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4.5 stars
"Best Quality Camera Phone"
Pros: Attracitve, beautiful crossbar Media menus (like PS3 and PSP), 3G, Awesome 5.0 mp pictures, stereo wireless bluetooth.
Cons: Simcard obviously plug and play, but Internet Settings and Picture Mail Settings takes knowledge and patience (non-techies would have trouble).
Summary: Great overall - worth the money, stereo bluetooth headset for music and phone calls is a great accessory to buy (Sony Ericsson HBH-DS200).
5.0 megapixel camera is more phenomenal than expected. I have bought Sony digital pt and shoot cameras for the past decade. Indoor pics are never that great (soft /and bad flash) This phone camera based on Cybershot processor is truly amazing. I couldn't believe the pics it took in the lousiest indoor lighting. It lights the subjects perfectly with the xenon flash. (YES THIS CAMERA PHONE HAS A REAL QUALITY FLASH) Every camera phone I've ever had or seen has some cheesy flash. Not this one. This even has a red-eye reduction feature and much more. The pictures were clean and crisp and gurus (yes even Sony engineers) I've shown can't believe it.
Track ID is amazing. Hear a song playing on the radio or in a club, etc... Dying to know who sings it? What the title of the song is? Just "start" track ID and in a few seconds of the phone hearing the music, it will report the title, artist, track info, album info, etc.... I was amazed when I tried it.
Cool factor: Cyber-nerds can take a picture, and send it directly to their blog page. Yep - when have you ever seen "blog" as a selection on your phone after you've taken a picture?
What I said on the con list: Not a big deal, had to set my proxy settings and port settings, and the menus to get there are sort of hidden, and had to set Media Net settings, and Message server settings. I know if I sent my mom this phone, she would not be able to do it and since this is not a phone that Cingular/AT&T or T-Mobile offer, they would not help her trouble shoot this, and the manual does not go into any details about these settings, yet they are imperative to use the Internet, or picture mail.
Very important to me: My previous phone (Sony Ericsson W810i had lousy earpiece quality and speaker phone quality. Too low - very frustrating to deal with. This K850i has amazingly LOUD and clear earpiece and speakerphone quality. Finally!
The fact that this is a quad band GSM phone, I'm sending one to my sister in Germany where T-Mobile is actually great.
The 4 gig Sony Memory Stick Micro card is a must. You can store plenty of songs, plenty of video, and plenty of pictures.
The blue version (what I have) is very sleek and attractive. Every aesthetic of the way it looks and lights up has been thought of very thoroughly. I really enjoy this phone.
Where to buy
Sony Ericsson K850i - black (unlocked):
$449.99
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