Any views on the Sony Ericsson K800i

Jigsaw

Hi folks,

Been considering changing my recently purchased phone and getting a Sony Ericsson k800i instead. Would love to know what you good people out there have to say about the k800i!

Cheers

R

sonnyboy

From the reviews that ive read the camera isnt as good as the Sharp 903 and only a lil bit better than the K750i.

Also the joystick is meant to be more improved.

MiCr0

sonnyboy - i think you've got the wrong phone

Camera
Sony Ericsson promotes the K800 has a 3.2 mega pixel camera. If you multiply the width and height of the high resolution images, you will find that the sum is 3.145.728 (2048 x 1536). That is 3.15 mega pixels which is closer to 3.1 MP than 3.2. To me, it seems like the mega pixel race is more important than image quality. I can see the reason why they do this. It must be because it is difficult to set some kind of ranking number for image quality and use that in marketing. Some might say that mobile phones soon will replace digital cameras. My prediction is that it won’t happen within the next 5 years. Camera phones will of course be more sophisticated, but so will the dedicated digital cameras. I think that Canon, Nikon, Sony, Panasonic and Olympus have the necessary power and expertise to fight back against the phone manufactures. On the other hand, now that Samsung and Sony have entered the digital SLR camera arena, we might see some synergy between their phone- and camera divisions. The Sony Ericsson K800 camera hardware and software has probably also been developed with the help from Sony’s camera division. It has some of the camera features also found in Sony Cyber-shot cameras, and the image sensor is most likely developed by Sony. Well, enough of my thoughts and back to the K800 camera review.

http://www.esato.com/reviews/sonyericssonk800/

sonnyboy

I think I know what im talking about MiCrO ( hope I don't sound rude)

chrislad

I've had an K750i and a Sharp 903. I now have a K800i, and I have to say, without being rude, that in regards to this, you don't know what you're talking about in regards to the camera. You're right about the joystick though.

Cyrus

to me its just an updated k750i, so unless u need a 3.2 mega pixel camera it doesnt offer much new?

sprinkles

Cyrus wrote:

to me its just an updated k750i, so unless u need a 3.2 mega pixel camera it doesnt offer much new?

I'd have to agree. Plus if you do own a 750 you'll have to buy new memory sticks as the old duo's don't fit anymore.

I was going to buy this but i opted to buy a digital camera instead.

sonnyboy

@ chrislad, just things ive read don't blame me now. I heard the camera was easier to use than the 903 but the quality of the 903 was superior. Also iI heard it is only 3.1 mpxls not 3.2.

sharkman

I've had nearly every SE phone released and I can tell you that the K800i is a big step up from the K750i . Both camera and phone are superior .

Cyrus

what extra features does it have?

chrislad

RSS reader, updated T9 dictionary, UMTS, video calling, BestPic photo technology.

The main reason you would upgrade is the camera. That's the killer app. There are a number of other updates, like I mentioned above, but the main reason is the camera.

Doctor DooM

Its a 3.2 cyber shot.


I've had aplay around with it and it seemed a very nice phone.