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cellpassion
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@ m-one
Normally when a upgrade is announced, buyers wait till the new phone is launched rather than buying the one that is currently available. If a face-lifted version of the K850i is announced in Jan-Feb, many people will not buy the K850i, which would mean lot of surplus K850i inventory for SE.
I would rather bet on a higher-end version of the K850i which would be priced say around $100-150 higher than the K850i. It could have optical zoom or a higher megapixel count. People who can't afford it would go for the K850i. SE can then announce the face-lifted version of the K850i in mid-2008.
That's what I think and I can be wrong.
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SilveR.
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A K850 face lift is real needed,
They need replace it with a new d-pad, and a cameracover as K810, and hope for the optical zoom..
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goldenface
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On 2008-01-09 12:23:54, cellpassion wrote:
@ m-one
Normally when a upgrade is announced, buyers wait till the new phone is launched rather than buying the one that is currently available. If a face-lifted version of the K850i is announced in Jan-Feb, many people will not buy the K850i, which would mean lot of surplus K850i inventory for SE.
The K850i was announced in June 2007 and according to some it was delayed although I am unsure by how long, I'm guessing a few months? If it was delayed by say 3 - 4 months - then it was initially supposed to be announced in February / March 2007.
The previous flagship K800i was announced February. 2006
A new flagship cameraphone for February 2008? 
Possibly.
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cellpassion
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Well in the Indian market, the K850i has been released last month only though the announcement was made alongwith the global announcement... sometime in June-July i believe... I'd bet SE would most probably launch an all together new cybershot phone than just the K850i facelift!
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m-one
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@cellpassion
You have to know that the costs for R&D for facelift-versions are negligible to the enormous costs of succsessor-versions
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aydahm
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Better D-Pad, more comfortable keys, manual slide cover, and less finger print mangeting and of course less hardware and software problems...
I think if these are implemented to the K850i facelift then it will be more than enough to become a bestseller... |
vilde
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The codenames for the models that were announced this week are:
Deena - W760
Johanna - W350
Magdalena - Z555
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Mizzle
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On 2008-01-09 15:49:32, prudent wrote:
The codenames for the models that were announced this week are:
Deena - W760
Johanna - W350
Magdalena - Z555
Thanks  Made my work a lot easier
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goldenface
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Strange about Magdalena. Someone told me this was in testing with Vodacom SA.
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Mizzle
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On 2008-01-09 16:38:28, goldenface wrote:
Strange about Magdalena. Someone told me this was in testing with Vodacom SA.
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Maybe there's a Vodafone edition ready to be announced soon as well. Sometimes they get the same codenames.
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Mizzle
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 Since he hasn't posted it yet himself (maybe he's at the toilet?), here goes yet four new codenames. Angelina, Emilie, Josephine and Tyra, three last ones to be launched in Q3.
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m-one
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Some more codenames:
• Angelina
• Tyra
• Emilie
• Josephine
Got no more specs atm, but the last three are expected to be lauched in Q3.
Trying to get more details
@Mizzle
You are that evil *argh*  Wait you'll have to use it, too...someday 
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Mizzle
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On 2008-01-10 00:51:45, m-one wrote:
@Mizzle
You are that evil *argh* Wait you'll have to use it, too...someday
Not as long as you're still going strong out there, mate!
Oh btw guys, K850 facelift is more like SO905iCS
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m-one
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Will make it as short as possible
C' mon that was just a minute
Anyway...you'll find it here: http://sonyericssonblog.wordp[....]/10/exclusive-4-new-codenames/
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Muhammad-Oli
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The K850i isn't even out in New Zealand yet, but the Sony Ericsson site says it is. The coming soon star was only recently taken down. This likely means we will see it here shortly.
I think that if they announce the K850i update this soon, then it will sell poorly here. While New Zealand is hardly a target market or a big market for SE, it is for the above reason that I don't believe we will see the update very soon.
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