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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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hi every body,,,, im using w900i right now and i need to know the price of k800i ....plzz casue theres no much defereance between them just the 3MP camera and i dont need it cause i have 7.1 MP cyber shot camera but im really waitng for w850i so

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  • 2006-06-29 14:58
  • mJUx

N93 is not good as the review

1. N93 is much more bigger, very heavy and bulky
2. Bug is very classic problem for Nokia
3. Flash is not powerful as the one for K800i (xenon flash)
4. N93 lack of image stabillizer, taking photo at night will be difficult, K800i has it
5. N93 will have battery life much shorter than K800i

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  • 2006-06-29 10:35
  • BPVe

hi every ony.really i love this phone.it is great step of SE.and i think it is better then nokia ugly,stupid n93

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  • 2006-06-28 20:56
  • PVt{

Mr. K800, you need to do some more reading. N80 has a cellphone camera module, whereas, N93 has a camcorder camera module with CARL ZEISS tehnology. This is a big difference. I will save my breath, your lack of knowledge is depicted in your post. You go buy the K800 for its Flash and I will buy the N93 for its 30 fps dvd quality recording,gorgeous photo capability, pdf, office, GPS (yes with a small Nokia Sirfstar III module GPS works like a charm), Wi-Fi, etc. Most of you here are in denial and only a blind person would say the K800 pics are better.

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  • 2006-06-28 19:11
  • M%Em

hey ppl talking about the N93!!
dont u know the BiG defferince !!!!!!?????
K800\K790 can be put in ur pocket !!!
its a compact device equiped with all , unlike the n93
n93 is a very BiG device , i wont buy it even if it`s @ 1 US$ !!

be wise people , nokia is f***ing with you !!

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  • 2006-06-28 16:28
  • n9kc

Another quality Product from Sony Cyber-Shot range
this camera includes a mobile phone , mp3 player & a lot more

what a gre8 camera !
thnx sony for not making your consumers down(Y)

go to hell zokia (N)

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  • 2006-06-28 16:22
  • n9kc

Mr N93... what are you chatting about... you say that the camera on the n93 is alot better than the unit installed on the N80... did you not know that it is the same spec 3.15 megapixel that comes on the N80??? Read the review comparing the n80 to the k800, clearly showing that the camera in this is the same as the n93.

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  • 2006-06-28 13:55
  • mycx

Max,
There is full screen video playback. The only reason why there are black borders around the video in some screenshots, is that the resolution that the K800 records in is lower than the resolution of the screen.

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  • 2006-06-28 06:27
  • U2TB

n93 is useless at night, at least k800 is capable of taking DECENT pictures at night...

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  • 2006-06-28 03:45
  • 2AmT

omg, can't this guys understand that this is a Cybershot Phone!!! NOT A WALKMAN...

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  • 2006-06-28 03:44
  • 2AmT

I'm mostly interested in the sound quality. Can I buy the K800 or should I buy the W810i with MegaBass then?

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  • 2006-06-27 22:00
  • iyU$

No doubt both phones are good. The flash is impressive on the K790/K800 but it is not as impressive as the recording feature on the N93. Look on mobilereview how the colours come out on the N93. I am talking about the pictures with the cup on the table. SE used to have this advantage over Nokia. But if u really wanna talk about camera phone check out the latest 4MP Nec and the 10MP Samsung ;). I think some fanatics would say that the K800 takes better pictures than the 10 MP Samsung cos it has a XENON Flash. Get real guys, NOKIA developed a device better than any SE on the market. I admit, its big, but I will buy it. Mostly cos it records like a camcorder. K800 records like a cheap camera phone.

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  • 2006-06-27 22:00
  • M%Em

Dude I have seen the comparison at mobile review... The Image quality of both K800 and N93 was same... The contrast of N93 was more than K800 (different people would have diffrent choice here as K800 low contast shows slightly better proffesional photos whereas in N93 some areas are over exposed but the contrast is good)... In some pics K800 has better color reproduction and in some N93... The N93 has 3x optical zoom and K800 has Xenon flash light...

So what I see here is that both phones are on par and a better review from the latest firmware needs to be done...

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  • 2006-06-27 19:57
  • 2@Hb

There is no flash test as at the moment there is no compitition with the K800's Xenon flash...

When K750 can play full screen video then this should too...

I have read K800 review on mobile review and gsmarena and in non of those reviews it was mentioned that sms or contacts could be saved on memoery card... In the review on gsmarena its mentioned that only e-mails can be saved on memory card and not sms... Thats why I assumed that conatcts and sms cannot be saved on memory card... It someone has it plz let me know

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  • 2006-06-27 19:38
  • 2@Hf

http://www.mobile-review.com/r...cam-en.shtml

Left click on this link. Camera review for N93.

"Nokia N93 - 3.2 MP camera possibilities"

So it’s obvious that the camera itself originates from the range of low-end digital cameras, and therefore should overcome them quality-wise. Nonetheless, let us familiarize you with a short spec list:

* Carl Zeiss Optics: Vario-Tessar glass lens
* Matrix, 4.5х5.5 мм, CMOS, 3.2 megapixel (2048x1536)
* Shutter speed: Mechanical shutter: 1/2400~1/3 s
* Macro focus distance 30 cm (macro @ Wide) 10 cm (macro @ Middle to Tele)
* Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
* Focal length 4.5 mm (Wide) /12.4 mm (Tele) 34.25 - 94.1 mm(35mm equiv.)
* Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF
* Auto focus
* White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
* Exposure compensation: +1 ~ -1EV at 0.5 step
* Scene: automatic, user, close-up, landscape, night, night portray
* Color tone: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
* Zoom (optical/digital) 3x / up to 20x


It’s not hard to see that Nokia N93 camera quality is a lot better than one installed in Nokia N80, and by some aspects better than in Sony Ericsson K790i. More details, brighter photos, sharpness. All this became possible with help of standard camera module, instead of mobile one. Camera in Nokia N93 overcomes any existing camera installed in mobile phone to date.


You can see the pictures on that website that pics at night with the K790 are not as good as the ones with the N93.

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  • 2006-06-27 19:34
  • M%Em

Great phone~~~thumbs up to sony ericsson

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  • 2006-06-27 17:43
  • UiRA

n93, the link you listed didn't go anywhere. Post the link so we can see for ourselves. And better quality or not, n93's weak flash is nothing compared to k800's xenon. Also, who wants a phone that weighs 180 grams and is a foot long when unflipped? If I want a laptop i'll buy one. As for me, k790 is a sure buy. Anyone have any idea when and where I can pick up a k790?

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  • 2006-06-27 17:36
  • Yhda

And where is flash test??? Forgot it?
Can't wait for N93 review on this site!

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  • 2006-06-27 14:35
  • S1M5

PTn0 LOL... grow up, claiming that full screen video will make or break this phone, child.

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  • 2006-06-27 11:48
  • RNPZ

Interesting phone however, SE neglected one aspect. The camera. SE is well known for their cameras but this one lacks quality when compared to N93. SE needs to take out another phone in order to compete with N93. Size/performance is great on this phone. Video recording is useless and camera wise, the difference between K750i and this one is very small. If anyone doubts N93 camera capabilities, search gsmarena: N93 and read the review i posted.

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  • 2006-06-27 11:12
  • M%Em
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