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>500
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Well one of our major mobile phone retailers, All Phones, have the k800i and this months catalogue as coming soon, along with the k610i, and nokia n80 and n91.
And usually Australia has a slight delay with phones so you should get its soon over there in Europe.
But in the catalogue, k800 had cybershot sticker:-( . Though it look like it was just straight from SE site, so hopefully it wont come like that. |
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Zayanism
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Anyone know the difference between the price of the K790i and K800i...And is it a exception that K800i that this will work only on 3G...I'v used 3G fones before in Bangladesh where 3G is not available...So is K800i going to be a exception...
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micks2005
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Well by this month's end the K800i, K310i and K610i as well the much awaited P990i as it is assumed will be released starting from 26th June. As each fone will be released after a gap of like 2 days.
The K790i will be released next month in July, 2nd week most likely.
As for the whole sticker issue the final release ver. is without the sticker, so what you guys have in that catalogue is an old K800i. The new K800i is without the sticker and the firmware has been updated significantly.
Cheers ... !!!
@ Zayanism
There is no price difference between the K800i & K790a they both will be priced the same but are for different markets. As the K790a is basically for the America's and some other markets might sell it too with some exception otherwise it's meant for those places that offer Edge service only.
However some markets will be receiving both fone's and it would be up2 the end user to see which fone he see's best fit for him. The K790 is dubbed the younger brother of the K800i so won't be all that much interesting.
As well the K800i will work on those networks which are supported so it doesn't need be that your service provider be providing 3G for it to work it can work on the normal 2.5G networks as well. But the fone supports 3G networks so if ever you guys ova there get it upgrade as it is way better then 2.5G.
Cheers ... !!!
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jepaz
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On 2006-06-14 11:06:17, Zayanism wrote:
So is K800i going to be a exception...
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No exception. K800i price will be higher than K790.
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>500
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micks2005,
Are the camera results better with the latest firmware than what we have seen before?
And is there absolutely NO chance of SE updating video recording through firmware updates.
And do you know how long it will take to hit Australia after uk etc, or will all countries get same time?
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micks2005
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Hey ... well to get to your query, yup the camera results are way better with the latest firmware. You can check it out here on this site as pics taken with the new K800i with final firmware :
http://mobil.idnes.cz/kdo-nev[....]?c=A060528_162958_telefony_dno
And so you can decide and see if it fits with you.
As for the whole video issue, well since K800i was made with all that latest stuff involved in it. They left the video alone as in Dec. The K900i will be released the 2nd cyber-shot fone. It will have QVGA rec. at 30FPS. along with everything else which is in this K800i.
Next yr you will get Sony's 3rd cyber-shot fone which would be fitted with a 5 Mpx camera. As now the whole K series will be dubbed the cyber-shot line apart from the already released fone's prior to the K800i and after the K800i which are the basic models. As afterwards it's all cyber-shot fones.
The reason SE didn't give us a good video rec. in the K800i is that they're saving it up for the next fone in line as well to test there other stuff. As you have noticed all K series fone's are basically candybar fones with a nice sleek, elegant design so to speak.
As for instance image stabilizer, video stabilizer, xenon flash, then flash on during video rec. etc.. they gave you everything but didn't increase the pixel size of video rec. and left it as it was as later on that too would be taken care of.
As you have to keep in mind that some specs were altered with the K800i and downsized being the video rec, internal mem. as well the OS as it was to be a totally new one and not a Java OS. They did that as they didn't want nokia to get a bigger chunk of the pie so they downsized and released the fone earlier as if they went with there earlier plan the W850i was to be released first and then the K800i which would be in Sep, but they changed that.
Now SE has more time to bring about what they really intended after all these fones get released as after this month there ain't any other good fone that will be released by SE till Dec, and which would be announed at 3GSM Congress in Sep in Singapore. So sorrie dude, but no video rec as it will still stay the same.
Well once the fone is released on the 26th June hopefully it will take around 1-2 weeks to get to you. So like you should check with your SE distributor and find out when they would be getting it. Not from the retailers but from the actual SE distributor in Australia as you would have a pretty good idea as to when it would be released.
