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Sony Ericsson K800 review: Digicam in disguise

26 June 2006 | Read the review | Post your comment
Sony Ericsson K800 review: Digicam in disguise - read the full textSony Ericsson K800 is one of the handsets we were so anxious to test that we could hardly wait for the phone to be brought in the office. Its highly advertised Cyber-shot camera made us as restless as kids on Christmas morning. Once we got it and before we started working on this review we spent a good deal of time experimenting with the exciting 3.2 megapixel camera. Not that we haven't seen a better camera, no! The thing is that this good camera just happens to be a good mobile phone, too.

 

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Just wondering if anyone know whether I could compensate exposure with flash in use. The compensation controlled by the joystick only works without flash.

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  • 2006-09-22 00:59
  • Uis$

does the phone actually made in china, including the battery?? I just bought one today.. and I realized that everything is made in China. Does SE mobile phones made in china??

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  • 2006-09-21 14:17
  • in%M

i just bought k800i few weeks ago.this fon is great.b4 this i use to have nokia 7250,se p910i & o2 atom.this is my latest fone & i love it & going to kept it.most of my freind use nokia & they have problem with memory card capasity but not for se.

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  • 2006-09-20 06:58
  • PIxq

To Saitou Akio, higher iso means grainy pictures.. please do some research first..

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  • 2006-09-18 05:09
  • Ui%%

I own a k800i. Bought it nearly 2 months ago. Here is my honest take on it.

Pro:
1) Excellent camera. Although some photos tend to be underexposed. And yes, the Xenon flash is really something to rave about. Its fantastic. Detrators can say what they want, but I dun care, its good.

2) Good MP3 player. Nice features overall. Quite user friendly.

3) Reasonably small and light. And it looks good to me.

4) No software glitches so far.

Cons:

1) It hasnt happened yet, but I think my joystick will spoil eventually. Its starting to lose sensitivity.

2) Coating of my keypad is starting to peal off. And i take quite good care of my phone.

3) Not terribly customizable to individual preference as compared to my previous nokia phones.

4) The speakers are good/clear. But im annoyed by the volume. Its freaking irritating coz u cant hear very well sometimes. It may be clear, but the maximum volume is pathetic. (probably my greatest annoyance with the phone)

OVERALL : No regrets buying it at all. Some problems, but hey, which phone is perfect. Personally, I would think only the N73 could rival it. But the k800i is about a 100 dollars cheaper, so I probably will still buy it given a second chane.

I rarely recommend phones to ppl, but I would say k800i most likely wont dissapoint u. Btw, its the first SE phone i used, i was previously all nokia, and this has got me noticing SE more. =)

Hope this feel u guys who are still on the fence.

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  • 2006-09-16 15:32
  • PFMh

does anybody know if the k800 has speakers inwhich you can play your music out aloud... and if so is it good quality

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  • 2006-09-16 02:04
  • U2$e

To Saitou

U are so right, N93 is overly huge, ugly overpriced and is not on the same league as any cyber-shot phone. Nokia's CZ lens is a gimmick. And if u didn't know, SE actually allowed Nokia the rights to use the CZ lens on their dwindling, over-populated n-series. N-series has no class, cos they are mass produced phones, with too many on the market...boring

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  • 2006-09-15 10:06
  • Gh6A

Hi everybody! Can please somebody post me a link, where I can see a video sample? This is my only considoration about buying this phone or not, so I want to see if video quality is as bad, as many says. Thanks a lot!

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  • 2006-09-12 09:08
  • MmTv

i really do indeed wonder why is everyone harping about the XENON flash, since using such a low-power and short distance flash simply makes your subject over-exposed and its background under-exposed when taking a shot in a low-light condition, not to mention that the flash has a range of only around 4metres.... what people need is a higher ISO, not some crappy XENON flash to be passed off as a high-quality camera flash.... anyone who does photography knows this simple fact...

