt da pics i took by my k800i i got a huge diffence. i think da k800i used here donut take good pics.

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  • 2007-02-01 11:30
  • PGY%
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