Cheers ... !!! |
>500
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micks2005,
Whats the point of releasing the k800i, then bringing us the k900i in Dec which will only have better video and a different design, there is no logic there. Anyway...
How do you know all this?
And will the k900i or the 5mp kxxx next year have optical zoom, and 5mp kxxx have vga video maybe... hmmm.
Well, i might just get my w900 or n80....and maybe k900 later |
>500
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On 2006-06-14 13:03:16, micks2005 wrote:
@ ads1107
As you have to keep in mind that some specs were altered with the K800i and downsized being the video rec, internal mem. as well the OS as it was to be a totally new one and not a Java OS. They did that as they didn't want nokia to get a bigger chunk of the pie so they downsized and released the fone earlier as if they went with there earlier plan the W850i was to be released first and then the K800i which would be in Sep, but they changed that.
Cheers ... !!!
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and is the k900 going to be uiq, or just new ui? and more int mem?
Was this planned for k800, why did they not go ahead with it?
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micks2005
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@ ads1107
Well what was the point of releasing W800i last yr and then 4 months later release W900i with the same stuff and better video... !!! as you have to expand your line-up.
Well the K800i/K790a are tests to see how it does in the market. If does good you will have more and more and if it doesn't ... then oh well back to drawing board as they say but we all know that this will be another best seller in terms of price and what you get.
As for the optical zoom, well I am not sure about it, maybe SE will release it but you have to wait and see for that.
The K900i won't be for everybody, in terms of price and that there is only a small segment that really cares about video rec. as they are more concerned about taking pics and putting stuff into there fone then taking video's and according to Miles Flint SE president that they want to specialize there fone's now where one feat. will out way the other. As well the design of the K900i will be totally different as it will weigh more and look absurd as did the W900i which was a briefcase of a mobile fone.
As well next yr you will have the handycam fones which sole purpose is to take video's. As well if by end of this yr or next all new walkman fones will be compatible with the PSP portable for gaming and other stuff.
As well there is still one series which hasn't been announced and has been slated for this yr, perhaps in sep we will hear about it. As you have to keep in mind that SE releases all there mid-high end and high end fones in the 4th quater always and some in the 3rd.
As well releasing the K800i now with the added drawback was so that nokia doesn't get a big market share as you have to keep in mind this SE's first 3.2Mpx camera fone where as nokia has already released there 1st one the N80 and have another in the pipeline the N93 and as well who knows how many more so Nokia has already started gaining and SE still has to release there 1st fone so they couldn't wait and brought it further ahead. As there is always rivalry between manufacturer's and you don't want the other to win ... !!!!
Cheers ... !!!
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>500
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cheers for the info micks2005. You know someone at SE do you?
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goldenface
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@micks2005.
How do you know this info, who is your Oracle? 
So Video will be covered by a higher-end candybar later on in the year.
Will it be a W900i in candybar form-factor.
Will there be any differences between this K900i and this Handycam handset you mentioned? |
andrewlane
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On 2006-06-02 20:27:52, andrewlane wrote:
What is the release software version?
Mine shows R1BA021 prgCXC1250211_VODAFONE_WI R1BA021
Though its going back on Monday for a software upgrade
Interested to see what software gets put on it
[ This Message was edited by: andrewlane on 2006-06-03 12:45 ]
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Just gone mine back today with R1CB001 on it - can't spot any immediate differences
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ozatic
Joined: Jun 09, 2006
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ok so hopefully k800 will be released the 26  but do you guys know by any chance when sites like myworldphone.com or plemix.com would get it? i emailed them but no response...
do yall know about any other mobiel phone sites that ship to the US?
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johny_dmonic
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On 2006-06-13 03:53:13, jepaz wrote:
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On 2006-06-13 02:20:14, johny_dmonic wrote:
what other functions can you access in flight mode? could you play music as well or play games?
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Yes you can, play music & games.
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sold!now just have to wait until i can buy this phone.. |
gerja
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Has this phone got a camera?
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