Sony-Ericsson K850i
The K850i is the flagship model in the Cybershot series of products from Sony-Ericsson. It has a camera of 5-megapixel, it’s launched against Nokia’s N95 as far as the camera is concerned. The K850i comes in at a notch above the K810i. The device sports a completely redesigned, with hardly any resemblance to earlier SE models. It is blocky, but the fit and finish are excellent. A nice, luminous green strip runs around the edge. The navigational D-pad is a ring that surrounds the 2 and 5 number keys. The edges are raised for proper contact. There is no action button; rather, there are touch-sensitive buttons just below the screen. They are context-sensitive and are dynamically assigned the proper functions, similar to soft menu buttons. The touch sensitive buttons work flawlessly, but require some time to get used to. The backlight at times seems overpowering, and distracts. The keypad consists of small square buttons—usable, but no fun when texting. The camera is at the back, and the lenses have their own retracting cover. A hard plastic sheet is drawn over the length of the phone, covering the lens. It protects the shiny back of the phone, but also attracts fingerprints; when clicking, you’ll need to clean the portion near the lens.
The K850i is designed to deliver a digitalcamera- like experience, and it doesn’t disappoint. The camera controls have evolved over the K810i, and the ergonomics are much better. Since the K850i doesn’t have any additional dedicated buttons, most settings can be changed from the single touch-sensitive button. Camera performance was superb; colour accuracy is pretty impressive—better than that on the N95. The K850i feels snappier throughout; it starts in an instant, file saves are fast, and it switches back to the phone in a second. Indoors, the camera has a tendency to underexpose if the flash is used.
The K850i comes with 40 MB of internal memory, and a 512 MB MS micro card comes bundled, but with a 5 megapixel camera and music, you’ll have to buy more memory. Musicwise, the phone is on par with the K810i, and it betters the N95, but can’t match any of the W series phones. Priced at Rs 20,000, the K850i is 10K cheaper than the Nokia N95. It misses out on GPS and WiFi, but it has a much better camera and music player, and longer battery life. Let’s just say the K850i fits the bill if you want a good smartphone with an excellent camera.
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