w810i once and 4 all

AJ!

skywalker wrote:

Ok someones gonna have to ask, AJ wheres that carpark? some fantastic cars in those pics.

The Beacon Hotel in Sandyford Industrial Estate;)

chrislad wrote:

AJ, pictures depends on the lens, not just the amount of megapixels.

Does anyone know what the lens is like on the W810?

krayZpaving

So how much is the W810i going to be on Meteor? All the UK operators offer it for free (or close enough) with a decent contract.
I got an email from Vodafone today confirming they're not going to go with the W810i, but will release the v630i in August (they originally said July for it).

krayZpaving

krayZpaving wrote:

So how much is the W810i going to be on Meteor?

Anyone?

thenakedchef

AJ! wrote:

The Beacon Hotel in Sandyford Industrial Estate;)



Does anyone know what the lens is like on the W810?

those cars are for sale by des cullen suite 36 the beacon mall....drool

AJ!

mobileplaza wrote:

i have one on order so when i get it ill post a review...

Did you get it yet? I'm really interested to hear what you think of it.

gerky

got mine great fone good camera 512mb card with it very handy nice sized screen keypad ok unless u got very big hands music quality good

mobileplaza

AJ! wrote:

Did you get it yet? I'm really interested to hear what you think of it.

yea sorry, not had time to post up a review. arrived thursday. only gripe i have so far is the camera. im not impressed with the quality of the pics, i found them to be grainey! although i havent properly played around with it yett...


Angel2, do u really think the camera is good?? im comparing it to my 6680 (1.3mp) & i reckon the pic quality is better on that.

TempestSabre

I saw a W810i in a shop on Georges street this evening. €430 sim free. :eek:

chrislad

krayZpaving wrote:

So how much is the W810i going to be on Meteor? All the UK operators offer it for free (or close enough) with a decent contract.
I got an email from Vodafone today confirming they're not going to go with the W810i, but will release the v630i in August (they originally said July for it).

If I had to guess, I would say that the pricing would be very similar to the W800i currently on Meteor. The W800i is 349 on prepay, and 149/99 on bill pay (depending on tariff). I don't see it changing too much, and if it does, I'd say only about 20euro extra, tops. It's really just a re-skinned phone with some extra buttons and EDGE. Hardly a huge technological leap.

TempestSabre

Considering the k750i is €29 or €49 is the extra worth it?

gerky

i got mine €324 sim free i didnt think camera was great untell i changed settings macro feature nice still think its a lotta dosh has a few less flaws then earlier models

chrislad

I'd say no (to getting a W810 ahead of a K750i) unless you a) plan to use the included headphones for music (They cost 50euro seperate) and b) have issues with joysticks. They are, essentially, the same phone.

TempestSabre

I don't think the earphones are worth it regardless of what they cost.

chrislad

Depends on how you feel about in ear headphones. If you can get over the weird echo feeling, they actually have great sound. Personally, I'm not big into them.

AJ!

angel2 wrote:

i didnt think camera was great untell i changed settings

macro feature nice

Can you change the camera quality settings? On Nokias you can choose basic, medium or high quality for the camera. Is there something similar for the W810i?

What is the Macro feature?

Wertz

chrislad wrote:

I'd say no (to getting a W810 ahead of a K750i) unless you a) plan to use the included headphones for music (They cost 50euro seperate) and b) have issues with joysticks. They are, essentially, the same phone.

I got the k750i a few weeks back and was so pissed off with the poor headphones, I went hunting for the decent set on eBay....ended up getting a polycarbonate case and the hpm-70s in the w810i colour scheme for less than €20 delivered from hong kong...already had a 1gb MS duo. Flashed the firmware to w800i....basically a w810i wihout EDGE, >1gb support and an orange walkman logo for a fraction of the price.

gerky

theres normal or fine in camera settings macro is for very close photograghy

Wertz

Turn on the camera, hit the Settings button, navigate to Picture Size and select Large 1632*1224.
Normal and Fine settings are interpolation off/on...normal will give you a cleaner image at the higher resolution as far as I can see, fine will give you a better quality pic at a lower resolution.

TempestSabre

Wertz wrote:

I got the k750i a few weeks back and was so pissed off with the poor headphones, I went hunting for the decent set on eBay....ended up getting a polycarbonate case and the hpm-70s in the w810i colour scheme for less than €20 delivered from hong kong...already had a 1gb MS duo. Flashed the firmware to w800i....basically a w810i wihout EDGE, >1gb support and an orange walkman logo for a fraction of the price.

Does the K750i not support 1GB? The hpm-70 just look like the mdr ex71 to me. Which I don't like.

Wertz

Oh it'll do 1gb no probs...can do 2gb but it slows down the interface a fair bit for some reason (probably firmware)

Yeah the hpm 70 is like the fontopias but the bundled hands-free doesn't have a 3.5mm jack so it was either buy an adapter for ~5 quid and loose out on the microphone for handsfree, or pay an extra tenner for quality sound.
If I ever replace my lost shures, they'll plug into it too

AJ!

mobileplaza wrote:

only gripe i have so far is the camera. im not impressed with the quality of the pics, i found them to be grainey! although i havent properly played around with it yett...

Angel2, do u really think the camera is good?? im comparing it to my 6680 (1.3mp) & i reckon the pic quality is better on that.

Do you think the quality is bad on the highest settings? Can anyone post any pictures they've taken on the highest settings?

Wertz wrote:

Turn on the camera, hit the Settings button, navigate to Picture Size and select Large 1632*1224.
Normal and Fine settings are interpolation off/on...normal will give you a cleaner image at the higher resolution as far as I can see, fine will give you a better quality pic at a lower resolution.

TempestSabre

Wertz wrote:

Oh it'll do 1gb no probs...can do 2gb but it slows down the interface a fair bit for some reason (probably firmware)

Yeah the hpm 70 is like the fontopias but the bundled hands-free doesn't have a 3.5mm jack so it was either buy an adapter for ~5 quid and loose out on the microphone for handsfree, or pay an extra tenner for quality sound.
If I ever replace my lost shures, they'll plug into it too

Didn't think about the handfree. Makes sense if you look at it like that.

mickomack

angel2 wrote:

i got mine €324 sim free i didnt think camera was great untell i changed settings macro feature nice still think its a lotta dosh has a few less flaws then earlier models

Angel where did you buy it?The cheapest I found was expansys.ie €359.95.
Anyone that has bought the phone do they think its worth the money or would they go with the w800i or another phone?

gerky

got mine at onedaymobile.ie only thing is the day i ordered it got a fonecall from them they need id either faxed or emailed 2 them 4 security but other than that service was fine and they charge €20 delivery as the use ups

Scabba

w810i now available on Meteor. €129

Random

That's eur129 on the highest billpay tariff Scabba. It is available though... I hear O2 are gonna have it in a few weeks too, wonder if Vodafone will follow or just skip to the k800i as rumoured.