N93 utilises a Carl Zeiss lens, and that provides an extra low-dispersion which reduces colour bleeding significantly, coupled with a high quality video-recording and 3X optical zoom with a wider aperture, the N93 is a superior camera phone over the K800i over numerous aspects... size is subjective, as there are many out there who doesnt mind the size of a larger phone, its exaggerating to claim that you can't fit a N93 into a pocket, therefore there really is no comparison between the N93 and the K800, its not even meant to be on the same level of playing field...

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  • 2006-09-10 03:12
  • PFM7

the only negative thing i can find about this phone is the video recording feature which is QCIF!!! that is just terrible! if it was VGA"30fps" recording like the Nokia N93 this phone would be THE ultimate cell phone for sure for many years to come :D

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  • 2006-09-09 04:35
  • mvXx

hi;
i had used this phone, i was surprised due to its heavy weight. the physical appearance do not show its high profile set, infact it looks like an ordinary sony ericsson model.

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  • 2006-09-07 12:50
  • PI26

My friend has the N80, he did'nt want to wait for the K800i. So when I eventually got my K800i last week, he was almost in tears when he saw the picture quality. We both took pics with our phones, and compared them, pic for pic. Now he wants to sell his N80 and buy a K800i. He bought the N80 because he thought it would be cool to have a phone with WIFI. But, who needs a phone with WIFI, when your laptop/notebook has W-Lan.
The K800i is a Great phone, with Unrivalled pictures. Good TV ad too.

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  • 2006-09-05 09:49
  • Gh6A

the video resolution is a joke

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  • 2006-09-04 16:02
  • iA@X

The only thing that stop me to buy it is the joystick. This is couse I heard a lot of bad things about K750 ant W800 joisticks.

I want to invest my money in sometings durable (at least 2 years). And I doubt if this joystick will last for more than year. Well if SE are upgrade joystick technology, may be will last for more, but... I'm not so sure...

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  • 2006-08-28 16:00
  • nU@X

Is this style suitable for girls?

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  • 2006-08-28 14:52
  • nEnh

I've had this thing for a week now. The features on the phone are top notch. My one greatest rumble with this phone is the joystick. It is insanely fustrating to use. For example, when i go too far down the contact list, i have to hold the joystick for one second for it to go up and sometimes its skips a contact by going up more than one at a time. Has anyone experienced this problem?

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  • 2006-08-13 19:34
  • j5@w

Which one is best w550i or w950i...is W550i memory is not expandable...Jus tel me which one is best or is any other mobile better than this...but the price should be between 16k to 20 k...not more than that...

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  • 2006-08-09 16:11
  • PSL6

LebPrince,

Go with the k800i. Trust me. You won't regret it. Let me give you 2 simple reasons why.

1) You won't ever need anything other than a good MP3 and a good camera. All the so called "cool" features, most consumers never ever used. And btw, the camera on the k800 is fantastic.

2) It's cheaper. Let's face it, in 2 years, you will change the phone. Buy SMART.

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  • 2006-08-09 15:32
  • PFM9

Hey i got my phone the 3rd week of july 2006. I am proud to say that i am the only one in Montreal who have this phone.Originally i was a Nokia user, but eversince i baught the p910i ( which decieved me because of its crappy battery , ive decided to take a shot at SE. The first second i saw some pictures of the K800i, i fell in love and i wanted the phone badly. What can i say, its the best phone ive ever purchased and invested in. The battery is amazing long battery life, the camera is extraordinary and every single feature of this hot phone are amazing. To top it off, id give this phone 15 / 10 amazing,.

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  • 2006-08-07 18:58
  • Td1q

friends i am really confused which phone 2 buy......

k800 or n93 or n80 ????

i am in a fix....keeping m budget in mind i am plannin to go for a k800....
am i taking a right decision....
the camera + the sound quality matters a lot for me....
plzzz reply frens and help me out...
thank u....

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  • 2006-08-05 13:06
  • 2@ym
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