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Sony Ericsson K850i

First seen: 11 may 2007

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  • User Score (582)
    7.8 7.8 from 582 reviewers
  • Expert Score (33)
    7.6 7.6 from 33 reviewers
  • Design (121)
    5.4 5.4 from 121 reviewers
  • Value for money (75)
    4.5 4.5 from 75 reviewers
  • Features (18)
    5.4 5.4 from 18 reviewers
  • Ease of use (114)
    5.0 5.0 from 114 reviewers
  • Performance (2)
    6.1 6.1 from 2 reviewers
  • Sound quality (185)
    5.3 5.3 from 185 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • added torch, the new generation ui, touch buttons lots more, 5mp digi cam, stable sw
  • glossy surface attracts fingerprints, camera s colour contrast, dark pictures with camera, battery is not great, software is ridiculous

Take unbelievably sharp 5 megapixel photos and talk to your friends in style with this feature-packed Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot® camera phone.

  • The K850 Cyber-shot® phone is just like a true digital camera down to its last pixel. And there are about five million of them. It combines the important things like auto focus, Xenon flash and automatic lens cover with a range of photo-enhancing features such as BestPic™ and Photo fix.
  • The 5 megapixel camera with auto focus…

Sony Ericsson K850i

Sony Ericsson K850i is the flagship phone of the K series and it was first launched in October 2007. It is available in three colors such as Velvet Blue, Luminous Green and Quicksilver Black. The candy bar form factor phone has a measure of 4.0 x 1.9 x 0.7 inches or 102.0 x 48.0 x 17.0 mm and it weighs only 4.2 oz (118.0 g). The phone’s screen is a 2.2 TFT LCD which has 262,144 colours and QVGA of 240 x 320 pixels resolution. This Sony Ericsson’s megapixel digital camera gives y…

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Sony Ericsson K850i

Sony Ericsson K850i is the flagship phone of the K series and it was first launched in October 2007. It is available in three colors such as Velvet Blue, Luminous Green and Quicksilver Black. The candy bar form factor phone has a measure of 4.0 x 1.9 x 0.7 inches or 102.0 x 48.0 x 17.0 mm and it weighs only 4.2 oz (118.0 g). The phone’s screen is a 2.2 TFT LCD which has 262,144 colours and QVGA of 240 x 320 pixels resolution. This Sony Ericsson’s megapixel digital camera gives you crisp high resolution every time and added features more common to standalone cameras.

Features

The K850i Cyber-shot™ phone is a true digital camera with 5 megapixels at a maximum resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels and record videos at 320 x 240 (QVGA) at 30 frames per second. In addition, it is featured with an auto focus, Xenon flash for motionless photos and three LED lights for video recording. There is also an automatic lens cover with a range of photo enhancing features such as BestPic™ and Photo fix. Moreover, there is a Photo Mate feature which shows you the tricks you need to know to take perfect shots. The Sony Ericsson K850i has a front-facing secondary camera for video calling. Therefore it supports 3G which enable users to access broadband Internet, say hello to video calls, audio and video streaming, Internet surfing, multimedia messaging and email on the go. You can browse easily from music to photo album, to video. Watch slideshows while you listen to your favourite music and all. It has a memory stick Micro™ (M2™) up to 4 GB and an internal phone memory of 40 MB. It also has MicroSD™ which support up to 4 GB. The phone also supports a wide variety of audio and video formats which can be played through the built-in Media Center based on the PlayStation Portable interface. Featuring a PictBridge in the K850i which enable user to print photos straight from your phone (You can skip the computer and photo editing software. Just connect your phone to a printer, choose an image and print). The phone ships with an included 512MB M2 stick but can support up to 4GB (M2) or 8GB (microSD). The 930-mAh Li-polymer battery gives talk-time of up to 9 hours on GSM and 3.5 hours on UMTS networks. Stand-by time is up to 400 hours on GSM and 350 hours on UMTS.

