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Sony Ericsson K850i

 

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  • User Score (2160)
    7.5 7.5 from 2160 reviewers
  • Expert Score (26)
    7.6 7.6 from 26 reviewers
  • Design (596)
    4.2 4.2 from 596 reviewers
  • Value for money (44)
    3.9 3.9 from 44 reviewers
  • Features (692)
    4.6 4.6 from 692 reviewers
  • Ease of use (677)
    3.6 3.6 from 677 reviewers
  • Performance (4)
    4.5 4.5 from 4 reviewers
  • Sound quality (87)
    4.7 4.7 from 87 reviewers
  • Picture quality (8)
    3.9 3.9 from 8 reviewers
  • Sound (20)
    4.0 4.0 from 20 reviewers
  • Durability (11)
    4.4 4.4 from 11 reviewers
  • Reliability (64)
    3.4 3.4 from 64 reviewers
  • Overall quality (74)
    3.9 3.9 from 74 reviewers
  • Looks (12)
    4.1 4.1 from 12 reviewers
  • Battery performance (63)
    4.4 4.4 from 63 reviewers
  • Display (45)
    4.9 4.9 from 45 reviewers
  • Weight (19)
    3.7 3.7 from 19 reviewers
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  • Expert Reviews

  1. Wired

    Wired
    9 May 2008

    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. Read more

    • Truly pocket-size; accelerometer allows quick-flips between landscape and portrait. Swift and seamless, on-the-go publishing to Blogger. Always-on headlight option for dim video shoots. BestPic takes rapid sequence of nine...
    • No optical zoom. Sluggish Auto Fix takes 30-45 seconds per pic. Snapping shots silences FM radio. No Wi-Fi, no GPS, no geocoded vaca pics. Neither a 3.5 mm nor a 2.5mm headhpone jack (better RFID that Sony FastPort set of ...

  2. fwd.channel5.com

    6.0/10
    19 September 2008

    Piling on the photo features shouldn’t mean that normal phone functions suffer. The K850i’s photos and 2.2-inch LCD look lovely – but not quite lovely enough to make up for its ease of use letdowns. Read more

    • If mobile displays get any bigger and thinner, we’ll be throwing Frisbee phones around the place. The K850i is home to an expansive 240x320-pixel screen that flips orientation automatically when you twist the phone – great...
    • Tiny, rock hard number keys transform everyday texting into a painful struggle of man vs machine. Do make sure you keep to the pad, though, as the ultra-gloss housing attracts your bloody fingerprints quicker than the cand...

  3. GSM Arena

    GSM Arena
    14 September 2007

    We called Sony Ericsson K810 the rebirth of the Cyber-shot. We're now looking at a great leap forward in developing the company's cameraphone lineup in the face of the glamorous Sony Ericsson K850. Read more

  4. CNET

    CNET
    8.0/10
    28 April 2008

    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

    • The Sony Ericsson K850i has a gorgeous display, a wide range of features, and desirable sound quality. It's also a fantastic camera phone with outstanding photo quality.
    • The Sony Ericsson K850i's navigation array and touch controls take a little getting used to. Also, the keypad buttons are rather small.

  5. RsGsm

    1 April 2009

    Sony Ericsson K850i will start shipping in October at a price tag of 450 Euro. This a justified price for a flagship and it is quite adequate ,Nokia N95 has a price tag of 550-600 Euro so it's a really hard decision to make. Read more

  6. Mad4MobilePhones.com

    4 July 2008

    The range of Cyber Shot cell phones from Sony Ericsson have been an immense hit. The new Sony Ericsson K850i Cyber Shot cell phone has quickly gained an excellent reputation to be the best camera phone in the market. Read more

  7. MobileBurn

    MobileBurn
    19 May 2008

    The Sony Ericsson K850 is a 5 megapixel cameraphone with a host of photographer friendly features, such as BestPic. Russell takes the K850 out for spin and comes up impressed by the phone overall, though he questions the odd... Read more

  8. LetsGoMobile

    LetsGoMobile
    7.3/10
    8 May 2008

    S ony Ericsson stems from the cooperation between Sony and Ericsson in the year 2001, a so-called joint venture. It is Sony's know-how on the field of digital cameras that is used for developing Sony-Ericsson's cell phones. Read more

  9. Cell Phone Reviews by Cellphonedia

    13 March 2008

    Overall: Taking into considerations all of the Sony Ericsson K850's pros and cons though, it is overall a great tool to have and the bad can easily be overlooked when considering all the great features. Read more

