Camera cellular phone: Sony Ericsson K850i

The camera cellular phone Sony Ericsson K850i is a quad band GSM unlocked phone with 3G. The K850i mobile has triband UMTS/HSDPA 3G that will work anywhere in the world 3G service is available, and GSM/EDGE/GPRS that will work anywhere in the world GSM is available.

Like most Sony Ericsson handsets, the K850i mobile camera cellular phone has a standard candy bar design. With its sleek black hue and green highlights, it’s eye-catching without being ostentatious. At 4 inches by 1.9 inches by 0.7 inch, it has an average size though it’s a bit weighty at 4.2 ounces. Sony Ericsson always does a good job with its displays, and this camera cellular phone is no exception. The 2.25-inch (320×240 pixels) screen supports a bright 262,144 colors. It shows everything well, from graphics to photos and text, and the menus are simple and easy to use. You can adjust the clock size and the brightness, but no other options are customizable.

This is a K series Cybershot camera cellular phone, and that puts the camera on center stage. The 5 megapixel camera cellular phone has an autofocus lens, automatic lens cover and a Xenon flash. There is 16x digital zoom, Sony Ericsson’s BestPic feature, image and video stabilization and red eye reduction. The camera cellular phone’s photo quality is one of its top attractions. Colors were natural and bright for the most part, though oranges and reds tended to be a too saturated. Subject outlines were very distinct and even smaller items weren’t blurry. The camera cellular phone performed well in low light thanks to the bright flash, but bright sunlight tended to wash out some shots. The shutter lag time was quite short compared with other camera cellular phones. In short, this is a high-quality camera. Fancy stuff for a camera cellular phone, and in fact, the K850i mobile, makes us want to leave our dedicated point-and-shoot camera at home.

The other hand, there are some camera cellular phone fans who complained about the camera end up with badly exposed or totally black pictures. The problem, we suspect, lies with the flash. The design of the flash makes it very easy to place your fingers in the wrong place and completely mess up the flash, resulting in a dark picture. To avoid this you need to hold the edge of the camera cellular phone (not the best way to hold a camera cellular phone steady).

The camera cellular phone K850i boasts strong music playback skills with stereo output through the included ear bud headset and A2DP stereo Bluetooth headphones, Mega bass, DRM support and an FM radio. To store music (along with those big photos and videos taken with the camera cellular phone) there’s 40 megs of internal memory and even better both a Memory Stick Micro M2 slot and a microSD card slot for cards up to 4 gigs in capacity.

Other basic offerings include a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, a speakerphone, an alarm clock, a calendar, a task list, a notepad, a timer, a stopwatch, and a calculator. But the K850i doesn’t stop there. You’ll also find stereo Bluetooth, e-mail, an RSS reader, voice dialing, a voice recorder, PC synchronizing, USB mass storage a file manager, and a code memo for storing sensitive information. You can even use the phone as a remote control for another Bluetooth-enabled device.

Specifications:

• Dimensions 4 x 1.9 x 0.7 inches, Weight 4.2 ounces
• Display : TFT 262K Colors LCD, 240×320 pixel, 2.2? diagonal
• Connectivity: Quad band 850/900/1800/1900MHz GSM with GPRS and EDGE. UMTS/HSDPA (3G): 850/1900/2100MHz bands, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR with A2DP Bluetooth stereo, Sync/SyncML, POP3 and IMAP email
• Camera: 5 megapixel camera with autofocus lens and Xenon flash, 16x digital zoom.
• Battery Live: Talk: Claimed talk time: up to 9 hours on GSM, 3.5 hours on 3G, claimed standby 16.6 days, 930 mAh Lithium Ion rechargeable
• Memory: 40 megs internal memory, 1 microSD slot / 1 Memory Stick Micro M2 slot (1 slot handles both types of media) up to 4 gigs (supports SDHC microSD cards)
• Others feature: Bluetooth remote, MMS, PIM applications (contacts, calendar, tasks and notes), Speaker Phone, Music Players 3.0, PictBridge, etc

Prize: $305.89

Pros:

• Camera quality
• Easy to use navigation menu
• Clarity of sound
• Good HTML browser by feature phone standards, supports MS Exchange and push email.

Cons:

• The design of the flash makes it very easy to place your fingers on it.
• Navigation button are too small for some users
• Nighttime and dim scene imaging on automatic setting is not good
• Fast port connector instead of 2.5 or 3.5mm stereo jack

Conclusions:

Though on the surface it looks like a face-lifted version of the K790i and K800i, inside there’s a lot of good new stuff going on: the 5MP camera cellular phone with improved still images and much improved video, quad band phone rather than triband, worldwide 3G with HSDPA, the new media player, improved music player, Bluetooth A2DP and a much brighter and a bit bigger display.

To find the best camera cell phone deals, compare K85i Mobile Phone with MOTOROLA ZINE ZN5 or Samsung Memoir T929

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