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Reviews of Sony Ericsson K850i

  1. Sony Ericsson K850 Review

    Reviewer: PhoneArena.com
    26 October 2007
    Overall 8
    8.2
    Design 10
    9.5
    Sound quality 7
    7.0
     

    We are disappointed by the Sony Ericsson K850 and how it performs as a camera. Really, considering it is the top Cyber-shot branded phone, it should be one of the best on the market, but the comparison with the old N95 and the G600 shows different things. As the K810, the K850 has its strong flash, but probably due to wrong algorithm delivers colorless images. Having in mind the upcoming cameraphones from other brands, we are not sure the K850 will be able to stay... Read more

  2. 30 October 2007
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    The K850i Cyber-shot is one of the best camera-phones available in the market right now, thanks to its dedicated controls, good performance and natural-looking images. Read more

  3. Sony-Ericsson K850i

    Reviewer: Electronista
    17 March 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    design The first observation most will make about the K850i is regarding its thickness: there's no escaping the reality that this phone is bulky. The design is not especially sharp-edged and will fit into most pockets, but it's certainly not for those who like to wear tight clothing. It's about 50 percent thicker than the W580i we reviewed before, though the technical features of the K850i at least help explain away this difference. Read more

  4. Sony Ericsson K850i

    Reviewer: Wired
    3 April 2008
    Overall 7
    7.0
     

    5 MP Sony Ericsson Camera Phone Shoots And Scores Image isn't everything. Beyond a solid Cyber-shot-branded cam, this tidy 118 gram candy bar comes chock full of sweet, easy-to-master programs that let you edit, remix and publish sharp pics and vid clips on the fly. In minutes, we whipped up a 45-second, 1.7 MB video slideshow that looked surprisingly decent online at 240x320. But despite Bluetooth, adequate web browsing and RSS feeds, this pin-striped, 3G beauty isn't... Read more

  5. Sony Ericsson K850i - black (unlocked)

    Reviewer: CNET
    28 April 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
    Design 7
    7.0
    Features 9
    9.0
    Performance 9
    9.0
     

    The bottom line: Though its navigation controls and keypad aren't up to par, the Sony Ericsson K850i is one of the finest camera phones we've seen. Read more

  1. a phone or a digicam?

    Reviewer: techno2k, BusinessMobileAsia.com
    18 January 2008
    Overall 5
    5.0
     

    while it is good to continue on the success of its predecessors now offering a higher megapixel cam, SE seems to focus too much on implementing the camera capability of this phone while forgetting the many aspect a handphone should possess to be among the top i.e. lousy keypad, bulkiness, poor build quality. so, many would still stick to their K810i in this case. Read more

  2. "Great phone, lousey headset for radio."

    Reviewer: CNET
    17 September 2008
    Overall 9
    9.0
     

    I was looking to replace a phone, an mp3 player with built in stereo FM radio, and a camera with one gadget, which also had e-mail capabilities. That is how I became a satisfied owner of a Sony Ericsson K850i phone. It has all the features and then some. The display is crisp, clear and bright. The menus are intuitive and easy to use. Navigation becomes automatic after a few hours; keys are small and take a bit to get used to. If you have big hands, this might not be the... Read more

  3. Great camera phone with lots of features

    Reviewer: swimon, J&R
    18 June 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Phone takes very good pictures. Excellent reception/transmission. First one I received the display stopped after about 3 weeks. J&R sent a new one quickly, so far so good... Read more

  4. 3 months and crapped out!

    Reviewer: O-livier "O-livier", Amazon
    3 April 2009 See Product at Amazon ($229.95)
    Overall 4
    4.0
     

    This is our second "K series" SE phone and we encountered a similar issue on the K750i and now this K850i : the phones would not charge any longer after about a year for the K750... Fancier, the K850 had an even shorter life : 3 months... Very sad... I suspect the pins for the charging connectors are breaking/ not making contact with the phone... I guess I will not insist on the next SE well marketed series coming out and will explore other brands from now on... Overall,... Read more or see product

  5. decent for the bucks

    Reviewer: Newegg
    4 February 2009
    Overall 10
    10
     

    regarding to the first comment, maybe yours are a replicas 1:1 made by some genius in China...buttons are impossible to leave the phones without breaking their back stoppers ... Read more

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