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Sony Ericsson K850 review: 5 megapixel Phone-and-Shoot

14 September 2007 | Read the review | Post your comment
Sony Ericsson K850 review: 5 megapixel Phone-and-Shoot - read the full textWe called Sony Ericsson K810 the rebirth of the Cyber-shot. We're now looking at a great leap forward in developing the company's cameraphone lineup in the face of the glamorous Sony Ericsson K850. It brings a bunch of novelties in design...

 

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i just bought this phone yesterday, i was disappointed too with the camera.. anyway how do u use the camera correctly? what's the hokus focus thingy?? how? pla reply, thankz!

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  • 2007-12-30 05:02
  • vpds

I don't know what happened to others but I bought my k850i just last week.

ei, at first I was skeptical as i first used the phone and almost contorts to what the review and comments have just said days before.

Yes indeed the camera sucks as I first used it. The k810 seems to give better camera results. but after some hocus-pocus I learned how it works and now I'm loving the camera. ^_^

I like how it plays video. although in a pc the videos doesn't look that cool but viewing it using the phone is a new experience. I mean it was like holding a video cam. hehe!

this phone is nice as I know it. ^_^
I'm loving it actually.

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  • 2007-12-23 11:48
  • w0QQ

hey noobie
k850 doesn't run on UIQ, it runs on a200 platform
but the rest is right

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  • 2007-12-16 15:22
  • 3cHK

Had the K850i for a few days... Am pretty disappointed with it and am returning it to Vodafone. The photo quality is absolutely nothing like that from a proper digital camera. The images might be 5MP but they're blurry and have poor colour capture. It's also very irritating having to wait 10 seconds after you take a photo as it 'saves' it. How Sony lets Sony Ericsson slap the Cyber-shot brand on rubbish like this I've no idea. Oh, actually, I do, it's about raking in cash.

As a phone, the 850i has nice sound quality, but the keys are painful to press - they're sharp little bumps not rounded keys. I can't figure out how anyone in the design department thought this was a nice thing for people to use? On top of that, there are three 'soft' keys across the bottom of the screen that are too easy to accidentally press.

The operating system is Symbian UIQ, which means it looks pretty and runs fairly smoothly. But the individual bits of software that operate the camera, the media/ music player, and the phone itself, were clearly all written by different teams at Sony Ericsson. As a result, there are lots of inconsistencies in the user interface - opening the media player is like using a completely different device.

Overall, as you can probably tell, I'm really underwhelmed with my first Sony phone. It's badly designed and the camera is over-hyped - how can reviewers honestly say that it's as good as a digital camera when anyone with eyes can see that the pictures are not up to scratch? It's nonsense to argue otherwise, and they're not doing a professional job of critiquing the product.

Oh, and you're constantly forced to keep wiping fingerprints off it because that nice glossy plastic looks a total mess after the first time you pick it up.

I'd rate this K850i at 5 out of 10 - totally average, and really over-hyped.

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  • 2007-12-15 16:11
  • 0RDf

Am I missing something really obvious?

I've just got this and love it, but have come to play with the images I've taken using Photo DJ and I can't find a way to crop images!

Please tell me how to do this somebody!

Thanks in advance!

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  • 2007-12-14 16:06
  • ceEa

K850i - Very much this is a gangster phone, bit chunky but a very good phone!

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  • 2007-12-12 11:21
  • mCSY

Hey ppl!!!Im am 16 and want n phone that is hot and user friendly. I just want to know if it is worth my money or do I have to believe the people that think this phone is bad? and if not this phone, what phone then?

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  • 2007-12-07 21:01
  • Nxsf

Hi guyz.
I love both listening to music and taking pictures, and I want to buy the first SE phone. I am confused between k850 and w910.
Which one is better?

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  • 2007-12-02 23:52
  • iKtc

OMG is sony ericsson p5 coming !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • 2007-12-02 09:34
  • S3H%

Hi peoples !
The sony ericsson k850i is good.
It pwns !
I like it its a good phone witch 5MP but my sony ericsson have 4 GB to.

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  • 2007-12-02 09:32
  • S3H%

hey ppl. i'm just wondering, should i upgrade the firmware or just leave it as it is now? it does hang a lot and i'm thinking of upgrading the firmware, since most of the gadgets with update-able fimrware works better after being updated. need a lil help with this matter.

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  • 2007-12-01 22:47
  • M{If

Isn't it time for GSMArena to make a review? It's been about 3 months past!

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  • 2007-12-01 04:22
  • vx6p

hey guys .. is there a sleep mode clock in this? If there is i can't seem to find it? It goes directly into standby.

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  • 2007-11-30 09:24
  • UGpu

Sony ericsson p5i is coming! Nokia lovers are going to die soon...

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  • 2007-11-27 03:01
  • w0QQ

If you are having trouble with photo's, keepn your fingers away from the flash/light sensor. If you dont know what that is, read the book.

I had issues when using my flash at night, but because its a digital camera, i found keeping my finger away stops any issue's. The N95 is SH## compared to this phone. I wish nokia thinkers would see the light and come to the best side!!!

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  • 2007-11-25 14:24
  • vCxE

I have recently had a hands-on experience with the phone, the camera is quite disappointing because the devices doesn't adjust well to different light modes, I have used the flash to take photos in a well-lit room and it has failed to show anything but shadows!!! have they fixed that in recent firm-wares by any chance?

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  • 2007-11-22 20:43
  • S9h2

wow as in!

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  • 2007-11-21 17:28
  • PDPg

I just want to know before purchasing k850 whether the speaker quality is as bad as w810. bcos it has a very cracky sound when u listen songs routed thru speaker. Pls tell me if anyone has this phone. I am waiting desperately

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  • 2007-11-20 10:28
  • waVs

I just wanted to know which phone is worthy of buying... K850i or W960i? I'm a bit confused as i love music as well as clicking pics. And i'm afraid that W960i being a symbion will be having bugs and viruses, like in nokia. Where as K850i is worthy.... And also W960i might be too delicate as it's having touch screen and K850i is having much higher sound than W960i !!! The only disgusting thing about W960i is that it might be prone to viruses... And i don't want that! So, will you guys help me soughting out which phone i should buy! Please reply honestly...
First i had a W550i and now i'm having K790i and now i don't know which phone to buy? And of course i want a SE. :)

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  • 2007-11-19 09:05
  • M@T2

Got my sony ericcson K850 for 2 weeks and more than dozen of times, I wish I can throw the phone to the wall... Really frustrated. Phones get hang half way.. couple of times, incoming calls, cant hear pp voices. sms hang. NOW the centre key no more wording reflection..... REALLY, SONY...... Please run more test before launching new phone....really spolit SONY's image and market confidence

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  • 2007-11-18 12:49
  • TIEh
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