  10. CNET

    CNET
    7.0/10
    22 October 2007

    The Sony Ericsson K850i Cyber-shot has one of the best cameras we have ever seen on a phone but the touch-sensitive soft keys take some time to get used to and the keys on the keypad are a little small for our liking Read more

    • 5-megapixel camera, Super-bright xenon flash, HSDPA
    • Fiddly-to-use soft keys, Navigation key and keypad

  • User Reviews

  1. Not recommended

    Amazon
    2.0/10
    Reviewer: Armindo Diaz Argaña "Armin Diaz", Amazon
    15 January 2011 See Product at Amazon ($599.99)

    Excellent phone in sight, but low quality. has constant failure at 2 weeks of buying the keys has gone mad. There is no way to repair, upgrade and the problem remains. Read more or see product

  2. Sony Ericsson K850 Review

    PhoneArena.com
    Reviewer: PhoneArena.com
    14 November 2011

    Thnks for the review .. but here i want to say some thing .. 1.) This phone has got a new platform ie a200 which is very advanced .. 2.)the firmware currently is not that stable and camera wise also its not the perfect.. Read more

  3. "AWSOME.....PEROID!!!!"

    CNET
    9.0/10
    Reviewer: spencerc4253, CNET
    21 November 2010

    My only 2 flaws with this phone is the touch senitive buttons are sometimes slow(if your hands are dirty,sweaty or too cold),and the small navagation ring that circles around the 2&5 buttons.(The 2&5 buttons only works as Read more

    • Camera / Videos Music Player Every Application in the phone.
    • Navigation & touch menus definiately needs getting use to... Phone resets itself somtimes (as most phones sometines do)

  4. Good product!

    Ebay
    8.0/10
    Reviewer: d_ian_a, Ebay
    24 November 2011 See Product at eBay ($108.88)

    Good phone with simple menus and nice camera. The led is too strong when taking close pics. However the video is great. The only defect that might occur is related to the 3 touch buttons, but the touch pad can always replace. Read more or see product

  5. Great camera phone with lots of features

    J&R
    8.0/10
    Reviewer: swimon, J&R
    18 June 2008

    Phone takes very good pictures. Excellent reception/transmission. First one I received the display stopped after about 3 weeks. Read more

    • Easy Buttons and Controls, Lightweight, Neat Features, Strong Signal
    • Flimsy

  6. decent for the bucks

    Newegg
    10/10
    Reviewer: vt, Newegg
    4 February 2009

    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

    • I love new phones & have tried most available at the market. There is no phones that I am 100% satisfied with - however, overall, I seem to be happy with this phone's performance: never hang or frozen, fast & smooth start-...
    • ...to be fair, it's hard to mention any features as 'cons' in this section...first, i didn't like the mini button design initially but got used quickly & didn't feel uncomfortable anymore...

  7. Esato

    Esato
    8.0/10
    Reviewer: otic, Esato
    23 April 2008

    A slight dissapointment in my mind. Having preivously bought K750 and K800 when they were released, I was hoping for a greater leap forward from this phone. Read more

    • Camera is great with a good flash (if you're careful not to upset it), video quality is improved from old cybershot phones but is still fairly poor. Media player is a nice app, compatibility with both M2 and microSD is ver...
    • Fairly bug ridden at the moment. If you can get an update many bugs are fixed however. Media player can slow the phone down when in use. Touch screen buttons can be fairly slow to respond, sometimes resulting in you pressi...

  8. Well Put Together but Have a Few Issues

    Phone Scoop
    8.0/10
    Reviewer: wootham, Phone Scoop
    27 August 2008

    The K850i is a nice phone. The camera is defintely what you would expect. The slideshow options and other features for the camera are above and beyond considering this is also a phone. The picture quality is great. Read more

  9. Sony Ericsson K850i Review

    epinions.com
    8.0/10
    Reviewer: b1gg, epinions.com
    22 May 2008

    Finally Sony Ericsson K850i have been released, as a phone continues generation from K800i that have Read more

    • 5 Megapixel Camera provides High Quality image, complete feature
    • Complicated button, mush expensive value money

  10. The Sony Ericsson K850i - Really rather nifty.

    10/10
    Reviewer: Spudtastic, Ciao
    9 July 2009

    The Sony Ericsson k850i was marketed primarily as a camera phone; its 5MP flash camera was a major selling point and the main focus of its televised advertisement campaign. Read more

    • Excellent camera, great aesthetics, functions very well
    • Attracts fingerprints like no other!

  • WikiFreak Description

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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  • Manufacturer's Description

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…

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